Chapter 153 Jealousy Arises
Fuling looked at Meng Yanzhi with displeasure: "You didn't even tell us that Your Highness was with you. Do you know how worried we've been!"
Seeing her annoyed expression, Meng Yanzhi felt completely bewildered and said irritably, "Why didn't you follow Her Highness when she went out?"
"I...you!"
Fu Ling was stunned for a moment, then realized that she was speechless.
Meng Yanzhi had no intention of getting entangled with this person, so she rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave.
Consort Liu found Meng Yanzhi's puffed-up face quite adorable. She turned around, glanced at Fuling, and strode inside.
When Meng Yanzhi returned to her room, she indeed smelled the familiar ambergris.
She walked over and sat on Xiao Xingyuan's lap, looking at him with a smile: "Your Majesty... are you going to be unhappy if I'm with the Empress?"
"It's not that I'm unhappy being with you, it's that you're unhappy being with me."
"Meng Yanzhi, do you hate me?"
Xiao Xingyuan frowned and looked at Meng Yanzhi with a wronged expression.
Upon hearing this, Meng Yanzhi smiled gently, kissed Xiao Xingyuan's lips, and said softly, "Your Majesty, I don't dislike you."
Previously, Meng Yanzhi simply felt that she couldn't see through Xiao Xingyuan, so she kept her distance. Now, the two of them are getting closer and closer. If he weren't the emperor, then she might not be unable to give him her heart.
Unfortunately, he happened to be an emperor.
Meng Yanzhi hugged Xiao Xingyuan's neck and kissed him repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry anymore, okay? Don't worry, I'll spend more time with you whenever I have time, eat with you, and sleep with you..."
At this point, Meng Yanzhi suddenly seemed to remember something, abruptly released Xiao Xingyuan, and pointed to the door: "Why is His Majesty still here? Shouldn't he be in Consort Li's palace with her?"
Xiao Xingyuan was still enjoying Meng Yanzhi's tenderness, but he never expected that Meng Yanzhi would remember this matter at this time.
Moreover, he himself had already forgotten about it.
Seeing Meng Yanzhi's sullen expression, Xiao Xingyuan was actually pleased. This at least proved that this little girl still cared about him!
Xiao Xingyuan pinched Meng Yanzhi's cheek: "Meng Yanzhi, are you jealous?"
Jealous?
Those two simple words were like a wake-up call for Meng Yanzhi.
She instinctively took a step back: "This humble woman dares not!"
Just moments ago, the two were very close, but they never expected that now they would be separated by thousands of miles.
Xiao Xingyuan suddenly stood up, his eyes deep and unfathomable. He stared at Meng Yanzhi for a while, then turned and left without saying a word.
"call!"
Meng Yanzhi sat on the bed and let out a long sigh.
Her eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and she felt that something was really wrong with her!
How could she have such feelings for Xiao Xingyuan? What's going on? What exactly is happening?
Wang Huanhai watched as Xiao Xingyuan stormed out, fuming. He was puzzled, wondering why Xiao Xingyuan had suddenly become angry.
Before this, Xiao Xingyuan's emotions had always been very stable. Why is he like a completely different person now? He got angry several times in one day. What's going on?
Xiao Xingyuan returned to his palace and plopped down on the bed. Thinking about Meng Yanzhi's deliberate attempt to distance herself, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, his face terribly gloomy, yet he couldn't help feeling disappointed.
The next day.
After asking for leave, Meng Yanzhi simply took her small bundle and left home, heading straight back to the Meng family.
When Xiao Xingyuan returned from court, he heard the news that Meng Yanzhi had returned home. His eyebrows furrowed tightly: "Who allowed her to leave the palace!"
“Your Majesty, she has a holiday.” Wang Huanhai looked at Xiao Xingyuan helplessly: “She is a female official, not a concubine. She can leave the palace at will.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xingyuan's expression clearly darkened further.
The Meng family.
After returning home, Meng Yanzhi went directly to Lingxi Courtyard to find Meng Anxian.
"Your Highness has returned. Did you know that?"
Meng Yanzhi entered and got straight to the point.
What?
Upon hearing this, Meng Anxian's expression immediately changed, and she looked at Meng Yanzhi with confusion: "I didn't know about this. How did you find out? Did His Highness go to see you first?"
"His Highness went to see His Majesty first." Meng Yanzhi looked at Meng Anxian with some helplessness: "His Highness's return is still a secret, so you can't tell anyone. But His Highness is injured, so you should go see him now!"
"What? Your Highness is injured? What happened? Is it serious? How did you get injured?!" Meng Anxian couldn't sit still any longer!
Seeing Meng Anxian's expression, Meng Yanzhi was both amused and exasperated. With no other choice, she said, "What you're asking right now is not important. What's important is that you go and offer warmth at this time, you understand?"
"Meng Yanzhi, you...are you helping me?" Meng Anxian's eyebrows furrowed tightly as she looked at Meng Yanzhi suspiciously. "Why? Don't you hate me?"
"Get this straight, okay? It's not that I hate you, it's that you hate me." Meng Yanzhi rolled her eyes at Meng Anxian. "Hurry up and go. I prepared all of this for you. If you still can't get the position of Crown Princess, you're a fool!"
As she spoke, Meng Yanzhi handed the small bundle in her hand to Meng Anxian.
Holding the small bundle, Meng Anxian thought for a while, then snorted, "Meng Yanzhi, don't think I'll like you just because of this!"
What Meng Yanzhi wanted was not Meng Anxian's affection, but her life!
Once she marries Xiao Ce, her good days will be over. She'll be caught between the Crown Prince's residence and the Meng family. Let's see how she manages to maneuver. Sooner or later, she'll be utterly destroyed. It would be so satisfying to lift someone up high and then drop them to their death!
Seeing Meng Anxian's impatient look, Meng Yanzhi smiled slightly, then turned and went to the study.
"Father, the Crown Prince has returned. He was injured, and I've already sent Xian'er to see him. The position of Crown Princess should be secure." Meng Yanzhi looked at her father with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Meng's father's expression changed, and he looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief: "How come we didn't receive any news of His Highness's return to court?"
"They returned secretly." Meng Yanzhi looked at her father with some concern. "I wonder what they found out this time, Father. You didn't touch a single penny of the disaster relief funds for the floods in the south, did you?"
Meng Yanzhi was filled with worry, and her father's face was even more grim. He hadn't touched it at all, yet he had helped the Jade King take quite a bit. If things were really investigated now, he feared...
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