Reborn Princess

Liuchun clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her heart beating like thunder. For a moment, she was so panicked that she couldn't even hear the hawking of people passing by on the street. She stood there for a moment before she came to her senses and followed them.

Zhou Cechen took Shen Xilan to visit many places. Zhou Cechen rarely went to Wazi Market before. Before he was sixteen years old, he lived in the palace and rarely had the opportunity to leave the palace.

After he established his government at the age of sixteen, he began to fight on the battlefield. For him, the days of fighting with the soldiers in South Vietnam were more enjoyable than the days in the capital.

Apart from hanging out with Lu Zehan twice, he never came here again.

"Your Highness" Shen Lilan pulled Zhou Cechen's hand, and Zhou Cechen's thoughts were brought back to reality.

"Hmm?" Zhou Cechen looked at her.

"Your Highness, I want to eat that." Shen Xilan pointed at the bright red candied haws, and Zhou Cechen followed her gaze.

"Okay." Zhou Cechen took Shen Lilan over.

"Boss, give me three strings of candied haws."

"okay!"

After getting the candied haws, Shen Xilan shared it with Chaoyun and Liuchun. When Chaoyun handed the candied haws to Liuchun, she seemed distracted and uneasy.

"Liuchun, take it." Chaoyun called Liuchun again, and she came to her senses and took the candied haws.

Shen Lilan held the remaining candied haws and reached out to Zhou Cechen. Zhou Cechen was stunned for a moment until Shen Lilan put the candied haws between his lips. Zhou Cechen tasted a hint of sweetness and then he understood what she meant.

"You eat one." Shen Lilan said to him.

Zhou Cechen opened his mouth and took a bite of a candied haws. The sweet and sour taste spread in his mouth. He took a light bite and heard the sound of the candied haws breaking.

Just the sweetness of this one pill made his heart feel as if it was burned and it started beating wildly.

"Is it delicious?" Shen Lilan's soft voice came.

"Yeah, delicious." He answered in a hoarse voice.

Hearing Zhou Cechen's answer, Shen Lilan's red lips curved up, and she also put a candied haws into her mouth, it tasted sweet.

The two continued to walk forward, and suddenly there was a burst of enthusiastic greetings, "Oh, the young master is really very good to the lady, the relationship between the two of you is really enviable."

Zhou Cechen stopped and saw that it was the owner of Fugaoji where he bought cakes last time.

Shen Lilan also looked over. It was Fugaoji! She really liked their cakes.

"I want to buy it." Shen Lilan pointed at the pastry shop.

"it is good."

As the two were about to go over, they were blocked by the sound of horse hooves and a commotion.

Suddenly, Zhou Cechen put his arm around her waist and led her to the side of the road. A black-brown horse pulled the carriage forward quickly, and the wind lifted the curtains of the carriage.

Shen Lilan saw clearly that the person was Zhou Chao.

Shen Xilan was held in Zhou Cechen's arms. She frowned and stared at the carriage that was running away.

She could probably guess what had happened. Just like in her previous life, Zhou Chao was fond of other people's wives, and it was well known that he forcibly abducted other people's wives.

He was the king of the barbarian land in the Western Xinjiang, with no regard for the law and no scruples. In the Western Xinjiang, he was like a devil and a ghost, terrifying and despised.

Now that he has come to the capital, he does not know how to restrain himself. He has really stayed in that barren land for too long. Even though he is so backward and the world has changed, he still dreams of becoming the king in Yanjing.

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhou Cechen withdrew his gaze from following the galloping horse and looked at Shen Lilan.

Shen Lilan shook her head. She looked at Zhou Chao who was walking away and said, "That's Zhou Chao."

Zhou Cechen frowned. He naturally knew who that man was. He knew his special hobby before. It was because the late emperor indulged him that he could do whatever he wanted.

"Well, it's him."

Shen Xilan frowned. She just saw the woman in the carriage clearly. It was Su Wan, the wife of Chief Censor Song Yan.

Shen Lilan suddenly grabbed Zhou Cechen's hand and said, "We have to save her."

Song Yan is the Chief Censor, and she needs him on her road to revenge and overthrow Zhou Jingmo.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cechen looked at Shen Lilan, his eyes were deep and the meaning was unclear.

Shen Xuanlan felt Zhou Cechen's gaze and realized that what she had just said was a little inappropriate. She immediately made amends, "I heard that Zhou Chao committed all kinds of evil in the Western Frontier area and raped women. Today, he has become so rampant."

Zhou Cechen was silent for a moment and said to Yanci, "Go after Zhou Chao." He then handed the jade token on his waist to Yanci and said, "Stop Zhou Chao and ask him to release the people. Tell him that this is my order."

"Yes."

After Yanci mounted his horse and rode away, Zhou Cechen said to Chunhua Qiushi, "Send the princess to the carriage."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Shen Xilan and said, "Wait for me in the carriage." He had selfish motives and didn't want Zhou Chao to see Shen Xilan.

"Okay." Shen Lilan trusted him wholeheartedly.

When Zhou Cechen arrived, Yanci and Zhou Chao were in a stalemate.

"You are just a dog beside him, get out of here!" Zhou Chao shouted.

"Please, Prince Huaiyuan, release them."

Seeing this, Zhou Chao narrowed his eyes and signaled the driver to continue moving forward. His driver suddenly pulled the reins and prepared to rush forward.

His words and eyes turned cold and he tightened the reins to guard the road ahead.

There was the sound of galloping horses, and the man on the horse looked at Zhou Chao as if he was in a superior position, and said in a cold voice, "Let him go."

"Ninth brother, what do you mean? I came to Beijing as the prince of Western Frontier, and ninth brother..." Zhou Chao glanced at the words blocking the intersection and continued, "Is this how you treat me?"

Zhou Cechen raised his eyes and said calmly, "This is Yanjing, not Xijiang. Since you don't let him go, I will also send you to the Dali Temple and let the Dali Temple judge try you."

Zhou Chao said lightly, "You are just a concubine's daughter, what can you do to me?" According to the royal clan system of hierarchy, Zhou Cechen would always be inferior to him.

"Of course, I can't do anything to you, but they can." As he finished speaking, a group of cavalry arrived, and the leading general held a token in his hand and said, "The Dali Temple is handling the case. Prince Huaiyuan, I'm sorry."

After the general finished speaking, he signaled the people behind him to surround Zhou Chao and said, "Someone has accused Prince Huaiyuan of robbing women and killing many people." Then, he made way for the official road behind him and said, "Prince Huaiyuan, put down that man and follow us."

Zhou Chao was outnumbered and had to be taken to the pipeline.

After the person was rescued, Shen Lilan's carriage had arrived and Chunhua Qiushi sent him into the carriage.

"How is it?" Shen Lilan looked at Chunhua who was taking someone's pulse.

Chunhua took out a small porcelain bottle from her waist and said, "You've been drugged." Then she stuffed the pills in the bottle into her mouth and said, "Take this medicine and you'll wake up in less than half an hour."

After Su Wan was fed the medicine, Chunhua withdrew. Shen Xilan looked at the beautiful woman who was dozing off on the table in front of him without blinking. She was indeed a girl from Jiangnan. Even when she was dozing off, she was still so gentle and lovely, with slender eyebrows and fair skin.

Shen Lilan has been in Yanjing for eight years. Those noble ladies pay attention to maintenance and most of them have fair and tender skin. But it is very rare to see such fair skin as the one in front of him, which looks so tender that water can be squeezed out of it.

"Girls from Jiangnan are indeed pitiful to me." Shen Xilan looked at her messy hair hanging down and wanted to reach out to tuck it behind her ears, but a voice came from outside the carriage.

"Song Yan thanks the prince for saving my wife. I will repay him one day."

Shen Xilan retracted her hand. She had originally wanted to devise a plan to send Su Wan back home. She was sure that Su Wan would come to her house to express her gratitude. However, she had not expected that Song Yan would act so quickly. Before she could even use her plan, he had already come to her house.