"What is it that makes you so happy? Won't you share it with this prince?" Seeing Meng Wanqing happy, Prince Shumu immediately cast aside the gloom that had been clouding his mind.
Upon seeing Prince Shumu enter the room again, Meng Wanqing instantly wiped the smile from her face. "I like this girl; let her stay and keep me company for a while. I think I’ll have her move into the empty room in my courtyard; it will be more convenient that way."
Seeing Meng Wanqing revert to her usual cold gaze, Shumu felt a sudden sense of grievance. Was it wrong to like someone? Back when they were children, his Imperial Father had told him and his brothers that if you liked someone, you should use any means necessary to keep them by your side; even if she didn't like you, one day she would come to understand. After all, their mothers had all been conquered by his Imperial Father in just such a way. Shumu felt he had already been patient enough. He hadn't even resorted to his father’s methods, so why was Meng Wanqing such an unthawable stone? Had he not done enough?
Chapter 320