Chapter 233 Speaking Openly with Consort Jing

Li Manyan smiled and asked, "Second Princess, is there something you need from me?"

"No," Sheng Sheng shook her head and said, "Sheng Sheng is going to Haijin with her brothers. She won't be here for the next few days and won't be back for a few more days, so she wanted to come and see Sister Yan Yan before she leaves."

"Going to Haijin?" Li Manyan asked in confusion. "Are all the princes going?"

"Mmm-hmm." Sheng Sheng nodded vigorously, but didn't reveal their true purpose. They just made up an excuse, "There hasn't been anything fun to do these past few days. We've basically just been letting everyone go out and have some fun in the surrounding areas. It's so boring. Sheng Sheng couldn't sit still, and Fifth Brother also wanted to go out and play, so we begged our older brother and Crown Prince to take us out to play."

"I see. I hope Your Highness had a good time."

"Mmm-hmm-hmm."

Sheng Sheng chatted with Li Manyan for a while, telling her to take good care of herself and that she would bring her some local specialties from Haijin when she returned.

Li Manyan smiled and replied, "Okay, then I'll wait for the princess to return."

"hey-hey."

The little dumpling skipped and hopped out, only to run into Consort Jing, who was returning.

Consort Jing seemed surprised that she was still there, and chuckled twice, "Oh, the Second Princess has left?"

Sheng Sheng smiled and said, "Yes, Sheng Sheng has finished talking to Sister Yan Yan."

"Oh, umm."

Consort Jing chuckled twice, then met Sheng Sheng's gaze, unsure of what to say.

The air was thick with awkwardness. After thinking for a moment, Sheng Sheng took the initiative to say, "Your Highness, actually, Sheng Sheng doesn't care about what happened before at all."

"ah?"

Consort Jing was somewhat surprised, completely unprepared for her to say such a thing, and caught off guard, then felt a little ashamed.

So, this little dumpling saw everything.

She, an adult, had to rely on a child to break the ice; she truly felt ashamed.

Consort Jing carefully considered her words: "This... Second Princess, about what happened before, I..."

Xie Yuxiao had said that Consort Jing was straightforward, somewhat carefree, and had a fiery temper.

But in reality, Consort Jing still had a very girlish heart.

Especially when faced with such a young child, Consort Jing, who had no children of her own, did not know how to deal with this situation.

Consort Jing thought that if she were a five-year-old child, and someone sent someone to kill her, even if she later found out that it was just a misunderstanding, she would still have a shadow in her heart for that person.

Let alone a child, even if Consort Jing were her age, she would still feel disgusted with that person.

Consort Jing hesitated and said, "Second Princess, is it...?"

Sheng Sheng found it somewhat novel. The comments she had heard about Consort Jing before were all about her straightforwardness, and she never expected that Consort Jing would be so hesitant.

“Your Highness Consort Jing, Sheng Sheng really knows everything. Sheng Sheng is not the kind of person who would throw a tantrum easily, much less childishly impose her prejudices on unrelated people.” Sheng Sheng said, feigning anger. “That matter had nothing to do with Your Highness Consort Jing in the first place. Sheng Sheng is not stupid. Or is it that in Your Highness Consort Jing’s heart, Sheng Sheng is such a petty and unreasonable person?”

"How could this be!"

Consort Jing immediately denied it, then confessed in a low voice, "Actually, it's because of my poor health. The imperial physician said I would have difficulty conceiving. For so many years, I haven't been able to conceive, which has made me very sensitive and timid about children. Second Princess... Sheng Sheng?"

Consort Jing tentatively called out, and immediately smiled, "Yes, Consort Jing can be called that too."

Upon receiving a resounding affirmative answer, Consort Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, then I'll call you that from now on, Shengsheng."

After talking things out, both of them felt relieved.

"Your Highness, please don't feel guilty anymore. Everyone knows it wasn't you, so how could they possibly have those feelings for you? Besides, Your Highness is also a victim. If we really take it seriously, Your Highness is the one who suffered the most undeserved misfortune, and I should apologize to you."

"Why are you apologizing to me, you child?"

"Hehe, because Empress Zheng came here for Sheng Sheng."

Consort Jing was both amused and exasperated: "What kind of saying is that?"

She chuckled softly, realizing that time was running out and she couldn't continue chatting with Consort Jing.

Fortunately, the conversation was all out in the open, and we managed to complete a small task.

Sheng Sheng was afraid that Xie Yunchuan and the others would ride off on their horses before she could say a few more words. She quickly bid farewell to Consort Jing: "Your Highness Consort Jing, Sheng Sheng is leaving now. My brothers are waiting for me."

"Okay, okay, are you guys going out to play? Be careful on the road."

"Why."

After bidding farewell to Consort Jing, she ran to the agreed-upon place to find Xie Yunchuan and the others. Sure enough, she found them all already there, waiting for her.

Sheng Sheng realized she was late and apologized softly.

"I'm sorry, Sheng Sheng, you're late."

Xie Yunqi was holding the stone and talking to Xie Yunjia. The two seemed to be discussing whether the stone could start eating meat. Their discussion was passionate yet harmonious. It was the first time Sheng Sheng had ever seen the two of them have such an in-depth discussion on a single topic.

Seeing her return, Xie Yunjia hugged Shitou back into her arms and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of Shitou these few days and make sure he grows up healthy and plump."

"Thank you, Your Majesty~" Sheng Sheng hugged her and joked, "But don't let her get too fat, it'll damage the majesty of the King of Beasts."

Stone let out a little angry howl: "I won't get fat. But you, Master, you'd better be careful if you leave Stone alone to go out and play. Without Stone by your side to protect you, you might get eaten."

She gently rubbed his little head and coaxed him, "Stone, don't be angry. You're too small, it's inconvenient to carry you around. When you grow up, you can take him with you wherever you go, okay?"

Xie Yunjia chuckled, assuming that Sheng Sheng had figured this out from the cries of the stone, and said, "You two are really interesting."

"hey-hey."

Xie Yunqi pulled out two apples from somewhere and gave one to Shengsheng.

"Here, take this. You can eat it if you get hungry on the way."

"I hope I'm not hungry?"

Sheng Sheng thought to herself, "Didn't they say it would only take a little over an hour to get there on horseback? I just had breakfast half an hour ago, so I shouldn't be hungry this quickly."

"Horse horses?" Xie Yunqi scratched his head. "No, let's take a carriage."

As if to confirm Xie Yunqi's words, the next second, her pink, very conspicuous carriage was driven over and stopped in front of her under her gaze.

"Um?"

Sheng Sheng was a little confused. She had only asked Xie Yunqi to come along because she was afraid she would get horse sickness, so why was she suddenly riding in a carriage?