Chapter 54 054 Waking up is common knowledge, Princess Ghost Realm...
As everyone knows, Princess Guiyu has a bad temper when she wakes up.
It's very serious.
With the dual support of the Ghost Queen and the Ghost King, A Meng's wonderful childhood life came to a complete end the moment she became an apprentice.
On the morning of the second day of the banquet, Ah Meng was still snuggled in her warm bed as usual. Waves of palace maids came out, but they could not wake her from her bed.
The main reason was that the palace maids dared not put in the real effort to wake the young prince up. After all, the prince was notorious for his morning grumpiness. If he started crying, it would upset the Ghost King, who might then skin them alive.
However, General Meng has made it very clear that he will begin teaching the young prince from today onwards, and he must be sent to the training ground at the exact hour of Mao (5-7 AM) every day, rain or shine.
To be precise, General Meng's original words were: "Even if it's raining knives, you mustn't be late or absent." Otherwise, he would resign from his position as teacher and be asked to resign before the Ghost King.
As the head lady-in-waiting by His Highness's side, Yinye had no choice but to send someone to invite the Ghost Queen.
Since Zhu Miao had made up her mind to properly train her daughter, there was no way she would break her promise on the first day. So, with a heavy heart, she forcibly shook Ameng out of her sleep.
Sure enough, the little dumpling was half asleep and half awake as she was helped to wash her face and change her clothes. When she was forced to put on shoes and socks while sitting on the edge of the bed, her eyes were still unfocused and confused. After a moment of reaction, she realized that she had lost her blankets and started to cry loudly, and no amount of coaxing could soothe her.
Zhu Miao was exasperated by the crying and was also angered.
“Ameng, you must be sensible. In this position, you don’t have much time left. Your mother just hopes that you will become strong quickly so that you will be able to protect yourself.”
As a mother: she speaks earnestly and patiently, offering gentle and persuasive guidance.
Baby: What are you saying? I don't understand. I want my blanket! Waaaaah, Mommy's naughty!
Yinye suddenly remembered something and, with a serious expression, said to Ameng, "Your Highness, I've heard that General Meng is very strict in disciplining his troops. It's said that on the first day of training, several ghost soldiers failed to line up on time and were immediately beheaded by him!"
As he spoke, he gestured with his hand, making a horizontal cut across his own neck, as if to make a big show of it.
Little Meng was so frightened that she stopped crying abruptly. Her round eyes widened, and tears clung to her long, curled eyelashes as she stared blankly at Yinye.
Yinye was secretly delighted: She succeeded! She finally stopped crying!
Wow—
Silver Leaf: "..."
She cried even harder.
Yinye wanted to bang her head on the ground, her heart clenching with worry, fearing that if the young prince kept crying like this, he might ruin his voice.
As the hour of Mao (5-7 AM) was about to pass, Zhu Miao was extremely anxious.
Judging from his behavior at yesterday's banquet, General Meng is not a smooth and accommodating person. Once he has set the rules, there is absolutely no possibility of leniency.
Zhu Miao was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bring her daughter to General Meng on time today, and that the general would really go and resign from his post.
So he gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and stopped trying to comfort his crying daughter. He coldly ordered, "Drag Her Highness out of here. Even if she cries herself unconscious or hoarse, bring her before General Meng."
Several palace maids looked at each other, hesitant and conflicted, but under the Queen's orders, they captured Ah Meng.
The little dumpling kicked and punched, and because of its amazing ghostly strength, it managed to break free from several palace maids in one go.
Yinye said worriedly, "Your Majesty, the young prince seems to have suffered a shock..."
Zhu Miao was upset and afraid that if things continued like this, she would not be able to help but beat Tuanzi. So she left the bedroom alone and stood at the door to calm down, only to see a silver-masked general in a black robe.
"General Meng?"
The young general remained as aloof and distant as ever. He bowed to the Queen and looked into the bedchamber, saying indifferently, "Your Highness's morning temper is truly remarkable."
Zhu Miao looked ashamed. "It's all my fault and His Majesty's fault for spoiling and indulging A Meng too much..."
"I wonder if Your Majesty would allow me to enter the palace and invite His Highness out?"
Zhu Miao was taken aback. Her hands, hidden under her wide palace sleeves, clenched tightly. Finally, she made up her mind, nodded to General Meng, and stepped aside.
General Meng strode into the princess's bedchamber, but Zhu Miao did not follow. She was afraid that if she saw her newly invited master giving her beloved daughter a beating, she would not be able to bear to watch and might impulsively step forward to stop him.
Go ahead and hit me. What apprentice doesn't get beaten by his master? He certainly wouldn't dare kill me.
Zhu Miao closed her eyes and simply raised her hand to cover her ears.
When the palace maids in the princess's bedroom saw the silver-masked general enter with a chilling aura, they were all frightened and scattered.
Especially Yinye, when she took the little prince to play in the mortal world, the little prince accidentally broke the seal and released a lustful ghost, and she even spoke rudely to him.
Who would have thought that this lustful ghost would later become one of the four great ghost generals of the ghost realm!
Therefore, Yinye was always very afraid of this General Meng.
"Dream, dream, dream..."
I dreamt for ages but couldn't come up with the second half of the sentence.
To everyone's surprise, when A-Meng heard this, she stopped crying, raised her head to look at the silver-masked general walking towards her, and imitated him, saying, "Meng Meng Meng!"
The young man in black robes came to the little dumpling, but instead of intimidating her with force as others had expected, he did not do so.
The black cloak billowed, still carrying the chill of the morning dew.
Under A Meng's tearful gaze, the tall, silver-masked general straightened his robes, knelt down on one knee, and extended his hand to her.
She was holding a bunch of red flowers in her hand.
Ah Meng forgot to cry and reached out her soft little hand to take the flower.
The silver-masked boy didn't speak, but simply opened his hand that was offering the flowers, his dark eyes looking at the young princess.
A-Meng, who was originally sitting on the ground, obediently got up after receiving this bouquet of flowers and placed her small hand into the boy's large hand.
And so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the silver-masked general led the little princess away from the palace quietly.
When the Ghost Queen Zhu Miao finally noticed and opened her eyes, she saw two figures, one large and one small, disappear into the dark morning light of the Ghost Realm.
As everyone knows, Princess Guiyu has a bad temper when she wakes up.
It's very serious.
But ever since General Meng became the princess's teacher, he would send her a bouquet of freshly picked flowers every morning, different for each season and festival.
However, every now and then, one could still hear sobbing coming from the training ground. In the hazy light, one could vaguely see a small figure practicing horse stance and boxing techniques.
No matter how pitifully she cried, Princess Meng always returned from the training ground happy, because every day before training ended, General Meng would put her on his horse and ride wildly in front of her.
At first, A-Meng was so dizzy from the jolting that when she got off the horse, all she could see were birds flying around.
Over time, I gradually got used to looking at the vast wilderness, the Milky Way, and the River of Oblivion from my master's horseback.
Because of his relationship with the princess as her teacher, Yan Lie trusted General Meng more and more, and his prestige in the army gradually began to surpass that of Guang Si.
Guang Si and his supporters naturally wouldn't let the situation go unchecked, so they set their sights on the princess—
If Her Highness is accidentally injured during the training, General Meng can be punished for dereliction of duty.
That day, after finishing her horse stance as usual, A-Meng could rest for a while. She saw her master sitting to the side painting, so she ran over and peeked over to watch.
The master was so engrossed in his painting that he didn't seem to notice her approaching.
A-Meng propped her chin up and carefully examined her master's painting.
On white paper, with black lines and varying shades of ink, a remarkably beautiful woman is depicted, her clothes flowing and her hair dancing lightly.
The master's expression was not as serious as usual. He looked at the woman in the painting, and as he moved his brush, his eyes became extremely gentle, with a certain emotion flowing within them.
A-Meng didn't understand what it was, but she felt that at this moment, her master's eyes were like a calm lake, gently touching and creating beautiful ripples.
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