Reborn Princess

Following Ye Chongyi to the study, the study was Ye Chongyi's private space, so there were few servants along the way.

"You guys wait outside."

"Yes."

After giving instructions to Tang Yi, Zhou Cechen entered the study.

Shen Lilan stood up and looked at Tang Yi.

"Are you tired after standing for so long?" Tang Yi asked.

"Not tired."

"Now that no one is watching us, let's go."

Shen Lilan pulled Tang Yi to the backyard.

The mansion of Marquis Yongyi adopts the standard structure of the mansion, every detail of which reflects the mansion’s profound heritage.

A meritorious family that has inherited the title from generation to generation, after several generations of inheritance, naturally has their own set of heritage.

After walking around several corridors, Shen Xilan and Tang Yi came to the backyard and looked at the rooms one by one, but they didn't know which one belonged to Ye Qinghe.

Just as Shen Xilan was thinking about it, he was stopped by a maid from the Marquis's Mansion.

"Are you new here? Don't you know that the princess has been in poor health these days? Why are you still hanging around here? Go and sweep the floor in the yard."

Shen Lilan immediately locked onto these rooms. These were the ones.

"Yes." The two of them lowered their heads to get the brooms.

"Search each room one by one." Shen Lilan whispered.

"Okay, be careful."

There are five rooms in total, two of which are locked and three are available.

Shen Lilan and Tang Yi each entered one room but none of them were available. When they entered the last room, Shen Lilan said to Tang Yi, "You stay outside, I'll go."

Tang Yi nodded and said, "Hurry up, time is running out."

"it is good."

Entering the room, a maid was feeding medicine to Ye Qinghe. Seeing Shen Yanlan coming in, she said, "How dare you barge into the princess's room casually."

Ye Qinghe was lying on the bed in his pajamas, with his head propped up. His cheeks were pale and there was a circle of red marks around his neck. He no longer looked as beautiful as he had a few days ago.

"It's you." She glanced at the maid and motioned her to go out.

The maidservant tactfully withdrew.

"Why? Are you here to laugh at my joke?"

Shen Xilan said nothing, but sat down on the stool beside her bed.

She glanced at the decorations in the room. Pink decorations were everywhere in the room, and expensive jewelry was displayed in the open, without any sense of vigilance.

"Why did you commit suicide?" Shen Lilan asked.

Ye Qinghe closed his eyes and sneered, "Father and mother banned the news, but you still knew about it. Is our Marquis Mansion also alive under your surveillance?"

Shen Yanlan said: "We sent people to guard the mansion to protect you, not to monitor you."

"What a joke! Does this princess need your protection?" Ye Qinghe kept sneering.

"Shen Lilan, if others knew that you came to the Marquis' Mansion disguised as a female historian, do you know what they would say about you?"

"Do you also want to become a joke in Yanjing City?"

Shen Xuanlan said: "I have no regrets in my heart and deeds. As for whoever criticizes me, I can't control their mouths."

"Women in Yanjing City care most about their reputation. As the saying goes, if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer. I'm afraid that the reputation of the Ye family will be ruined by me."

No longer the shining little princess of the past few days, Ye Qinghe now looked decadent.

"The orchid leaves are luxuriant in spring, and the osmanthus flowers are bright in autumn. This prosperous business is a good festival for you."

"Everything else is false, reputation is false, other people's comments are false, only you and your pure thoughts are the most important things that support you to move forward."

"Ye Qinghe, do you know how sad your brother Ye Jian will be if you are so depressed and hurt yourself like this?"

Ye Qinghe opened his eyes and said, "He is my brother, so it's natural for me to be worried and sad."

"Just a brother?" Shen Lilan stared into Ye Qinghe's eyes.

"Ye Qinghe, you committed suicide for him, right?"

Ye Qinghe's eyes turned from dull to astonished. "Shen Lilan, what are you talking about! Ye Jian'an can only be my brother, why would I commit suicide for him?"

"That's to poison him."

"you!"

Ye Qinghe was extremely flustered at this moment.

Seeing this, Shen Yanlan held Ye Qinghe's hand and said, "Is this the reputation you mentioned?"

Ye Qinghe struggled to pull his hand free, but was too weak to do so.

Crystal clear tears rolled down from Ye Qinghe's eyes. "Why? Why won't you let me live!"

Only she herself knows her feelings for her brother. She never mentions it, but why did things develop to this point?

"We?" Shen Lilan caught her words accurately. "Who else?"

Ye Qinghe just kept shaking his head and crying without saying a word.

Shen Yanlan realized that time was running out. She looked at Ye Qinghe and said, "I can help you."

"Help me? You keep saying you want to help me, but you've pushed me into a dead end. You can take my life now."

"Ye Qinghe, you should know that you are the only daughter of the Marquis of Yongyi. You are so noble. Many people in the capital envy your birth, but they don't care whether you live or die."

"Only your father, mother, brother and those who know how to cherish you care about your life and death."

"And aren't those the people you care about the most?"

"You have the heart to leave them alone?"

"Have you ever thought that if you really committed suicide, it would only be a topic of conversation among the people in the capital, and your family would be the ones who would be truly heartbroken."

After Shen Yanlan finished speaking, he looked at a young sprout on Ye Qinghe's windowsill and said calmly: "A fish in a dry ditch must learn how to survive in desperate situations."

"Won't it sprout even in such a cold winter?"

Ye Qinghe followed Shen Xilan's gaze and saw a plant of anthurium she had planted in the spring. It had been left there without sprouting, but she didn't expect it to sprout in such a cold winter.

"Can you help me?" Ye Qinghe asked.

"I'll do my best." Shen Lilan replied.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

……

A quarter of an hour later, Tang Yi knocked on the door and said, "Princess, someone is here."

Shen Yanlan said to Ye Qinghe: "I'm leaving now. Don't worry, I will definitely help you."

Ye Qinghe stared at Shen Lilan's departing back in a daze.

After Shen Xilan came out, he and Tang Yi walked towards the study of Marquis Yongyi. When they passed the back garden, they were stopped again.

"I'm talking to you. Why are you walking around aimlessly? Don't you know that you are not allowed to enter the Marquis' study casually? Come back quickly."

"Eh? Why haven't I seen you before? Turn around, you two."

"I'll lead her away, you leave quickly." Tang Yi said to Shen Xilan.

After saying that, Tang Yi walked towards the maid. Shen Xilan wanted to hold Tang Yi back, but Tang Yi had already walked far away. She had no choice but to move forward.

Relying on memory, Shen Xilan knew that the study was just past the back garden. Just as he was about to move forward, he saw several maids walking towards him. He could neither retreat nor move forward.

Shen Lilan had only one thought in his mind: It's over.

In a panic, a hand grabbed Shen Lilan's wrist and led him into the rockery.

Shen Lilan wanted to shout but her mouth was covered and she opened her eyes wide.

"Don't move." A familiar male voice came from above my head.

Shen Lilan saw clearly the person in front of him, Zhou Cechen.

In the cramped rockery, Zhou Cechen held Shen Lilan's wrist with one hand and covered her mouth with the other hand and said in a deep voice: "The princess is very disobedient."