Chapter 753 Self-contempt
He thought about how he had treated Thirteen in the past. Although he had not clearly told her his feelings for her, she had seen, heard, and felt everything he had done...
It's like a person standing by a fire, where there is no warmth at all...
My heart was in a knot uncontrollably.
He held onto the back of the chair in so much pain and closed his eyes in daze.
"Seventh Master!" Hu Qiao anxiously supported Cui Yu, "What's wrong with you? I'll go get a doctor!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the house.
Cui Yu stopped him: "No need."
"But you..."
"Nothing."
It was just that his heart was aching a little, so much so that he could hardly stand.
Li Shou came in person to pick up Meng Shisan. After just a few words in the carriage, he made her so angry that she couldn't speak. Even when the carriage arrived in front of the gate of Meng's mansion, he still had a tense face.
Meng Shisan said apologetically, "Your Highness, would you like to come to the mansion and have a seat?"
She asked, thinking in her heart that he probably didn't want it, after all, he was still angry with her.
The results were beyond her expectations.
Li Shou nodded slightly: "Okay, I haven't been to Xuanyuan Terrace for a long time."
Meng Shisan opened his mouth, secretly changed his tone, and nodded, "Your Highness, please."
It was the time for going on duty in the government office. At this moment, no one in the Meng Mansion was at home. Only Old Madam Meng and Mrs. Shang and Mrs. Wu came out to greet them.
As usual, Li Shou first sat with Old Madam Meng for a while and talked about family matters. In the past, Mrs. Wu did not sit with them, but Mrs. Shang sat below Mrs. Meng. Today, Mrs. Wu was there too.
Wu was a little trembling and didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end. Fortunately, Li Shou didn't look at her much, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.
Shang was much calmer, and just like usual he would interject a word or two from time to time, appearing friendly yet maintaining a sense of respect for elders.
After the chat, Li Shou and Old Lady Meng were very satisfied with the grandparents and grandchildren.
The two were satisfied, and Shang and Wu were very happy and breathed a sigh of relief.
As usual, Li Shou and Chang Qing went to Xuanyuan Terrace by themselves, but when they stepped onto the stone steps, he was no longer the only one going up as usual, today Meng Shisan was there with them.
Chang Qing was waiting downstairs as usual.
Ji Kuan had other important tasks to attend to today, so Bai Zhuo came over. He was even more boring than Ji Kuan. He and Chang Qing stood under the Xuanyuan Terrace, like a pillar, and did not move for a long time.
Old Madam Meng was a little worried, so she followed him to an attic, looked at Xuanyuan Terrace in the distance, and said to Madam Liu, "I see...something is not right."
"Something is not quite right, but you don't need to worry." Mother Liu felt that Meng Shisan was more than capable of dealing with Li Shou. "Your Highness has always been very kind to the young lady."
"I'm not worried about my grandson, I'm worried about my eldest granddaughter." Mrs. Meng's eyesight was blurry, but her mind was not muddled. She could sense the discord between Li Shou and Meng Shisan. "Yaoyao, you must have angered His Highness again!"
Even though the Crown Prince's grandson tried his best to conceal it in front of her, she had sharp eyes and could see that her eldest granddaughter looked a little breathless and guilty in front of the Crown Prince's grandson.
Mother Liu could also see a little bit, she smiled and said: "Even if that's the case, you don't have to worry, after all, His Highness loves the young lady so much, how could he really be angry with her." After hearing this, Old Lady Meng also laughed: "That's true."
The prince's grandson was really being controlled by the eldest granddaughter.
This was something my daughter had never been able to do back then.
Maybe she can let go of some of her worries.
After all, the eldest granddaughter is not a daughter. The eldest granddaughter is much better than a daughter.
In the Guanyong Pavilion on Xuanyuan Terrace, Li Shou and Meng Shisan sat opposite each other. It was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard from above.
Meng Shisan sat a little uneasy and took the initiative to speak: "If there is anything I did not do well, please tell me frankly, Your Highness, so that I can correct it."
"Really change?" Li Shou couldn't help but have some doubts. Based on his understanding of her, she didn't seem like a woman who would easily compromise.
"Change it!" Meng Shisan thought to himself that it depends on how to change it. As for how to change it, it is up to her to decide.
Li Shou looked at Meng Shisan who was speaking earnestly, his pair of phoenix eyes gradually couldn't hide the brilliance: "Then you have to promise me that from now on... no, from now on, you have to keep your distance from other men and not meet with them privately."
Meng Shisan heard this. She was so smart and her mind worked quickly that she immediately thought of meeting Cui Yu today. She felt it necessary to explain: "I didn't go to meet Master Cui Qi. I needed his help with something, and it was definitely not a private meeting."
"There are only you and him in the room, aren't you having a secret meeting?" Li Shou snorted.
Meng Shisan disagreed: "There were not only me and him in the room at that time, but also Tongyu and Huqiao."
It is definitely not a single man and a single woman in the true sense.
Li Shou also refused to accept this statement: "How can your maidservant and his men be considered outsiders?"
"Of course not an outsider." Meng Shisan didn't understand the logic of Li Shou's words. She frowned and said, "Your Highness, isn't your statement too far-fetched?"
"Are you just making far-fetched arguments?" Li Shou stood up suddenly, looking very angry.
Meng Shisan did not stand up as well. She raised her head and replied without showing any weakness: "Your Highness does not think that I am making a farfetched argument, because it is Your Highness who said it. Your Highness naturally does not think that what he said is farfetched."
It's the same old words, going around in circles like a wheel.
Li Shou understood everything, his eyes narrowed slightly, his heart beating slightly, he felt that if he continued to argue, he would be in big trouble today!
Meng Shisan stared at Li Shou without blinking. The expression on his face was unpredictable. In a few breaths, it seemed as if there was fire burning, water extinguishing, and fog spreading, which made her heart skip a beat.
Did she piss him off again?
But it was clearly him who was making excuses and accusing her of having an affair with a man without any reason. How come it became her fault in the end?
Meng Shisan's face turned serious.
She is right!
Suddenly seeing Meng Shisan's bright little face become serious, Li Shou's angry expression paused. For a moment he thought about giving up and just guiding her slowly. If he made her angry, he would be the one who would suffer internal injuries in the end.
However, he tried hard to hold it back for the next breath.
Can't surrender!
Once, twice, three times, four times, five times, and even countless times in the days to come. As the crown prince, does he have to give in to her every time?
Li Shou endured and suppressed his impulse to continue pampering her and the anger she aroused, and finally sat back on the stone bench slowly.
As soon as he sat back on the stone bench and his mind became clearer, he couldn't help but curse himself in his heart. He wanted to get angry so that she could reflect on herself, but he didn't expect that in the end he would sit back so easily.
He thought about how he had treated Thirteen in the past. Although he had not clearly told her his feelings for her, she had seen, heard, and felt everything he had done...
It's like a person standing by a fire, where there is no warmth at all...
My heart was in a knot uncontrollably.
He held onto the back of the chair in so much pain and closed his eyes in daze.
"Seventh Master!" Hu Qiao anxiously supported Cui Yu, "What's wrong with you? I'll go get a doctor!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the house.
Cui Yu stopped him: "No need."
"But you..."
"Nothing."
It was just that his heart was aching a little, so much so that he could hardly stand.
Li Shou came in person to pick up Meng Shisan. After just a few words in the carriage, he made her so angry that she couldn't speak. Even when the carriage arrived in front of the gate of Meng's mansion, he still had a tense face.
Meng Shisan said apologetically, "Your Highness, would you like to come to the mansion and have a seat?"
She asked, thinking in her heart that he probably didn't want it, after all, he was still angry with her.
The results were beyond her expectations.
Li Shou nodded slightly: "Okay, I haven't been to Xuanyuan Terrace for a long time."
Meng Shisan opened his mouth, secretly changed his tone, and nodded, "Your Highness, please."
It was the time for going on duty in the government office. At this moment, no one in the Meng Mansion was at home. Only Old Madam Meng and Mrs. Shang and Mrs. Wu came out to greet them.
As usual, Li Shou first sat with Old Madam Meng for a while and talked about family matters. In the past, Mrs. Wu did not sit with them, but Mrs. Shang sat below Mrs. Meng. Today, Mrs. Wu was there too.
Wu was a little trembling and didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end. Fortunately, Li Shou didn't look at her much, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.
Shang was much calmer, and just like usual he would interject a word or two from time to time, appearing friendly yet maintaining a sense of respect for elders.
After the chat, Li Shou and Old Lady Meng were very satisfied with the grandparents and grandchildren.
The two were satisfied, and Shang and Wu were very happy and breathed a sigh of relief.
As usual, Li Shou and Chang Qing went to Xuanyuan Terrace by themselves, but when they stepped onto the stone steps, he was no longer the only one going up as usual, today Meng Shisan was there with them.
Chang Qing was waiting downstairs as usual.
Ji Kuan had other important tasks to attend to today, so Bai Zhuo came over. He was even more boring than Ji Kuan. He and Chang Qing stood under the Xuanyuan Terrace, like a pillar, and did not move for a long time.
Old Madam Meng was a little worried, so she followed him to an attic, looked at Xuanyuan Terrace in the distance, and said to Madam Liu, "I see...something is not right."
"Something is not quite right, but you don't need to worry." Mother Liu felt that Meng Shisan was more than capable of dealing with Li Shou. "Your Highness has always been very kind to the young lady."
"I'm not worried about my grandson, I'm worried about my eldest granddaughter." Mrs. Meng's eyesight was blurry, but her mind was not muddled. She could sense the discord between Li Shou and Meng Shisan. "Yaoyao, you must have angered His Highness again!"
Even though the Crown Prince's grandson tried his best to conceal it in front of her, she had sharp eyes and could see that her eldest granddaughter looked a little breathless and guilty in front of the Crown Prince's grandson.
Mother Liu could also see a little bit, she smiled and said: "Even if that's the case, you don't have to worry, after all, His Highness loves the young lady so much, how could he really be angry with her." After hearing this, Old Lady Meng also laughed: "That's true."
The prince's grandson was really being controlled by the eldest granddaughter.
This was something my daughter had never been able to do back then.
Maybe she can let go of some of her worries.
After all, the eldest granddaughter is not a daughter. The eldest granddaughter is much better than a daughter.
In the Guanyong Pavilion on Xuanyuan Terrace, Li Shou and Meng Shisan sat opposite each other. It was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard from above.
Meng Shisan sat a little uneasy and took the initiative to speak: "If there is anything I did not do well, please tell me frankly, Your Highness, so that I can correct it."
"Really change?" Li Shou couldn't help but have some doubts. Based on his understanding of her, she didn't seem like a woman who would easily compromise.
"Change it!" Meng Shisan thought to himself that it depends on how to change it. As for how to change it, it is up to her to decide.
Li Shou looked at Meng Shisan who was speaking earnestly, his pair of phoenix eyes gradually couldn't hide the brilliance: "Then you have to promise me that from now on... no, from now on, you have to keep your distance from other men and not meet with them privately."
Meng Shisan heard this. She was so smart and her mind worked quickly that she immediately thought of meeting Cui Yu today. She felt it necessary to explain: "I didn't go to meet Master Cui Qi. I needed his help with something, and it was definitely not a private meeting."
"There are only you and him in the room, aren't you having a secret meeting?" Li Shou snorted.
Meng Shisan disagreed: "There were not only me and him in the room at that time, but also Tongyu and Huqiao."
It is definitely not a single man and a single woman in the true sense.
Li Shou also refused to accept this statement: "How can your maidservant and his men be considered outsiders?"
"Of course not an outsider." Meng Shisan didn't understand the logic of Li Shou's words. She frowned and said, "Your Highness, isn't your statement too far-fetched?"
"Are you just making far-fetched arguments?" Li Shou stood up suddenly, looking very angry.
Meng Shisan did not stand up as well. She raised her head and replied without showing any weakness: "Your Highness does not think that I am making a farfetched argument, because it is Your Highness who said it. Your Highness naturally does not think that what he said is farfetched."
It's the same old words, going around in circles like a wheel.
Li Shou understood everything, his eyes narrowed slightly, his heart beating slightly, he felt that if he continued to argue, he would be in big trouble today!
Meng Shisan stared at Li Shou without blinking. The expression on his face was unpredictable. In a few breaths, it seemed as if there was fire burning, water extinguishing, and fog spreading, which made her heart skip a beat.
Did she piss him off again?
But it was clearly him who was making excuses and accusing her of having an affair with a man without any reason. How come it became her fault in the end?
Meng Shisan's face turned serious.
She is right!
Suddenly seeing Meng Shisan's bright little face become serious, Li Shou's angry expression paused. For a moment he thought about giving up and just guiding her slowly. If he made her angry, he would be the one who would suffer internal injuries in the end.
However, he tried hard to hold it back for the next breath.
Can't surrender!
Once, twice, three times, four times, five times, and even countless times in the days to come. As the crown prince, does he have to give in to her every time?
Li Shou endured and suppressed his impulse to continue pampering her and the anger she aroused, and finally sat back on the stone bench slowly.
As soon as he sat back on the stone bench and his mind became clearer, he couldn't help but curse himself in his heart. He wanted to get angry so that she could reflect on herself, but he didn't expect that in the end he would sit back so easily.
