Zheng Dinglian happened to be sitting quietly on an exquisite sandalwood wheelchair.

He was wearing a dark black robe with dark gold edges, and an elegant jade pendant hung around his waist, which swayed slightly as the wheelchair rocked. His waist-length black hair was properly bound by a jade crown of the same color, highlighting his handsome and angular face. His eyebrows were as sharp as a sword, and his eyes were as deep as the vast galaxy, exuding an extraordinary temperament.

The Zheng Dinglian at this moment was completely different from the Zheng Dinglian that Gu Qinlian saw in her previous life, who was haggard, emaciated, and pale due to poisoning!

"Who is this? Tell me! Who is he?" Gu Qinlian was extremely excited. She grabbed onto Wocan's collar tightly and asked impatiently.

Wocan glanced at Gu Qinlian with contempt, a scornful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said unhappily: "Really, you guy! Shut up, you are really a headache!"

Gu Qinlian seemed not to hear the mockery of the eyebags. Instead, she lowered her head and talked to herself, her voice filled with confusion and shock:

"It's Zheng Dinglian, right? It must be him! But why would he...why would he do this?"

Eye Bag looked at the Second Young Lady and muttered to himself that maybe there really was something wrong with her, and the situation seemed to be quite serious.

At this moment, Zheng Dinglian's eyes were as sharp as torches, and he was staring at Gu Qinlan in the hall eagerly, with huge waves rising in his heart.

He had never imagined that there was someone who could understand and sympathize with him so deeply!

She knew his difficulties and understood his hardships.

At this moment, Zheng Dinglian's heart was beating wildly for unknown reasons.

He pursed his lips lightly, turned around and asked Wei Lin who was pushing the wheelchair:

"Why do you think a woman would care so much about a man?"

Wei Lin was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he answered seriously: "Maybe it's because of admiration."

After hearing this, Zheng Dinglian's cheeks involuntarily flushed, and even his ears were tinged with a faint red glow.

She actually... fell in love with him?

Gu Qinlan was not aware of Zheng Dinglian's existence at this moment, let alone his inner thoughts.

She was having a headache.

Just now, I was impulsive and hit Gu Qinlian in front of the old Princess Duan. After all, it was a bit disrespectful...

Gu Qinlan turned around and was about to explain to Princess Lao Duan, but she saw that Princess Lao Duan had already taken the lead and held her hand with a look of emotion and concern, and said with tears in her eyes:

"Good boy, you have really suffered a lot."

"Mother?"

Gu Qinlan looked at Princess Laoduan in surprise, as if she didn't understand why she was so emotional.

Princess Lao Duan wiped her tears and gazed at her daughter-in-law, her heart filled with emotion.

Although Gu Qinlian's words were harsh, there was some truth in what she said. For a woman, who could tolerate her husband being paralyzed for life?

However, Gu Qinlan not only did not abandon Zheng Dinglian, but took good care of him! Princess Lao Duan was both moved and distressed.

She felt that no matter how well she treated Gu Qinlan, it seemed impossible to make up for her efforts.

Then, she thought of Gu Qinlian's arrogant and rude attitude just now, and her tone was full of emotion and pity:

"Your sister is so rude to you. She must have bullied you a lot when she was in Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion. Whenever I think of Qin Lan's difficult days in that mansion, I feel sad..."

Gu Qinlan smiled slightly, gently held Princess Lao Duan's hand, and comforted her softly:

"Don't worry, mother. Look at me. Do I look like someone who would suffer in silence?"

During the time he spent in Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion, Gu Qinlan had already realized a truth.

That is, a stepmother is still a stepmother after all, and it is impossible to treat her wholeheartedly, and some bias is inevitable.

Fortunately, although Lady Dingyuan Hou often favored Gu Qinlian, she was still wary of her maternal family.

Her mother was the only daughter of her maternal grandfather. After her mother passed away, her maternal grandfather wanted to take her back to raise her, but Marquis Dingyuan strongly opposed it and the plan ultimately failed.

Even so, her grandfather would send someone to pick her up and let her stay for a while every year, and would send her small gifts from time to time to warn Marquis Dingyuan that she was not alone.

Because of this, although Marquis Dingyuan and his wife were partial to her, they did not dare to be too harsh on her. They still had to give her the necessary respect and decency.

During this grand event of getting married with Gu Qinlian, although Lady Dingyuan Hou secretly gave Gu Qinlian an extra generous dowry, she remained fair and treated the two brides equally in front of everyone.

Not only that, all of Gu Qinlan's mother's dowry was left to her, and with the additional financial support from her maternal grandparents, her apparent dowry was even more generous than Gu Qinlian's.

Although Gu Qinlan claimed that she had not been treated unfairly, Princess Lao Duan was skeptical. She always thought that Gu Qinlan was just holding on. So she held Gu Qinlan's hands tightly and warned him seriously:

"No matter what, you are now a princess appointed by the emperor himself, and even more so the noble princess consort of our Prince Duan's Mansion. If anyone dares to violate you again, just fight back boldly as you did just now! Even if you get hurt, you have your mother backing you up!"

"If I have any inconvenience, let Ding Lian bear it. He will never bear to see his wife suffer injustice and remain indifferent."

After hearing this, Gu Qinlan showed gratitude in her eyes, smiled and nodded, "Okay, thank you for your care, mother."

Zheng Dinglian, who was outside the door, couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh when he heard this.

Wei Lin and Lou Wei beside them couldn't help but laugh.

However, when they thought of Gu Qinlan's heroic demeanor in protecting their master, they felt that the old princess' words made sense.

The princess's love and care for their prince was enough to win their respect and admiration for Gu Qinlan.

Especially Lou Wei.

At first he had some reservations about the princess, but now, he only had admiration and respect for her.

Zheng Dinglian stared at Gu Qinlan's beautiful profile, a strange light flashed in his deep eyes, his fingers on the wheelchair trembled slightly, and he whispered an order to Lou Wei:

“Go investigate the Ji family. We must not let them bully my wife and let her return unscathed.”

"As ordered!"

After Lou Wei took the order and left, Zheng Dinglian was about to let Wei Lin push him away when he suddenly heard a voice behind him:

"Is Prince Duan back?"

Zheng Dinglian looked back and saw Gu Qinlan and Princess Lao Duan walking towards him together.

Gu Qinlan was wearing a light sky blue dress with a pattern of colorful flowers. The skirt was wide and created tiny ripples at her feet as she walked lightly.

Against the light, her face looked a little blurry, but still breathtakingly beautiful.

Zheng Dinglian looked at Gu Qinlan who was approaching, and was speechless for a moment. His eyes were fixed on her face, and his heart couldn't help but be distracted.

Princess Lao Duan looked at her son staring blankly at Gu Qinlan. Like someone who had experienced all of this, she smiled and patted Zheng Dinglian on the shoulder, saying jokingly:

"Why are you staring at her like that? She's my wife. I'll have plenty of time to appreciate her later."

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