Reborn Princess

By the time Shen Lilan calmed down, Zhou Cechen had already left.

In the warm room of Liyuan Pavilion, Shen Xilan held his chin and looked at himself in the bronze mirror.

The lip balm had long since disappeared, but the color of her lips was still unusually red.

Thinking back to Zhou Cechen's kiss, Shen Lilan's heart beat faster.

"Your Majesty, the mistress has sent someone to inform you that there will be a family dinner tomorrow. Please go back to the palace with the prince." Liuchun came in and said.

"Understood, let's go down."

After Liuchun left, Shen Lilan covered her face with her hands. If she really picked the time, she wouldn't know how to face Zhou Cechen now.

……

In the study room of Liyuan Pavilion, Zhou Cechen was looking at official documents, and a quarter of an hour had passed without turning a page.

He just felt extremely irritated.

There was a knock on the study door. Zhou Cechen frowned and said coldly, "Come in."

Shen Lilan came in with a plate of soup in his hands.

It was different from every time before. In the past, if I didn't go to find her, Shen Lilan might not come to see me for ten days or half a month.

Today, with her appearance, Zhou Cechen's stern face relaxed a little.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Cechen asked her.

Asking knowingly.

Shen Xilan presented the peach blossom soup in her hand and said, "The prince hasn't had dinner yet." He didn't come to see her either.

Zhou Cechen's eyelids twitched, and he seemed to be explaining to Shen Lilan, "There are quite a few official documents to read regarding the case of the remnants of the previous dynasty."

"So I brought you some peach blossom soup, would you like to try it, Your Majesty?" Shen Lilan asked in a casual tone.

"Okay, go back to bed first." Zhou Cechen's words blocked Shen Lilan's words that he had just thought of for a long time.

"I have a family dinner tomorrow and need to go back to the Shen Mansion." After saying this, Shen Lilan was about to turn around and leave.

"Okay, be careful late at night."

Shen Lilan paused and left the study.

When Zhou Cechen saw her leave the study, an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart and he regretted what he had just said.

That night, Zhou Cechen stayed in the study, and the atmosphere between the two was tense.

The next morning, Shen Lilan sat in front of the dressing table with a rather haggard face.

She had nightmares all night long. This was truly God's revenge for her not being able to live again.

Inside the carriage, Shen Lilan was leaning against the window, drowsy. Zhou Cechen came in and saw this scene.

"Didn't you sleep well last night?" Zhou Cechen's words woke Shen Lilan up.

Shen Lilan sat up straight and nodded, "Yes."

The carriage started moving. At first Shen Xilan could still hold on, but later he just nodded in the carriage like a chicken pecking at rice.

When they were about to hit the car wall, Zhou Cechen held Shen Lilan's chin and lifted her onto his shoulders.

Looking down at the sleeping person in front of him, Zhou Cechen curled his lips and smiled slightly.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Shen Mansion, Shen Xilan was awakened by Zhou Cechen.

After opening her eyes and seeing herself resting on Zhou Cechen's shoulder, Shen Xilan closed her eyes again. She didn't know how to get along with Zhou Cechen. After all, the two of them still had some "conflicts" that had not been resolved.

"It's time to get off the carriage, Princess." A deep voice came from above Shen Lilan, and Shen Lilan stood up resignedly.

Outside the carriage, Nanny Chu and a group of servants were waiting at the gate. Seeing that the people in the carriage were taking a long time to get off, everyone was a little confused.

After a while, Zhou Cechen was seen getting off the carriage. He waited under the carriage to help Shen Xilan down.

When Nanny Chu saw this, she grinned.

"Greetings, His Majesty and Princess." Everyone bowed.

"Get up."

"Yes."

Nanny Chu smiled and walked forward. "Your Majesty, the general and his wife have already arrived at Zheng'an Hall and are waiting for your return. Your Majesty, please come into the palace quickly."

"Mother and father have set up the banquet in the East Palace?"

"Yes, we are all family."

Shen Xilan nodded and walked forward, and Zhou Cechen followed behind her.

The two of them walked along the way in silence.

The further Shen Xilan walked in, the faster her heart beat. Five years had passed, and times had changed. She was no longer the teenage girl she was back then, and she didn't know how to get along with her father and mother.

When he arrived at Zheng'an Hall, Shen Xilan saw his mother Li Helai and father Shen Jiyuan.

Shen Lilan pondered the words "Dad" and "Mom" countless times in his mind, but his voice was still trembling when he called them out.

Shen Jiyuan smiled when he saw his daughter, "We haven't seen each other for two months, and now we can finally be reunited."

"Fu Fu, father and mother..." Before Shen Jiyuan finished speaking, he saw Shen Xilan shedding tears.

Shen Jiyuan frowned, "But you were wronged in the palace, why are you crying like this?"

After saying that, Shen Jiyuan looked at Zhou Cechen with a cold face.

Zhou Cechen was also paying attention to Shen Lilan's emotions at this time.

Seeing her crying like that, Zhou Cechen regretted bringing Shen Xilan back to the Shen Mansion.

He also regretted his words and actions yesterday, which made her sad.

Shen Jiyuan patted Shen Lilan's back gently. Shen Lilan shook her head and said, "My daughter misses her father and mother."

Li Hetao also glanced at Zhou Cechen when he saw this. Seeing the worry and pity in his cold eyes, Li Hetao said, "Your Highness, I am sorry to have caused you trouble."

Zhou Cechen said: "She is not a trouble."

Shen Jiyuan stared at Zhou Cechen, anger in his eyes but not showing it on his face.

"What a joke! Who dares to say that my, Shen Jiyuan's daughter is trouble?" Everyone knew who this sentence was addressed to.

"Okay, let's go to Zheng'antang and have some snacks before the table is ready." Li Hetao interrupted what Shen Jiyuan was about to say.

Nanny Chu watched them go to the front hall and shook her head.

How could anyone with a discerning eye not see that every word Shen Jiyuan said had a hidden meaning, and Zhou Cechen just stood there and didn't care.

The marriage between Shen Xilan and Zhou Cechen was granted by His Majesty, and disobeying the order is a serious crime. For Shen Jiyuan, this is no different from robbery.

How could Shen Jiyuan be willing to let his beloved daughter marry a man he didn't even know and who was feared by everyone in Beijing before she had even been with him for a few years?

So, all the anger was vented on Zhou Cechen.

After sitting down in the front hall, Shen Xilan's eyes were red from crying. Li Helai said to Shen Xilan, "Fu Fu, your father brought you some local specialties from Jiangling. Go clean your face and follow your father to have a look."

Shen Yanlan glanced at Zhou Cechen and stood up and said, "Okay."

Zhou Cechen was about to go back to Weichun Pavilion with Shen Xilan but was stopped by Li Helai.

"Your Majesty, please stay and talk with me."

The moment you open your mouth, you will see the hierarchy, but your words cannot be questioned.

Shen Xilan looked at Zhou Cechen worriedly, and Zhou Cechen's eyes told her not to worry.

"it is good."

After Shen Xilan left, Li Helai took Zhou Cechen to the study.

"Your Highness, please take a seat." Li Hetao attached great importance to rules.

Zhou Cechen said: "Mother-in-law, just call me Jinzhi."

"Mother-in-law? I can't afford that."

Zhou Cechen didn't say anything.

"You and Lan'er have been married for three months. I didn't ask you when you first got married to her, but now I want to ask you why you went to so much trouble to marry her."

"Your Highness, don't think that my Shen family is stupid. Why did the emperor grant the marriage? Why did you obstruct me when I started to choose a husband for Lan'er? Do you really think that my Shen family doesn't know?"