Reborn Princess

Shen Lilan sat in Zhou Cechen's arms, panting, her eyes covered, and she blinked.

The curled eyelashes brushed across Zhou Cechen's palm, and his fingers moved slightly.

Looking at Shen Lilan's moist red lips after being ravaged, Zhou Cechen kissed her again.

After a while, feeling that the person in his arms slowly calmed down, Zhou Cechen removed his hand, and the two looked at each other, each seeing each other.

Shen Lilan looked at Zhou Cechen, her hand gently stroking his face, her fingers trembling, and so was her heart.

To regain what was lost brings joy, but also fear.

She was happy that he was still by her side, but afraid that he would leave her.

Zhou Cechen's eyes darkened. He held Shen Xilan's wrist, but caught a glimpse of the bloodstains on her palm, which were nail marks.

Obviously, it was caused by her clenched fist, but it was shocking in Zhou Cechen's eyes.

"Is it worth it?" Zhou Cechen's voice was still a little hoarse, yet cold.

Shen Xilan looked at the palm of her hand. She had kept her hands very tender in the palace, but now there were streaks of blood on them.

"Shen Lilan, is it worth it for him?"

It didn't seem worth it, but Shen Lilan didn't say it out loud.

"Don't you feel pain?" Zhou Cechen asked again.

"It hurts." Shen Lilan answered him.

Looking at her tearful eyes, Zhou Cechen was helpless with her.

"Go back home." Zhou Cechen said.

The carriage started moving slowly.

……

Inside the palace, the doctor bandaged Shen Lilan's hand.

"Your Highness is so patient that you pinched your palm into this state. You need to apply medicine every day from now on and remember not to touch water."

Shen Lilan looked at the busy doctor and his bandaged right hand and sighed inwardly.

Zhou Cechen stood beside her, a cold air emanating from his body.

Tang Song came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the Chief Censor Song wants to see you."

When Shen Xilan heard Tang Song's words, he looked up at Zhou Cechen, but saw that he was staring at him, as if he didn't hear what Tang Song said.

"Your Highness," Tang Song was ready to report again.

"go out".

There was silence in the room.

"Yes".

After Tang Song left, the doctor packed up his medicine box and Lu Nong saw him off.

Zhou Cechen and Shen Lilan were the only ones left in the room.

"Do you know how it hurts?"

Shen Lilan nodded. Of course he knew it hurt, but only pain could make him sober.

"Don't hurt yourself like this again in the future."

Shen Lilan looked at the gauze on his hand and answered, "No, I'm afraid of pain."

"Did you remember what the doctor said?"

"Remember, don't touch water within three days, and change the medicine every day."

"Okay, then you take a rest first." Zhou Cechen said and was about to turn around but was grabbed by Shen Lilan's sleeve.

"what happened?"

Shen Lilan: "Your Highness, I hurt myself. Can I go to your Songmoju to sleep?"

Shen Xuanlan didn't like being alone in Xiaolanxuan, so today he found a not-so-awkward reason to go to Zhou Cechen's yard.

Zhou Cechen was a little surprised.

Perhaps it could be said that he had been in a state of surprise today.

"Okay, come dine with me in my yard later."

"No, I'm going with you now."

How could Zhou Cechen reject Shen Lilan?

……

Inside the Liyuan Pavilion, Song Yan looked at the exhibits on the antique shelf with great interest.

"Your Highness." The servants all bowed and saluted.

"Go down."

"Yes."

Zhou Cechen walked into the reception room, and Song Yan stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty."

"I wonder why Mr. Song came here?"

"Half a month ago, you saved my wife. Song once said that he would repay the prince's kindness one day."

Zhou Cechen: "It's not this king, it's this king's princess."

Song Yan: "My wife did mention the princess's life-saving grace, but husband and wife are one, and I will repay the princess's kindness, but I came here this time to ask the officials to impeach the prince."

"Censor Song, your Censorate is in charge of the Lanting secretariat, supervises the provincial governors outside, and leads the imperial censors inside. You receive memorials from the ministers and supervise the common people. You are directly under the emperor and never show favoritism to any faction."

"Now you dare to get involved with this king?"

Song Yan curled his lips and smiled faintly, "Song has always been fair in his work. The prince has expanded the territory of the Great Zhou and has been in charge of the imperial prison for many years. He has always been impartial. Song is willing to take a gamble."

"Bet?" Zhou Cechen sat down on the main seat and looked at Song Yan with a sharp look in his eyes. "What do you want to bet?"

Song Yan said calmly, "Heart".

"The heart of the ancient benevolent people is as bright as the sun and the moon, selfless and fearless."

"Song, the gambling king, has the heart to protect the poor people in the world and make them happy."

Zhou Cechen's eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice, "I am not a noble person. I'm afraid that Censor Song has made a wrong bet."

Song Yan said, "Whether it's right or wrong, you can only know it after you gamble, right?"

Seeing Zhou Cechen didn't say anything, Song Yan continued, "Since the prince has said that the chief imperial censor in our Imperial Censorate has the power to impeach the prince for his misconduct, there must be someone behind the impeachment of the prince on purpose this time."

"Your Highness has handed over the military power for many years, but there are still people who are afraid of you. Why don't you take advantage of their tactics and destroy them all at once?"

Zhou Cechen: "Censor Song, be careful with your words."

Song Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty should be careful."

"Song has always done things that are fair and honest, Your Majesty can rest assured."

When Song Yan was leaving the garden pavilion, he ran into Shen Lilan head-on. He bowed to Shen Lilan, and Shen Lilan nodded, and the two passed each other.

In the study, Yanci behind Zhou Cechen closed the door and asked, "Doesn't Your Majesty need someone to keep an eye on Censor Song?"

Zhou Cechen stood in front of the window and said, "We can't find out anything about a man as far-sighted as him."

"Then...if that Censor Song deceived us or plotted against us..."

"Then it depends on whether he has the ability to calculate."

Yanci frowned and said, "So he came here this time to tell His Majesty that there are people with bad intentions behind the scenes, and he wants to help you destroy those people?"

Zhou Cechen's dark eyes moved. "He is not so kind. He must have known who the person behind this is before he came. And he just wants to get rid of that person just like me."

Before he could say anything else, there was a knock on the door.

When Zhou Cechen frowned, he heard a gentle voice saying "Prince".

Zhou Cechen's frown was instantly smoothed. He glanced at Yanci, and Yanci tactfully opened the door.

"Your Majesty, the prince is inside." After saying this, Yanci left the study and closed the door.

Shen Xilan placed a plate of lotus cakes on the table, and Zhou Cechen said softly, "Just let the servants make these."

"It's just a plate of cakes. It's nothing. Am I disturbing you?"

"How could that happen?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cechen grabbed Shen Lilan's wrist and walked inside. There was another room inside the study.

This room was brighter, with a huge window taking up half of the wall. Through the window, one could see a tall locust tree in the yard. In front of the window was a square table with several plates of preserved fruits and cakes on it.

Shen Lilan was a little surprised. It was not the room, but the fruit plates.

In her previous life, she seldom came to Zhou Cechen's study, and had never seen Zhou Cechen place these foods on the couch.