Reborn Princess

All of a sudden, all the people who were sitting at the table stood up, even the younger ones were pulled up by the maids, but only Wang Ciyuan did not move. Yu Panchun, who had been "talking incessantly" at the table just now, now lowered his head, feeling panicked and afraid to speak.

The entire women's hall was in complete silence; not even breathing could be heard.

Shen Xilan curled his lips upon seeing this. This scene was truly wonderful and spectacular.

Behind Zhou Cechen followed Shen Jing, Shen Cong, Shen Qingyu and other male relatives. Shen Jing looked at Yu Panchun with a gloomy face.

Zhou Cechen glanced at everyone present, and no one dared to look at him.

"Madam Shen, what do you mean?" Zhou Cechen asked Wang Ciyuan in a deep voice.

Wang Ciyuan rose to her current position from a daughter's family, and had experienced many ups and downs. She slowly stood up and said, "It was just that the elders were talking to the younger generation and were contradicted. I was impulsive at the moment. I'm afraid that all children in the world know the rules of respecting the elders."

Wang Ciyuan's words seemed to state facts, but in reality they implied that Shen Xilan did not know how to respect his elders and had no rules. Even Qiushi, who was not very literate, could hear it.

Qiu Shi frowned. Ever since they, the princess, entered the Shen family, they have been surrounded by sarcastic remarks everywhere, which is really unbearable.

Zhou Cechen stared at Wang Ciyuan, but she remained frank.

"Since the old lady has told me that there is a hierarchy between the old and the young, I have to remind her..." Zhou Cechen paused and looked at everyone, raising his voice, "There is a hierarchy between the noble and the humble."

Wang Ciyuan was speechless for a moment.

"This prince married Shen Lilan. She is his wife, the Princess Ding'an. With her status, no one in the entire Da Qi can touch her."

"The old lady is right. There is an order of seniority and distinction between the superior and the inferior. What is the crime for rebelling against one's superior?" Zhou Cechen said this to everyone in the Shen family.

Wang Ciyuan looked at Shen Lilan, wanting to get help from her, but saw a smiling face looking at her with sarcasm.

Wang Ciyuan clenched the rattan cane in one hand, his face still calm.

"Then naturally, I will leave it to Your Highness to deal with it." The old man's voice seemed to brook no objection.

When Yu Panchun heard Wang Ciyuan's words, a chill ran down her spine. Her heart was beating like thunder, but she dared not say anything.

Shen Xilan looked at the scene leisurely. As expected of Wang Ciyuan, he was truly amazing.

Zhou Cechen didn't want to waste time talking to them, so he said, "Whoever moved just now will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane." After saying that, he looked at Yu Panchun and said, "You, thirty slaps on the face."

"Chunhua Qiushi stayed for execution."

After saying that, he pulled Shen Lilan out.

"Prince, Prince, don't do it, Prince..." Yu Panchun knelt down crying, and the maid did the same.

But no matter how much I shouted, no one turned back

Zhou Cechen pulled Shen Xilan and didn't even look at Shen Jing and Shen Conghe.

At the entrance of the hall, where darkness and brightness meet, Shen Qingyu stood there, still gentle, humble and polite. Zhou Cechen took Shen Lilan and passed by him. Shen Qingyu turned around and looked at their backs with eyes as calm as water.

After it disappeared, Shen Qingyu turned around and walked in another direction without entering the house.

……

Inside the carriage, Zhou Cechen's entire body was filled with extremely low pressure. He held Shen Lilan's hand tightly, and neither of them spoke.

When Shen Yanlan came out of the west house of the Shen Mansion, he felt that his whole body became brighter.

She kept staring at Zhou Cechen, and he seemed a little unhappy.

Shen Yanlan was about to speak when he reported, "Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you to the palace."

Zhou Cechen loosened his grip on Shen Lilan's big hand. He looked at Shen Lilan and saw that she was staring at him with bright eyes.

Zhou Cechen's low mood suddenly disappeared, and he said to Shen Lilan in a gentle voice, "I need to go to the palace and let Tang Song take you back home."

"Okay." Shen Yanlan replied.

Zhou Cechen mounted his horse and watched the palace's carriage disappear from his sight before leaving.

……

In the Shen Mansion, Yu Panchun was held down by Chunhua, and Qiu carried out the punishment.

Shen Jing frowned as he looked at the woman in front of him who was crying and being beaten. He seemed unable to bear it and turned away.

Wang Ciyuan had already been helped by her maid back to the small Buddhist temple.

Shen Luo Ning kept crying and begging them to stop, but her words were useless.

……

Zhou Cechen was sitting in the imperial study in the imperial palace.

The light in the imperial study was bright yellow. A man in a bright yellow dragon robe sat in the first seat, holding a memorial in his hand.

The faint scent of sandalwood filled the air around me, and spots of sunlight shone through the hollow carved window panes. A few beams of sunlight penetrated through the gaps and hit the pen holder on the large desk.

"Did you go to the Shen family today?" the man sitting in front of the desk asked him casually.

"Ah."

After hearing Zhou Cechen's reply, Zhou Hengyan shifted his gaze away from the memorial. He raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Cechen with raised eyebrows, his eyes containing surprise and a bit of interest.

"What do you mean by waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to appear?" Zhou Hengyan asked him jokingly.

Zhou Cechen didn't say anything. He picked up the teacup and used the tea lid to push away the foam on the tea. He took a sip of tea, feeling calm and relaxed.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhou Hengyan continued, "You really spent a lot of energy to marry her. It's probably harder than fighting a battle on the battlefield."

"But..." Zhou Hengyan looked at Zhou Cechen and said, "I heard that you met Zhou Chao who came to Beijing today."

"Yeah." Zhou Cechen answered him.

"When the princes come to Beijing, they usually live in the palaces of other princes. But Zhou Chao sent someone to report that he has brought his people back to the Huaiyuan Palace. It seems that they are still doing things the same way as before." Zhou Hengyan said.

"Of the princes born to our father's concubine, only you, Zhou Chao and I are left. What do you plan to do with him?" Zhou Hengyan put down the memorial in his hand and took a sip of tea.

"My royal brother is the emperor. It is my royal brother who should make the decision on matters like this," said Zhou Cechen.

Zhou Hengyan was speechless.

"Jinzhi, Jinzhi, don't forget who made the decision for me to allow Zhou Chao to come to Beijing. He has great ambitions. I'm afraid he has made all the preparations for coming to Beijing. He is always a threat to us."

"Only for you." Zhou Cechen said.

Zhou Hengyan almost couldn't swallow his mouthful of tea.

"You are so good, Zhou Jinzhi. I will order someone tomorrow, no, later, I will order someone to draft an imperial edict, ordering you to attend court every day." Zhou Hengyan said.

"I have ordered people to search all over Guangyuan Street. Zhou Chao has just arrived in Beijing, and nothing can happen to him, otherwise his Western Xinjiang area will be in chaos." Zhou Cechen continued to drink a sip of tea and said, "My royal brother has no right to issue an imperial decree to order me to attend the court."

After hearing what he said, Zhou Hengyan stopped talking.

……

In the Ding'an Palace, Shen Yanlan got off the carriage and walked along the corridor back to Xiaolanxuan.

Scenes of her interactions with Zhou Cechen at the Shen family today flashed through her mind. She was glad that she had returned to the time when she still had the chance to love him.

She was also glad that she could destroy the second and third branches of the Shen family one by one and slowly take revenge.