The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 943, Fifth

After Meng Meijing left Taichen Courtyard, Meng Shisan felt a little tired and got up to go back to his room for a nap.

Baozhu made the bed, helped Baozhu undress and lie down, then tiptoed out of the room. She didn't go far, but took a small embroidery hoop and a needle and thread basket and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard outside, slowly doing her needlework.

She wanted to embroider several new handkerchiefs for her mistress.

Meng Shisan was already frail, and after the high fever from the poisoned arrow, it was clear that she was now easily lethargic.

Just like now, she closed her eyes and quickly drifted off to sleep.

As soon as she drifted off to sleep, she knew this was a new fragment, the fifth fragment.

In his dream, surrounded by clouds and mist, Meng Shisan felt as if he were in a fairyland.

But she knew that wasn't the case.

A deep sense of sadness welled up from the bottom of her heart. It was clear that she was not the one who was sad, but rather the sadness of another version of herself in the fragments of her dream.

She saw a door with a black plaque above it bearing the two characters "Eastern Palace".

"The Eastern Palace?" Meng Shisan was slightly surprised. "Why have we come to the Eastern Palace?"

But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that she had been to the Eastern Palace. Although it appears largely the same, subtle differences can still be discerned in some small details.

In the blink of an eye, she had stepped over the high threshold of the East Palace and stood in the front hall, Changxin Hall. There were many palace maids and eunuchs around her. They seemed very busy, walking back and forth and chattering.

She stood in the center of the hall, trying to see and hear clearly, but she couldn't see or hear anything. She couldn't even make out a single face or hear a single word.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of coldness slowly crept into her eyes as she walked forward.

She walked to the head seat in Changxin Hall, walked around the table, faced the palace maids and eunuchs below, and lifted her foot. Just as she was about to put her foot on the table and shout from the highest point, she saw everyone suddenly fall silent, all facing her and staring straight at her raised right foot.

what's going on?

She can't step on it?

Meng Shisan let out a soft breath, her right foot immediately landing on the table, followed by her other foot. With both her right and left feet on the table, the palace maids and eunuchs below remained unchanged as she stood there.

He just stared at her, neither speaking nor moving.

She also discovered that this fifth fragment seemed a little different. The first four fragments were all about her following the trajectory of her dream self, doing the things that belonged to her dream self, and experiencing the life segments of her dream self again.

But now, in this fragment of a dream, she has her own autonomy.

She can do whatever she wants; she is no longer an outsider, observing her life in her dreams and uncontrollably experiencing the life fragments that her dreamer wants her to replicate.

Would you consider this a kind of progress?
Before Meng Shisan could even process the situation in his dream, he heard a voice: "You're being naughty again! Come down here!"

It was a young man's voice, sounding quite young. He was standing at the palace gate. He slowly stepped forward, and the palace maids and eunuchs around him automatically spread out to the sides, forming two rows to protect him in the middle.

He is a master.

They are their masters.

It sounds like he knows her, but he couldn't possibly know her; he only knows her from his dream and treats her as the person in his dream.

Meng Shisan received this information instantly.

Seeing that Meng Shisan remained silent and motionless, still standing upright on the table, he smiled and said, "Fourteen, come down. I'll take you to eat something delicious." Just as she couldn't see the palace maids and eunuchs on either side of him, Meng Shisan couldn't see his face either, but she could hear the doting tone in his voice.

It's like coaxing a child.

The key point is that he called her Fourteen.

She thought of Meng Ying, whose childhood name was Fourteen.

It turns out he mistook her for Meng Shisi, and it turns out he was the Crown Prince.

The only person who can call himself "I" and live in the Eastern Palace is the Crown Prince, but Li Shou is neither his physique nor his voice.

Even though she couldn't see clearly, she could still recognize Li Shou's figure and voice because of her familiarity with him.

If he is not Li Shou, then who is he?

Which dynasty's crown prince?

Or perhaps he is the crown prince of some country?

Meng Shisan tilted her head, curiously observing him as he smiled at her.

Seemingly amused by her actions, he smiled and approached her, arriving at the table in the head seat. He looked up at her and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to leave the palace to play? To go to Guizhuofang and try all the snacks? I've made a special trip today, so I'll take you out of the palace."

He held out his hand to her: "Come down."

Guizhuofang?
Meng Shisan was certain he had never heard of this neighborhood before. Which side of the city was this neighborhood located on?
She pondered the problem, looking at the person in front of her, at the large hand before her, but she still didn't move.

Seemingly defeated by her, he lowered his hand and asked helplessly, "I was wrong yesterday, but there was a reason why I didn't tell you beforehand."

They apologized, but said there was a reason...

Meng Shisan pondered what it was that had taught him to apologize to the woman in his dream.

Right now, in her dream, she's arguing with him because of something he thinks is wrong. So she stands on the table, looking down at him without saying a word or listening to him. He tolerates her behavior because he was the one who did something wrong first.

Regardless of whether her behavior was reasonable or outrageous, he did not get angry.

Meng Shisan remained unmoved, allowing him to scrutinize her for a moment before sighing, "Fourteen, you must know that I am merely the Crown Prince, the heir apparent, not yet the ruler of the country. Many things, though seemingly my choice, are in reality beyond my control... just like this matter."

He lowered his brows slightly, slowly turned around, his back to Meng Shisan, and said in a low voice: "Father Emperor arranged for me to marry two concubines of the Crown Prince in order to consolidate my power in the court. Whether I agree to their marriage into the Eastern Palace or not, Father Emperor will force them upon me. Whether I accept them or not is not important."

Oh, so it was about marrying the Crown Prince's concubine.

No wonder she was unhappy and throwing a tantrum in his dream. That's why he treated her so kindly in order to make amends, hoping to win her back by going out of the palace to have fun and eat and drink.

This made Meng Shisan think about his situation outside the dream.

Next year, Li Shou will get married, and there will definitely be more than one Crown Princess, as well as Crown Prince Consorts. As for whether two Crown Prince Consorts will marry into the Eastern Palace at the same time, that depends on Emperor Zong's courage and Li Shou's ability to accept it.

Thinking of this, Meng Shisan felt inexplicably choked up.

She frowned.

He turned around and looked up to see Meng Shisan's tightly furrowed brows. Thinking that his explanation was still not enough to win his forgiveness, he became anxious: "Shisi, you must believe me, you are the only one in my heart..."