Reborn Princess

In the Liyuan Pavilion of the Ding'an Palace, Shen Yanlan sat in the room and carefully selected the flowers on the table.

She picked up the flowers and trimmed the branches one by one. A strong wind blew outside the house and thunder was heard.

Shen Lilan looked out the window and saw dark clouds covering the sky.

At this time, Lu Nong came in, "My Lady, Liu Chun is here."

"Let her in."

"Yes."

Liu Chun entered the room and knelt down: "Greetings, Princess."

Shen Lilan was busy cutting the branches of flowers. She nodded and said, "Get up."

"How is it to have someone serving you?" Shen Lilan asked.

Liu Chun said: "I thank you, Your Majesty. I will be loyal to you and serve you."

"How is Yu Panchun?"

"My Lady, ever since I was brought back to the Shen Residence, Yu Panchun has been making trouble at the old lady's place every day. The old lady also thought that I had betrayed her, so she sent someone to take me away from Shen Jing's yard the day before yesterday while he was away."

"Before they came, I calculated the time and asked someone to report to Shen Jing. As I expected, he rushed back to protect me."

"Yu Panchun was grounded for a month because of a fight, and the old lady was so angry that she almost fainted."

Shen Lilan said slowly: "Let the East Palace be a little chaotic, the more chaotic the better."

"Today, I heard Shen Jing discussing something with King Xuan's people at the door of Shen Jing's study. I heard that he was asked to get some imperial edict. I thought it was important, so I came to report it to you."

Shen Lilan paused in his movements.

After Liuchun left, Shen Yanlan recalled the other half of the Imperial Ink Token in Zhou Jingmo's hand in his previous life. This token was only possessed by the emperor, so there must be someone belonging to Zhou Jinghe in the palace beside the emperor.

The strong wind outside made the beaded curtain inside the house rustle, and raindrops as big as beans began to hit the ground sparsely, and in a blink of an eye, heavy rain fell.

Shen Lilan put the flowers in the vase and asked: "Did the prince go out on horseback today?"

Lu Nong nodded, "Yes."

Shen Lilan frowned, "Hurry up and send someone to deliver an umbrella."

"Yes." After saying that, Lu Nong turned and left but met Zhou Cechen at the corner.

"Your Majesty."

Zhou Cechen nodded and then entered the inner room.

Shen Yanlan was a little surprised to see Zhou Cechen coming back, "Your Highness is back so early today."

When Shen Yanlan saw that Zhou Cechen's body was a little wet, he immediately took a handkerchief to wipe it for him.

"Not much to do today."

"Fortunately, we made it back in time, otherwise we would have been caught in the rain." Shen Lilan said.

"I'll go change out of my officer uniform." Zhou Cechen said.

"Let me do it." Shen Lilan stepped forward to help Zhou Cechen untie his belt.

Zhou Cechen looked down at Shen Xilan who was busying around patiently, his expression gentle.

After changing his clothes, Zhou Cechen saw the flowers on the table and said, "The flowers are very beautiful."

Shen Lilan turned around and saw the flowers she had just arranged on the table. She smiled and said, "It's almost the beginning of summer. I saw that the flowers in the back garden were blooming so beautifully, so I asked the servants to pick a few flowers and bring them back."

"But the lady is more beautiful than the flowers."

After Zhou Cechen finished speaking, Shen Lilan was stunned for a moment and then looked up at Zhou Cechen, "Who did you learn this from, Your Majesty, to be able to say sweet words to make me happy."

Zhou Cechen said seriously: "It comes from my heart, I am not lying."

Shen Lilan took Zhou Cechen's hand and looked at him and said, "Then I also want to say that the prince is good-looking."

Zhou Cechen said with a serious face: "Men don't need to look good."

Shen Lilan stretched out his index finger and poked Zhou Cechen's cheek, "But if it's good-looking, it will be more popular with women."

Zhou Cechen was stunned, "Fu Fu likes it?"

Shen Yanlan smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Zhou Cechen blinked and cleared his throat and said, "It's my luck."

Shen Lilan burst out laughing, and Zhou Cechen held Shen Lilan's hand and led her out of the inner room.

"You are free today, play a game of chess with me."

Shen Xilan followed behind Zhou Cechen and looked at his red ears, with the corners of her eyes raised.

Inside the study, Zhou Cechen and Shen Lilan sat opposite each other in front of the window.

Shen Lilan made a move with the white chess piece in her hand. Zhou Cechen had never played chess with Shen Lilan before, so he didn't expect her to be so ruthless.

There was a strong wind and heavy rain outside, but it was quiet inside the house.

Shen Lilan held the chess piece and looked at the chessboard with a serious face.

"Madam is amazing." Zhou Cechen praised.

"The outcome is not yet determined, how can you say you are powerful?" Shen Lilan placed another chess piece.

"I have never played chess with Madam, and I didn't know that Madam's offensive was so fierce." Zhou Cechen placed the black piece.

“Because I want to win.”

Zhou Cechen didn't say anything after hearing Shen Lilan's words.

"There are Zhou Jingmo's people around the emperor." Shen Lilan said.

"Ever since I got the memories of my previous life, I have been paying attention to the people in the palace."

Shen Lilan asked: "Do you know who it is?"

"Always benevolent."

"What?" Shen Lilan looked at Zhou Cechen.

Zhou Cechen looked at her and then at the chessboard, "Madam, it's time for you to make your move."

Shen Lilan looked at the chessboard and made her move after thinking for a moment.

"Zhou Jingmo has always wanted the Shen family's Imperial Ink Order." Shen Lilan said.

"But the Imperial Ink Order is not in the Shen family."

"Here I am."

Zhou Cechen looked at the chessboard, "Madam won."

Shen Lilan looked at the situation and said, "The prince let me do it."

Zhou Cechen's eyes were deep, "If you want to win, you can win. It's not that I'm giving you a chance, but that you're smart and determined."

If I could, I would like you to win for the rest of your life.

Shen Yanlan dropped the chess piece in his hand and said, "Not many people can beat the prince in a game of chess."

"There are not many people who can be so ruthless in a chess game." Zhou Cechen said.

"I want Zhou Jingmo to get a whole token."

Zhou Cechen nodded after listening to Shen Lilan's words, "Madam, do you have a good idea?"

Shen Lilan curled his lips and smiled.

"Chang Cisheng has served the emperor for many years, how could he collude with Zhou Jingmo?"

"Maybe he wants more power."

Shen Lilan looked out the window, "Power, everyone wants power."

“The struggle never ends.”

The heavy rain splashed on the ground.

"Struggle is allowed in the way the world works, but I cannot tolerate ruthless and unscrupulous struggles for power and influence."