The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 972 Return to Chang'an

Just after midnight, heavy snow began to fall from the night sky.

It came suddenly, without warning, not from a little bit, but all at once in large flakes.

Baozhu was sleeping on the daybed in the outer room of the guest room when she noticed the snow falling. She was worried that the wind and snow were too strong and would blow into the room, which would make her young mistress, who was already afraid of the cold, unable to bear it. So she got up and went into the inner room to completely close the half-open window.

Baozhu was unaware that the moment she closed the window of the inner room, Chang'an appeared outside the guest room of the women's quarters.

Once Chang'an returned to the capital and safely escorted Meng Renping back to the Meng residence, she went back to Taichen Courtyard. Upon returning, she learned that Meng Shisan had gone to Qingbei Mountain and had only taken Baozhu with him.

Seeing her turn and walk away, Shangchun asked her, "Are you going to Qingbei Mountain?"

She turned around and nodded.

Shang Chun said, "It snowed last night, but when Miss went out of the city, the sun was shining brightly. Wait a moment, I'll go get Miss some warmer clothes. Miss is afraid of the cold, so please take them to her."

She nodded again, watching Shangchun quickly run to find warm clothes. The original owner was not afraid of the cold, but after her soul transmigrated into Meng Liangchen, she was so afraid of the cold because of the original owner's extremely weak body.

Before long, Shangchun brought a large bag of clothes. She took it, carried it on her back, and headed straight out of the city to Qingbei Mountain.

It was already late at night when she arrived at Zhishang Taoist Temple. She climbed over the wall to get in. She guessed that the owner lived in the women's quarters. She circled around the top of the temple before she determined the approximate location of the women's quarters.

After entering the women's quarters, she searched for many rooms but went to the wrong ones until she saw Baozhu get up to close the window, and only then did she find it.

She entered the guest room quietly, not going into the outer room, but going directly into the inner room, and tiptoed to the bedside.

Seeing that Meng Shisan was sleeping soundly, she first placed a large bag of clothes on the round table in the inner room, and then sat down at the table.

She waited, waiting for her master to wake up after he had slept enough.

Because of the busy work during the day and at night, Meng Shisan was extremely tired and slept very well at night. He didn't even know it was snowing until he woke up in the morning.

Similarly, Fang also saw the arrival of Chang'an.

Compared to Meng Shisan, Baozhu was overjoyed to see Chang'an arrive: "It's wonderful! It's so good that you're back!"

Meng Shisan stretched and walked out of the guest room into the courtyard. He saw Baozhu jumping and skipping with Chang'an in her hand: "When did you come back?"

She was asking about Chang'an.

Chang'an replied, "Last night."

Baozhu saw her sitting at the table in the inner room early in the morning. She explained that she had climbed in through the window. Baozhu didn't think much of it and believed her. Baozhu just muttered that she had slept too soundly after closing the window last night and didn't even know that she had climbed in through the window.

She listened with a faint smile, secretly thinking that she should try to stay by her master's side as much as possible in the future.

"Baozhu, go get breakfast," Meng Shisan instructed.

"Okay!" Baozhu let go of Chang'an's hand and skipped and hopped towards the Taoist temple's dining hall.

Meng Shisan and Chang'an returned to their guest room and sat down on the daybed in the outer room to talk.

"What happened on the road?" Meng Shisan wanted to know what Meng Renping had encountered on his journey from the capital to Fangshan. "There were some troubles, but they were all minor." Chang'an then listed two or three problems that she considered more serious, and how she quickly resolved them.

Meng Shisan asked, "Did the people Your Highness sent have a chance to make a move?"

“No,” Chang’an said. “Most of the time, the people the eldest young master brings with him don’t need to take action.”

Most of the time, she solves the problem quickly and accurately.

By the time Meng Renping and those around him realized the danger, she had already nipped the trouble in the bud.

"Did you successfully obtain the evidence that Magistrate Shi had hidden before his death, brother?" Meng Shisan asked about the purpose of Fangshan's trip.

"We got it. Magistrate Shi hid it very well. If Magistrate Shi hadn't said it himself, and if the young master hadn't followed the directions step by step to reach the hiding place, we really wouldn't have imagined it." Chang'an had been by Meng Renping's side the whole time and had participated in the whole process. The way he hid it, with its twists and turns, really opened her eyes.

Meng Shisan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. At least Magistrate Shi's sacrifice wasn't in vain."

Upon hearing the word "sacrifice," Chang'an recalled what Shangchun had told her before she arrived—what had happened to her mistress during her absence from the Meng residence: "Miss used to be unafraid of the cold, but now she is extremely sensitive to it..."

Meng Shisan could sense the lingering meaning in Chang'an's words, so he tightened the white fox cloak he had put on as he stood up and said, "Hmm, Shangchun is a very thoughtful person. Knowing that I'm afraid of the cold, she had you bring such a large bag of clothes. Besides that, did she say anything else to you?"

Chang'an didn't beat around the bush anymore: "Yes, Shangchun also told me that Miss went to the Second Prince's death trap all by herself to save the Fourth Prince."

Meng Shisan understood. Having been together for hundreds of years, she knew what Chang'an wanted to say: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"Of course the master knows." Chang'an had no intention of letting the matter pass so easily.

Upon hearing the word "master," Meng Shisan realized the gravity of the situation: "Chang'an is my own younger brother in this body. If I don't save him, what kind of person am I? Besides, the Second Prince, who wasn't dead at the time, kidnapped my fourth brother with my intentions in mind. If I don't agree and keep my appointment, he'll have a second trick up his sleeve, forcing me to come to him on my own. Since I have to take the risk sooner or later, it doesn't matter whether it's sooner or later."

"That young lady was also implicated by that person in the Eastern Palace." Now that Chang'an thinks about it, she dislikes Li Shou's expression of affection for Meng Shisan even more. He expresses it so ostentatiously, which brings so much open and covert trouble to his master.

“My surname is Meng, and I am the eldest daughter of the Meng family. This identity can bring me benefits, but it will also have drawbacks.” Meng Shisan weighed the pros and cons very clearly.

Chang'an pursed her lips: "I can't persuade you anyway."

"What do you want to persuade me to do?" Meng Shisan readily agreed and asked Chang'an what he thought.

Chang'an said, "I'm thinking of finding an opportunity for Miss and me to return to our old house in Jinling and spend the rest of our mortal lives there."

Meng Shisan thought for a moment: "That would be wonderful..."

"Miss agreed?" Chang'an was surprised that it went so smoothly, and her tone was somewhat incredulous.

"Once everything settles down, I will return to Jinling with you." Meng Shisan had long had this idea, but it was only a matter of time.

Chang'an's rising heart immediately sank, and she fell silent.

Seeing that Chang'an was actually unhappy, Meng Shisan said, "A stern face doesn't look good."

Chang'an remained silent.

When Baozhu returned carrying two large food boxes of vegetarian food, she also noticed the problem. After the young Taoist nun who had helped her carry the food boxes left the guest room, she turned around and quietly asked Meng Shisan, "Miss, what happened to Chang'an?"