Reborn to marry, the short-lived prince lived a hundred years

A familiar voice sounded from behind. Meng Tingyue's heart skipped a beat and she even slowed down her pace in turning around.

Shen Yunheng's aura was filled with coldness and ice, and his dark eyes were filled with oppressive gaze, locked tightly on her.

Meng Tingyue's hand, hidden under her sleeve, tightly grasped the handkerchief. She said nonchalantly, "I don't understand what the prince said."

Shen Yunheng approached Meng Tingyue, his eyelashes drooping slightly, "You didn't use your full strength when you were tossing the pot."

Meng Tingyue smiled innocently: "Brother Crown Prince, you must have misunderstood me. I really am not very good at it. I only got the hang of it with the last two arrows."

Shen Yunheng did not answer, his eyes were full of disbelief and scrutiny.

The two were so close that Meng Tingyue could smell the faint scent of dragon scales coming from him.

Meng Tingyue's lips curved slightly. There was a big difference in height between them, so she had to tilt her head back to look at Shen Yunheng.

She didn't care what the prince thought; she would just refuse to admit it.

When he was close, Shen Yunheng could also smell the faint fragrance coming from Meng Tingyue, mixed with a hint of medicine. Unlike the bitter medicinal smell on others, the smell was unique and not unpleasant. After smelling it many times, the irritability in his heart seemed to be alleviated a little.

When he learned that his father had arranged a marriage for him with a frail and sickly girl, he was resistant in his heart.

His health was so poor that if he spoke louder, the girl might be frightened and become ill.

Now it seems that the future Crown Princess is not the same as imagined.

"You'd better tell the truth." Shen Yunheng's dark eyes swept across the face that seemed smaller than his palm.

"Everything I said was true in front of my brother the Crown Prince." Meng Tingyue smiled as brightly as a flower, and seemed not to be afraid of him at all.

Shen Yunheng looked away, turned around and prepared to leave.

Meng Tingyue followed him like a dog-skin plaster.

"Where are you going, Prince? Can I follow you?"

"Why are you following me? The places I go to are not for a girl like you."

"Brother Crown Prince is going to the battlefield?"

"No."

"Why can't I go? Could it be that the prince wants to go to a place of fireworks? Well, if the prince really wants to go, I can risk my life to accompany the gentleman and dress up as a man to accompany the prince."

"Meng Tingyue, do you have any sense of shame? How can a woman like you say such things as dressing up as a man and going in and out of brothels?" Shen Yunheng's tone became a little colder.

Shame? Could shame help her avenge her? Shame would only hinder her revenge.

Meng Tingyue pondered secretly in her heart.

"I just want to accompany my brother, the Crown Prince. He finally came back, and as the future Crown Princess, I must spend more time with him to make up for the pain of missing him all these years."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ling Xiao and others who followed Shen Yunheng were all shocked, shocked that Miss Meng was so... outspoken and bold in her words.

Ling Xiao looked at Shen Yunheng's tall and broad back cautiously. Seeing Shen Yunheng's pace slow down, he sighed in his heart: A strong man is afraid of clinging to a woman, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not be able to get through this.

Shen Yunheng's face turned pale. "Meng Tingyue, you really are inconsistent in what you say and what you mean. You just keep talking nonsense."

"If you really want to follow me, then go ahead. I just hope you won't regret it later."

Shen Yunheng left with a heavy wave of his sleeves, and Meng Tingyue followed closely behind him.

Shen Yunheng walked out of Hefengxuan and got directly into the carriage with one stride.

The coachman looked at Meng Tingyue, who was parked beside the carriage, and said hesitantly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

"Let her come up."

The coachman then brought out a small stool, and Qinglan helped Meng Tingyue get into the carriage.

"Okay, go back now. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take me back."

After sending Qinglan away, Meng Tingyue got into the carriage.

This time, Shen Yunheng was not reading a book, but seemed to be looking at a map.

Meng Tingyue bravely moved closer to take a look, but Shen Yunheng just glanced at her and did not stop her.

After carefully examining it for a while, she said with certainty, "This is not a map of the capital."

Although she didn't get a response from Shen Yunheng, she didn't get discouraged and continued to talk to herself with great interest.

"So this is a map outside the capital. The Crown Prince just said that he wouldn't go to places of entertainment or battlefields."

"The housing plan on the map doesn't look like a large city... there's even a river here."

Shen Yunheng just watched the slender little hand gesturing on the map. A faint fragrance kept coming into his nose, and the little mouth of the person next to him kept chattering.

"So this is a small village. Why is Prince going to the village and what is he doing?"

Meng Tingyue actually guessed it, but she deliberately didn't say it.

Until the carriage left the city gate and stopped outside the city.

Wei Li and his soldiers were waiting outside the city early. After the prince's carriage slowly stopped, the soldier beside him came over leading a horse.

"His Royal Highness."

When Wei Li saw Shen Yunheng getting off the carriage, he was about to explain today's arrangements to him, but a pretty figure suddenly appeared in his sight.

"Miss Meng." Wei Li was surprised.

Meng Tingyue smiled politely at Wei Li, "Master Wei."

Then she looked away, searching around, and when she found that hint of black, she said happily, "Brother Crown Prince, Brother Crown Prince, can you give me a hand?"

Hearing this, Shen Yunheng glanced at her indifferently and said, "Come down by yourself."

Meng Tingyue snorted and glared at Shen Yunheng's back in dissatisfaction.

"If Miss Meng doesn't mind, you can help me get off the carriage." Wei Li stretched out his hand.

Hearing this, Meng Tingyue looked at him gratefully, put the hand holding the handkerchief on Wei Li's hand, and lent him the carriage.

The soft silk handkerchief fell into Wei Li's palm and slowly slid away.

"Thank you, Master Wei."

"It should."

Meng Tingyue walked towards Shen Yunheng with her skirt lifted.

When Shen Yunheng's adjutant saw her coming, he clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate greets Miss Meng."

Meng Tingyue bowed and saluted in return.

Wei Li rushed over and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, are you going to take Miss Meng with you?"

Shen Yunheng's dark eyes fell on Meng Tingyue, "Go back."

Meng Tingyue was stubborn, "No, I said I want to follow you."

"That's not a place for a girl."

"Isn't it just about suppressing bandits? Prince, are you worried that you can't protect me?"

The prince's adjutant and Wei Li were shocked. The prince actually told Miss Meng about the bandit suppression. The prince really treated Miss Meng differently.

Shen Yunheng's eyes fell on Meng Tingyue. He stared at her for a while, and twitched his lips slightly. "If anything happens during the journey, it has nothing to do with me."

Shen Yunheng meant that the bloody scenes of suppressing bandits would scare the sickly and delicate girl in the capital.

Meng Tingyue had no memory of the prince being injured during the bandit suppression campaign. The most seriously injured was Wei Li, who lost his life.

Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but pass over Wei Li, staying for only a moment before moving away.

"fine."

Her rather deliberate gaze just now fell into Shen Yunheng's eyes, and Shen Yunheng's gaze froze slightly.

"Set off."

……

Meng Tingyue felt a little drowsy sitting in the carriage.

Shen Yunheng did not ride in the carriage with her, but rode on horseback with Wei Li, and the two discussed the next plan.

"Your Highness, we originally planned to launch the attack tonight. Now that Miss Meng has joined us, do we need to change the plan?" Wei Li considered his words carefully.

Shen Yunheng said calmly, "No need. Let's proceed as planned. I'll go to the city and pick out a set of light clothes for her. Something light will do. There's no need to worry about whether it's a man or a woman."

Wei Li immediately knew what the prince wanted to do.

"The Meng family girl is a woman after all. Women are delicate and cannot endure much hardship. Your Highness should leave her in the city."

As soon as he heard the words, Wei Li felt the prince's gaze on him.

His scalp tingled. "I'm just worried that this will cause Miss Meng to be dissatisfied with the Crown Prince."

Shen Yunheng: "She wanted to come here on her own initiative. I only wanted to keep her safe. The rest is all her own fault."

Shen Yunheng kicked the horse's belly and the horse ran several meters away, with Wei Li following closely behind.