Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

On this day, everyone in the palace was filled with joy.

Everyone is saying that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have consummated their marriage. There is no longer any barrier between them, and there are no longer those messy women getting in the way. They are very much in love.

In Wutong Garden, Shen Wantang sat at the desk, flipping through the account books as usual, checking the income of the various properties in the palace.

The profits from the shop were fine, but the profits from the farm would soon be cut in half because the rain was too heavy and lasted too long.

Despite this, Shen Wantang still wrote a letter, asking the various farms in the palace to take out some of their stored grain in preparation for disaster relief.

In addition, she had asked people to prepare food and medicinal materials in the palace, and wait for the heavy rain to stop, then set up porridge stalls outside the city, distribute medicines, and provide relief to the people who were displaced by the flood disaster.

According to the experience of the previous life, the imperial court would provide disaster relief, but it would take time to rebuild homes for the victims, and the food for disaster relief would not be delivered immediately, and many people still died of hunger and plague.

Shen Wantang wanted to do his best to help the victims.

While she was busy preparing relief supplies, Xiao Qingyuan, who was very "in love" with her, braved the heavy rain to leave the palace and went to Jingsi House in Bai'an Lane.

This time, he not only brought Chu Yanluo her favorite bird's nest soup, but also sold some treasures in the warehouse, exchanged them for one thousand taels of gold, and brought them to Chu Yanluo.

However, when Chu Yanluo saw him, she didn't look happy. She said in a stiff and cold tone: "What do you think of me, Prince? Do you think it's fun to tease me? You wrote to me and told me that you would pick me up the next day. What day is it now? I waited for you every day, but you didn't come at all! Do you know how disappointed I am?"

Xiao Qingyuan also felt that he was in the wrong: "Yanluo, don't be angry, I didn't play a joke on you, I was supposed to come the next day, but unfortunately, it rained heavily, and I couldn't go out in such bad weather, so I was delayed for a few days."

Chu Yanluo snorted coldly: "The heavy rain hasn't ended today, how can you go out?"

"This...I just really don't want to wait any longer. Even if it rains knives from the sky today, I have to come. If I wait any longer, I'm afraid something will happen to you!"

"What could possibly happen to me? I think the one who's going to be in trouble is you, the prince!"

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"You know exactly what you did, why are you asking me?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her thin appearance, and his heart ached: "Yanluo, do you think I came to pick you up too late? It is indeed my fault this time, but I have not been idle at home these days. I sent that Mu Ge away. When you return to the palace, you will feel much more relieved."

But Chu Yanluo didn't appreciate it at all: "Xiao Qingyuan, don't talk so nicely, are you sending Mu Ge away for me? You are obviously doing it for Shen Wantang!"

Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I do this for her? This matter has nothing to do with her."

"How dare you say that you have nothing to do with Shen Wantang? You chased Mu Ge away, and then you consummated your marriage with her! Don't think that I don't know anything just because I live here. I know everything!"

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "How did you know about this? Who told you?"

Behind him, a cold voice suddenly sounded: "It's me."

Xiao Qingyuan turned around suddenly and saw Gu Qianhan standing at the door.

Today, he was wearing a black robe, and his cloak fluttered in the strong wind. A bolt of lightning suddenly struck, and thunder exploded, but he stood there with an indifferent face, not moving at all.

He was cold and arrogant, like a ghost crawling out of hell, with a gloomy and sharp aura.

Being stared at like this by him, Xiao Qingyuan felt as if a thorn was on his back, as if he had robbed his treasure and was hated by him like never before.

Xiao Qingyuan's heart skipped a beat. He always felt that Gu Qianhan seemed different from before, but he couldn't tell exactly what was different.

"Qianhan, I know you hate me for ruining your marriage with Liu Nanshi, but you have already taken revenge on me. Yanluo was taken away by you, and you tortured her into this state. Is that enough? There is no need for you to talk nonsense to Yanluo and destroy our relationship."

"I'm not talking nonsense. I'm telling the truth. Why doesn't the prince dare to admit that you and the princess consummated your marriage? How is it different from a villain for you to deceive Chu Yanluo like this?"

Xiao Qingyuan was extremely angry: "How could I lie to Yanluo! Don't believe everything you hear. Shen Wantang and I never consummated our marriage. I was just putting on a show for others to see!"

Gu Qianhan stepped into the room, his voice as cold as his face: "Putting on a show?"

"Of course! I promised Yan Luo that there will only be her in my life, and I won't touch any other women!"

"So, what you mean is that you will let your Crown Prince's Consort be a widow for the rest of her life? Then why did you marry her? Why not just refuse the marriage? Wouldn't you be able to live happily with Chu Yanluo in this way?"

"I……"

Xiao Qingyuan was speechless. After a long while, he said, "It's hard to explain this in one or two sentences. Anyway, I have reached an agreement with Shen Wantang. She can always be my Crown Prince's Consort, but we will not be husband and wife. I only like Yan Luo. Yan Luo is my only woman, so don't talk nonsense in front of her anymore!"

Gu Qianhan believed that he was telling the truth and that Xiao Qingyuan had not consummated his marriage with Shen Wantang.

However, his expression did not improve.

Secretly, he really didn't want anything to happen between Shen Wantang and another man.

However, in his previous life, he knew that Liao Youhe was a homosexual, and he knew that Shen Wantang did not have a normal marriage life in her previous life. She and Liao Youhe were not in harmony with each other, and they used each other.

He hopes that Shen Wantang can have a normal marriage life in this life and that she can live a stable and happy life.

In this life, her husband was Xiao Qingyuan. Although he was not perfect, he was at least a normal man. Except for his not being very smart, he didn't have any major problems in other aspects. Prince Ning and Princess Ning had taught their son quite well.

But Gu Qianhan didn't expect that even after he took Chu Yanluo away, Xiao Qingyuan was still obsessed and refused to repent. He gave up his good wife and insisted on having Chu Yanluo, who had a questionable character.

Is this what they mean when they say, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and a secret lover is not as good as not being able to steal at all?

Could it be that he was doing more harm than good, and the more he took Chu Yanluo away, the more he aroused Xiao Qingyuan's love for her?

This is not the result he wanted!

Gu Qianhan said coldly: "Xiao Qingyuan, go back to your palace and don't come here again. If you come again, I will kill Chu Yanluo!"