Their naked skin touched, an atmosphere of boundless ambiguity filling the air. Meng Wan's eyes widened in shock, and she immediately pushed him away a couple of times, crying, "Let go, let go..."
"Mmm..." A low moan escaped his throat. His desire always seemed to be easily aroused by her. Just like now, even a mere touch of skin was enough to make him unable to restrain himself.
"You...you..." The sudden, forceful thrust between her legs was something Meng Wan understood all too well, startling her awake. He...wouldn't be thinking of...again?
A sudden ache shot through her lower back, and before he could even begin, she hurriedly tried to stop him: "No, no, I'm so tired, so exhausted..."
The man finally opened his eyes, his boundless autumn-colored eyes still tinged with sleepiness, falling on her flushed cheeks. He chuckled softly, "I'm actually more tired..."
The flirtatious banter made Meng Wan blush uncontrollably. His chest was right in front of her, and she pouted and bit down on his shoulder.
But in the end, he didn't use his full strength; instead, a fine row of teeth marks appeared on his broad shoulder, like a blooming flower.
Huangfu Mi's smile deepened, his gaze lingering on her pearly teeth. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Next time, bite somewhere different, like I helped you last night, hmm..."
The awakened clone caressed her body, its voice infinitely alluring.
Meng Wan was teased by him and didn't know whether to go forward or retreat, so she could only stand there stiffly and glare at him with her watery eyes: "You're so bad, you're so embarrassing."
"Haha--" Huangfu Mi laughed loudly, looking at the misty eyes of hers, he couldn't help but lean forward and kiss her: "You naughty little vixen, wait until tonight I'll teach you a lesson..."
"You..." Meng Wan pouted, too lazy to pay attention to his lewd smile, hugged the quilt and huddled inside, refusing to move.
Huangfu Mi laughed even harder, his eyes sweeping over her with an ambiguous look before he slowly asked, "What's wrong? You're not convinced?"
He patted her pert buttocks with his large hand, then rolled off the bed, quickly put on his clothes, and turned back to tease her: "If you're not satisfied, why don't we do it again, and take care of things tonight as well?"
The winking gesture startled Meng Wan, who immediately jumped up.
If she does it again, she'll be exhausted!
After changing her clothes, lunch had already been reheated several times. Seeing that Meng Wan had it prepared, Meng Wan looked at her and couldn't help but blush slightly, but she didn't say anything. She just sat down and ate lunch with Huangfu Mi.
Because it was agreed the day before that we would go to the palace to pay our respects to Consort Xin today, we had been busy all morning and were a little late. So after lunch, without resting, we rode in a sedan chair all the way there.
Naturally, Huangfu Mi was going to come along, but Meng Wan wouldn't allow it. That guy had caused her so much trouble, and she didn't want to see him right now!
So they rode in a sedan chair into the palace and headed straight for the inner palace.
Meng Wan had arranged to meet Consort Xin early in the morning, but she was delayed at the manor until noon. Chun Tao, Consort Xin's maid, had been waiting there since early morning. Upon seeing Meng Wan, she immediately went to greet her without saying much, only offering a respectful greeting. Meng Wan, on the other hand, felt somewhat apologetic, saying, "I've kept you waiting. Please lead the way!"
Chun Tao nodded repeatedly and then led the way, guiding Meng Wan towards Consort Xin's residence. As they approached the entrance of a palace, a small figure in blue suddenly rushed out, causing Chun Tao to stumble. After regaining her balance, she glared at the figure, but upon recognizing it, her expression changed drastically, and she bowed deeply, saying, "This servant was blind and blocked Prince Song's path! Is Your Highness unharmed?"
Meng Wan looked up and saw a stumbling, bluish figure. It turned out to be an eight or nine-year-old boy, with delicate, beautiful features, but his puffed-up cheeks and venomous eyes were quite out of place for his age! "You dog, why don't you kowtow and apologize to this young master!"
Meng Wan found the child's arrogance offensive and couldn't help but interject, "Prince Song, you bumped into Chun Tao first. You're the one who should apologize, not Chun Tao!" Although Meng Wan didn't recognize the child, she knew from Chun Tao's address that Prince Song was the eldest prince's son. After the eldest prince was beheaded, the emperor, out of consideration for Prince Song's young age, raised him in the palace under the empress's care.
However, because the eldest prince had spoiled him, this Prince Song was extremely unruly and a complete bully.
Meng Wan disliked children like this the most. They were so domineering at such a young age. What would they be like when they grew up?
But when had Prince Song ever been criticized like this? Hearing Meng Wan say this about him, Xiao Jia's face immediately turned red, and he glared fiercely at Meng Wan, clearly extremely angry.
Chun Tao knew that Meng Wan had offended this arrogant tyrant because of her, so she hurriedly knelt down and apologized repeatedly: "Princess Song, it was my fault for being blind, I..."
"Shut up! When did I ever give you permission to speak?" Huangfu Song's voice, though still childish, carried a chilling, mature air.
Upon hearing this, Chun Tao immediately fell silent, daring not to utter another word. Huangfu Song let her kneel as if punishing her, without telling her to get up. He turned his large eyes to Meng Wan and asked in an unfriendly tone, "Which palace are you from? I've never seen you before. Are you perhaps the Emperor's new favorite?"
"I am the Princess Consort of Prince Heng!" Meng Wan frowned slightly and said in a low voice.
Huangfu Song was slightly afraid upon hearing that she was the Princess Consort of Heng, but then he remembered vaguely hearing from his grandmother that the Prince of Heng and his wife had killed his father and mother. Enraged, he glared at Meng Wan and said fiercely, "Don't think you're so great just because you're the Princess Consort of Heng! I have my grandmother backing me up. If you kowtow and apologize to me, I'll spare you for now. Otherwise, I'll tell my grandmother that you bullied me!!"
At such a young age, she speaks so eloquently, it's not cute at all, and the one with the fierce expression right now isn't Meng Wan, it's herself.
Meng Wan's brows furrowed even more, but before she could say anything, just then,
The Empress suddenly came out of the courtyard. When she saw Meng Wan, she was obviously taken aback. At this moment, Huangfu Song had already run to her side. He was no longer arrogant as before and said with a wronged look, "Grandmother, it's good that you came out. That woman bullied me."
The saying "the wicked accuse first" perfectly describes this situation. It's truly terrifying that someone so young possesses such a ruthless and vicious scheme.
Meng Wan raised her eyebrows, respectfully greeted the Empress, and remained neither humble nor arrogant when she stood up.
“Young Master Song, you must have evidence to back up your words. It was clearly you who bumped into Chun Tao first. I merely said something to you. When did I bully you?”
"You..." Huangfu Song was speechless with anger. Xiao Jia's face turned red, but she couldn't think of any rebuttal for a moment. She could only lean against the Empress and burst into tears.
The Empress already harbored resentment towards Meng Wan, and now was the perfect opportunity to reprimand her. She glared at her and then rebuked her in a cold and deep voice: "Seventh Prince's wife, I know you are favored by the Emperor, but you cannot take advantage of his favor and bully Song'er, a child without parents. What kind of behavior is this?"
Meng Wan gritted her teeth. "Mother, you're wrong. I said I didn't bully the Crown Prince. He bumped into someone first, and as an elder, I only reprimanded him. I didn't bully him."
"No, it's you who bullied me..." Huangfu Song shouted in a shrill voice, turning to the group of servants behind him, and said, "Speak up, isn't it this woman who bullied me? If it weren't for the Empress Dowager arriving in time, she would have tried to hit me..."
They were all terrified of this little tyrant, so they dared not disagree. They all nodded, but no one uttered a sound. Seeing this, the Empress gave a barely perceptible cold smile, turned to Meng Wan, and said, "Well, Seventh Prince's wife, do you have anything else to say?"
This time, Meng Wan truly understood what it meant to call a deer a horse. However, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. The Empress was convinced that Meng Wan had bullied Prince Song, or rather, whether she had bullied him or not, she just wanted to teach Meng Wan a lesson. Therefore, she could only suppress her temper, grit her teeth, and slightly bend her knees. Just as she was about to kneel down to apologize to the Empress, she heard a frivolous voice behind her: "Song'er, you little tyrant, who are you bullying now?"
V68 Eighth Prince
This time, Meng Wan truly understood what it meant to call a deer a horse. However, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. The Empress was convinced that Meng Wan had bullied Prince Song, or rather, whether she had bullied him or not, she just wanted to teach Meng Wan a lesson. Therefore, she could only suppress her temper, grit her teeth, and slightly bend her knees. Just as she was about to kneel down to apologize to the Empress, she heard a frivolous voice behind her: "Song'er, you little tyrant, who are you bullying now?"
Turning my head, I saw a handsome man walking out from behind the tree. He was dressed in a flashy purple outfit and was holding a bronze folding fan. A square jade pendant hung from the bottom of the fan, followed by a red tassel. As he gently shook the fan, the tassel swayed from side to side, just like the carefree smile on his face.
Meng Wan was taken aback. In her surprise, he had already walked up to the Empress and respectfully bowed. As he stood up, Huangfu Song, who had been arrogant just moments before, and whose aggrieved demeanor in front of the Empress had vanished, rushed over with a look of joy: "Eighth Imperial Uncle--"
Meng Wan then recognized the man as none other than the current Eighth Prince, Huangfu Mi's eighth brother, Huangfu Yi.