She hid nothing, explaining everything clearly.
Knowing her brothers and sisters-in-law would worry about her, and being someone who never wanted others to worry over her, she also knew the war in the west was tense. Her brothers were watching it closely and had countless matters to attend to. She did not want her personal feelings to affect them, so she laid bare every thought in her heart.
Nor had she pretended nothing had happened. She did not conceal the pain in her heart, but revealed it and made it plain. She had merely held herself back from crying.
After Meng Shanming told Shang Chaozong everything upon seeing him, he sighed. "Rest assured, it's nothing. The County Princess is a sensible girl—so sensible it breaks one's heart. She has never caused anyone trouble, never done anything that would make others sad, much less anything that would make her family sad. It is only a cenotaph. Let her do it."
Shang Chaozong, Feng Ruonan, and Lan Ruoting all fell silent, each carrying a trace of gloom. Feng Ruonan even felt like crying.
"Ruo Nan, instruct the steward regarding the cenotaph. Let everything be done according to Qing'er's wishes," Shang Chaozong said, turning back to remind her.
"Mm!" Feng Ruonan nodded.
Meng Shanming suddenly added, "Prince, there is something I do not know whether I should say."
"Uncle Meng, there are no outsiders here. What can't be said? Speak freely."
When facing family matters, he had always addressed him as "Uncle." Only in public matters did he call him "Marshal Meng."
Meng Shanming sighed. "To be honest, I never approved of you forcing the County Princess to marry that Young Master Fu. Some things need not be avoided—after all, the County Princess has been burdened by that face of hers. Is it