The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 970 Investigate by Yourself

"Where is it related? How is it related?" Cui Yu wanted to ask for details.

Meng Shisan carefully chose his words: "Some changes have occurred, and they are quite significant. We need to investigate and resolve them, otherwise..."

She looked at Ma Ji and said, "Someone is going to have trouble sleeping."

Cui Yu also looked at Ma Ji and said, "No wonder Mr. Ma also went up the mountain."

Ma Ji glanced meaningfully at Cui Yu on the other side: "This matter has little to do with Young Master Cui, so don't bother asking."

Cui Yu didn't expect Ma Ji to be so blunt: "Previously, Miss Meng entrusted me to investigate Miss Meng Ying's past. I investigated for a long time, but I didn't find much of anything crucial. I don't know where the problem lies. Now that I've run into the two of you discussing matters in front of Miss Meng Ying's grave, I naturally want to listen in. Only after listening can I better find out what Miss Meng wants."

Now he could see that Old Ma treated him with disdain, but showed great respect to Meng Shisan, to the point of being completely obedient to him.

Bringing up Meng Shisan at this moment will definitely be useful.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ma Ji look at Meng Shisan, his eyes waiting for Meng Shisan's instructions.

He silently glanced at Meng Shisan's face, wondering if this young lady of the Meng family had some skills he didn't know about, otherwise why would she be trusted and relied upon so much by such a capable person as Master Ma?

Meng Shisan nodded: "Previously, I asked Young Master Cui Qi to help investigate Miss Meng Ying's matter because Miss Meng Ying's face is exactly the same as my thirteenth aunt's. I also wanted to investigate whether Miss Meng Ying's ancestors had any connection with my thirteenth aunt's ancestors."

After explaining to Ma Ji, she turned to Cui Yu and said, "It's been so long, and you haven't found any important information. Let's leave it here for now."

Next, as things progressed, she decided to investigate personally.

If she can investigate herself, then there's no need for Cui Yu to get involved.

"Not going to investigate anymore?" Cui Yu confirmed.

"We won't investigate anymore," Meng Shisan affirmed.

Ma Ji also asked, "Does Miss intend to investigate herself?"

Meng Shisan continued walking forward: "Hmm, there are many questions surrounding this matter. Originally, I thought that Miss Meng Ying's matter was related to you, but not so much to me. Now it seems that it is quite related to me as well. If we don't know, so be it. But now that we know, we still have to find out the truth. I will definitely be faster if I come in person."

Cui Yu was somewhat unconvinced: "Since you handed this matter over to me, I have sent out quite a few people to investigate. However, because it is a past matter and is extremely difficult to investigate due to its lack of beginning and end, we have not yet found any substantial or important information."

"I know," Meng Shisan waved his hand dismissively.

Li Shou, crouching in the shadows under the potted plant, couldn't help but smile when he heard Meng Shisan's lazy voice, which carried an extremely casual attitude.

Chang Qing thought to himself: His Highness spent the whole day in the palace with a furrowed brow, but after coming to Qingbei Mountain, he is sitting here in a way that is far from glamorous, which is actually quite radiant. Miss Meng is indeed His Highness's antidote.

Cui Yu was even more indignant at being brushed off and wanted to argue with Meng Shisan again, but was unexpectedly intercepted by Ma Ji: "Where does Miss want to start?"

"I don't know," Meng Shisan replied quickly. "We'll have to wait until things become clearer before we can have a definite direction."

"What's the situation?" Cui Yu swallowed back the words she wanted to say and continued to ask the main question.

"We need to find out what's inside the coffin in the burial mound first," Meng Shisan said briefly.

Ma Ji understood, but Cui Yu didn't: "What's inside the coffin in the burial mound?" This was also what Li Shou wanted to ask. When Cui Yu asked, he pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

Meng Shisan stopped and pointed down the corridor, saying, "Alright, it's getting late. I'm going back to my room to rest. You two should go back to your rooms to rest too."

She did not answer Cui Yu's question.

After Meng Shisan moved into the bluestone path of the women's quarters, Cui Yu's voice was slightly aggrieved: "That's just how she is. I have to answer every question she asks, but she can answer or not answer me. She's exactly the same as how her thirteenth aunt treated me back then."

"Young Master Cui is so devoted to love, I only have one piece of advice to give..." Ma Ji paused, "Deep affection is short-lived."

Having said that, he quickly strode off and headed back to his own cabin.

Cui Yu remained where she was, standing motionless.

A moment later, hearing a noise behind him, he slowly turned around and saw the Crown Prince, who had sent him personally up the mountain to protect Meng Shisan: "...Your Highness?"

Li Shouwei took two steps toward Cui Yu, looking at Cui Yu with a hint of sympathy in his eyes: "I think what Ma Ji said makes a lot of sense."

"..." Cui Yu realized that Li Shou hadn't just arrived. "How long has Your Highness been here?"

Just as Chang Qing was about to speak, Li Shou glared at him, and Chang Qing quickly shrank back, taking two steps back.

“Your Highness has been here for a long time.” Cui Yu didn’t need Li Shou to answer; seeing Chang Qing’s reaction, he had already made up his mind.

Li Shou didn't answer the question, which was tantamount to acknowledging Cui Yu's guess, since he had indeed been there for a long time and hadn't been waiting for long: "You arrived earlier than me, have you found out anything?"

Cui Yu shook his head: "Miss Meng is very tight-lipped, and Old Ma doesn't want to say either. I only know that Miss Meng came up the mountain because of the lonely grave behind the Taoist temple, and so does Old Ma."

"Although there is only one burial mound, there are two coffins inside." Li Shou had been to the tombstone of the burial mound and had seen the burial mound up close. He had also heard Meng Shisan describe the situation inside the burial mound. Therefore, compared to Cui Yu, he knew more about the burial mound.

Since he asked Cui Yu to help him find out his cousin's intentions for coming here, he should share the information he knows.

Upon hearing Li Shou's initiative to share, Cui Yu immediately thought of what Meng Shisan had just said in front of the burial mound: "Miss Meng said that His Highness is not bound by the self-protective formation of the burial mound? And can he walk to the tombstone in front of the burial mound just like Miss Meng and Elder Ma?"

"Yes." Li Shou nodded slightly, then asked in return, "You can't?"

Cui Yu suddenly felt that things were a bit complicated: "Has Your Highness ever considered that Meng Ying, who can activate an array to protect her own tomb, might not be an ordinary person?"

"I've thought about it." Of course Li Shou had thought about it; what Cui Yu could think of, he could think of as well. "Therefore, I support Yao Yao's desire to investigate."

He also has curiosity.

Moreover, besides Meng Ying, there was also an unidentified male corpse lying in the coffin, and he wanted to know whose remains they were.

"Your Highness said there was a pair in the coffin?" Cui Yu could guess that it meant two corpses, but didn't the tombstone only say that it was the tomb of Meng Ying?

“Besides Meng Ying, there is also a male corpse whose identity is unknown,” Li Shou said.

Cui Yu felt a headache coming on: "Meng Ying's background has not yet been traced, and now another unidentified corpse has appeared, and it's a male corpse at that?"