Chapter 22 Just Wanting to Live a Peaceful Life
Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiao Ce in surprise.
"I'm good? Am I really that good?"
"Of course you're amazing, you play the piano very well."
Xiao Ce praised Meng Yanzhi very earnestly.
He wanted to see Meng Yanzhi be confident and outgoing, and he didn't like her timid and submissive manner. Especially when he thought about what Lu Huan had said, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Meng Yanzhi raised the corners of her mouth slightly and then said softly, "I come from the countryside and have never learned any of these things. I just listened to my younger sister when she was learning. I'm not very good at it, but I'm not ashamed of it, so I'm already very satisfied."
Is that how it is?
Xiao Ce didn't know why, but seeing her shy appearance, he also felt shy and his face silently turned red.
A young person's blush sometimes speaks louder than a thousand words.
Not far away, Xiao Xingyuan, sitting in the pavilion, watched the two interacting and his expression changed.
The guard looked at Xiao Xingyuan nervously: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince seems to have really fallen for that Miss Meng."
"Bring the person over here."
Xiao Xingyuan snorted coldly, then sat down on a chair to the side.
Before long, someone sent Xiao Ce away, and then Meng Yanzhi was brought in front of Xiao Xingyuan.
In fact, from the moment she recognized Xiao Xingyuan, Meng Yanzhi knew that she would definitely have to meet with him and make things clear.
Now, Meng Yanzhi kneels before Xiao Xingyuan with complete openness and composure.
The expected panic and pleading did not occur; instead, Xiao Xingyuan gave Meng Yanzhi a second look.
He frowned slightly: "That day at the Crown Prince's residence..."
"Your Majesty, I remember nothing, and I have never been to the Crown Prince's residence." Meng Yanzhi had thought it over carefully and knew she could not admit to this, much less force Xiao Xingyuan to take responsibility.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xingyuan found himself unable to utter any of the words he had prepared.
His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he remained silent, exuding an oppressive aura.
Meng Yanzhi felt like she was suffocating just kneeling there.
She kept her head down, not daring to look Xiao Xingyuan in the eye, and felt even more nervous.
In her previous life, she either worked in the inner quarters of the Meng family or suffered in the Xu family. She had never entered the palace, let alone met such a noble person.
However, Meng Yanzhi was quite familiar with the person in front of her. After all, the entire court respected this young emperor greatly and obeyed his every word.
He's so young yet he's capable of this much, he must be ruthless. It's entirely possible he might accidentally kill her!
Thinking about this made Meng Yanzhi feel even worse.
Meng Yanzhi waited for a long time but Xiao Xingyuan didn't speak. She secretly looked up and stole a glance at Xiao Xingyuan.
"What are you looking at?"
Xiao Xingyuan immediately noticed Meng Yanzhi's look and smiled at her.
Is he smiling?
Meng Yanzhi was a little dumbfounded. Xiao Xingyuan was not Xiao Ce's biological father. Xiao Ce was just an adopted son from the imperial clan. However, the two still had some similarities.
Xiao Xingyuan was more gloomy, his eyes always seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words, making him unfathomable.
However, Xiao Ce was relatively more gentle and refined, but he was also cunning and scheming. In short, the two of them were equally bad, both of them being the worst of the worst!
"Your Majesty, I dare not."
"This humble woman only wishes to live a peaceful life."
Meng Yanzhi knew that all her little thoughts were completely transparent to this person.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xingyuan snorted: "You're actually quite honest!"
"Xiao Ce is the Crown Prince. Keep your little schemes to yourself, or I will make sure you die a horrible death."
After saying this, Xiao Xingyuan got up and strode away.
Although he was gone, Meng Yanzhi felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.
She knelt on the spot, the sunlight shining on her, but she couldn't feel any warmth at all. She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, cold to the bone.
After a day, Meng Yanzhi finally returned to the Meng family safely, having escaped unharmed.
As soon as she entered the door, Meng's mother slapped Meng Yanzhi hard across the face.
"You shameless thing, you always try to show off when you go out. I think you're just frivolous and shameless. You've disgraced the Meng family!" Mother Meng pointed at Meng Yanzhi's nose and cursed viciously.
Meng Anxian also came out at this moment. Her face even smelled bad. When she saw the bracelet on Meng Yanzhi's hand and the hairpin in her hair, her face turned very gloomy. She rushed up like a madwoman, snatched the jade hairpin from Meng Yanzhi's head, and smashed it hard on the ground.
"don't want!"
Meng Yanzhi screamed in fright, then knelt on the ground to grab the jade hairpin fragments.
Seeing this, Meng Anxian became even more furious, stomping on Meng Yanzhi's hand and glaring at her fiercely: "You bitch, you actually dared to steal it!"
"This is a gift from the Emperor!" Meng Yanzhi cried out, her voice trembling with sobs, completely disregarding the numerous wounds on her hands.
What?
Upon hearing this, even Meng's mother was stunned. She frowned, quickly pulled Meng Anxian away, and then looked at Meng Yanzhi with displeasure, saying in an annoyed tone, "How could you be so careless? You even broke a gift bestowed by the emperor?"
Although Meng Yanzhi was already used to the Meng family's favoritism, this kind of blatant reversal of right and wrong right in front of her still gave her a slight shock.
Meng Yanzhi knelt on the ground, her palms were cut, and her entire hand was a bloody mess.
She painstakingly picked up the jade hairpin fragments from the ground, and when she looked at her mother, her eyes were filled with indescribable despair: "Mother, it's clearly my sister!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I saw it with my own eyes; it was just your own carelessness!"
Mother Meng snorted coldly and immediately shifted all the blame onto Meng Yanzhi.
"Hurry up and pick those things up, and get someone to fix them!"
"If His Majesty investigates this, you'll be in big trouble!"
Meng's mother snorted coldly, then pulled Meng Anxian away.
"Mother, this woman is far too restless!"
"She seduces the Crown Prince as soon as she steps out the door, she deserves to die! What kind of person is she, how dare she play a duet with the Crown Prince? I have never even played a duet with the Crown Prince!"
Meng Anxian is now driven mad with jealousy whenever she thinks about how Meng Yanzhi was so prominent in front of Xiao Ce.
Seeing her annoyed expression, Meng's mother was both amused and exasperated. She then said, "Alright, don't take it too seriously. It's just a piece of music."
"Mother!" Meng Anxian was truly anxious this time: "Mother, this can't go on any longer. Her marriage to the Xu family needs to be finalized quickly, otherwise this girl will never behave herself!"
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