Reborn Princess

When Zhou Cechen entered the room after taking a shower, Shen Xilan had already fallen asleep. Zhou Cechen's expression softened as he looked at her peaceful sleeping face.

He sat down beside Shen Lilan's bed and then leaned over to kiss her forehead.

"Fu Fu, I won't let you put yourself in danger again, and what happened in the last life will never happen again."

……

The next day, Zhou Cechen went to the county government. He said to Shen Lilan, "Let Tang Song take you around Yangzhou today."

Shen Lilan nodded: "Okay, go ahead."

After Zhou Cechen left, Shen Lilan unfolded the note in his hand, "See you at Cha Yan Yue Se Teahouse at noon."

Shen Xinglan took a few people to the streets of Yangzhou for a stroll, bought a lot of things and made a few sets of clothes.

"This is the new fabric girl in our shop. She is so elegant and graceful. Her figure shows that she is a daughter of a wealthy family. Look at the embroidery. It is so beautiful."

"Miss, if you like it, please order it and we will send it to your house."

Shen Lilan touched the cloth and thought of Zhou Cechen.

He doesn't seem to have this style of white and blue clothes yet.

"Can I tell you the size?" Shen Lilan asked the boss.

"Miss, this is for..."

"To my husband." Shen Lilan said.

"Oh, the girl is already married. Look, look! My old eyes are dim and I can't see that the girl is so young."

Shen Yanlan smiled.

"Of course you can. Madam, tell me the size. I can make any kind of embroidery you want!"

After paying the banknote, Shen Yanlan ran into an old lady in ragged clothes as he walked out of the store.

"How do you walk so recklessly?"

Shen Yanlan shook his head towards Lunong: "Grandma, are you okay?"

The old lady shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm just old and my eyesight is blurry. I can't see the people in front of me. I'm leaving now."

"Hey, where is your home? I'll have someone take you back."

"No, no." After saying that, the old lady picked up the bag of steamed buns and wanted to leave.

Shen Lilan winked at Tang Song, who understood and handed a bag of silver to the old lady.

"Our lady is kindhearted. If you need anything urgently, please give it to her."

The old lady then looked towards Shen Lilan, and then knelt down in front of Shen Lilan with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, thank you..."

"There's no need to do that. Get up quickly." Lu Nong helped the old lady up.

"You go back first."

"Oh, okay, okay..."

Continuing walking on the street, Lu Nong looked at Shen Lilan and asked, "Madam, why did you give her that money?"

"I don't know why, but I just feel that there is a destiny. Did someone follow her?"

Lu Nong nodded, Tang Song had already given the order.

Shen Lilan looked at the people on the street. They were truly her destined ones. In her previous life, she had come to the capital to look for Zhou Cechen after he went to war. Unfortunately, Shen Lilan only saw her dead body.

At that time she didn't know who did it, but now thinking about it, it must have been done by the Yang family.

She may be a key witness to the "Qin-Yang factional struggle" or the murder of Zhou Cechen's mother.

If these two cases are investigated thoroughly, the Yang family will definitely not have a good ending.

But she couldn't be impatient. The most important thing now was to ensure that person's safety.

"Let's go to Cha Yan Yue Se."

"Yes."

In the teahouse, Shen Xilan just walked in and bumped into Fu Zhen who was about to come in.

"Greetings to Princess Ding'an." Fu Zhen bowed.

Shen Lilan nodded, "Who are you?"

"I am a member of Shopkeeper Yan's staff. I didn't expect to meet the princess here today. Would I have the honor of dining with her?"

Tang Song frowned after hearing this. He knew the whole story. Wasn't he the shopkeeper of Wansanglou? He even talked about the people around him. He sneered.

Shen Xilan glanced at Tang Song, and that glance made Tang Song's back chilled. Why was he as serious as the prince?

"Well, please, young lady."

Fu Zhen nodded.

After entering the room, several personal maids went in, while Tang Song and other guards stayed at the door.

"Why are you here?" Shen Lilan asked in a low voice.

Fu Zhen looked at Shen Yanlan eagerly and said, "Master, I am..."

"Check what happened back then?"

Fu Zhen nodded.

"Do you have any clues?" Shen Lilan felt that otherwise Fu Zhen would not have suddenly come to Yangzhou.

Fu Zhen nodded.

"On the Lantern Festival, I stole a file from Yang Zhen's study. The words 'Yangzhou City' appeared most frequently in it, and there was also a map of the layout of Yangzhou City."

"You came here with just a blueprint?"

"No, there are some other people's names, such as Xiyue, Hualian..."

"These names are obviously from the brothel. I was sold to the brothel because of the Qin family's misfortune. I am very familiar with them. However, I have been in Yangzhou Tea for several days and have not seen such people in the brothel."

"Guess what I found out in the end?"

Shen Lilan said: "Yangzhou skinny horse."

"Yes! They are Yangzhou skinny horses. They were sold to Yangzhou to be skinny horses. These people are all daughters of officials who have fallen from power."

"So you just sneaked in?" Shen Yan asked after taking a sip of tea.

Fu Zhen nodded: "Yes, and then... it was bought by someone close to your husband."

Shen Lilan curled his lips and said, "One million taels?"

Fu Zhen cleared her throat and said, "The name on the indenture he bought was Xiyue, not Nujia."

"Don't you know who he wants to buy?" Shen Lilan asked.

Fu Zhen immediately said, "He did that to hide his identity. He was even mean to me later, saying that if I didn't pay him back, he would pay me back the one million taels. He also advised me to be a good person."

Shen Yanlan smiled and said, "Are you fond of him?"

Fu Zhen looked away: "How come?"

She didn't tell anyone that, in fact, more than ten years ago, the Qin family and the Yan family had an engagement. If nothing unexpected happened, they would have been married by now.

But with her current status, she would no longer ask for these things. If the Qin family could overturn the verdict, she would think that this half of her life would be enough.

Shen Yanlan said: "Maybe you two are destined to be together."

Fu Zhen soon returned to her usual arrogant self: "I saw that the master's husband was very kind to the master, picking up vegetables and peeling crabs for her."

Shen Lilan took another sip of tea: "He's fine."

"Putting all that aside, what did you find out?"

Fu Zhen held her face with her hands and said with a lack of interest: "I am being monitored by the people around your husband every day. If he hadn't been busy today and I had sneaked out, I wouldn't have been able to see you."

"Is Wei Chengfeng here too?"

"The capital city needs someone to guard it. He is the best martial artist. If he doesn't guard it, who will?"

"What are you investigating at the county government?"

"Who knows what he wants to investigate." Fu Zhen sighed.

Suddenly her eyes lit up: "By the way, I asked Xiyue before, she said that she was going to sell it to a merchant, but... that merchant seemed to not only sell goods from Daqi, but also silk and other things in Xiqi."

"Thin horses are usually sold to officials as concubines or maids. Merchants are so greedy for profit, why would they spend such a high price on thin horses? They must be sent to other places."

"If that's the case, maybe these businessmen and Skinny Horse are some kind of connection channel." Shen Lilan analyzed.