Shen Du was speechless. He asked, "If it wasn't Princess Huai'an at the Prince An's residence that day, then who was it?"
Princess Huai'an said, "That's my cousin."
Shen Du, “…”
This morning, Shen Du learned that Princess Huai'an had been confined to her home by Prince An and Princess An for sneaking out of the mansion to play. Princess Huai'an disliked the stuffiness in the mansion and thought that she could no longer be as willful as she was in Huaizhou after returning to the capital. So she begged her cousin to help her deceive her father and mother, and she disguised herself as a man and crawled out of the mansion through a dog hole to play.
Her little scheme couldn't escape the notice of Prince An and Princess An. Those two thugs were arranged by them, fearing that she would still be so willful after arriving in the capital, so they wanted to let her know in advance how treacherous people could be. However, they never expected that their foolproof plan would run into Shen Du. Not only did the plan fail, but their daughter lost her heart, and their son was also beaten up.
Prince An and Princess An did not know that Shen Du was the heir of the Marquis of Pingyang. They thought he was a young master from Huaizhou and feared that he would steal the heart of Princess Huai'an, so they went to the capital ahead of schedule.
Princess Huai'an is lively and outgoing. How could Princess Huai'an be so gentle and quiet when the Prince of An is fearless and always causing trouble? She begged her elder brother to help her marry the Prince of Du, because she didn't want to marry someone she didn't like.
She could refuse the marriage proposals that came to her door, but she couldn't refuse the imperial decree that granted her a marriage. Afraid of running into Shen Du if she left the manor, Princess Huai'an hadn't left the Prince An's manor since the day she parted with Shen Du.
Shen Du had seen the "Princess of Huai'an" in person, so he didn't think that she was the Princess of Huai'an.
Princess Huai'an heard Shen Du say that he didn't fancy "Princess Huai'an". In addition, Shen Du praised the girl he wanted to marry as being proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Princess Huai'an did not think that Shen Du was the person she wanted to marry.
The two, who should have been overjoyed at having their wish fulfilled, endured more than twenty days of agonizing torment.
Heaven knows how happy Shen Du was to find out that Princess Huai'an was the one he wanted to marry. After serving tea to Princess Huai'an, he couldn't wait to find Xie Jingyan and tell him the good news, so that Xie Jingyan wouldn't feel guilty for doing something wrong with good intentions.
Xie Jingyan rubbed his forehead, his lips twitching as he said, "That beating I received was truly unjust."
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