Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at Chu Yanluo with a slightly complicated look in his eyes. The words she had just blurted out made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Because what Gu Qianhan said was right, Chu Yanluo said this as if she knew Yuan Zheng very well, as if they had been together for a long time in the past, but she had clearly said before that she was forced by Yuan Zheng.

Chu Yanluo saw Xiao Qingyuan looking at her, but she said calmly: "Who in the whole capital doesn't know what kind of person Yuan Zheng is? I just heard it from others. It's easy to change a country but hard to change one's nature. A playboy is a playboy. It's impossible for him to change his nature just because he got married."

After listening to her, Gu Qianhan didn't say anything else. The purpose of his coming here was just to plant more seeds of doubt in Xiao Qingyuan's mind.

As long as enough seeds are planted, there will always be a few that will take root and sprout in Xiao Qingyuan's heart, and eventually grow into something he cannot tolerate.

If he still cannot save the Gu family and his own life in this life, then even if he dies, Xiao Qingyuan will dislike Chu Yanluo because of his suspicion of her. In this way, Shen Wantang can firmly become her Crown Prince's Consort and safely become the mistress of the Ning Wang Mansion. No one can challenge her authority or covet her position anymore.

There was a brief silence in the room.

Huayi came in at this time, holding a wooden box, and walked up to Xiao Qingyuan: "Sir, this is the book you wanted. Moji found it for you."

Gu Qianhan raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Qingyuan: "Strange, Xiao Shizi didn't like reading before, but now he likes reading? What book are you reading? It can't be a picture album without a single word on it, right?"

Xiao Qingyuan is now very uncomfortable with Gu Qianhan's speaking style. Although Gu Qianhan's temperament was a bit cold and arrogant in the past, his words were not so vicious. He usually didn't like to talk most of the time, but now he didn't know what happened and was always sarcastic to him.

Did he really like Liu Nanshi? After the marriage with the Liu family fell through, he became angry and his temperament changed drastically?

Xiao Qingyuan felt very anxious. He opened the box and took the book inside to Gu Qianhan, wishing he could poke it into his eyes: "Open your dog eyes and look at me. Is this a picture album? These are all serious books!"

Gu Qianhan pushed the book that was pressed against his eyes back, and only then did he see three big words written on the book - Astrology.

This made him even more puzzled. "Don't you dislike watching this? When you were a kid, your father forced you to watch it but you refused. Why are you suddenly watching it now?"

Xiao Qingyuan snorted coldly: "What's wrong with me reading this? My father is very knowledgeable about astrology, and I have learned a lot from him, so I am naturally proficient in it. Now that the heavy rain has been falling for so many days, I will naturally take a closer look at this book and deduce when the rain will stop."

"Don't look at it. It's useless even if you look at it."

"Gu Qianhan, what do you mean? Are you saying that I'm stupid and can't understand? Can't learn?"

Gu Qianhan looked at him as if he were a fool: "I mean, in this weather, you can't see a single star."

Xiao Qingyuan was hurt by his look: "Humph, you can't predict the night without seeing the stars! I tell you, these books are very useful. Shen Wantang studied my father's book for a few days and was able to predict the weather. I just didn't study it seriously. As long as I study it seriously, it won't be difficult to predict when the rain will stop!"

Gu Qianhan was stunned: "She predicted this rainstorm?"

"Of course!"

Xiao Qingyuan looked proud: "It was sunny the day before, and she said it would rain heavily the next day and the weather would turn cold. As a result, everything came true the next day! What do you think, isn't she amazing?"

Gu Qianhan frowned slightly. Could it be that Shen Wantang was reborn? Otherwise, how could she have predicted this heavy rain?

He remembered very clearly that Shen Wantang in her previous life was not well versed in astrology, and she never read any books on astrology.

However, if Shen Wantang was reborn, her memory would have to be outstanding to remember the exact time when the heavy rain began.

Gu Qianhan was proud of his amazing memory and his photographic memory, but ten years had passed and he could not remember when the rain started. He only remembered how many days it rained.

The probability that she remembered the time when the rain started was very low. Instead of believing this, it is better to believe that she was very talented and learned how to read the stars in a short period of time. She predicted the heavy rain with her real ability.

Gu Qianhan guessed the truth in an instant. He snatched the book from Xiao Qingyuan's hand and said, "She predicted the rainstorm by reading this book?"

Xiao Qingyuan glared at him: "How would I know which book she learned this from? She has read so many books! But this book "Astrology" is the basics. It contains a lot of star maps drawn by predecessors. She must have read it."

Gu Qianhan nodded and snatched the book and the box together: "Since it's so amazing, I'll take a look too."

He put the book back into the box and was about to leave with the box.

Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Are you sick? Last time we met, you robbed my gold. This time, you robbed my book. Before that, you robbed my woman! Are you a robber? Why do you want to rob me of everything?"

Gu Qianhan said indifferently: "I just robbed it, so what?"

"This book, The Art of Stargazing, was copied word for word by my father from the library in the palace. He also drew the pictures one stroke at a time. It is extremely valuable. You cannot take it away!"

"Why are you so stingy? It's just a handwritten book. I'll take it back to have a look and return it to you in a few days. Let it go, or don't blame me for being rude."

"No! This is all my father's hard work, I won't lend it out! And I want to read this book, I want to learn astrology and predict the weather!"

"It's useless for you to learn it with your brain. Why don't you let me learn it? Once I learn it, I can tell you the prediction result directly. Wouldn't that save you time and effort?"

"You're so kind? I don't believe you. Once you learn it, you'll know how to trick me! Give me back the book!"

Chu Yanluo, who was standing aside, watched the two people arguing and spoke proudly, "Stop arguing. I'll tell you when this rain will end."

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her in surprise: "Yanluo, what did you say? Do you know when this rain will end?"

"I know!"

"How do you know?"

"Didn't the prince say that Shen Wantang learned to read the stars after reading a few books? She has read books, so why haven't I? She can read the stars, so why can't I?"

Xiao Qingyuan was a little surprised: "You can also read the stars?"

Chu Yanluo said proudly, "What's so difficult about this? Of course I can do it. And not only can I do it, I know more than Shen Wantang. I can predict the weather that she can't. This rainstorm will last for ten days in total. In another four days, it will stop."