Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Of course Shen Wantang understood what Xiao Qingyuan meant. No one knew better than her how infatuated he was with Chu Yanluo.

But who wants to have a baby with him? Having a baby is like going through hell. Since ancient times, many women have died at this stage. She didn't have one in her last life, and she didn't plan to take the risk in this life.

In his previous life, even Chu Yanluo didn’t give birth to him.

The carriage arrived at the Shen Mansion at a leisurely pace. Xiao Qingyuan got off the carriage first, which stunned the little maid who came out to greet him: "Master...Master?"

Shen Wantang also got out of the car, and then saw Xiao Qingyuan said with a cold face: "Why don't you Shen family have any rules? When you go back home, you ask a little maid to pick you up?"

Although he didn't like Shen Wantang and didn't recognize Shen Wantang as his wife, she had indeed married into the palace. Now that she was back, she was the Crown Prince's Consort of Ning Palace. How could the Shen family treat her so neglectfully!

Is this a slap on Shen Wantang's face, or on Xiao Qingyuan's face?

Or maybe, because of his affairs, the palace lost face, so even the tiny Shen family no longer took the palace seriously?

Shen Wantang watched the little maid run in to report, and said softly, "Your Highness probably doesn't know yet. I'm just a concubine's daughter. It's good enough that there's a maid to pick me up when I go home."

In her previous life, when she returned home, she didn't even have a maid!

Later, after she assisted Liao Youhe in getting promoted step by step, when she returned home, the chief steward and the maids would line up at the door to greet her.

If you marry an incompetent man, even your closest family will look down on you. If you marry a capable man, your family will look up to you and even try to curry favor with you as quickly as possible.

Shen Wantang has experienced the fickleness of human nature and doesn't care about this kind of situation.

But obviously, the 19-year-old prince was very dissatisfied with this. He had never been beaten by the hard life, and was unruly, arrogant and domineering.

"You are a concubine's daughter, but you are marrying into the royal palace, and you are also representing the royal palace! If they dare to neglect you, they are courting death!"

"Besides, what's wrong with being a concubine's daughter? Do you look down on yourself so much? Are you satisfied with a maid coming to pick you up? You are so pathetic! Yan Luo is also a concubine's daughter, but she never looks down on herself. She has always been proud and she deserves the best!"

So she had an affair with someone and got pregnant, so her family sent her to a nunnery to become a nun?

What is there to be proud of?

Of course, Shen Wantang did not look down on himself, but this was the way the world was. Concubines' sons and daughters were born inferior to others. No matter their status in the family, the resources they obtained, or marriage, they were far inferior to legitimate sons and daughters. Even in the Dafeng Dynasty, this was the case in the emperor's family. Only legitimate sons could become the crown prince and inherit the throne, while illegitimate sons could only be made kings.

Xiao Qingyuan is a legitimate son and the only male in the Ning Palace. He was raised with great pampering by Ning Wang and his palace. How could he possibly understand the situation of a little concubine's daughter in a Yuanwailang family?

He lived too well, so he didn't have to endure hardship. Sometimes he became a monk, and sometimes he committed suicide for love.

Although he was complaining in his heart, Shen Wantang was still very polite to him: "My Lord, my family is targeting me, not you. They probably thought you wouldn't go back with me, so they didn't send anyone to pick you up. However, when you go in, they will see you and will definitely treat you warmly."

"In other words, you, the Shen family, like to flatter the powerful and bully the weak? You don't know that I came with one face, and you know that I came with another face?"

Isn't he quite able to hit the nail on the head? Why is he so depressed about Chu Yanluo's matter?

Shen Wantang thought about it and nodded: "Yes, you are right."

Her answer was so straightforward that Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "You admit it now? You don't even bother to cover up for your family?"

"There is nothing to hide. My family married me to the royal palace, which clearly told the world that the Shen family wanted to cling to the powerful."

Who among good families would be willing to marry their daughter to Xiao Qingyuan, a romantic man who became a monk for love? She would be a widow after she marries him.

Shen Wantang didn't say this out loud, but Xiao Qingyuan guessed it.

He was a little unhappy for a moment. Did Shen Wantang dislike him?

Shen Wantang ignored his displeasure and said, "Prince, please come in!"

Xiao Qingyuan stood still: "No, if no one comes to greet me, I won't enter this door today!"

Is the young master in a bad mood?

Or was he unwilling to accompany her back home so he took the opportunity to vent?

Shen Wantang shook his head. This man was indeed difficult to please and his mood was unpredictable. No wonder Shen Mingxuan tried her best to please him in the previous life but failed and died so miserably in the end.

He refused to go in, and Shen Wantang naturally couldn't leave him here and go in alone, so she stood outside with him.

But she also felt that Qi had gone too far. When she returned home, Qi just sent a servant girl to pick her up, making it clear that he did not take her seriously.

It would be nice to use Xiao Qingyuan's status as the crown prince to suppress the Qi family today.

So, marrying up is more comfortable than marrying down. Look, she can even take advantage of the power of others.

Passersby were all surprised to see the two of them standing at the door.

"Oh, isn't this the Prince of Ning who just got married? What's the matter? He was left out in the cold! Am I seeing the wrong person? Does Prince of Ning have to endure this kind of humiliation?"

"This Shen family is really crazy. The Crown Prince accompanied the Crown Princess back home and no one came to pick her up! Mr. Shen doesn't want to be an official anymore? Prince Ning can make him lose his official hat with just one word!"

"Could it be that the Shen family is unhappy that the prince didn't lift the veil on his wedding night and ran away with the bride, so they deliberately gave him a warning?"

"But the prince has accompanied the bride back home, and it is obvious that he is not as rebellious as before. He is about to change for the better. How can the Shen family still have the guts to not give him face!"

"Oh, there's something interesting to watch. When the prince came to the Chu family, the Chu family invited him in with great respect, but Lord Chu still lost his job. Let's wait and see when Lord Shen will lose his job!"

The discussions outside were getting louder and louder, and more and more people were gathering to watch.

Xiao Qingyuan was fearless. He always did what he wanted and didn't care what others said, so he just stood there coldly.

However, he thought Shen Wantang might care, so he turned and looked at her.

Unexpectedly, she seemed even more indifferent than him, as if she didn't hear anyone talking at all, nor did she see the large group of people gathered around.

Xiao Qingyuan frowned slightly: "Humph, you are pretending to be so convincing, you must be imitating Yan Luo again, but your imitation is not good enough! Also, I am not venting my anger on you, I just can't stand the Shen family's style!"

Shen Wantang didn't say anything, but moved to the side, a little further away from him - he was not very smart, and she was afraid that his IQ would be lowered if she got too close to him.