The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 979 Something is wrong

Meng Shisan gave an "oh," found it boring, closed his eyes and pretended to doze off, and remained silent.

Cui Yu looked ahead. He was behind and couldn't see Meng Shisan's face, nor did he know what expression Meng Shisan had at that moment. He only saw that Meng Shisan was quiet and had no intention of speaking anymore.

He felt something was strange, but he couldn't pinpoint why.

Cui Yu raised his hand and beckoned the servant standing beside the sedan chair to come closer. The servant leaned in and whispered, "Did anything happen after everyone settled down last night?"

"No," the sergeant replied.

He waved his hand again, and the servants returned to the appropriate distance, still following closely beside the sedan chair, waiting for orders.

Not only Cui Yu noticed that Meng Shisan's condition was somewhat abnormal, but Chang'an also noticed it early on. Even the oblivious Baozhu was slow to realize it, noticing it before the sedan chair reached the foot of the mountain and they were transferred to the Meng family's carriage.

Meng Shisan boarded the car first and settled into his seat. Baozhu pulled Chang'an, who was about to board as well, and whispered, "Miss, what's wrong? Did anything happen after I fell asleep last night?"

Chang'an gave Baozhu a meaningful look, then got into the car without saying anything.

Baozhu stood there stunned for a while before getting on the car and sitting down, her expression still blank.

Meng Shisan had excellent hearing; she heard Baozhu secretly ask Chang'an that question, and she saw that Chang'an didn't say anything. She also understood the reason behind Baozhu's bewildered expression, but she…

I can't say anything.

After the Meng family's carriage entered the city, Cui Yu's carriage still escorted her to the gate of the Meng family mansion, fulfilling Li Shou's task flawlessly.

Li Shou received the message around noon.

He had just finished lunch and was reviewing some memorials given to him by the Emperor in the Wenhua Hall.

"...It all sounds normal at the beginning, but something seems off later?" Li Shou asked Cui Yu, who had come to the palace to report to him in person.

Cui Yu said, "Yes, but I just can't get an answer."

"If it were me, I probably wouldn't have been able to get any information out of her either." Li Shou felt it was perfectly normal that Cui Yu couldn't get the key information out of his cousin, since he wasn't much better at it either. "Has Meng Ying's grave been discovered?"

“Meng Ying’s body is missing,” Cui Yu replied. “I couldn’t get close. According to Miss Meng and Old Ma, there were no signs of the grave being dug up when it was first discovered. But after Miss Meng dug up the grave and opened the coffin, she found only the skeleton of a male corpse inside.”

"Do you know when he disappeared?" Li Shou asked.

"I don't know." Cui Yu had asked Meng Shisan and Ma Ji the same question, and neither of them could determine the exact time.

"Your Highness, Young Master Ji sent Bai Zhuo back to report that Her Majesty the Empress has forced her way into the Imperial Study!" Chang Qing hurried into the hall to report.

Upon hearing that the matter involved the Empress Dowager, Cui Yu voluntarily excused himself, saying, "Your Highness, there is nothing more to discuss, so I will leave the palace now."

"Okay." Li Shou nodded.

As soon as Cui Yu stepped out of the Wenhua Hall, he vaguely heard Li Shou asking Chang Qing about the time and details of Empress Lu's forced entry into the Imperial Study. He glanced at the eunuchs standing guard on both sides of the hall door and strode down the stone steps.

Even this lowly eunuch is one of His Highness the Crown Prince's men.

This was the most effective piece of information he obtained during his visit to the palace today.

He can even plant his own people in the Wenhua Hall; the Crown Prince he serves is indeed becoming more and more powerful and not to be underestimated.

No matter how unwilling or grieved Empress Lu was, she could not change the fact that Li Heng was dead, nor could she shake the position of the Crown Prince. And all these results, whether good or bad for anyone, ultimately depended on the Crown Prince's strength and the Emperor's favor.

Emperor Zong favors His Highness the Crown Prince as the future emperor of Great Wei, a fact known to all the people of Great Wei. No matter how unwilling the Second Prince is to admit defeat, he has no choice but to accept his fate.

Cui's carriage was waiting on the side of the Imperial Street, some distance from the palace gate. When Hu Qiao saw Cui Yu walking out of the palace from afar, he jumped off the carriage and walked towards the palace gate to greet his seventh master.

He approached and reported: "The matters that Seventh Master instructed have all been completed. Chief Nie has already led his men to investigate Meng Ying's background in a different direction, following the timeline from a hundred years ago, and investigating the aristocratic families and powerful clans even further back."

Cui Yu nodded: "If you have any news, no matter when or where, you must report it to me immediately."

"Yes, sir." Hu Qiao helped Cui Yu into the carriage.

He personally drove the large carriage, and after Cui Yu was seated in the carriage, he steadily started the carriage and drove directly back to Que Xian Lou.

Halfway there, Hu Qiao remembered what Hu Yan had told him to remember before he came to pick up Cui Yu: "Seventh Master, Second Master has sent a letter."

"What is it?" Cui Yu asked.

"As always, I still want you to return to Qinghe to arrange your marriage." To be honest, Hu Qiao was tired of relaying Cui Dingci's family letters to his master.

The clan chief would have tried to persuade him in a different way, even if it meant luring Seventh Master back; it would have been better than being so blunt.

With such blatant pressure to get married, it's no wonder Seventh Master would obediently go back to meet potential spouses.

Every time Seventh Master heard a letter like this from Second Master, he would ignore it completely.

Sitting in the carriage, Cui Yu heard his elder brother urging him to find a wife as always, but he pretended not to hear it and remained silent.

Hu Qiao, who was rushing to catch the carriage, had an "I knew it" expression on his face.

Meng Shisan returned to the Meng residence, changed into a more comfortable casual outfit, and sat on a stone bench next to the banana trees in the courtyard outside Mingxiao Hall, resting one hand on the stone tabletop, her chin in hand, half-dazed.

While enjoying the spring scenery and brewing tea, she had to attend to some courtyard affairs. She brought two plates of freshly baked pastries and placed them on a tray before taking over the tea brewing.

Baozhu was also by the small red stove, helping to fan the fire.

Chang'an had something to ask the water snake alone, so while Meng Shisan was in a daze, she walked to the water vat and gestured to the water snake that was submerged in the water.

The grass carp stared at her gestures, and then jumped up, splashing a lot of water outside the tank.

Chang'an pursed his lips and stared coldly at the mischievous grass carp.

The grass carp, frightened, quickly sank to the bottom of the tank and pushed the water snake, whose eyes were closed, to the surface.

The water snake was pushed by the grass carp for quite a while before it reluctantly opened its beady green eyes and slowly floated to the surface.

Chang'an still uses the same gesture—Come out!
The water snake stared intently at Chang'an outside the vat, its sharp pupils darting around before glancing at Meng Shisan sitting in the courtyard. If its senior were to call it, it would surely leave the vat immediately.

But if it were a different person or a different demon, it would be less willing.

It was, after all, a local tyrant in the Kuangguang River. Although it hadn't been able to help Huang Jing find the nameless old object after all this time, it didn't diminish its status in the Kuangguang River.

And it doesn't diminish its place in the hearts of its predecessors!
In other words, one can ignore what Chang'an says!