Shen Guidi was holding a chess piece in his hand and was about to put it down when he heard He Qingchen's slightly hoarse voice coming from the opposite side of him.

She paused her hand movements and her eyebrows trembled slightly.

Listening to his words which were almost a showdown, she thought about He Qingchen's sudden kindness and indulgence towards her after she entered the mansion, as well as the things in the box he had just brought back.

The ice in Shen Guidi's heart suddenly collapsed.

She lowered her eyes, slowly put down the chess piece in her hand, and looked steadily at He Qingchen who had been staring at her.

half an hour.

She pursed her lips, looked at He Qingchen, and spoke slowly: "Before, I grew up in the countryside. Even after entering the capital, I rarely went out. I had no contact with the prince. I am very sure that I have never seen you.

On the day of the wedding, you were not angry about the fact that Lin's concubine's daughter was married in place of me, but you seemed to have known and loved me for a long time.

You have been very good to me.

But this kind of goodness came so suddenly and so strangely that I even suspected that you had a nightmare on your wedding day, or that you recognized the wrong person. Otherwise, who would be so grateful to have found someone they had just met?

As a favored child of heaven, you found out that you were hastily married off, and the other party despised you as a disabled person and left, so that the Lin family had to find someone to marry into the house at random.

Under normal circumstances, you would feel resistance, anger, disgust, and indifference.

I can even return myself to the Lin Mansion and then go to His Majesty to ask for justice and reasonable compensation.

At worst, he would weigh the pros and cons, and after being convinced of the value of the Lin family, he would grit his teeth and acknowledge me as his concubine, so as to control the Lin family, and finally throw me into the backyard to fend for myself.

But, neither is true.

You did not return me to the Lin family. You asked for justice from His Majesty and held the Lin family accountable for deceiving their superiors and subordinates and defying the royal family.

You didn't acknowledge me as your concubine in order to control the Lin family, and then throw me into the backyard to fend for myself.

Instead, you are dealing with the Lin family.

In the beginning, you didn't take things too far.

I just asked them to compensate with silver to settle the matter of the substitute dowry and the stone dowry, and there was no rush to complain to Your Majesty. In fact, at that time, you were observing my attitude towards the Lin family.

In other words.

All your actions towards Lin are determined by me, but why?

Your situation in the capital was not good to begin with, but suddenly things got bad and you confronted the Lin family and even the Qi family directly. You made a bunch of enemies for yourself, all for me.

Why? "

This was not the first time Shen Guidi asked him this.

But for the first time, she laid the whole thing out in front of him. He Qingchen listened quietly to her every word and roughly understood Shen Guidi's real concerns.

She is afraid that her own goodness may be used in secret.

He was also afraid that if he hesitated for a moment, she would be completely plotted against. Therefore, although she seemed peaceful in their daily interactions, he never let go of his worries and never truly considered himself his wife.

He Qingchen didn't know how to answer her questions.

Rebirth is such a strange thing. These days, he has tried to explore the real reason why he can live again, but to no avail.

Now that he was facing Shen Guicui's burning eyes, how should he answer?

It couldn't be that he had returned to this life again and had memories of his past life, and that they were husband and wife in their past life, and that in his past life he had indeed been just as she had guessed, that for one reason or another he had acknowledged her and then abandoned her in the backyard and ignored her, right?

He couldn't and didn't dare to say that.

He was even afraid that one day, his Ah Di would remember the memories of his past life.

Or maybe, there is another person in this world who has the memory of the past life, and then runs to his Ah Di and says this and that.

What if his Ah Di knew that she was so devoted to him and full of love in her previous life, but he treated her so coldly and even died for him in the end, would Ah Di still get along with him like this?

Having died for him once, will Ah Yi slowly fall in love with him like she did in her previous life?

He Qingchen shuddered at the thought that she might never do that again.

Shen Guidi narrowed her eyes and stared at him thoughtfully.

He Qingchen's mind was wandering, his eyes were dodging, he just forced a smile and said awkwardly: "A'di, how do you know that the day of the wedding was the first time I saw you? How do you know that I didn't lose and then find you again?"

"Hmm? What did you say just now?"

Shen Guidi was stunned for a moment, and looked He Qingchen up and down with suspicion.

If she understood correctly, what He Qingchen meant just now was that he had already seen her when she didn't know?

What does 'lost and found' mean?

He Qingchen pulled Shen Guidi's hand in front of him and played with it again and again.

He saw the doubt in Shen Guidi's eyes, but he couldn't explain it.

He could only say incoherently, "A'yi, some of what you just said does sound illogical, and I cannot explain it to you, but one thing is certain, I have been fond of you since before you married into the palace, and before... you met me."

The last sentence he didn't say was 'back in our previous life'. At this moment, he even wanted to tell her the truth directly.

The words came to his lips, but he held them back.

In his previous life, He Qingchen might not have known what it felt like to love someone, but he knows now.

At the end of his previous life, his Ah Di fought with those wild wolves for him and confronted He Chengjue. That scene had long been imprinted in his heart.

At that moment, the pounding of my heart became clearer day by day.

Shen Guidi became even more confused.

He Qingchen grew up in the deep palace when he was young and had no interactions with her. Later, he was exiled to the southern border, making it even more impossible for him to know her.

It couldn't be that he had seen her somewhere during the year she had been in Beijing, right?

He Qingchen saw that she had more questions to ask, and was afraid that she would ask something he couldn't answer.

He quickly stood up, moved to her side, and held her in his arms. He glanced at the servants in the yard, and then whispered, "A'yi, I will tell you about those things that cannot be explained later. Can you please stop asking me now?"

Shen Guidi's body stiffened and his eyes moved around to the people serving in the yard.

The servant quickly lowered his head and pretended that he saw nothing.

He Qingchen held her close and deliberately bit her ear: "A'yi, it's late, let's go back to the house."

The heat of his breath sprayed on her neck, causing her to shiver.

Shen Guiyi moved her body and tried to dodge: "Stop messing around... We are still waiting for someone, have you forgotten?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a movement outside.

A servant from the mansion ran into the courtyard in a hurry. When he saw them, he bowed hastily and said, "Your Majesty, Princess, Mr. Lin and his wife are outside asking to see you. They said they have something very important to discuss with you."

He Qingchen: "..."

He gritted his teeth secretly, and a hint of hostility and anger flashed across his eyes.

Shen Guiyi patted his hand around her waist, smiled lightly, and waved to the man: "Please ask them to sit in the front yard for a while. The princess and the prince will come after changing clothes."

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