Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

When Shen Wantang returned to the Shen family, he knew that he had been cheated.

Shen Guannian was sitting in the main hall in good health. Apart from his somewhat gloomy face, he didn't look like he was seriously ill at all.

Shen Wantang said calmly, "Father is not ill, why did he send someone to the palace to deliver a letter saying that you are seriously ill? It's okay for me to rush back in a hurry, but it's not good for father to curse himself like this, right?"

Shen Guannian was furious. He picked up a tea bowl and threw it at Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang slightly turned his body to avoid the tea bowl, which hit the ground with a bang and broke into pieces.

"You unfilial thing, you have grown so powerful since you married into the palace that you dare not listen to me!"

Shen Guannian yelled angrily, "Without me, could you have married into Prince Ning's mansion? Could you have become the envied Crown Prince's Consort? Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson, you ungrateful bastard! Come here, punish me according to my family rules!"

Qi immediately called two maids in and said, "Tang'er, you have been really rude these days. You have been married to the palace for so long, but you don't help the family. Your father is still unemployed at home and cannot be reinstated. It is reasonable for him to be angry. You can only accept this punishment."

Shen Wantang looked at the whips in the hands of the two old women, and instantly remembered the pain she had felt when she was punished by the family.

Having lived two lives, the most painful memory is not being tortured by my mother-in-law when I went to her house after getting married, but being beaten to pieces when I was a girl at home.

She lived so well in the palace that she almost forgot the debt the Shen family owed her.

Thanks to them for reminding her!

Without her order, Madam Chai had already led people to stop the two maids. She was extremely tough and said, "Let's see who dares to touch our Crown Prince's Consort!"

Qi said sarcastically, "Oh, you are so arrogant. Do you think the Crown Prince's Consort is so great? This is our Shen family, not your Ning Wang Mansion! We are in our own home, teaching our daughter a lesson. Do you think it is your turn to jump out and stop us?"

Shen Guannian's expression became even uglier: "Who are you? Get out of here!"

Unfortunately, Nanny Chai, Qin Xin and others didn't listen to him at all.

Shen Guannian's face turned pale and blue: "Shen Wantang, what do you mean by bringing so many people back to your mother's house? Are you deliberately trying to intimidate your father?"

"Father, you must be joking. How could a daughter intimidate a father? It's just that my mother-in-law loves me. Every time I go out, I bring so many people with me. This is to prevent someone from causing trouble so that I can have someone to help me."

"you--!"

"Since father is not ill, then I will go back. Next time, father, please don't use this excuse to call me. It won't sound good if you curse yourself for no reason."

After Shen Wantang finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!"

Shen Guannian had finally managed to call her back, so how could he let her go like this?

He drove everyone out, leaving only him and Shen Wantang in the main hall.

Shen Wantang looked at him coldly: "Father, is there anything else?"

"Of course there is something! What did you promise me before you got married?"

"What did I promise?"

"Didn't you say you would intercede with Prince Ning on my behalf and ask him to restore my position? It's been more than two months, why is there no movement at all? Did you not tell your father-in-law about me at all?"

"I have only been married to Prince Ning's mansion for more than two months, and I have not seen my father-in-law many times. I can't talk to him. Since father wants to be reinstated, you should work hard to fight for it. Trying to use the back door is a crooked way and is not advisable. These are the principles my father once taught me. Have you forgotten?"

Shen Guannian's face turned pale and his brows knitted tightly: "I have taught you these things? Why don't I remember what principles I taught you?"

"Oh, so father also knows that you have never taught me? Apart from listening to my stepmother's words and wrongly accusing me and punishing me, you really have never taught me anything."

Shen Guannian raised his eyebrows: "Are you blaming me?"

"Isn't my father blaming me too?"

"How can this be the same? I am your father. I raised you and found you such a good husband's family. You should be grateful and repay me! How dare you blame me? How dare you!"

"Father asked me to marry into Prince Ning's mansion just to pave the way for you. When I got married, the prince was still a monk in Fazhen Temple. If he was really a good husband worth marrying, how could he have given it to a little concubine like me?"

Shen Wantang's eyes were cold: "I heard that my father was ill, so I rushed back immediately and brought him some medicinal herbs and supplements. Isn't this gratitude? Isn't this a repayment?"

Shen Guannian slammed the table angrily, "This is not the kind of reward I want! What I want is to be an official, a high-ranking official! The Shen family is your mother's family, you must help them! Go back to your father-in-law today and ask him to help me get my official position back. I don't want to wait any longer!"

"Father, what nonsense are you talking about? As a daughter-in-law, how can I go to my father-in-law casually? Father, don't you understand the word 'avoid suspicion'? Father, if you want to be reinstated so badly, why don't you go and talk to my father-in-law yourself?"

"Do you think I haven't looked for him? He doesn't take me seriously at all. He doesn't even bother to talk to me. He looks down on me!"

Shen Wantang was not surprised by what he said, because it was the same in his previous life.

Shen Guannian thought that with the presence of Shen Mingxuan, his daughter who was the Crown Prince's consort, he would be able to get close to Prince Ning, so he always tried to get close to him. However, Prince Ning would always respond casually with a few words, and later on, he became annoyed with him and simply refused to see him.

Shen Guannian had no choice but to urge Shen Mingxuan to help him ask King Ning for an official position.

Shen Mingxuan did as she was told, but she did not get the official position. Instead, King Ning hated Shen Guannian even more, and he also disliked Shen Mingxuan, his daughter-in-law.

Shen Guannian and Shen Mingxuan were both brainless people. They thought that King Ning could easily reinstate him to his original post, or even give him a higher position. However, Shen Wantang had experienced her previous life, and she knew that King Ning would never interfere in such matters.

The current emperor is extremely suspicious, so even though Prince Ning is his brother, he is very wary of him and is unwilling to give him real power.

In order to reassure his brother the emperor, Prince Ning had stayed out of state affairs for many years, had not participated in any factional struggles, and would never interfere in the appointment and dismissal of officials.

If he wanted to ask for an official position for Shen Guannian, the emperor would not refuse, but the emperor would think that Prince Ning was beginning to build up his own power, and then he would just give Prince Ning a piece of barren land and drive him out of the capital.

Prince Ning was used to a carefree life in the capital, so how could he be willing to be driven away?

Unfortunately, Shen Guannian couldn't see through this.

Shen Wantang was too lazy to say more to him. With his brain condition, it was no wonder that he had not been able to resume his post.

She ignored Shen Guannian's roar and curses, pushed the door open and walked out.

As soon as he went out, Shen Mingxuan's voice rang out: "Oh, I wondered who it was, it turned out to be my good sister, you still remembered to come back, I thought you had long forgotten your last name Shen."