Reborn Princess

Shen Xilan's hand was raised in the air motionless. Zhou Cechen pulled her hand and took the skewers of meat from her.

Shen Lilan didn't understand what Zhou Cechen was going to do next.

Zhou Cechen fed the meat in his hand to Shen Lilan's mouth, "Open your mouth."

After hearing what Zhou Cechen said, Shen Lilan opened his mouth and bit off the piece of meat. Zhou Cechen's eyes were full of tenderness: "Does it taste the same as before?"

Shen Lilan was stunned for a moment, "In the past?"

Zhou Cechen said: "The smell you had when you were in Mobei."

Shen Xilan didn't expect Zhou Cechen to know all this. Such days of everyone sitting together eating barbecue and drinking were indeed what she often experienced when she was in Mobei.

She was still young at that time and although she could not drink alcohol, her father would prepare camel milk for her and roast meat and put it on a small plate so that she could eat as much as she wanted.

After eating and drinking, her father or his friends would let her sit on their necks and ride on horses. These memories were like a dream. She didn't expect Zhou Cechen to prepare these for her.

Shen Lilan nodded, "Although I am getting older, these moments always make me happy."

Zhou Cechen said: "No matter when you are here with me, you don't have to worry about your identity and age. You are Shen Lilan, the always happy Shen Lilan."

"I say, you two really don't care that we are still here." Lu Hanze said while drinking.

"Since you are all happy today, let's be happy together. Sit down and don't be restrained. Let's drink and have fun together with me!" Lu Hanze said to the busy servants.

The servants looked at each other and said nothing.

"Since Young Marquis Lu has spoken, you don't have to be restrained tonight." Zhou Cechen said to everyone.

Shen Lilan knew why he did this. He wanted to experience the feeling of being surrounded by a group of people and laughing.

Fu Zhen was a little surprised to see that everyone was thanking the prince and serving dishes and drinking wine. She used to think that Prince Ding'an was an unkind and powerful official, but now he seemed to be more humane.

She stood up and glanced at Shen Yanlan. The two looked at each other, and then she said to Yanci: "I'll sober up."

Although Yanci did not say a word to Fu Zhen, he had been paying attention to her. When he saw her stand up and say she wanted to sober up, he thought she had drunk too much. He nodded and then said to Fu Zhen's maid, "Take the girl to sober up."

Not long after Fu Zhen left, Shen Yanlan drank the last sip of wine in the glass, stood up and said to Zhou Cechen: "Your Highness, I'm going to the purification room."

Zhou Cechen glanced at Shen Lilan's maid, and after confirming that everyone was there, he said, "Go, it's dark, be careful."

In the back garden, as soon as Shen Yanlan walked in, he saw Fu Zhen sitting under the flower corridor. She was wearing a water-blue skirt, and her color was still visible in the dark night.

Fu Zhen sat under the pavilion with her head leaning against a pillar, feeling the wind blowing in her face. The breeze gently lifted her hair, and she actually felt a little drunk.

Shen Lilan asked a few personal maids to wait outside and walked over.

After hearing the voice, Fu Zhen looked at the person who came and raised the corners of her lips.

"Princess Princess."

Shen Lilan walked over and sat down next to her. "Are you drunk?" she asked.

"I want to get drunk." Fu Zhen chuckled, "But my mind is too clear to get drunk."

These words seemed somewhat desolate in the night.

"Words are very different for you."

Fu Zhen looked at the forsythia flowers that were about to fall in the wind. She smiled bitterly and said, "It's a bad fate."

Shen Lilan put his hand on her shoulder, looking so thin and frail.

"When everything is settled, things will be different. Your patience and dormancy will not make you regret or disappointed."

Fu Zhen looked at Shen Yulan: "Did you succeed this time?"

Shen Lilan said: "Half."

"It's up to you guys from now on."

"We?" Fu Zhen raised her eyebrows.

"The files we got record all the cases of families being exterminated, entire families being executed, and people being exiled to the frontier over the years. We don't have to look for them one by one among the tens of thousands of cases in the county government like looking for a needle in a haystack. But now we are already dead in Yang Zhen's place, so we must not alert the enemy again."

"Now in Yangzhou, only you and Yanci can investigate. Zhou Cechen will definitely let Yanci investigate, and he will take you with him."

"He won't, he's afraid of the person behind me." Fu Zhen said.

"The Lord has not yet told them your identity, so I will naturally not let Yanci know."

"The Yan family and the Qin family are involved in these cases. You should go and investigate them yourself to get to the bottom of it." Shen Yanlan continued, "Don't worry, he will take you with him. How can you know about some people and some things if you don't try?"

Fu Zhen didn't say anything. She looked at Shen Lilan and said, "Sometimes I really envy you."

Shen Lilan felt the breeze blowing in his face: "Are you jealous of me?"

"Every time I see you two together, Prince Ding'an always takes great care of you."

Shen Xuanlan's hand on Fu Zhen's shoulder moved slightly, and she said, "Then I wish you can meet your ideal husband."

Fu Zhen stood up and said, "Master, please go back first. I want to get some fresh air."

Shen Lilan looked at her back and nodded.

In the yard, Yanci saw that Fu Zhen had not come back yet after Shen Xilan came back. He frowned, stood up and walked towards the back garden.

Lu Hanze looked at his back and shook his head, saying that men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough.

Fu Zhen was still leaning against the pillar with her eyes closed. Yanci looked at her back and thought she was really drunk. The maid who followed her had disappeared.

"Are you so drunk?" he asked beside Fu Zhen.

After hearing the voice, Fu Zhen opened her eyes, looked up at Yanci, and then leaned back against the pillar.

"How did you come?"

"Blow the air."

Fu Zhen looked at him: "Aren't you worried about me?"

Yanci looked away from her, "I'm afraid you'd get drunk and get into trouble."

Fu Zhen's eyebrows curved, "That means she is worried about me."

Seeing that Yanci did not answer her, she said, "These days you have kept me by your side every day but you are always on guard against me. Outsiders may think that you love me very much, but you and I both know the truth."

"Putting all this aside, how should I prove my innocence? Or does Master Xiaoyan think that I can be used at will just because I came out of the brothel, but there is no such thing as reputation and innocence?"

His words and expression were a little stiff. “I have never thought of it that way.”

"Since Young Master Yan has already established himself in County Magistrate Yang's residence, shouldn't you let me go back?"

The words were dark in the eyes;

Fu Zhen looked at his expression and continued, "Or does Young Master Xiaoyan still want to do what he did a few days ago, leaving the house by yourself and trapping me in the yard every day?"

After a long silence, he said, "I will set you free when we return to the capital."

Fu Zhen: "What about now?"

"Follow me to protect my identity, and go out with me tomorrow."

Fu Zhen curled her lips after hearing the words. The Lord is right. How can we know if we don’t try?