Keeping the Emotions Aside

Sheng Li kept staring into the eyes of Jian Guozhi, waiting for him to tell the entire truth. 

"The Crown Princess saved my life." 

Sheng Li clenched his fist and at the same time furrowed his brows as he was a little confused. 

"You were on a military campaign during that time which means you did not know about the Crown Princess then. I had gone to the North-Western Province for the Capital's work. I got lost in a forest and fell in a swamp. I was shouting for help when a woman saved me, who was none other than the Crown Princess. She did not recognize me because I was covered in mud. That's why I wanted to make her my wife but my mother refused! The Crown Princess gave me the reason to change myself and correct my ways. 

I always wanted to help you, but my hands were tied," Jian Guozhi explained to Sheng Li, who was contemplating. 

"Why did you provide evidence against your own mother?" Sheng Li asked.