The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 996 Misunderstanding

"I've seen it." Mrs. Shang nodded.

"Then these... didn't they say that Big Brother didn't like them?" Meng Shisan wondered if the information she heard was half true and half false.

"Yes, he didn't like any of them." Mrs. Shang's honesty was tinged with hope. "But if you find one you like, I'll talk to him about it! Maybe he'll change his mind!"

Meng Shisan was stunned: "You can do that?"

Madam Shang's eyes sparkled: "Yes! Why not? Yaoyao, you have to help your aunt with this! I've been worrying about finding a wife for your older brother for years!"

Meng Shisan chuckled dryly, "Aunt, matters of marriage cannot be rushed or forced. If my elder brother doesn't approve of these young ladies, it must be because they don't suit his taste..."

"What do you mean by 'chemistry'? We haven't even arranged a matchmaking session yet, how do you know we won't get along?" Madam Shang disagreed with Meng Shisan's words and retorted, "He's just trying to annoy me! He didn't even look at these portraits properly before shaking his head and saying they wouldn't do. With his opinion, even if all the girls in the capital were placed in front of him, none of them would catch his eye!"

She got angrier the more she talked, and snorted, "Does he want to choose a celestial beauty or something?!"

“Brother understands the principle of choosing a virtuous wife.” Meng Shisan spoke up for Meng Renping, “Brother hasn’t taken a fancy to any young lady yet. I suppose it’s just that the time isn’t right. When the time is right, you won’t need Aunt to go to all this trouble. Brother will be able to bring your future sister-in-law into the house for you to see.”

Shang was taken aback. Meng Shisan's words were simply about fate, but to her, they meant something else entirely: "You mean... you mean A-Ping has someone he likes?"

Meng Shisan was stunned again: "I..."

She wanted to say that wasn't what she meant, but Shang Shi only understood what she wanted to understand. Without waiting for her to say anything more or giving her a chance to clear up the misunderstanding, she decisively got up and left excitedly.

The figure that strode out of Mingxiao Hall looked so light and agile that it made Shang Shi appear several years younger.

Baozhu slowly approached Meng Shisan: "Miss, the First Madam has misunderstood... What should we do?"

“Well…” Meng Shisan blinked, thinking that she was quite innocent, “…I don’t think I said anything.”

Baozhu blinked and then nodded emphatically.

Li Shou, along with Meng Renping, the entire Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and other officials of the Eastern Palace, worked day and night to handle the aftermath of Li Heng's death. Legal and illegal matters, things that could be seen in the light and things that could not be seen in the light, all related matters, regardless of people or things, were all unilaterally decided by him and completely crushed with overwhelming force.

Throughout this process, Emperor Zong turned a blind eye, just as he had done when dealing with Li Heng's heinous crimes.

When Meng Shisan learned of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "His Majesty truly has a genuine heart when it comes to his own flesh and blood."

"Is this good or bad?" Baozhu had a sewing basket beside her and was doing needlework.

She embroidered patterns that pleased the young lady on the handkerchiefs she used daily.

Meng Shisan, who was not skilled in needlework, watched from the side, holding a ball of gold thread in her hand, idly twirling it: "In an ordinary family, such a dissolute nature would be enough to cause endless trouble. In an imperial family, such a dissolute nature would cause even more endless trouble."

Baozhu looked up: "But Your Highness would not do evil."

"How can you be so sure?" Meng Shisan asked.

Baozhu was taken aback by the question: "Isn't that right?"

As an emperor, it is inevitable that sometimes one's words are not what one truly feels and one's actions are not one's own.

Meng Shisan then asked, "Then how do you define what is good and what is evil?"

Good and evil are separated by a single thought. Different perspectives on good and evil will inevitably lead to different viewpoints, and thus, one's understanding of good and evil will also differ from another's. Baozhu was even more unable to answer this time.

Meng Shisan put the ball of gold thread back into the sewing basket, got up and stretched, walked to the banana tree in the corner of the yard, looked at the banana tree, then walked to the water vat, looked at the grass carp, and then walked to the flower stand, looked at the camellia.

The whole thing was incredibly boring.

Baozhu couldn't figure out what her young mistress was doing, but since her mistress didn't say a word, she couldn't guess. Even if her mistress told her, like Fang Jiang, she still wouldn't understand.

...Miss is getting more and more profound.

When Meng Shisan remained silent, she was thinking about Meng Shisi. After all, she couldn't get involved in matters concerning her backer, nor did she need to at the moment. However, figuring out why Meng Shisi was so closely connected to her was of utmost importance.

But after thinking about it, she tried again and again, and just like the balls of thread in the sewing basket, they were either scattered or tangled together. She could not find a needle to thread them together.

Meng Shisan couldn't help but sigh.

As Huang Jing entered the courtyard, she happened to hear this sigh. She walked over to Meng Shisan and asked, "What's wrong? What's troubling you so much?"

"I have absolutely no information about any of the developments I want to know." Apart from her own human body and demon soul, which she chooses to keep from everyone, Meng Shisan will tell everyone else, more or less. In front of Huang Jing, because he is a demon slayer, she can say even more.

Huang Jing guessed, "Are you still worried about Miss Meng Ying's background and life story?"

Meng Shisan nodded: "This matter is of particular importance to me."

"Why?" Huang Jing was a little confused. "Meng Ying was Master Ma's former master, and he is no longer alive. Although it is indeed strange that his body is not incorruptible, there are several ways to prevent a body from incorrupt throughout history. It is not impossible. There is nothing strange about it."

She paused, then continued, "If it is true that his body suddenly disappeared and turned into half of black mist to save you and the Fourth Young Master in a critical moment, this definitely needs to be investigated. Also, his demonic energy and the demonic energy in your blood are from the same source, which is also very important and needs to be investigated thoroughly. Speaking of which... I have never been able to figure out why there is demonic energy in your blood? And why Meng Ying's demonic energy is from the same source as the demonic energy in your blood?"

"Therefore, I must find out the truth." Meng Shisan couldn't say anything else at the moment.

Huang Jing said, "Yaoyao, you're avoiding my question again."

Meng Shisan said, "I didn't avoid the question. It's just that if you don't believe me and ask again, I'll still give the same answer. If you still don't believe me, then there's no point in me saying anything more."

When I first asked you, you said you didn't know the reason.

"The same is true today."

Huang Jing suddenly had a brilliant idea: "I have a way to test the demonic energy in your blood..."

"Is there any danger?" Baozhu, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

Huang Jing turned around and looked at Baozhu, who was sitting on the edge of the recliner doing needlework, behind him: "There is... a little danger."

Baozhu put on a stern face and said righteously, "That won't do. Miss is precious and cannot take any risks."

Huang Jing looked back at Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan nodded in agreement: "I think Baozhu is right."

"Don't you think the things you did before were risky?" Huang Jing asked, bringing up old grievances with a speechless expression.