Chapter 31 I wish my sister would marry the Crown Prince; we would share both glory and honor.

Xiao Ce nodded in satisfaction and got into the car with Zhang Xuanyun.

"Wait a mininute."

Meng Yanzhi stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Xuanyun.

She hesitated for a moment, but still handed the cotton-padded coat she had brought to Zhang Xuanyun.

"The stitches are rough, please don't mind them, sir. I'm such a clumsy student, I'm really embarrassing you."

"Although I am not naturally gifted, I will work harder and will not let you down. You should also work harder and not let the Crown Prince down."

Meng Yanzhi bowed respectfully, a gesture of respect from a disciple to her teacher.

Zhang Xuanyun felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He knew very well that today's events were all Meng Yanzhi's doing, mainly to allow him to get acquainted with the Crown Prince.

Zhang Xuanyun squeezed the bundle in his hand and smiled at Meng Yanzhi, a rare occurrence for him.

"Thank you, Miss Meng."

After saying this, he took a deep breath, turned around, and got into Xiao Ce's carriage.

As they drove further and further away, a glimmer of hope rose in Meng Yanzhi's heart; she just wanted to help Zhang Xuanyun.

"Meng Yanzhi, have you no shame? You personally delivered a man's cotton-padded coat in public! You! You are utterly shameless!" Mother Meng strode forward and shoved Meng Yanzhi hard. "You pretended to be innocent in front of the Crown Prince, but in reality, you two had already been secretly having an affair, hadn't you?"

"shut up!"

Finally, Meng's father could no longer bear it and looked at Meng's mother with a gloomy face.

"Aren't you ashamed enough already?"

They've already lost face in front of the Crown Prince, yet they still dare to shout and yell outside without any remorse.

"If such a despicable thing really happened in the family, what good could it be?"

"I think you're really getting senile. Go home!"

Without any regard for his wife's feelings, Meng's father glared at her fiercely before pulling Meng Yanzhi into his carriage.

"Father, I'm sorry. Have I brought shame to the family?"

"My daughter just wanted to learn to read and write, and she never expected her mother to be so angry."

Meng Yanzhi looked at her father pitifully, her voice even trembling slightly as she spoke.

Upon hearing this, Meng's father's angry eyes calmed down. He looked at Meng Yanzhi and asked, "Did you do this on purpose? Did you deliberately introduce this person to the Crown Prince?"

I knew my little tricks wouldn't fool him at all!

Fortunately, Meng Yanzhi had no intention of hiding it from him in the first place.

“Father, isn’t the Crown Prince about to get engaged to my sister? Then our Meng family will definitely be on the Crown Prince’s side. Recruiting talented people is a good thing for the Crown Prince, and it’s also a good thing for our Meng family.”

“I know I’m an ignorant country bumpkin who always brings shame to the family, but Father, don’t worry. I will always remember that I am a member of the Meng family. The blood of the Meng family flows in my veins, and everything I do is for the good of the Meng family.”

When Meng Yanzhi said this, her eyes were bright and open, without the slightest hesitation, and she stared at her father with sincerity.

She knew very well that what Meng's father cared about most was the family. Whether it was her or Meng Anxian, they were just tools to consolidate the family's power.

Meng's father was truly surprised that Meng Yanzhi would say such sensible and understanding words.

He frowned, looked at Meng Yanzhi, and then asked, "Your mother and sister have tormented you so much, do you really not hold a grudge?"

"We are a family, and family members should trust each other."

“My mother and sister don’t like me because I’m illiterate. I will study hard and I won’t bring shame to the Meng family when I’m out in the world.”

When Meng Yanzhi said this, she was incredibly innocent and naive. Perhaps because she was so pure, her father was speechless for a moment.

"Your father will personally find you a good teacher to teach you properly."

"Rouge, are you really willing for your sister to marry the Crown Prince?"

Meng's father was still somewhat uneasy and frowned as he looked at Meng Yanzhi.

Meng Yanzhi thought about it carefully, and then said, "If it's not my sister, it would be someone else. I'm illiterate and can't have children, so it naturally wouldn't be me. If it were someone else, it would be better if it were me. After all, my sister is the Crown Princess, and my own life would be better."

She wanted to tell Meng's father in this way that everyone prospers together and suffers together.

They are all members of the Meng family, so naturally they all have to make plans for the Meng family.

Meng's father had never seriously looked at Meng Yanzhi before, so he had no idea that Meng Yanzhi was thinking such things.

Originally, Meng's father had planned to simply find someone to settle Meng Yanzhi's affairs with, but now he felt he should invest more in her.

Upon arriving at the Meng family's gate, Meng's father's attitude had already changed. He directly issued an order: "As for the teachers of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, whatever Xian'er has, Rouge must also have. From now on, treat both daughters equally. There can be no more favoritism. If word gets out, it will be a disgrace to our Meng family."

Mencius' mother looked at Mencius' father in disbelief, unable to understand why everything had changed after they had traveled a long way.

Her eyebrows furrowed tightly as she looked at Meng Yanzhi: "What did you say to your father?"

"I didn't say anything, I just said that I would study hard." Meng Yanzhi timidly hid behind her father.

Father Meng frowned and looked at Mother Meng with displeasure: "This is also our daughter, she has the blood of the Meng family flowing in her veins, what are you trying to do!"

Before she could finish speaking, Meng Anxian screamed, "Father, what do you mean by that? Do you think I don't have your blood?"

"Whether you have my blood or not, you are still a daughter of the Meng family. What kind of behavior is this, shouting like this?"

"Have all the books I've read over the years gone to waste?"

Mencius' father rebuked him in dissatisfaction, then stormed off in anger.

Watching his retreating figure, Meng Anxian was even angrier. After all, from childhood to adulthood, her father had always been kind and gentle to her and had never given her such a cold shoulder before.

Seeing this, Meng's mother immediately pulled Meng Anxian aside and went with her to her Lingxi Courtyard.

Mingchu looked at Meng Yanzhi with some concern: "Miss, if you confront Madam and Second Miss like this, I'm afraid you won't have a good outcome, will you?"

"Even if I don't confront them, what good will come of it for me?"

"Silly girl, in the end, your father is the one who makes the decisions in this family."

Meng Yanzhi had long been accustomed to the true nature of the Meng family. No matter how much these women fought, it was useless. The family's resources and everyone's future were all in her father's hands. Therefore, what she needed to do was not to please her mother and Meng Anxian, but to stand on the same side as her father.