Reborn Princess

Seeing the things in the yard being moved away bit by bit, Lu Nong walked up to Shen Luoning and said, "Miss Shen, your things have been packed. I will take you out of the house."

Shen Luoning nodded and followed Lunong out of the yard.

After leaving Wuhuayuan, Yu Lunong led them to pass by the Chaoshou Corridor. Just when they were almost at the end of the corridor, Shen Luoning stopped.

She seemed to have thought of something and asked the maid, "Have you seen my handkerchief?"

"I have never seen it."

The group stopped, and the maid anxiously said to Lunong, "Miss Lunong, it seems that our daughter's handkerchief fell on the road. It would be bad if this girl's things fell into the hands of others. Please help me find it."

Lu Nong paused for a moment, fearing that something might happen to Shen Luo Ning, so she ordered a few maids to go look for her.

"Please wait here, Miss Shen."

Shen Luoning nodded.

In less than half an incense stick of time, Shen Luoning's maid Si Yu came over with a handkerchief in her hand and said, "Miss, I found the handkerchief."

Shen Luoning took the handkerchief and said, "Let's go."

Lu Nong was about to move forward, but saw Zhou Cechen walking towards her in a dark suit, and the group of people saluted him one after another.

Shen Luoning's heart beat faster and faster as she watched the man in luxurious clothes getting closer and closer to her.

This was the man she wanted.

Shen Luoning leaned towards Zhou Cechen and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Zhou Cechen didn't even look at her and walked straight past her.

Shen Luoning seized the opportunity and suddenly knelt in front of Zhou Cechen to stop the man. Lu Nong secretly thought it was not good.

Yanci immediately protected Zhou Cechen behind him and looked at the woman kneeling on the ground with a vigilant look.

Shen Luoning wanted to reach out and pull the man's clothes but she didn't have the chance.

"My Lord, please save Luo Ning. I don't know what Luo Ning did to anger my sister, and now my sister wants to drive me away."

"What should I do if my sister is still dissatisfied with Luo Ning after she returns home?"

After hearing Shen Luoning's words, Zhou Cechen's originally expressionless face turned extremely gloomy in an instant.

This sinister feeling made Yanci feel surprised and a little scared.

"Are you the princess's cousin?" The man's voice was very calm.

"Yes." Shen Luo Ning thought that Zhou Cechen would feel alienated from Shen Lilan because of this incident.

"Did you make the princess angry?"

"I didn't do anything, but I don't know why, sister..." Shen Luoning wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Zhou Cechen.

"Since you have angered the princess, and she asked you to leave the house, then get out of the house and don't get in her way." After Zhou Cechen finished speaking, he left.

Shen Luoning knelt in the corridor in shock. How could this be? All the concubines in her father's house behaved like this.

……

Zhou Cechen originally planned to return to his Liyuan Pavilion, but on the way he learned that Shen Lilan was angry, so he changed his route and went to Xiaolanxuan.

Xiaolanxuan is a courtyard specially built by craftsmen at the request of Zhou Cechen. Because Shen Xilan is particularly fond of flowers and plants, Zhou Cechen placed all kinds of flowers and plants in it.

The several pots of black chrysanthemums and gold nine-linked flowers that were in full bloom in the yard have long since withered.

It is cold in the twelfth lunar month. After a heavy snow last night, the branches of the white magnolias in full bloom in the yard were bent by the snow, and the magnolias and the snow became one.

Around this open courtyard with doors and windows, there stand large clumps of Guanyin bamboos, with the leaves covered with a light white snow. The cold wind blows through, rubbing the leaves slightly, creating a sense of remoteness, tranquility and comfort in this courtyard.

Zhou Cechen entered the inner room of the master bedroom in the yard. Birui and Chaoyun were standing outside waiting. When they saw Zhou Cechen coming, they bowed.

Zhou Cechen asked, "Is the princess in the room?"

Chao Yun replied, "The princess is resting in the room." Chao Yun paused and wanted to say something else, but saw Zhou Cechen pushing the door open.

The Boshan stove in the room was burning with a faint fragrance, like a light curtain floating in the air.

The entire inner room floor was covered with a velvet carpet, and on the floor stood a fireplace carved with auspicious cloud patterns.

Zhou Cechen walked in, but saw Shen Lilan standing alone by the window.

Zhou Cechen looked at Shen Lilan's slender back, his heart tightened and he felt a little breathless.

Loneliness, indifference, alienation...

He clenched his hands and walked towards the woman.

Shen Lilan thought it was the maidservant beside her, so she said coldly, "Get out."

Zhou Cechen stopped.

After a while, Shen Yanlan felt something was wrong. She turned around and saw the man standing several steps away from her.

A hint of panic flashed across Shen Lilan's eyes.

"Your Highness... I just thought it was an ignorant maid." Shen Lilan explained hurriedly.

Zhou Cechen replied, "Nothing."

"Feeling down?" he asked.

Shen Xilan didn't know how to answer for a moment. After she returned to her room, her mind was full of things from her past life. Later, she fell asleep on the table in a daze.

In the dream, I saw Zhou Cechen covered in scars, with three arrows piercing his chest. I was also unable to do anything and was crying in the rain while holding him.

If Liuchun hadn't seen that she was having a nightmare when he covered her with a blanket and woke her up, she would have been afraid that she would not be able to get out for a while.

After waking up, her mind was in a mess and her head was aching, so she wanted to be alone and quiet.

Shen Lilan shook his head and looked at Zhou Cechen's face, feeling much more at ease.

"I just took a short nap and had a nightmare." Shen Lilan said softly.

Zhou Cechen looked at Shen Lilan's pale face, his eyes darkened, his thumb moved slightly, but then stopped.

He walked towards Shen Xilan, stood beside her and looked out the window. The man was tall and slender with a stern face.

Shen Lilan's heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Shen Yuhan turned to Zhou Cechen and asked, "Your Highness, do you like snow?"

Shen Yanlan curved his lips slightly and said, "I used to dislike snow. Snow is always cold and makes people feel uncomfortable."

"But now, I can't hate it."

"This heavy snowfall is a new life for me." When saying this, Shen Lilan's eyes were so clear and bright that people couldn't look away.

Zhou Cechen did not answer Shen Lilan's words. He looked at Shen Lilan's clear eyes and didn't know how to answer him.

Shen Yanlan stared at Zhou Cechen's face for a long time. Seeing that he did not answer her, she asked again, "Prince, why did you marry me?"

There was a moment of silence in the room. Shen Yanlan thought he would not answer, so he curled his lips and turned to look out the window. Suddenly, he heard the man next to him say, "Only you are worthy of this position."

He was like this in his previous life. No matter how she pressed him, he always answered her like this...

Shen Lilan didn't say anything else. The two of them stood quietly in front of the window, and snow began to fall from the sky again.

"Your Majesty, my subordinate has something to report."

Shen Lilan said to Zhou Cechen, "If your Highness has something to deal with, go and handle it."

Zhou Cechen hummed softly and then said, "I'll come and have dinner with you later."

After that, he turned and left.

"Zhou Cechen."

When Zhou Cechen walked to the door, Shen Lilan called him.

Zhou Cechen turned around and looked at Shen Lilan, and the girl standing in front of the window also looked at him.

"I am very happy now and I will be happy in the future."

There were tears in Shen Lilan's eyes and her red lips were curved.

Zhou Cechen's heart stopped for a moment.

The door was opened, and Yanci saw Zhou Cechen coming out. The aura around him was not as terrifying as before.

Yanci followed Zhou Cechen, and the two of them left Xiao Lanxuan and walked along the cobblestone road.

Zhou Cechen asked, "What's the matter?"

"After Master Sheng found out that Sheng Ruyan was involved in the princess's drowning, he confined her to her home."

"Also, those two maids are Sheng Ruyan's personal maids. I learned from them that the Sheng family is interested in marrying a member of the royal family."

Zhou Cechen asked calmly, "Second Prince?"

Yanci replied, "Yes. But..." He looked up at Zhou Cechen, and seeing that he had no reaction, he could only continue, "The person Sheng Ruyan likes is you."

"But I never thought that you would ask the emperor for an imperial decree to marry the princess. Because of this, she even made a scene at home and beat up a maid."

The two of them walked through the corridor to the Liyuan Pavilion and then to the study. After hearing what Yanci said, Zhou Cechen frowned but did not say anything.

Zhou Cechen's emotions could not be seen from his words, so he could only continue to report, "Later, under the arrangement of Prince Duan's mother, Concubine Gao, Sheng Ruyan allowed the two to meet in private, and she no longer objected. One of the maids said that it might be because Prince Duan resembled you a little bit."

Zhou Cechen caught onto one of the words and asked, "Similar?"

"Yes."

"Which of these princes do you think is most like me?" The man asked in an affirmative tone, and his words showed that this was a rare emotion for him.

Yanci was worried for himself, and he whispered: "You are the uncle of several princes and princesses, so they are naturally..."

Zhou Cechen looked up at Yanci, and the pressure from that look made Yanci afraid to continue speaking, so he could only say, "I think it should be the third prince, Prince Xuan."

There was a moment of silence in the room, and no one dared to speak anymore.

Zhou Cechen's eyes became sharp, he curled his lips and said, "If she doesn't really want to get married, then I will fulfill her wish."

The words made sense to him. The prince was venting his anger on behalf of the princess. However, the Sheng family's daughter might not be able to bear this anger.

Tutor Sheng is one of the three highest officials in the country, and is of the first rank. From what the prince said, he wants Sheng Ruyan to be the concubine of Prince Duan. Sheng Ruyan will probably be laughed at by the whole world.

Yanci asked, "Should we get rid of the maid?"

"No need, throw it back to Sheng Mansion and don't dirty my place."

……

After Zhou Cechen left, Shen Yanlan called Lu Nong into the house.

Seeing that Shen Lilan was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since Shen Lilan woke up last night, Lu Nong had sensed the difference in her mood, and she felt that it might be because of the fall into the water yesterday.

Lu Nong asked in a low voice: "Madam, were you frightened by falling into the water yesterday?"

If Lunong hadn't mentioned it, she wouldn't have thought about falling into the water. She remembered that she also fell into the water in her previous life, and the person who pushed her naturally didn't end well.

Shen Yanlan thought about it, but suddenly frowned. Sheng Ruyan was indeed in trouble, but she herself was also implicated.

Seeing Shen Xilan frowning, Lu Nong became more certain of her guess that their lady must have been frightened.