The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 941 Seeing Through

Lu Luo left, but Magistrate Wu showed no sign of getting up.

"Sister, why did the Second Young Master Lu say that Prefect Lu could only help this much? Is it because of the Second Prince?" Meng Meijing usually indulged in play and didn't care about politics at all, let alone know much about it. At most, Meng Shisan would say a few words to her when she came to Taichen Courtyard.

She only had a vague understanding of the few sentences she heard, which were scattered and disjointed.

She could understand most of what Lu Luo said, but when combined with what Lu Sen said, she didn't quite understand. In addition, she really didn't understand Li Heng's behavior.

Meng Shisan gave a soft "hmm": "After all, we are connected by blood."

"Blood ties?" Meng Meijing repeated, her doubts growing ever stronger. "Didn't my elder sister tell me before that the Lu family had been distancing itself from the Second Prince, indicating that it would not participate in the struggle for the throne? So... there's still something to hide?"

“Didn’t I already say that?” Meng Shisan said.

Meng Meijing was stunned: "Huh?"

Seeing this, Magistrate Wu had no choice but to explain to Meng Meijing in more detail: "Jing'er, your elder sister has already answered this question. Miss Meng said that blood is indeed a bond. What she means is that even if the Lu family repeatedly states that they have nothing to do with the Second Prince's actions, it is only to prevent His Majesty from taking his anger out on the Lu family and to protect the Lu family when the Second Prince is convicted, but it cannot make His Majesty completely let down his guard against the Lu family."

Upon hearing this, Meng Meijing finally understood.

“Judge Wu is absolutely right.” Meng Shisan originally thought that Wu Pinbai, who was indifferent to fame and fortune, was only concerned with the people and devoted all his energy to solving cases. He never expected that he could understand the Emperor’s thoughts so well.

Magistrate Wu said with shame, "Although I am older than Miss Meng, my insights and foresight are far inferior to hers. Jing is still young and quite naive. Her mother cannot teach her anything in this regard. I hope that in the future, Miss Meng can enlighten Jing and teach her more, just as she did today."

“Meijing is my younger sister first, and then there’s Magistrate Wu’s niece,” Meng Shisan said casually.

Judge Wu smiled and said, "Miss Meng is right."

Meng Meijing listened with a smug look on her face, but when she thought of Meng Renkang, the corners of her mouth that had been curving upwards turned down again: "So what do we do now? The Prefect Lu's men followed us to the Anmofang entertainment district but lost track of us. There's still no trace of Fourth Brother!"

“A general location is better than nothing,” Meng Shisan called out, “Baozhu.”

"Yes!" Baozhu responded as she ran into Qingming Hall. "What are your orders, Miss?"

Meng Shisan instructed, "Go back to the courtyard and have Xiuyu and Tongyu leave the mansion now to find Ma Ji and A Jing separately. Tell them that you have found clues and have them immediately go to Anmofang Washa to look for people. Pay special attention to the area between the Peony Pavilion and the Yaksha Pavilion to see if there is a secret passage or a place where people can hide."

"Yes." Baozhu turned and ran out of Qingming Hall, heading towards Taichen Courtyard in the backyard.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Magistrate Wu asked proactively.

Meng Shisan said, "I'll need to trouble Magistrate Wu to put in more effort regarding the capital government and Prefect Lu's affairs."

Judge Wu understood and stood up, saying, "Alright, I'll go back to the yamen now." When Lu Luo left, Steward Chu personally saw him off at the gate of the yamen. When Judge Wu was about to leave, Steward Chu also personally saw him off at the gate of the yamen.

When he returned to Qingming Hall, Meng Shisan and Meng Meijing were nowhere to be seen. He asked the servant guarding outside the hall and learned that they had both returned to the backyard.

As Meng Meijing walked to the second gate, she became increasingly confused: "Sister, even though Prefect Lu has had the Second Young Master Lu make it clear that he can't help any further, why do you still want Uncle to go back to the capital government office to see if there's any chance to get more detailed information from Prefect Lu?"

Meng Shisan raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at Meng Meijing, and reached out to touch his younger sister's head, who had shown improvement: "Your uncle is just a minor sixth-rank official."

"Does my sister mean that the storm is too big, and that a minor official like Uncle is not qualified to get involved?" Meng Meijing guessed.

Meng Shisan withdrew his hand: "What I mean is that the wind and waves are too big. A small boat like Wu's could easily sink and kill everyone if you're not careful. If we go back to the capital and stand right in front of Prefect Lu, at least Prefect Lu won't be able to harm your uncle even if he has bad intentions."

Meng Meijing said "Oh," and then added, "Uncle wants to help find Fourth Brother, but Sister thinks it's better for Uncle to protect himself first!"

“It’s a good thing that your uncle is so upright, but he’s too weak and could easily become a pawn crossing the river.” After saying that, Meng Shisan asked, “Meijing, do you want your uncle to go even higher?”

Without thinking, Meng Meijing replied, "Of course I want to! But my uncle himself said that he is not suitable for promotion."

"Oh?" Meng Shisan and Meng Meijing walked around the artificial hill and onto a gravel path leading to Taichen Courtyard.

"Mother initially considered helping Uncle find a way..." At this point, Meng Meijing glanced at Meng Shisan, and seeing that Meng Shisan was listening normally without much reaction, she continued, "Father was still quite good to Mother at that time, and promised her that if Uncle really wanted to climb the social ladder, Father would find an opportunity to mention it to Uncle and see if Uncle could help. Mother was overjoyed and went to find Uncle, but he refused. Uncle said that with his temperament, there were too many things he couldn't stand, and the higher one went, the more such things there would be. At that time, Uncle might not be able to stand by and do nothing, and if he did, he would inevitably cause some trouble. With the Wu family's wealth, daily riches were fine, but offending powerful people was a different story. Uncle said that even if he had nine lives like a fox, he wouldn't be enough for those big shots to scheme against."

"Judge Wu is indeed very insightful in everything." Meng Shisan couldn't help but admire him. She had met very few people who could see through even themselves so clearly. "Once things have settled down and things are more peaceful, go and ask your uncle. Tell him it was my idea and see if he is willing or not."

"Alright." Meng Meijing's eyes widened. "Does Sister want His Highness to help promote Uncle's official position?"

Meng Shisan hadn't decided yet: "No."

However, getting Li Shou to help Wu Pinbai get promoted was not within her considerations.

Meng Meijing then asked, "So, does Sister want to ask someone else to help Uncle, just like she asked General Qiao to take Second Brother to Lingnan for training?"

"How much do you know about Second Brother's matter?" Meng Shisan asked instead of answering.

Meng Meijing answered honestly, "I knew that my second brother would be able to go to Lingnan, and that General Qiao would personally lead him there. It was thanks to my elder sister that I joined the army under General Qiao."

"It's not entirely my doing; Your Highness also contributed." If Li Shou hadn't given her the opportunity to meet Qiao Qiancheng at night, Meng Shisan wouldn't have had the chance to place Meng Renji by Qiao Qiancheng's side for training.

"Huh? Tell me about it, sister!" Meng Meijing wanted to hear it.