The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 993 was the one that was clicked.

When Meng Renping returned to his residence after leaving the yamen, he brought Yu Minglu with him.

After leaving the palace, he took the Meng family's carriage directly to the Imperial Hospital, where he picked up Yu Minglu, who was on duty. The two of them rode together in the same carriage to the Meng family residence.

On the train, he told Yu Minglu about what had happened.

After listening to this, Yu Minglu sat in the carriage all the way until he got off and entered the Meng residence, his brows never relaxed.

Meng Renping and Yu Minglu walked towards the backyard. When they reached the second gate, they still saw Yu Minglu with a worried expression. He coughed twice and said tactfully, "Yaoyao is a bit willful. We'll have to trouble Bai Ying to take care of her."

This is what good friends do. If it were any other medical officer in the Imperial Hospital, how could he, as the eldest cousin of the eldest sister, dare to say such a thing?

They devoted themselves to prescribing medicine to treat their eldest cousin, changing the recipe for nourishing medicinal meals every now and then, and even coming uninvited to check her pulse from time to time. After finally improving her health, the eldest cousin didn't cherish it. It's one thing to suffer from poisoning and high fever while shielding the prince from an arrow, since it was an act of loyalty to the emperor and no one could find fault with it, but this diving into the water... that's really going too far.

Even the best doctor needs a cooperative and obedient patient.

If a patient is disobedient and insists on going into dangerous territory, which doctor wouldn't have a headache?
Even though he wasn't a doctor, just his older cousin, he still had a terrible headache.

Upon reflection, I realize I am indeed in the wrong.

Yu Minglu was worried, not because Meng Shisan was neglecting his own health, but because he was worried about how to improve the original prescription he had given Meng Shisan so that he could better recover from the cold that Meng Shisan had suffered from after getting wet.

Upon hearing Meng Renping's words, he regained his composure and said, "It's alright, I'm a doctor."

He was a physician, entrusted with the Crown Prince's orders, supported by his friends, and secretly harbored his own selfish desires. No matter how willful Miss Meng was, he wouldn't blame her.

He simply felt sorry for her and wanted to eradicate her illness as quickly and effectively as possible, so that she could be as healthy as Princess Yan Hua.

Given her unpredictable and whimsical nature, she'll surely have an even more enjoyable time.

Thinking of this, Yu Minglu couldn't help but smile again, recalling Meng Shisan's devilish behavior.

Meng Renping caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of his eye, and his eyebrows rose slightly. Just as they reached the second gate, after the two of them had passed through it, he said, "It's rare to see you in such a good mood."

Yu Minglu disagreed: "Although Miss Meng is a bit willful, she lives a much more carefree and happy life than before. Isn't that a good thing?"

“Of course it’s good,” Meng Renping couldn’t possibly say it was bad, “it’s just not good for her health.”

“Emotions are also a very important medicine,” Yu Minglu said from a medical perspective. “If Miss Meng can be happy, then it doesn’t matter if she acts recklessly.”

Meng Renping frowned slightly: "Are you saying that if Yaoyao is happy, it will also be good for her sickly nature since childhood?"

“That’s right.” Yu Minglu nodded. “If a person’s life is too miserable and too repressed, even a healthy person will eventually develop a lot of illnesses from holding it in.”

Meng Renping glanced at his friend, then looked back at the bluestone path ahead. After crossing this path and turning a corner, he would reach Taichen Courtyard at the end of the road: "Bai Ying."

"Hmm?" Yu Minglu looked at his friend, who had only called him but hadn't said anything more, with a puzzled expression.

"It is said that a doctor cannot heal himself, is that right?" Meng Renping asked abruptly.

Yu Minglu parted his lips slightly. They had known each other for many years and were familiar with each other's temperaments. Although they had different futures, they were both in the Eastern Palace camp. There were some things they both knew about, and even if they kept some things from each other, they could still see some clues.

He didn't know what Chi Nan had noticed, or whether he had noticed Chi Nan's secret crush on his friend's older cousin. In any case, he remained silent at this moment.

Meng Renping refused to give up: "Bai Ying, answer me." Yu Minglu walked forward silently, and when he reached the end of the bluestone road, he turned a corner and saw the road leading straight to Taichen Courtyard. He no longer remained silent: "...Yes."

"Don't be so persistent." After receiving an affirmative answer, Meng Renping sighed and advised his friend, not wanting to hurt him.

Yu Minglu stopped and stood still, his face showing a complex expression of disbelief and a hint of doubt that he might have misunderstood.

Meng Renping took two steps forward, but his friend didn't follow. He took another step and stopped as well. He didn't retreat or look back: "This is not good. You will harm yourself and the Yu family."

That is the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince, the future Emperor.

My friend is just a mere medical officer; how could he possibly compete with him, and how dare he even try to take it from him?
Yu Minglu understood, but stood still, his legs feeling as if they were being pressed down by two mountains, unable to lift them.

Meng Renping didn't say anything more, nor did he wait for Yu Minglu. He walked straight towards Taichen Courtyard.

After passing through the courtyard gate, he looked back and stood at the gate, waiting for his friend to catch up.

Yu Minglu's mind was in a whirl, one wave after another. He had thought his friend was unaware, but it turned out that it was he who was unaware.

He looked up at the end of the road, and several dozen steps away, he saw his friend waiting inside the courtyard gate.

His lips trembled slightly as he finally took a step.

After entering the courtyard of Taichen Courtyard and getting far enough away from the gatekeeper, Yu Minglu asked in a low voice, "...When did you find out?"

"The last time was also when we went into the water. His Highness arrived and wrapped Yaoyao up tightly in front of everyone, then picked her up and left that day," Meng Renping replied.

Yu Minglu responded with an "Oh," and said, "At Bixu Manor..."

Fu was jolted awake, suddenly realizing a fact he was unaware of: "...Your Highness?"

"Hmm," Meng Renping responded softly.

That single "hmm" made Yu Minglu's legs feel like they were being pressed down by two mountains, unable to move even half a step.

Meng Renping took two steps, then stopped, looked back, and finally couldn't bear it. He took two steps back and stood beside his friend, saying, "Your Highness cherishes talent, but Your Highness only cherishes talent. There is no shortage of talented people in Great Wei."

Yu Minglu said with a blank face, "I am a medical officer."

“That’s the same. There are plenty of them in the Imperial Medical Academy.” Meng Renping didn’t mince words. “There are also countless folk healers who possess both medical skills and ethics.”

Yu Minglu turned his face away with a blank expression and stared straight at Meng Renping.

Meng Renping said, "I'm not trying to discourage you, nor am I deliberately saying anything harsh, but this is the truth. Although the Great Wei is full of talented people, those who can befriend me are far from being as numerous as carp on a river, and I cherish them very much."

"Are you trying to persuade me..."

"……Um."

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Minglu asked, "Does Your Highness know?"

"Your Highness is unaware of what I just said to you." Meng Renping hadn't intended to expose his friend's thoughts so quickly, but today's situation was indeed a good opportunity.

So I poked it.