Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 72 Looking for trouble
The eldest princess noticed that she was not in a good state and knew that she had noticed something. The aftermath of yesterday had not been resolved, so she had no intention of comforting her. Now that everything was fine, she still had to comfort her, so that her condition would not be discovered by others and reveal any traces.

Lanxiang has been with me since she was a child, and I have never hidden anything I have done from her. There is nothing to hide about this matter, as she has done more ridiculous things than this.

Return to Changxin Palace.

The eldest princess sat upright in her chair, stroked the fur of the cat in her arms, and spoke.

"You guessed it right, that's it."

Lanxiang knew that the princess was talking to her and there was no outsider here. She widened her eyes and spoke with confusion and bitterness.

"Why, Your Highness? You are not such an impulsive person. Especially in a place like that, if this matter gets out, your reputation will be ruined."

The eldest princess smiled softly.

"Then why not just keep the news from getting out? Now the problem has been solved."

Having said that, Lanxiang still felt that this matter was too sudden and dangerous.

"but…."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the eldest princess.

"Well, no need to say more, I know what I am doing."

Lanxiang stopped talking. Since the princess knew what was going on, she must have considered everything. Her worries were unnecessary and useless. Thinking of this, she felt the uneasiness in her heart suddenly disappear.

The room fell silent.

The princess couldn't help but think of the young man again, recalling the novel, exciting and absurd event yesterday that she had never experienced before.

She couldn't control herself last night and didn't fall asleep until midnight.

This can't go on like this.

……

Mei Cheng'an's performance was not much better than the eldest princess. After all, it was his first time, and he had such a perfect body, so he reminisced about it much more frequently. It was okay during the day when there were many things going on, but it was difficult to control himself at night, which really added a lot of trouble to his practice.

He was uneasy for several days, not knowing whether the princess had solved the problem. For this reason, he specially attended a court meeting, where he met the crown prince and the second prince. Only then did he hear from them that the princess had asked His Majesty to grant her a marriage but was rejected. Mei Cheng'an was relieved at that moment.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince were quite sympathetic towards him. They comforted him and told him not to take it to heart, which made Mei Cheng'an laugh and cry.

……

Nothing major happened after the chrysanthemum viewing conference, and Mei Cheng'an's life returned to normal.

He never met the eldest princess again, and the eldest princess never contacted him. Mei Cheng'an couldn't tell whether he should be happy or disappointed, or maybe both.

Since Guo Baokun became a palace editor, he has recently started to grow a mustache and looks much more mature. When he first came to Mei Chengan for a warm conversation, he would invite him to stroll along the Liujing River. After Mei Chengan politely declined several times, he no longer mentioned it.

Guo Baokun is now the prince's disciple. He said that he had thought of this long ago. Mei Chengan even asked him the reason. Guo Baokun told him everything he knew and naturally would not hide anything. Mei Chengan then learned that Guo Baokun had been a companion to the Eastern Palace when he was a child and had a very good friendship with the prince.

Mei Cheng'an didn't remember this very clearly, and he forgot whether it was mentioned in the drama, but it made sense when he thought about it.

Chen Yuanmei and Cheng'an went there several more times and successfully met Sang Wen once. It must be said that after becoming famous, Sang Wen's temperament has improved a lot compared to before, and she seems to have become more beautiful.

This was actually his first time hearing Sang Wen play the pipa, and it was truly amazing. It felt like Sang Wen had completely changed when he played the pipa. Every stroke of the melody was so touching that his emotions involuntarily fluctuated with the beautiful melody.

Everyone in Chen Garden was impressed by her superb skills, even the guest with a bad temper.

He, who usually treated Chen Pingping rudely, actually served tea and water to Sang Wen and asked for guidance and cooperation. After hearing about this from Chen Pingping, Mei Chengan laughed out loud. That guy was so arrogant on weekdays, but his true colors were revealed when he met a master.

What surprised him was that even though they hadn't seen each other for nearly two years, Sang Wen still remembered him, this drunk and boastful young man. The two even had a face-to-face conversation after the performance.

Sang Wen had already learned from Chen Pingping that it was he who recommended her, and she thanked him profusely. After Mei Chengan said a few polite words to her, praised her, and encouraged her, he didn't know what to talk about anymore. He hinted that she could ask Chen Pingping for help if she had anything, and the meeting ended hastily.

After so many fights with Shadow, Mei Cheng'an's true Qi had a small breakthrough, and its density increased by 10% to 20%. Its power was much greater than before, and the total amount of true Qi also increased. In addition, Shadow also taught him a lot of experience with hidden weapons, helped him adjust his hidden weapon techniques, and told him some experience in finding the right time to launch hidden weapons.

After a period of comprehension and practice, Mei Cheng'an's overall strength improved a lot, so he could last longer and longer when fighting with the shadow.

He did not fall behind in the martial arts progress of several maids. He followed suit and began to conduct fighting trials on several maids. The results were quite good. Several of them made small breakthroughs. Blue Bird's strength and talent were already top-notch among the four, and after the trial, he broke through to the eighth level in one fell swoop. Even Huanggua, who had always been at the bottom of the list, also reached the eighth level in strength.

The second year of the Qingli period passed quietly in Mei Cheng'an's ordinary and busy life.

The third year of the Qingli period has arrived.

This year, he was sixteen years old.

The first morning court session of the new year was uneventful, nothing happened. Emperor Qing did not call out his name, and no one stopped him after the court session was adjourned, which made him quite uncomfortable.

He took the initiative to take over the job of pushing Chen Pingping's wheelchair from the eunuch, otherwise he always felt something was missing.

Chen Pingping looked at him with a hint of surprise, which made Mei Chengan feel puzzled.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? I'm just pushing a wheelchair for you. Why are you so surprised?"

Chen Pingping looked him up and down, his expression changed to a smile, and his tone was gentle.

"Have you decided to come to my Overwatch Council?" "Huh???"

Mei Chengan was indeed a little confused. Pushing a wheelchair meant joining the Supervisory Council? What kind of train of thought was this? Where did this come from?

Seeing his reaction, Chen Pingping smiled even more happily, and nodded her chin to signal him to look at the reactions of the people around them, while speaking.

"There is a difference between actively pushing my wheelchair and passively pushing it. This means that you are actively contacting me, the president of the Supervisory Commission. Logically, you are not familiar with me. Your behavior is too abrupt. Look at the reactions of the officials around you."

Mei Cheng'an was startled and turned his head to look. Those officials were far away from them, but they looked over here from time to time, their eyes full of surprise and confusion, and then whispered to the people beside them.

Damn! I was careless.

Mei Cheng'an subconsciously looked in the direction where the eunuch had just left, wanting to call him back.

Chen Pingping's gloating voice followed soon after.

"It's too late. The person has already disappeared."

Mei Chengan looked at the smiling Chen Pingping angrily.

"You like to watch the fun, don't you? Why didn't you refuse when I said I would push your wheelchair?"

Chen Pingping spread his hands and smiled.

"This is none of my business. I didn't ask you to push my wheelchair. Besides, do you think it matters whether I refuse or not? Your attitude has been exposed."

"..."

It’s unfair, he really didn’t think so much.

Mei Cheng'an wanted to slap himself in the face at this moment. Chunchun was just bored and had nothing better to do than to find trouble for himself. Why was he pushing a wheelchair for the head of the secret agency when he had nothing to do? Wouldn't it be better for him to just go home honestly?

Mei Cheng'an didn't care what those officials thought of him, but he cared about what his father and Emperor Qing thought. Mei Zhili didn't allow him to contact Chen Pingping, and he would definitely be interrogated when he heard the news. The thought gave him a headache. As for Emperor Qing, it would be even more troublesome. Who knows what misunderstandings might arise.

Depend on!
Mei Chengan looked at Chen Pingping for help.

"What should we do now?"

Chen Pingping restrained his smile.

"Are you worried about His Majesty?"

Mei Cheng'an nodded. Although it was a little troublesome to explain to Mei Zhili, they were family after all, and the problem could always be solved. But it was hard to say about His Majesty, at least he had no idea at the moment.

Chen Pingping was not in a hurry.

"Don't worry too much. Don't just stand there. Push me and walk. I'll think for you."

Mei Cheng'an felt relieved after hearing that. He obediently came behind Chen Pingping and started pushing the wheelchair. He didn't go fast because he didn't want to disturb Chen Pingping's train of thought.

Chen Pingping suddenly asked him a question.

"What are you worried about?"

At first glance, Chen Pingping's question seemed like nonsense, but Mei Cheng'an didn't think so. He knew what Chen Pingping was asking.

"You also said that we shouldn't be so familiar with each other. After all, I deliberately concealed my whereabouts when I had a fight with Shadow and went to Chen Garden. I was afraid that His Majesty would have bad associations."

Chen Pingping revealed a piece of gossip without making any noise.

"His Majesty knows about your visit to Chen Garden."

This really shocked Mei Cheng'an, as he had always thought his whereabouts were very secretive.

"How did your majesty know?"

"It's very simple. His Majesty ordered people to monitor Chen Yuan's every move from the periphery."

"you know?"

"I know."

"Can you bear it?"

Chen Pingping seemed to smile.

"What is there to be unbearable about this? These are all things that are tacitly understood. Your Majesty will be worried if I don't have someone watching over me in this position."

Mei Chengan nodded, yes, and then frowned.

"Then His Majesty has also known about my appointment with Shadow, and my martial arts skills have been fully exposed?"

"That may not be the case. With your two strengths, no one dares to get close to check. But there may be some speculations. After all, the traces of the battle are still there. However, I have never understood why you deliberately hide your strength. Even when Shadow challenges you to a fight, you have to be secretive. Your Majesty knows his strength, and he is covering it up for you. What are you afraid of?"

Mei Cheng'an was stunned when he heard this. It seemed that he had always ignored this problem. He deliberately concealed his strength because he instinctively felt that exposing it might bring him unknown and uncontrollable dangers. Then why did the shadow do that?

(End of this chapter)