The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 998 Caring for You

Even the half-piece of green soil that she finally managed to find was found with the help of Meng Shisan.

Is this a coincidence?
She didn't think it was a coincidence, much less just luck. Rather, she believed that, to some extent, the half of the green soil that her father and the elders had asked her to find—a piece that the Huang family had been searching for generation after generation—had an inexplicable connection with Meng Shisan.

She doesn't know what the connection is yet, but she stays here and waits for Meng Shisan to find out the ins and outs of Meng Ying's matter. Then she will surely know what the connection is between half a piece of green soil and Meng Shisan, and how deep that connection is.

This was the main reason why she agreed to stay for the New Year with Meng Shisan instead of immediately setting off home to report back.

Although she was older, she was very curious.

She wanted to know the answers to these mysteries.

"Miss, Mr. Ma has arrived," Tongyu reported.

"Any news?" Huang Jing asked.

"I don't know." Tongyu shook her head and then reported, "Miss, the First Madam sent Steward Chu to say that Miss can no longer go out for drinks with Old Master Ma."

"I just got drunk by accident at Baolai Restaurant, why is my aunt restricting my freedom again?" Meng Shisan frowned slightly. She didn't like being restricted like this all the time.

Tongyu, unaware of the reason and merely relaying the message, shook her head again.

Shangchun walked into the courtyard with a winter plum blossom she had just picked from the garden, and then said, "This servant heard that it was His Highness's intention."

"Your Highness's meaning?" Meng Shisan recalled the figure and voice she seemed to see and hear during her hazy moments at Baolai Tower. "Was it really Your Highness who brought me back to the manor that day?"

She had heard Baozhu mention it once afterward, but she had just sobered up at the time. She heard it, but it seemed like she didn't hear it clearly. Now, thinking back on it...

Was it really because she had powerful backers who helped her get out of Baolailou?

She looked at Baozhu with hopeful eyes, hoping to hear a yes or no answer.

However, Baozhu asked incredulously, "Miss, when you first woke up, I told you, have you forgotten?"

Meng Shisan, unable to accept the truth, closed his eyes briefly. After a dozen breaths, he slowly opened them and said, "Therefore... my elder brother, on His Highness's orders, went to the yamen and invited Physician Yu to come to the mansion to examine my pulse..."

It wasn't like the incident where she went down to the vast river to retrieve half a piece of green soil. Rather, it was only afterward that he learned from his subordinates that she had gotten drunk from drinking the Jade Wine. He was there while she was still swaying around in the Baolai Tower.

Was she caught red-handed?

Meng Shisan opened his palm, covering his face with gaps between his fingers, and said with a slight wail, "Shangchun, what else have you heard?"

Shangchun, holding a vibrant plum blossom, walked to the recliner and, after a moment's thought, replied, "I've also heard that His Highness not only instructed the First Madam to keep a close watch on you, Miss, but also said that you are no longer allowed to go into the water or drink alcohol, and that you should take care of your health."

"That's impossible." Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan immediately sat up and straightened his face.

“It’s impossible not to go into the water. You’ve already spoken to the eldest young master, and I’m sure His Highness already knows from him,” Shangchun said. “But as for drinking, His Highness said that you can only have fruit wine. You’d better not touch any other real wine. The eldest madam readily agreed.”

"My alcohol tolerance isn't great, but that doesn't mean I have to abstain from alcohol completely," Meng Shisan muttered discontentedly, then snorted, "His Highness is very busy, and my aunt manages the household affairs, so she's never free either. How can she keep an eye on me all the time? As long as I don't get drunk, that's fine." She could just drink one or two cups, little by little, and not drink too much at once, then she shouldn't get drunk.

Huang Jing, who was listening nearby, sensed something: "Are you planning to use a feint to attack while secretly advancing?"

Meng Shisan glanced at Huang Jing and said, "Is that how you use words?"

"Anyway, that's what I mean. As long as you understand, that's fine." Huang Jing chuckled. "I can hold my liquor. If you want to drink in the future, just look for me, and I'll drink with you."

"It's a deal," Meng Shisan agreed.

Shangchun and Baozhu exchanged a glance, both revealing helpless expressions.

Their young lady is someone who often does things unpredictably and occasionally disregards worldly rules. Unfortunately, Miss Huang's temperament is similar to theirs, so they hit it off immediately and said that stirring up trouble was nothing compared to what they were doing.

After Huang Jing finished speaking, he became somewhat worried: "However, His Highness the Crown Prince's restraint in not letting you drink alcohol is also for your health, even going into the water... Of course, that's all in the past. Helping me find half a piece of green soil is also a very important matter, and you deserve the most credit. I have already informed Father and the elders about this... In the future, you should be more careful when you go into the water. Although I don't like being controlled like this either, when that bald donkey Lan tried to do that, I just punched and kicked him... But you can't do that to His Highness the Crown Prince."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Why don't you listen to His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Meng Shisan looked at Huang Jing incredulously: "A dignified exorcist master, you're afraid of imperial power?"

"Ahem!" Huang Jing cleared his throat. "Isn't this right under the emperor's nose? If I weren't in the capital, far from the emperor's reach, I wouldn't be afraid of anything! Besides, no matter how much of a demon slayer or a dignified celestial master I am, I am still a citizen of the Great Wei. I am a law-abiding citizen and I will not do anything that violates the law."

Meng Shisan reminded him: "Your Highness is not acting on the law."

“But he is the Crown Prince, the heir apparent, the future emperor. He is not just a figurehead, but a ruler who will surpass the law.” Huang Jing analyzed frankly, “In this capital, apart from the current emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince is the most important. When you are under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head. This is a normal thing to do.”

"Alright, alright." Meng Shisan waved his hand, shooing Huang Jing away like a mosquito, "Annoying."

"What's there to be annoyed about? They're just concerned about you." Huang Jing didn't care about his own pragmatism. Recognizing the facts and backing down appropriately is what a smart person should do.

Even if the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace is a capable and extraordinary person, she doesn't want to provoke him.

"Then Master Lan is just concerned about you, so why won't you even let him in?" Meng Shisan retorted, "According to what you said, if Master Lan comes to the door again today, I will have the gatekeeper let him in so that he can see you and show his concern for you in person, how about that?"

Huang Jing jumped up from the embroidered stool: "No, no, no! Even if he comes again today, we still can't let him in!"

After learning that she had found the old object she was looking for in the Kuang Guang River, Lan Zhijin began to visit the Meng family mansion, each time trying to persuade her to leave the capital and return home.

Even though she had already told him that she had promised Meng Shisan that she would stay in the capital for the New Year, he was still insistent that she leave the capital with him before the end of the year and embark on the journey home.

He's so stubborn he can't understand human language!

She's so annoyed.

"Alright, alright," Huang Jing said again, "I won't say anything more about you."