Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 315: Even I Get an Increased Heart Rate When Fighting!

Chapter 315: Chapter 315: Even I Get an Increased Heart Rate When Fighting!

Zhan Lan was badgered to no end, so she said: "When you meet someone and your heart starts racing uncontrollably at the sight of them, that’s pretty much the beginning."

Dugu Yan scratched her head, utterly puzzled, "My heart races when I fight too!"

Zhan Lan’s lips twitched, "Forget I said anything!"

Dugu Yan, leaning over the table and asking with curiosity, said: "Zhan Lan, I see that the Regent King is really fond of you. Whenever you’re around, his gaze stays on you. I even saw plum blossoms on your neck last time; were those kiss marks?"

Zhan Lan’s ears turned instantly red at this. She shot Dugu Yan a look and, lifting her tea cup, said: "Kids shouldn’t meddle in adults’ matters."

Dugu Yan grew up with bandits, without many rules, and she often heard the brothers in the mountains tell dirty jokes. Thus, she was exposed to such talk from a young age and isn’t particularly proper.

Looking at Zhan Lan’s reddened ears, she asked: "Zhan Lan, did you and the Regent King sleep together?"

As Zhan Lan was drinking tea, she spurted it out, and Dugu Yan stepped back two paces, raising her eyebrows with a mischievous smile, "Did you sleep with him or not? Why so nervous otherwise?"

Zhan Lan said coldly: "You’ve got no propriety, brat. If you talk to your future husband like this, watch out you don’t scare him off!"

Dugu Yan chuckled and said: "Not a chance. If I meet a man I like, I’ll dare to love and dare to hate. If he doesn’t like me, I’ll sleep with him. If he dares to chase other women, I’ll castrate him!"

Zhan Lan listened with relish, "You sure are bold."

Dugu Yan pursed her lips and smiled: "Life’s but a hundred years; when you meet someone you like, it’s too pitiful not to sleep with them. If I miss out and he gets taken by another woman, I might just come back to life from my coffin in anger!"

Zhan Lan chuckled lightly, truly believing Dugu Yan to be capable of such antics!

Dugu Yan slowly approached Zhan Lan and suddenly rolled up her sleeve. Upon seeing Zhan Lan’s virginity mark, she clicked her tongue, "You really don’t have it, huh. Such a handsome man and you don’t have any dirty thoughts!"

Zhan Lan glared at her, and with a slap, smacked her hand away, "Dugu Yan, are you asking for a beating?!"

Dugu Yan bowed with hands clasped in front, "Main General, spare my life, I just want to know - with him so vigorous at his age and you so beautiful, the two of you living opposite each other and not having those thoughts, is there something wrong with you two?"

Zhan Lan coughed and said unnaturally: "All those are matters for after marriage."

Dugu Yan said with a smile: "Lan, I think you’re someone who doesn’t sweat the small stuff, you’re not that rigid kind of woman. Don’t you want to give yourself to him?"

Zhan Lan genuinely felt that Dugu Yan had spent too long as a female bandit; her personality was just too brash.

Zhan Lan, looking into her eyes, said: "I might be different from others. In love, giving your body is one part, but giving your heart is the most important."

"So you haven’t given your body, have you given your heart then?" Dugu Yan pressed on.

If Dugu Yan knew what Zhan Lan had experienced in her last life, she certainly wouldn’t be asking Zhan Lan this question.

Zhan Lan pondered for a moment before saying: "I’d rather give my body first, and my heart last."

Dugu Yan was in a fog listening to Zhan Lan’s words.

She shrugged with a bright smile, "Well, if it’s me, I’d want both his body and his heart!"

Zhan Lan merely smiled without a word, the girl was truly a bandit at heart, ready to seize whatever she set her eyes on.

One wonders which man will fall into her hands.

Their pairing would surely be tumultuous and intense.

...

As the two of them spoke, they were completely unaware that someone was standing at the outlet of the secret passage.

Mu Yan’s expression was frosty as he listened to Zhan Lan and Dugu Yan’s discussion about love.

He never knew that Zhan Lan thought this way, that the body can be given away, but the heart would only be given away last.

Mu Yan stood frozen on the spot, his face darkening as he left the secret passage.

Back in his room, he mulled over Zhan Lan’s words again and again.

Zhan Lan and he were to marry in two days. Zhan Lan had already prepared herself to surrender her body, but not yet her heart.

He lured her into marrying him under the false pretense of a sham marriage.

He also knew that he was slowly making his way into Zhan Lan’s heart, but when he heard her say this, Mu Yan still felt a bit uncomfortable.

More than possessing her, Mu Yan wanted her heart.

In two days, it would be the day of their grand wedding.

Marrying Zhan Lan was something Mu Yan had contemplated for a long time, and he was still determined to wed her even though she had not yet given him her heart.

...

At noon, Zhan Lan accepted Shen Shan’s invitation to visit the Shen Family’s Trading House.

Zhan Lan had just gotten off the carriage at the back door when she saw Shen Shan welcoming her at the entrance.

Shen Shan greeted Zhan Lan with a smile and invited her into the courtyard.

No sooner had they reached the courtyard than Shen Shan’s face changed, and he knelt down before Zhan Lan with a thud, having previously been smiling.

"Brother, what is this about?" Zhan Lan curiously looked at him.

Shen Shan hung his head, not daring to look at Zhan Lan, and respectfully said, "Prince Zhenbei, I no longer dare to call you sister. I, a lowly merchant, have Prince Zhenbei as a sister, I, I, I..."

Zhan Lan helped him up, chuckling as she said, "What’s wrong, Shen the Rich Merchant, not willing to share profits with me anymore?"

Shen Shan spoke with sincere fear and trepidation, "How could that be? Without sister’s guidance, I could never have become the richest merchant in Nanjin so quickly!"

While conversing, the two entered the room. Shen Shan dismissed the servants and personally poured tea for Zhan Lan.

"Try this, it’s from Anxi’s tea plantation, it’s selling really well now!"

After tasting a sip, the clear and sweet flavour made Zhan Lan feel as if she had entered the mountains, immediately refreshed in spirit.

"The taste is good," Zhan Lan said with a smile.

Shen Shan stood respectfully, and Zhan Lan frowned, "You are my sworn brother for life. If you don’t sit down, I’ll leave now!"

Shen Shan sat down with restraint.

Zhan Lan said with a smile, "Brother, I heard that you’ve been doing many good deeds!"

Shen Shan replied with a smiling face, "They were all done in my sister’s name. I’ve just basked in your reflected glory. I heard that sister is to marry the Regent King?"

Inside, Shen Shan was ecstatic. A merchant, however rich, had no status.

Now that Zhan Lan was his support, and with Mu Yan marrying Zhan Lan, by extension, he became his support as well.

In business, without connections in the court, just taxes alone would pile up layer by layer, plus the extortion of corrupt officials, it would be impossible to earn so much.

Nowadays, his wealthy stature was thanks to Zhan Lan’s influence.

Therefore, he was genuinely grateful to Zhan Lan.

Zhan Lan nodded with a slight smile, "In a couple of days, I will marry him."

Shen Shan presented a brocade box he had already prepared, handing it to Zhan Lan.

"As your brother, I know your status is exceptional, and it’s not suitable for me to attend your grand wedding, so I am sending a small token of my feelings."

Zhan Lan, without making a fuss, opened the brocade box.

Inside was a thick stack of silver notes. Flipping through them, Zhan Lan commented, "Are you giving me your entire fortune?"