Chapter 83 Ultimate Torture
Mei Cheng'an was not familiar with Princess Roujia.
I only vaguely remember that she seemed to be Fan Ruoruo's best friend in the original novel, and that the Dream of the Red Chamber was leaked by her accidentally. I have no other impression of her.
As for the drama, there is no mention of this person at all, let alone whether he appears or not.
So when Mei Cheng'an learned before leaving that Princess Roujia was also coming, she didn't feel any emotion. She loved whoever she wanted.
But when they met in Akihabara, Mei Chengan was dumbfounded. Isn't this Xiaotian?
It's impossible to deal with Mei Chengan this time. How can a character who doesn't appear in the play have an actor's face? What the hell went wrong?
But I have to say that Princess Roujia is really beautiful. Although she is only fourteen years old, she is estimated to be over 165cm tall and has a much better figure than Fan Ruoruo. Although she is wearing gorgeous clothes and it is not very clear, anyone with normal height can tell whether she is curvy or not.
Mei Cheng'an also unexpectedly discovered that when they were camping, Princess Roujia kept peeking at him, which confused Mei Cheng'an. Could it really happen in real life that he could attract girls with his looks? It felt weird.
It's a pity that her right to marry was taken away by Emperor Qing. She can either try her best or try her best. My dear sister, don't love me, there will be no result.
After coming to terms with it, Mei Cheng'an stopped paying attention to Roujia and focused on playing games. After two years of forbearance, he was determined to avenge the shame of being crushed by three parties in playing Pai Gow.
And then.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Versace, just wait for me.
The autumn outing, which was filled with both joy and sadness, ended. During the entire outing, Mei Chengan and Princess Roujia only greeted each other once at the beginning and never spoke another word after that.
Another strange thing happened at the beginning of August. Prince Jing's son Li Hongcheng suddenly sent him a note inviting him to attend a poetry meeting in Prince Jing's mansion the next day, and a letter came with the note.
Strange things happen every year, but there are more this year. These strange things are all related to one family. Mei Chengan muttered as he opened the letter.
The content of the letter was not complicated. Li Hongcheng said in the letter that he knew he did not like to attend poetry meetings, but his father, Prince Jing, had always loved poetry and had long admired Mei Chengan. He had always said that he wanted to meet Mei Chengan to discuss poetry and songs, so he had no choice but to write this letter.
He hoped that Mei Cheng'an could go to Prince Jing's Mansion and meet Prince Jing under the pretext of attending a poetry competition. He listed the time of the poetry competition and said that he could go to Prince Jing's Mansion at any time outside of the poetry competition and he would be waiting for him at any time.
Putting the letter down, Mei Cheng'an frowned. First it was Princess Roujia, then Li Hongcheng, and now Prince Jing has also joined in. All that's missing is a Princess Jing to make up a mahjong table.
What on earth does this family want to do? If Prince Jing wants to see him, why doesn't he just send a servant to tell him? Would he dare not go? Why does he have to be so secretive?
Thinking about Princess Roujia's sudden appearance and her strange behavior, coupled with the fact that this father and son had done this to him, Mei Cheng'an's heart skipped a beat.
Shit!!! No way.
Hiss~ This shouldn't be the case. This can't be what Emperor Qing meant. When did Emperor Qing become so loose-lipped? It is his style to directly announce and catch everyone off guard.
But this family's reaction was too strange, and it was hard for him not to associate it that way.
After thinking it over, I decided to go and have a look first. What if Prince Jing really just likes his poems? It would be too embarrassing if I had already thought of what to name the child.
The next morning, with the help of Hongshu, he changed into a wide-sleeved, light-colored reading suit. This suit was the same style as before, but his height was over meters now, and the suit had shrunk a lot, so Hongshu made a new one for him.
The reason why he chose this set was simply because it was more in line with his temperament as a scholar and was relatively elegant. After all, he was meeting Prince Jing, so he still had to pay attention to his image.
After packing up, Qingniao took him in a carriage and went straight to Prince Jing's Mansion.
Speaking of which, Mei Cheng'an has been an official in the court for many years, but has never seen Prince Jing. He almost never attends any formal occasions and has always been elusive and mysterious.
Mei Cheng'an really wanted to see what Prince Jing looked like.
However, when he knocked on the door of Prince Jing's mansion and was taken to the study by Li Hongcheng to see Prince Jing, he suddenly felt that this world was so abstract that it was too outrageous.
Because he saw the younger version of Prince Ji!
Your Majesty, do you still remember Tingsheng in Yeyouting?
click!
No, you went to the wrong set. Can you please stop doing that? There's Miaoyinfang in front of you and you behind you. Why don't you stay in the Nirvana in Fire crew and come here to participate in the team building of Joy of Life?
……
"Come in." Li Hongcheng turned around and said to Mei Chengan who was standing outside the door in a daze.
Mei Cheng'an came back to his senses and saw Prince Jing looking at him curiously. He quickly suppressed his complaints, walked in, stood beside Li Hongcheng, and bowed.
"Mei Cheng'an pays respect to His Majesty."
Prince Jing said with a smile.
"No need to be polite, just get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
As soon as Mei Cheng'an stood up straight, Prince Jing began to look at him with a smile, nodding from time to time without saying a word. The study fell into silence for a while.
Um...you should speak up, and it's not appropriate to look at the guests like that.
Mei Cheng'an felt frightened by Prince Jing's burning gaze, but Prince Jing, as the host, did not speak first, and it would be inappropriate for him, a guest, to speak first, so Mei Cheng'an just looked at Li Hongcheng standing aside, hoping that he could smooth things over.
Unexpectedly, Li Hongcheng felt his gaze and a trace of panic appeared on his face. He turned his head to the other side and did not dare to look him in the eye at all.
Hiss~ Hey! What do you two mean by this? You called me here just to mess with me, right?
Mei Cheng'an withdrew his gaze helplessly. Just as he was wondering whether he should ask Prince Jing what he meant, Li Hongcheng suddenly spoke.
"Father."
King Jing looked at him, and Mei Cheng'an's eyes lit up and he looked over again. "Finally, you still have some conscience. Remember that you invited me here? Are you finally going to stop your father? Hurry up, hurry up, the atmosphere is really too awkward."
Li Hongcheng bowed and said at the same time.
"Father, the poetry gathering outside is about to begin, and I have to go entertain the guests. What do you think?"
"..."
Mei Chengan stared at Li Hongcheng with wide eyes. "No, you are going to run away, no, what am I going to do if you leave? I don't know what kind of temper your father has, how can I deal with him? I feel very insecure, do you understand? You called me here and then left me alone? Is this appropriate? Are you still a human being?"
The two were so close, Li Hongcheng could of course feel Mei Cheng'an's incredulous look, but he could only choose to pretend not to see it. The key point was that he didn't know what his father was thinking. He had to call someone over, and it was difficult to disobey his father's order. Prince Jing waved his hand.
"Go ahead, don't be rude."
Li Hongcheng felt relieved, and even turned around from the other side. Under Mei Chengan's gaze, he hurriedly fled the study.
Well, the only possible savior has run away, so let’s just accept the awkwardness and give in to our fate.
After Li Hongcheng left, Prince Jing's gaze fell on Mei Chengan again. This time he finally took action. He did not speak, but took a few steps towards him. When he reached his side, he suddenly stretched out his hand to compare the height difference between them.
The movement was a bit abrupt and gave Mei Chengan a fright.
Prince Jing spoke.
"You're only sixteen and you're already this tall?"
Mei Chengan was confused.
"Ah? Ah, just... let it grow as long as you want."
Prince Jing advised kindly.
"It can't grow any taller. It's not good if it's too tall. This height is fine now."
"..."
No. Can we talk about something I can control?
"Um... Your Majesty, I also..."
Prince Jing patted Mei Cheng'an on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"It's okay, don't be nervous. I'm just joking with you."
Mei Cheng'an was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Prince Jing pinched his shoulder and then pinched his biceps, giving him a sigh of relief.
Prince Jing kept nodding his head with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you to look so thin, but your shoulders and arms are much stronger than I thought. Have you ever practiced martial arts?"
"Um...I have practiced a little."
Prince Jing nodded.
"Very good, very good. Men should be strong so that they can have children."
Mei Cheng'an widened his eyes and said, "Do you want to listen to what you old bitch is saying?"
"What did the prince say?"
Prince Jing uttered an "ah" and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. He accidentally said what was in his heart and scratched his head.
"Um, what I mean is... it is good for the offspring, yes, um."
"..."
It's no use. Mei Cheng'an feels uncomfortable all over. He will go crazy if he continues this awkward conversation. Not to mention that the man in front of him is a prince, he may even be his future father-in-law. But it's useless. Even if the king of heaven comes, he has to save himself.
"Um, Your Majesty, you asked the prince to call me over. Didn't you say you wanted to talk about poetry? Let's get started."
There was a flash of surprise and confusion in Prince Jing's eyes, then he returned to normal and chuckled softly.
"Haha, this matter is not urgent, not urgent."
Urgent!!! I'm so anxious!!! I'm dying of anxiety!!!
Mei Cheng'an felt extremely anxious and helpless. Please help me. Someone is going to die.
Mei Cheng'an's prayer worked, and Prince Jing finally asked a slightly normal question.
"I heard that you organized an autumn outing before, and Roujia also went?"
Mei Cheng'an felt as if he had been pardoned, as he finally asked a question he could answer.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I didn't expect that a small event that I organized casually would be favored by Princess Roujia. I hope I didn't disappoint Princess Roujia."
"Not disappointed, not disappointed. She said she was quite satisfied."
"That's good."
Mei Cheng'an had just settled into a comfortable rhythm in the conversation when Prince Jing suddenly started to make things difficult for him again.
"What do you think of her?"
Mei Chengan was confused again.
"Huh? What...what?"
Prince Jing cried out in amazement.
"Just what do you think she looks like?"
"..."
(End of this chapter)
