After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

Nanfu.

The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves onto the ground, casting mottled shadows and falling on Nan Yuan's face.

She was lying on a recliner with a roll of account book in her hand, absentmindedly counting the leaves on the tree. From time to time, she could hear the sound of Yue Ran counting the goods.

Yue Ran seemed to have noticed that her daughter's mind was not here, so she put down what she was doing, walked up to her and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you? When I got up this morning, I found that your eyelids were a little swollen. Did you not sleep well last night? How about I call a doctor to check you out?"

Nan Yuan shook her head, closed the account book in her hand and put it on the table beside her, rubbed her forehead and said, "It's okay, I'll be fine after a short nap."

Yue Ran looked at her, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Finally, she could only sigh and turn around to continue checking the dowry that Nan Yuan would bring to Prince Xie's Mansion in seven days.

The dowry here includes not only the ones prepared by the master and mistress for the girl, but also those sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Queen, and various noble families. They all need to be counted clearly, which is not an easy task.

The wedding day is approaching and everyone in the house is busy, but why is the girl still so calm?

This is a lifelong event, and it only happens once!

The person involved, Nan Yuan, was still unaware of Yue Ran's anxiety. She just looked up at the gaps between the leaves and stretched out her hand to block the sunlight that was shining through.

Strands of golden threads passed through the gaps between the leaves and landed on her fingertips. She frowned slightly and her eyes gradually became dim.

The wedding was to be held in seven days. She had already arranged to send Chu Zhixu away, and Shen Zhaixing was also under house arrest by Prime Minister Shen. She even kept writing letters to appease Gu Jingheng.

All preparations have been made and no one can disturb her plans.

Logically speaking, she should be relieved now, because even if Gu Jingheng knew the situation here, it would be impossible for him to come back within seven days.

But why wasn't she as happy as she imagined?

But will Gu Jingheng come back for revenge?

No, even if Gu Jingheng went crazy, he would never lose his mind, and he would not delay his grand plan because of a little girl like her.

At most, he was unhappy with her and would ask someone to find fault with her so as to take back the title of princess given to her and teach her a lesson.

If the situation gets more serious, the worst that can happen is that I'll find someone to beat her up and I'll definitely not bother her anymore.

Because he said that he didn't like remarried women, and he liked people who loved him wholeheartedly, and she didn't meet these two criteria.

He no longer had any reason to notice her.

Yes, that's it.

Will also be old-fashioned, take pity on the people in front of you.

Everything that I experienced with Gu Jingheng, in past and present lives, is in the past and there will never be any intersection in the future.

"girl!"

Nan Yuan was basking in the sun with her eyes closed, but suddenly she heard Bai Zhi's urgent call to her ears.

She came back to her senses and looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Bai Zhi running towards her.

Nan Yuan frowned slightly, "What happened?"

Baizhi was breathing heavily, with one hand on her waist and the other pointing outside the door.

Nan Yuan sat up, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Bai Zhi, saying, "Don't worry, let's talk slowly."

After finally calming down her breathing and without even having time to drink water, Bai Zhi said, "The Queen, the Queen has sent a maid from the palace... to invite the young lady into the palace for a chat."

Bai Zhi finished speaking these words in a halting manner before she drank the cup of tea in one gulp.

Nan Yuan frowned when she heard this.

She was a little confused about why the Queen wanted her to enter the palace, but she had a vague feeling that it was related to her marriage.

Because Shen Zhaixing had been making more and more noise during this period, many people gathered on the street outside the Prime Minister's Mansion to listen to the endless quarrels inside.

Nan Yuan closed her eyes. No matter what the reason was, she had to go despite the summons.

"Where's Mammy?"

"Madam is entertaining guests in the front hall. She asked me to come and inform the young lady so that she can get ready."

Upon hearing this, Yue Ran quickly put down the things in her hands, walked towards Nan Yuan, and said, "Miss, come into the house quickly and change your clothes, so as not to give people an excuse to say that we don't know the rules."

Nan Yuan looked down at her own attire. Wearing plain clothes was comfortable and convenient at home, but it was inappropriate to wear them to the palace to meet the Queen. So she stood up and let Yue Ran choose clothes for her.

It took Nan Yuan half a quarter of an hour to get dressed.

"Bai Zhi, go tell mother first, I'll be there soon."

"Yes."

Bai Zhi responded and walked out.

Nan Yuan looked herself up and down in the mirror, and after making sure that everything was normal, she walked out of the room and headed towards the front hall.

As soon as I walked into the front hall, an old woman came forward to greet me and said, "This servant greets Princess Le'an."

"Ma'am, there's no need to be so polite." Nan Yuan held the old woman's arm and said with a smile.

This nanny is the Queen's personal maid, her surname is Zhang.

Nan Yuan looked at this Nanny Zhang, thinking about the purpose of her coming to the Nan Mansion this time, and couldn't help asking, "Madam, do you know why the Queen summoned me to the palace?"

The nanny lowered her eyes and said respectfully, "The Queen didn't give any instructions, she just asked Princess Le'an to go."

Nanny Zhang kept her mouth shut and Nan Yuan couldn't ask anything.

"Princess Le'an, please follow me into the palace quickly. It will not be good to keep the Queen waiting for a long time." Nanny Zhang urged.

Nan Yuan thought about it and stopped asking, "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way, Madam."

Nan Yuan followed Nanny Zhang into the carriage, and walked all the way to the gate of the palace. It took them a long time to finally reach the Queen's bedroom.

"Princess Le'an, please come in. The Queen is waiting for you inside." Nanny Zhang whispered a few words to the palace maid guarding the door, then extended her hand to invite Nan Yuan in.

Nan Yuan nodded in thanks and walked into the palace.

But what surprised her was that the palace was empty and there was no servant.

She continued to walk in, and when she saw a figure sitting in the inner room, Nan Yuan immediately knelt down and said, "Your servant Nan Yuan pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen."

Hearing this, the Queen slowly turned her gaze to Nan Yuan, with a kind and gentle smile on her face, "Le An is here. Come in quickly."

"Yes."

Nan Yuan responded, lifted her skirt and walked in, but she was scared in her heart, so she had to straighten her face to prevent anything from going wrong.

When the queen saw Nan Yuan standing nervously aside with a tense face, she burst out laughing.

"Why are you acting like an adult at such a young age?" As she said that, the queen took Nan Yuan's hand and pulled her to the seat next to her and asked her to sit down.

"Do you know why I came to you?"

Nan Yuan shook her head: "I don't know."

"Have you seen the gift Heng'er gave you?" the queen asked again.

Nan Yuan's mind was filled with images of exquisite and valuable gifts, all of which were of her favorite styles.

"I've seen it." Nan Yuan replied.

"I have never seen Heng'er treat people so attentively. You are the first."

Nan Yuan lowered her eyes, a little flustered. She didn't understand what the Queen meant, so she didn't know how to answer.

Looking at Nan Yuan's expression, the Queen didn't care and continued, "Others say that Heng'er is so devoted to you because of Zhaixing, but I don't believe it."

Hearing this, Nan Yuan's breathing stagnated. She looked up at the Queen in surprise, then realized that her behavior was inappropriate and quickly lowered her head.