Reborn Princess

Zhou Cechen flipped through the files.

"Your Highness, there's someone here." The secret guard reminded.

Zhou Cechen paused and raised his eyelids and asked, "Anything else?"

"nothing."

Zhou Cechen glanced at him, and the man understood and said, "I'll take my leave."

Shen Lilan stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in or not. Finally, the door was pushed open and the two looked at each other.

"Why don't you come in?" Zhou Cechen asked.

"I'm afraid of disturbing you." Shen Lilan replied.

"No, you can listen to everything."

After Zhou Cechen finished speaking, he looked at Shen Lilan and said, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Shen Lilan said: "Much better than yesterday."

"You should have a good rest these two days. We are not in a hurry to travel."

Shen Lilan shook his head, "I'm not that weak."

Zhou Cechen took Shen Lilan's hand and asked, "Do you want to go out and take a look?"

Shen Lilan was stunned for a moment, and she reminded Zhou Cechen: "Your Majesty, it's late at night."

"Afraid?" Zhou Cechen asked.

Shen Lilan shook his head: "Of course I'm not afraid."

"So do you want to go?"

Shen Lilan nodded.

The two of them did not bring any guards or maids. Zhou Cechen carried Shen Xilan onto the horse. He was afraid that Shen Xilan would feel uncomfortable, so he put a cushion on the horse's back.

Then Zhou Cechen climbed onto the horse and held Shen Xilan in his arms.

When dismounting, Shen Lilan was amazed at the scenery here.

"Fireflies." Shen Lilan stretched out his hands to catch them.

Zhou Cechen pulled Shen Lilan to a huge ginkgo tree.

There are red cloth strips tied on the ginkgo tree branches.

“What a big ginkgo tree.”

"When I passed this place on my way back to the city, the people in this place would tie red strips of cloth on it as a sign of their wishes."

Shen Yanlan looked at the flowing red ribbon carrying the wishes of the wisher fluttering in the wind.

Shen Lilan closed his eyes to feel the smell of the wind.

Zhou Cechen stood beside her, looking at her profile in fascination.

Shen Lilan opened his eyes and met Zhou Cechen's eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, Shen Lilan asked Zhou Cechen: "Did the prince bring the calligraphy?"

Zhou Cechen shook his head.

Zhou Cechen saw Shen Lilan unravelling the ultramarine cloth on her hair with her hands. When the cloth was unravelled, Shen Lilan's black hair fell down.

Looking at Shen Lilan with her black hair, Zhou Cechen's eyes moved slightly.

Shen Lilan looked at Zhou Cechen's belt, on which was hung a seal. Shen Lilan opened the lid of the seal and touched the red seal with his thumb.

Then Shen Xilan placed his thumb on the ultramarine headband.

Then Shen Xilan took Zhou Cechen's hand and pressed it on the seal, and then put his handprint on the hairband.

"All right."

Shen Lilan picked up the headband and showed it to Zhou Cechen.

There were two handprints on the ultramarine headband. Zhou Cechen's thumb was stroking his index finger, which still had the residual warmth of Shen Lilan.

"Do you want to make a wish?" Zhou Cechen asked.

Shen Yanlan thought for a moment and said, "I haven't decided what wish to make yet."

Zhou Cechen took the hairband: "Let me tie it."

Shen Lilan stood there looking at Zhou Cechen's back, with an ultramarine hairband wrapped around his fingertips. He tied the hairband on the branch.

"Year after year until today, we will be together forever." Shen Lilan put her hands together and then clenched them, she closed her eyes and made a wish.

Zhou Cechen turned around and saw Shen Xilan surrounded by fireflies, with her eyes closed and her red lips moving slightly.

At that moment, Zhou Cechen was a little dazed, not knowing what time it was.

Shen Lilan opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Cechen.

"Your Highness." She trotted over, lifting her skirt.

"Slow down." Zhou Cechen reminded her.

"What wish did you make?"

Shen Yanlan looked at him with a smile: "Year after year, it's now."

Zhou Cechen didn't expect Shen Lilan's wish to be so simple.

"Why?" For some reason, Zhou Cechen blurted out this question.

"Of course..." Shen Lilan suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhou Cechen's thin lips.

Zhou Cechen obviously didn't know she would do this. When her soft red lips touched his, Zhou Cechen's heart skipped a beat.

Shen Lilan opened her red lips slightly: "Because you are by my side."

Under the big ginkgo tree with fluttering ribbons, Shen Xilan rested his head on Zhou Cechen's shoulder.

"Are you cold?" Zhou Cechen tied her cloak for her.

Shen Lilan shook his head: "I like to sit under a big tree and listen to the sounds of all things when no one is around."

"Even the wind that flows into my body is unrestrained."

Zhou Cechen put his arm around Shen Lilan's shoulders and said, "When everything is settled, I will take you wherever you want to go."

Shen Yanlan nodded: "Okay."

……

In the teahouse in Yangzhou City, the owner of the shop led the conversation upwards: "Manager Yan should have informed me before he came, so that I could have made preparations earlier."

Yanci glanced at him and said, "I guess I still need to report my store to you?"

"No, no, no, Manager Yan misunderstood. We are..."

"Hey, shopkeeper, be careful."

Yanci bumped into Fu Zhen who was running towards him.

Fu Zhen ran out dressed like a lady from a wealthy family.

"Young Master, save me!" Fu Zhen originally wanted to escape, but she didn't expect to run into him here. It was really fate.

Yanci frowned, "What happened?"

"You have no manners, let go of your hand now." The waiter at the side said to Fu Zhen.

Fu Zhen's fingers loosened but did not leave Yanci's arm.

"He, he wants to force me!" Fu Zhen pointed at a middle-aged man who chased after her.

Yanci looked at the man.

"Okay, you little bitch, now that I've bought you, you're mine!" The man wanted to pull Fu Zhen's hand.

Yanci took two steps forward and took out his fan to block the hand that was about to grab someone.

"Buy?" Yanci looked at the man sternly, "Forcing a woman of good character into prostitution?"

"She is just a skinny Yangzhou horse. If I spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy her back, she will be mine!"

Yanci glanced at Fuzhen, and Fuzhen also looked up at her.

"Yangzhou skinny horse?" Yanci looked at the waiter.

“Is this the trading place in the store?”

The waiter immediately denied it: "How could it be Manager Yan? We let her in because we thought she was from a wealthy family because she was dressed so elegantly."

"People dressed in ordinary clothes are not allowed to enter?" Yanci looked at the man.

"Boss, the people who come to our store are either rich or noble. If we run into some common people and ruin their fun, wouldn't that be a loss?"

Yanci did not answer him, but looked at the middle-aged man.

When the man heard the waiter calling the boss Yanci Yan, he guessed his identity.

"Are you the shopkeeper Yan Jiayan?"

The words were indifferent: "I want the person."

Hearing this, Fu Zhen's heart skipped a beat for some reason.

The waiter then realized that he had offended someone by speaking too quickly.

When the man heard the skinny horse he was going to buy, his eyes lit up. This was Shopkeeper Yan, a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan. How many people wanted to get in touch with him? Today he depended on this skinny horse.

"If Shopkeeper Yan wants her, then Du will reluctantly give her up and give her to you."

"Don't worry, shopkeeper. The person is safe and sound." The man added.

Yanci's expression became even uglier when he heard the last sentence.

"No, I'll buy her."

Everyone's eyes widened, even Fu Zhen, who was holding Yanci's arm, was shocked.