Reborn Young Lady's Peerless Grace

After the kiss, Du Zhijie hugged her tightly.

Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he did not do anything excessive. He just held her quietly and kissed her forehead lovingly.

This man always treated her as his most precious treasure and protected her like this in both of his lives.

Shen Wanqing was very touched, but also a little confused. She didn't believe that there was anything attractive about her that could make Du Zhijie fall in love with her after just one meeting.

"Why did you fall in love with me the first time you saw me?" Shen Wanqing asked the question in her heart.

"You want to know?"

Shen Wanqing nodded. Of course she wanted to know the reason. In her previous life, she had been so unreasonable, but he had always tolerated her. In this life, he had shown that he liked her very much from the first time they met.

Du Zhijie didn't expect her to ask this out of the blue. He was stunned for a moment before he laughed, "When you were young, did you ever save a little boy from drowning?"

Shen Wanqing thought about it carefully and shook her head. "I don't remember. Are you so sure that I saved you?"

Shen Wanqing was indeed not affected at all.

"At that time, I was wondering whose little girl that was. She was so fair and lovely. I swore that when I found her, I would repay her for saving my life."

She saved him, but she certainly didn't remember. Du Zhijie reminded her, "You were still very young at the time. It took a lot of effort to pull me up. I heard you fell seriously ill when you returned home."

"I had a serious illness when I was a child."

Shen Wanqing thought about it and realized that she was really sick. It made her think that it seemed to be the case, but she had never taken it to heart.

She looked at Du Zhijie and said, "In my memory, the little boy I rescued was short, dark and thin, nothing like you now."

She looked at him intently, and couldn't understand how the little boy who was so weak back then could have grown up to be so tall now.

Her bright eyes were filled with smiles as she looked at him, and his face was covered with black lines.

"Am I so weak in your eyes?"

Du Zhijie, with a dark face, called the servants to escort her back to the Hou Mansion.

As soon as Shen Wanqing left, the eunuch from the East Palace came to deliver a message.

The eunuch who delivered the message was quite polite, but his words were not very pleasant to the ear: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has prepared a small banquet in the East Palace and is just waiting for the General. I hope the General will do me the honor."

The young eunuch's words were very tactful, but his attitude was firm. He was afraid that as soon as Du Zhijie said "no", the guards of the Eastern Palace would kidnap him.

Du Zhijie understood and nodded in agreement.

But when he arrived at the East Palace, he realized that today's banquet was a Hongmen Banquet, because the prince had only invited him.

He waited for a while before the Crown Prince finally arrived, a false smile on his face. "Recently, the Emperor has assigned me some errands, and I've been so busy I haven't had time to catch up with you, General. I hope you're not angry, General?"

"I dare not." Du Zhijie responded with a bow.

He is a minister and the prince is the monarch. It is a great treason for a minister to be angry with the monarch. Du Zhijie certainly would not be so foolish as to jump into such a trap.

But following behind the prince was Shen Wanru.

Du Zhijie didn't expect that the prince invited him here today to discuss government affairs. Women in the harem are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Could it be that the prince didn't know this, or did he have other purposes?

After the guests were seated, the prince first toasted Du Zhijie with a glass of wine. After drinking the wine, the prince smiled happily and said, "General, you really have a good alcohol tolerance."

It was just a glass of wine. He wasn't drunk.

Du Zhijie glanced at the small wine glass with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

He did not respond because he did not want to say any compliments to the prince. When the prince saw that he did not respond, he felt embarrassed for a moment.

Shen Wanru was a person who was good at reading people's expressions. She stepped forward and filled his glass with wine. She said in a gentle voice, "The general is attracted to my fourth sister. That's a fact known to everyone. When you two get married, you and His Royal Highness will be brothers-in-law. There will be many opportunities to drink and chat happily in the future."

If the prince wants to obtain Du Zhijie's military power and gain his support, then this relationship can be used.

As soon as she finished speaking, the prince, who had just looked unhappy, now smiled. Shen Wanru felt happy in her heart, thinking that she had helped the prince.

She continued, "A few days ago, I went back to visit my mother and fourth sister, and brought them a lot of rare treasures. Seeing that fourth sister liked them, I was very happy."

Shen Wanru is really hypocritical. She never brings anything with her when she returns to the Marquis' Mansion, but she brings a lot of things with her when she returns to the Prince's Eastern Palace from the Marquis' Mansion.

I originally thought that Shen Wanru said this to harass Du Zhijie, but what she said was all vague and illusory. As long as you ask around, you can tell whether it is true or not.

The prince looked obviously unhappy, and glanced at her sternly, but did not stop her.

Shen Wanqing was originally his Crown Princess, but she fell ill by accident. There were rumors that she would become a fool because of it. However, judging from the polo match, she was not a fool at all, she was obviously very smart.

Looking at Du Zhijie again, he didn't even lift his eyelids, just sitting there with his eyes looking at his nose and his nose looking at his mouth.

Seeing that he remained silent, Shen Wanru's eyes couldn't help but flash with a hint of ruthlessness, "I heard that Fourth Sister was born with a cold constitution, and she got seriously ill last time. I wonder if she will be able to get married in the future..."

Du Zhijie gave him a cold look, murderous intent evident in his eyes.

He could say anything he wanted, but not the little girl he always cherished.

Du Zhijie picked up his wine glass and said meaningfully, "Your Highness has good taste."

When he said this, there was undisguised sarcasm in his tone, and anyone with a discerning eye would know what he meant.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must know best how Shen Wanru entered the Eastern Palace. People like them will never be favored by the world under any circumstances.

Originally, he was optimistic about the candidate for the Crown Princess, but because Shen Wanqing fell seriously ill and was about to become a fool, he adopted her as his sister and started to get together with her sister. This story became a good one when it got out.

Hearing this, the prince was immediately furious. He was the prince of a country and his status was so noble, but he never expected that he would be laughed at because of a woman today.

He turned to Shen Wanru who was standing beside him and scolded her, "This has nothing to do with you. Get out first."

Shen Wanru was holding a wine jug in her hand and was about to fill his empty glass. Upon hearing this, the jug in her hand almost slipped. Feeling the prince's anger, she hurriedly put the jug down and reluctantly retreated.

Seeing Shen Wanru leave, the prince smiled: "Women are short-sighted. I hope you can forgive me if my words offended the general."

"No problem!"

Du Zhijie smiled calmly and drank the wine in his hand generously.