Reborn Princess

Shen Xilan didn't drink tea. She looked at the guards. There were three inside the house and no one knew who was outside.

Half a minute later, Mr. Zhang still hadn't returned. Shen Xilan suddenly smelled a fragrance and frowned.

Suddenly, several guards drew their knives and stabbed at him. Zhou Cechen immediately raised his knife to block them: "There is a scent inside, hurry up."

Shen Xilan immediately ran towards the door upon seeing this, but it was closed. She knocked on it but it wouldn't open.

After Zhou Cechen swung his sword to kill the three men with arrows, he looked in the direction of Shen Lilan. He kicked the door open and then pulled Shen Lilan out.

At this time, the guards outside rushed over. Everyone crowded forward. Zhou Cechen raised his sword and slashed it, and several guards fell to the ground with blood.

Shen Lilan pointed the arrow in his sleeve at a guard, and an arrow shot directly into his neck.

"What a good way to catch a turtle in a jar."

"What should we do now?" Shen Lilan asked.

Zhou Cechen looked at the people rushing up and said, "Get out."

He pulled Shen Lilan forward and swung the sword forward with his other hand. In the chaos, Shen Lilan saw Hua Lian standing in the corner, and her heart moved.

Shen Lilan took out a bottle from her sleeve and sprinkled the powder in the bottle towards those people. In an instant, white powder flew up.

Those who ran forward covered their eyes and rolled on the ground in pain.

Zhou Cechen glanced at her, and Shen Lilan smiled and said, "Tang Yi prepared the poison."

Looking at the man lying on the ground, the other guards did not dare to move forward. Shen Lilan looked at them and asked, "What? You all want to die here?"

"I don't have an antidote for this poison."

"We can only survive if we kill them! Kill!" a guard shouted loudly.

Shen Xilan's heart sank as she looked at this group of people who were not afraid of their lives.

Zhou Cechen continued to fight with his sword. Shen Lilan and Hua Lian looked at each other as the swords clashed.

Hua Lian shook her head at her and Shen Lilan frowned.

Layers of guards had already been deployed in the yard, and they were just waiting for Shen Xilan and Zhou Cechen to fall into their trap.

Zhou Cechen pouted his face as he looked at the endless number of people he could kill, and he clenched the sword in his hand.

Another round of attack came, and more than a dozen people stabbed Zhou Cechen with knives. Zhou Cechen raised his sword to block, and Shen Lilan's sleeve arrows were almost used up.

At this time, Mr. Zhang walked out slowly, looked at the guards and said, "Kill them, the master will reward you."

Shen Lilan stared at Mr. Zhang: "Did you set up this trap long ago?"

Zhang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Princess, didn't you find me first?"

"Why are you slandering a small businessman like me?"

Shen Yanlan sneered: "You are Yang Zhen's dog!"

Mr. Zhang still smiled and said, "You are about to die, but you are still stubborn."

Mr. Zhang looked at the guards, his eyes suddenly darkened: "Kill them all!"

At this time, Hua Lian suddenly came over and said, "No order has been issued to strangle you, so don't act rashly."

Mr. Zhang looked at Hua Lian and said, "Do you think you have hooked up with a big shot and dare to tell me what to do?"

"Don't forget who trained you over the past decade."

Hua Lian lowered her head and said, "I am thinking about you. Think twice before you act. Otherwise, if the Prime Minister's plan is ruined, with his temper, neither you nor I will be able to escape unscathed."

Zhang Yuanwai glanced at Hua Lian with contempt and said, "Tie them all up and lock them up in the dungeon."

Outnumbered, Zhou Cechen's sword was taken away and he and Shen Lilan were taken into the dungeon together.

In the dungeon, Shen Lilan and Zhou Cechen were tied together, back to back.

Shen Xilan looked at the closed walls around her and suddenly felt fortunate. At least it was not the water dungeon she had been in last time.

Zhou Cechen loosened the ropes that bound the two of them, and Shen Lilan moved his wrists.

"What to do now?"

Before Zhou Cechen could say anything, he heard footsteps coming, and the two of them were tied up again and leaned against each other.

Shen Lilan thought it would be Mr. Zhang or a guard, but he didn't expect the person to be Hua Lian.

Hua Lian walked to their cell and looked at them: "You really don't care about your lives."

Shen Lilan looked at Hua Lian and asked, "Are you also Yang Zhen's man?"

Hua Lian chuckled: "I don't work for anyone."

Shen Lilan looked at her and suddenly said, "Aren't you here to negotiate terms with us?"

Hua Lian raised her eyebrows after hearing what Shen Lilan said: "You are very smart."

"Go ahead." Shen Lilan said calmly.

"I can take you out, but you have to make sure you kill Yang Zhen and burn everything here."

Shen Lilan: "How do you know we will agree to you?"

Hua Lian asked, "Aren't you here to investigate the case from that year?"

"Do you know about the case?"

Hua Lian: "I don't know, but I can know."

Shen Lilan looked at her and suddenly asked, "Who are you contacting Yang Zhen with?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Hua Lian's eyes, "What did you say?"

"You have someone behind you, why not use it?" Shen Lilan stared at Hua Lian.

"I heard it all. Mr. Zhang said it himself that you hooked up with a big shot."

"Otherwise, can you come into this cell at will?"

Zhou Cechen suddenly asked, "Are you from Xiqi?"

Hua Lian and Shen Lilan were both shocked. Hua Lian was shocked at how Zhou Cechen could say these three words so calmly, and Shen Lilan was shocked that Yang Zhen actually committed treason.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hua Lian suddenly said.

"The pendant on your waist is not made of jade that can be produced in Da Qi." Zhou Cechen said coldly.

"Based on this, how can you guess that I am related to Xiqi people..."

"Miss, the transaction must be sincere. This jade pendant is not a top-grade jade. It is a mark from a Xiqi man to a woman who belongs to him."

"They can continue to have three wives and four concubines, but you can only belong to him."

"do not you know?"

Zhou Cechen's cold voice froze Hua Lian in place, and she reached out to grab the jade pendant with trembling hands.

"Do you want to destroy everything here and run away with him?" Shen Lilan asked her.

Hua Lian didn't say anything, she shook her head and backed away.

"Hua Lian, we can give you another identity to walk in the light. You don't have to rely on anyone."

"Why should I trust you?"

Shen Lilan said: "You may not believe it, but do you want to be someone else's vassal forever and become a chess piece that anyone can play with?"

"That Xiqi guy doesn't love you. You didn't know it before, and you don't believe it now?"

Hua Lian was silent for a while and looked at them: "What can you give me?"

Shen Lilan said: "As long as Yang Zhen is punished, all the cases that were wrongly judged in his hands can be overturned, and your Hua family can also do so."

"You know my identity?"

Shen Lilan: "All the skinny horses here were once sold here after the daughters of official families fell into poverty."

"Prince Ding'an has reviewed all the cases handled by Yang Zhen back then." Shen Xilan said.

Zhou Cechen's eyes were deep. After listening to Shen Lilan's words, he nodded: "Yes, I can help you."

Hua Lian approached them and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Shen Lilan looked at her and said, "Do you know where Mr. Zhang's study is?"

Hua Lian nodded.

The layout of Xiuchun Tower was strange. Zhou Cechen and Shen Xilan were afraid of alerting the enemy and dared not act rashly. Otherwise, they would have taken over this huge garden long ago.

"We can't go out for now, and you don't have to save us. Just take this powder and sprinkle it from the gate all the way to the study."

Shen Lilan took out a packet of medicine powder from his sleeve.

"Is there anyone contacting you outside?" Hua Lian asked.

"You don't have to know so much, just do it."