Farewell Flower Festival

Shen Xue looked at Han Lie's expression, and did not see any jealousy or envy on that face. She was a little unwilling and continued to praise Mu Tianchen, "The Third Prince is handsome and brave. What's wrong with marrying him?"

Han Lie asked back, "Does the Third Prince also like the Princess?"

Shen Xue felt that he looked down upon her, and asked angrily, "Am I not worthy of the Third Prince?"

Han Lie smiled and said, "Princess, don't be angry. The Second Prince and the Fourth Prince are still unmarried. With your talent and beauty, you will definitely find a suitable husband." He changed the subject and said, "I heard that the princess has a childhood sweetheart. Why didn't I see him today?"

Hearing the words "childhood sweetheart", Shen Xue's face showed obvious contempt, and it was obvious that she did not like this sworn brother. "Why do you mention him? He is just a wooden stake. What is there to see? I don't know why Dad took him in in the first place?"

Han Lie said: "The prince is kind-hearted. Wasn't the princess also alone when the prince took her into the palace to take care of her? Now the clouds have cleared and the moon has appeared. Although the princess has no children of her own, she must treat the princess and the prince as her own children."

Shen Xue became nervous and alert again, and responded evasively, "My mother is very good to me." She immediately changed the subject and asked what fun places there were in the capital, and the two of them started chatting about this topic.

……

After the banquet, Lin Rou asked someone to call Shen Xue and asked her where she had gone after leaving the banquet. Shen Xue said guiltily that she had gone back to change clothes.

As soon as Lin Rou looked over, she immediately lowered her head to admit her mistake and honestly explained that she had taken Han Lie to visit the mansion.

"What did he ask you?"

At this time, Shen Xue did not realize that Han Lie was trying to trick her. She said that he did not ask her anything and thought that he just liked her and wanted to test her feelings, which completely deviated from the point.

Lin Rou pressed her temple, speechless at her stupidity.

"Mother, don't worry, I won't say anything nonsense." Shen Xue said flatteringly.

Lin Rou picked up the teacup on the table and scraped it, then asked, "I heard that you had a conflict with the third daughter of the Han family. What happened?"

Shen Xue said angrily, "She is in cahoots with that little bitch, and they are deliberately looking for trouble." She then gloated, "That little bitch is so timid that she fainted when I scared her."

"Is it the girl I met on the street last time?" Lin Rou asked.

Shen Xue nodded, "It's her."

"Whose family is she from?" Lin Rou asked.

Shen Xue replied: "Young Master Han said that she was his distant cousin, and she also said on the street that she was his person. I think the relationship must be complicated. Maybe she is his concubine." When she said the last sentence, her tone seemed a little sour, especially when she thought of Chao Yan's face, she felt even more uncomfortable.

Lin Rou thought for a moment and asked Shen Xue to go back first. Then she asked someone to call the gatekeeper over and asked if any of the female members had left early.

The waiter replied that a girl left before the meal started.

……

When Feicui and Amber came back from the store, they saw the light on in Chaoyan's room and knew she was back. They knocked on the door and called out "girl". Chaoyan answered and came to open the door to let them in.

Seeing that Chao Yan looked a little tired, the two men did not stay long. After talking for a while, they returned to their room.

At night, Chao Yan dreamed of the fire again.

A man and a woman were arguing.

This time she clearly heard two voices, Lin Rou and another man.

"What are you doing, are you crazy?!"

"Am I crazy? Yes, I've been crazy for a long time. I've been crazy since she took him away from me. Do you know how much hatred I feel when I see her every day? It was obviously me who came here first. It's all because of her. She stole my love. She took away the person I loved the most. Even if she died, she would still snatch him from me. Look at these eyes, they are exactly the same as hers. It's her ghost that's haunting me. Die, all of you, die!"

The pair of extremely hateful eyes suddenly stared at her, and the next moment Chao Yan woke up from her dream. She felt her forehead was cold, raised her hand and touched it, and a layer of cold sweat broke out.

After calming down, she roughly guessed her life experience, but there was no evidence, no token to prove her guess. She couldn't just run to the palace empty-handed and say, "I am the princess."

In all likelihood, they will be kicked out as mentally ill, or even worse, they will be arrested and tortured.

The key now is to find the witness from that year, the butler.

But there were so many people around, where could she look for him? She also didn't know if he was still alive.

At present, it seems that this approach is not feasible. If we can do paternity testing here, everything will be much simpler. We can just take a hair and test it to know the authenticity.

Suddenly Chaoyan thought of Shen Cheng. The last time he saw her in Zhenxiu Tower, he reacted strangely. Maybe he knew something.

After thinking for a while, she made a plan.

The next day, Chao Yan went out first and left a note for Feicui and Kohaku.

When Jadeite and Amber were going out, they met Qianfeng at the entrance of the alley. Amber winked at Jadeite and said she was going to buy some food, leaving the two to talk alone.

After Amber left, Qianfeng seemed a little shy. Before he could speak, Feicui said, "The girl has gone out. Do you have anything to ask her?" Qianfeng scratched the back of his head a little shyly and said, "Your Highness asked me to come and see how Miss Xiaolian is feeling." Feicui said, "The girl is not here. She will probably be back in the afternoon. You can go to the store in the afternoon to take a look."

After Qianfeng left, Amber came over with a bun and asked Feicui if she wanted to eat it. She also asked what the two had talked about. Feicui said, "He came to ask if the young lady was there, and I said no." Amber said, "Sister, don't you think His Highness is strange? He obviously cares so much about the young lady, so why hasn't he come to take her back? If he's any later, she will be snatched away by that Second Young Master Han." Feicui said, "Didn't the young lady say that she is not in a hurry to get married now? Whether it's His Highness or Second Young Master Han, she has to wait another two years."

……

Here, Chao Yan paid the waiter of the teahouse one or two taels of silver as a reward to run errands for her, and she was waiting for someone in the private room on the second floor.

After waiting for about an hour, the guy finally brought the person over.

When Shen Cheng saw who opened the door, he was surprised. He didn't expect that it was Chao Yan who asked him to meet under the name of Shang Ye.

After coming in, Shen Cheng glanced at Chao Yan's face from time to time, as if to confirm the similarity.

Chao Yan first poured him a cup of tea, then asked with a smile, "Young Prince, do I look like someone you know?"

Shen Cheng glanced at her strangely, became a little alert, and asked back: "Who told you that?"

Chao Yan said: "If I don't look like you, why do you keep staring at my face?"

Shen Cheng was speechless.

Chao Yan asked again: "Young Prince, can you take me to see her?"

Shen Cheng flatly refused: "No."

Chaoyan looked disappointed and said, "Forget it, take care, young prince." After saying that, she stood up and prepared to leave, but was stopped by Shen Cheng. He asked her why she wanted to meet him. Chaoyan said that she had dreamt of someone who looked very similar to her.

Shen Cheng didn't believe it and thought Chao Yan was talking nonsense. Chao Yan didn't argue with him, but asked him to keep the meeting a secret. She didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, and then she left.

Shen Cheng hasn't figured out Chao Yan's intention yet, but she has already gotten the information she wanted: she looks very similar to the late princess.