Reborn Princess

Shen Lilan was imprisoned by Zhou Cechen on the stone of the rockery and could not move.

Feeling guilty after hearing Zhou Cechen's question, she lowered her head and dared not look at the man in front of her.

The man's aura is too strong.

Seeing this, Zhou Cechen lifted Shen Lilan's chin with his hand, forcing Shen Lilan to look at him.

"The princess is very courageous."

Shen Lilan looked at him helplessly and said, "I just... just..." After hesitating for a long time, she couldn't make any conclusion.

Zhou Cechen moved closer to Shen Lilan. "Just what?"

Shen Yanlan's ears felt numb and the tips of his ears were red and bleeding.

"Since the prince did not bring me along, I had to find a way on my own."

After saying this, Zhou Cechen chuckled in Shen Lilan's ear, which made Shen Lilan feel soft again.

If he was worried and angry just now, Zhou Cechen was left with helplessness when he saw Shen Xilan's current appearance.

"Come on, let me take you out."

Zhou Cechen grabbed Shen Xilan's wrist and prepared to walk out of the rockery.

Shen Lilan broke free from Zhou Cechen's hand and said, "Your Majesty, I am your maid now, please pay attention to me, Your Majesty."

Zhou Cechen felt even more helpless as he looked at his empty palms and the little maid who was tidying up her dress behind him.

The two walked along the lake, and Shen Yanlan said, "My Lord, Tang Yi is still in the back garden to distract the maid."

Zhou Cechen was walking in front, and he said, "She can handle a little maid."

As soon as the two of them walked to the doorway leading to the study, Tang Yi came over from the other side.

"My lord, let's go."

After entering the courtyard, Lu Hanze came out of the study with Marquis Yongyi with a smile in his eyes.

Lu Hanze bowed to Lu Chongyi and said, "I'll take my leave first."

Ye Chongyi nodded slowly.

He glanced at Zhou Cechen still standing in the yard and was a little surprised, "Your Majesty, what is this..."

"There are some things that need to be discussed with Young Marquis Lu."

Lu Hanze smiled and said, "That's great. Please follow me to the teahouse for a chat."

Ye Chongyi ordered the housekeeper to send a few people out.

Outside the mansion of Marquis Yongyi, Lu Hanze got on his own carriage. Shen Yanlan followed Tang Yi to the carriage at the back, but was stopped by Zhou Cechen.

Shen Lilan looked at Zhou Cechen with confusion.

"Princess, have you even forgotten which carriage you should sit in?" Zhou Cechen said in a deep voice.

Shen Xilan felt a little guilty for a moment and had to follow Zhou Cechen into the carriage.

In the carriage, Shen Xilan sat on the side, some distance away from Zhou Cechen.

Zhou Cechen looked coldly at Shen Lilan who was sitting upright, and curled his lips and said, "You have been pretending to be a maid for half a day. Have you forgotten your identity and where you should sit?"

Shen Xilan felt guilty and annoyed at the same time. It was bad enough that Zhou Cechen didn't bring her along when he went out to do things, but he was also ridiculed today.

She simply replied: "I dare not. I serve the prince wholeheartedly, how dare I go beyond the rules and sit in the main seat."

Hearing Shen Lilan's words, Zhou Cechen raised his eyebrows. His princess was really cute.

"Come here." He said to Shen Lilan.

Shen Lilan wanted to fight him, but as soon as he looked into his eyes, he was defeated.

Forget it… Today I took the initiative to secretly dress up as a maid.

After sitting down next to Zhou Cechen, Zhou Cechen pinched Shen Lilan's chin and turned her face towards himself.

Feeling a little shy for a moment, Shen Lilan lowered his eyes, his black eyelashes fluttering.

"Look at me." Zhou Cechen's gentle voice came.

Compared with his usual stern voice, this voice had no deterrent effect at all, but Shen Lilan still looked at Zhou Cechen for some unknown reason.

His heartbeat quickened for a moment, and Shen Lilan wanted to turn his face away, but was stopped by Zhou Cechen's powerful force.

"Don't dare to look?" he asked.

Shen Yanlan said nothing.

Looking at Shen Lilan's innocent and deep eyes, Zhou Cechen's Adam's apple rolled.

He kissed Shen Yanlan lightly on the eyes and left immediately.

Shen Lilan felt a moment of warmth, and a warm current rushed up from Shen Lilan's lower abdomen.

Shen Lilan felt the changes in his body and was at a loss for a moment.

"Don't act like this in the future and put yourself in danger." Zhou Cechen stared at Shen Lilan.

Shen Yanlan nodded and replied: "Okay."

Shen Lilan adjusted his breathing and asked after a moment: "When did the prince find out?"

Zhou Cechen said: "It was the first time I saw you since you got off the carriage."

He actually discovered it from the very beginning.

Shen Lilan looked down at her outfit. Was it so easy to be seen through? She lowered her head so that Zhou Cechen wouldn't see her face.

"Lan'er, how could I not recognize you?"

Shen Yanlan whispered: "Then the prince still let me in."

Zhou Cechen: "I won't let you go. If you get angry with me when we get back home, I don't know how to comfort you."

Shen Lilan whispered: "I'm easy to coax."

No matter how quiet the voice was, Zhou Cechen heard it. He said in a hoarse voice, "My princess is not easy to please."

Shen Lilan's heart was beating fast.

"Your Majesty, why is Young Marquis Lu in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion?"

"I asked him to help me hold back Marquis Yongyi so that you can go find Ye Qinghe."

Shen Lilan: "That's why the prince had a chance to escape at that time."

Zhou Cechen nodded.

Shen Yanlan suddenly said to Zhou Cechen: "Your Majesty, do you know what I asked Ye Qinghe this time?"

Zhou Cechen motioned for her to continue.

"Ye Qinghe had feelings for Ye Ji'an, but others found out about it and used it to force Ye Qinghe to poison her. However, when Ye Qinghe got the powder, she didn't know it was poison and thought it was just a common drug. So she bribed two maids. One of them drugged her but was raped by Zhou Chao, who was poisoned by the Soul-Devouring Powder. She was eventually poisoned to death in a side hall. The other one betrayed Jiang Xi for her to cover up the truth."

"It was not until she saw the maid being carried out that she realized she had been deceived. In order to get rid of suspicion, she played along and disguised herself as a victim. What she didn't expect was that you gave her an order and she was arrested and thrown into the imperial prison."

"But after she was released from prison, the person behind the scenes used this incident and Ye Jian'an to blackmail her again, trying to use Ye Qinghe for her own ends. Ye Qinghe thought she was trapped in a bottomless pit and was being forced step by step, so she wanted to end her life."

Zhou Cechen's eyes were dark, "Is it someone from the palace who ordered her to do this?"

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Lilan nodded and said a name "Yang Ruowei".

Zhou Cechen's eyes turned cold at this moment.

The Yang family has been assisting the emperor since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, generation after generation. Their descendants have had smooth careers and have been members of the upper class for generations. They are also Zhou Cechen's maternal clan.

If an ordinary person had any connection with the Yang family, they would probably think that they were extremely wealthy, but the person sitting next to him was Zhou Cechen.

Shen Xilan didn't know much about this matter, and even just guessed that Zhou Cechen had a rift with the Yang family.

In her previous life, Zhou Cechen had never taken her to the Yang family. She vaguely remembered that two years after she got married to him, he went to the Yang family alone once. However, after he returned home that time, Zhou Cechen hadn't seen her for half a month. During that period, the entire palace was extremely depressing, and the maids, servants and servants all did their work in an orderly manner and did not dare to make the slightest mistake.