Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"She deserves to be beaten. You should have taught her a lesson long ago. She deserves the grievance she suffered."

Du Juan had a look of sadness on her face: "But, you beat Chu Yanluo today, and you also confronted the prince. Isn't this the same as slapping the prince in the face?"

"I am afraid that the prince will bear a grudge against you, and your life in the palace will be even more difficult."

"You used to be generous and kind in front of the prince, but you suddenly changed today. Is that a good thing? You should have been more tolerant and maintained your image."

Shen Wantang smiled faintly: "Silly girl, we are not in the Shen family now. It is not enough to be tolerant and generous all the time. Sometimes we have to show some edge appropriately. Today is actually a great opportunity. Naturally, I don't need to be tolerant anymore."

Du Juan was a little confused: "But you said before that you wanted to maintain the prince's face, otherwise you wouldn't have given it to Huayi so readily when the prince came to ask for clothes. Why don't you maintain the prince's face now?"

Shen Wantang nodded: "I did say that, but you've also heard the saying, give a slap in the face and give a sweet date, right?"

"I heard."

"I have already given the prince enough sweet treats, but some people will forget their own surnames if you keep giving them sweet treats, and will become more and more demanding. At this time, you have to slap them in the face."

Du Juan's eyes widened in shock: "You mean, you deliberately pouted the prince today? You are not as angry as you look?"

"I'm really not as angry as I appear. It's not worth getting angry with them and getting yourself upset."

Shen Wantang stood in front of the bronze mirror, looking at the bright and luxurious clothes in the mirror, a smile overflowed from her eyes: "This dress is nice, ask someone to make me another one, so I can change into it."

Du Juan blinked her eyes. Now she knew that her master really didn't care about the affairs of Chu Yanluo and the prince. The two of them might not be able to stir up the master's emotions like a piece of clothing.

Seeing her master so stable and capable, Du Juan's worries were swept away: "Don't worry, Princess, I will give the order right away. If this one gets dirty, you can wear a new one in two days."

Shen Wantang was not idle in the afternoon either.

After she dealt with the chores in the mansion, she called the chief steward and asked him about the situation outside.

It was learned that although some of the refugees who were causing trouble outside had been arrested, there were still quite a number of them lingering outside the city gate and refused to leave.

It was still unsafe to go out at the moment, so Shen Wantang wrote a letter to Gu Qianning, telling her to postpone going to Fazhen Temple to pray for blessings, because Fazhen Temple was just outside the city and it was sheltering many refugees. They would go after the refugees had been mostly resettled by the court in a few days to avoid any accidents.

After writing the letter, Shen Wantang asked the servant to deliver the letter to Gu's house, and then she went to the kitchen again.

Dujuan and Qinxin were both very surprised.

"Princess, why are you still in the kitchen? Didn't the princess say that you don't need to cook?"

"Yes, Princess, your new clothes will smell bad soon. Why don't you write down the recipe and ask the kitchen staff to make it for you?"

Shen Wantang smiled and said, "My mother loves the food I cook, so why not cook one more meal? I can write the recipe, but I'm afraid the taste they make will be different from mine."

Du Juan and Qin Xin looked at each other and saw admiration in each other's eyes. The Crown Prince's Consort is so filial!

But they didn't know that the reason why Shen Wantang cooked for Princess Ning so diligently was not only because of filial piety, but more importantly, she regarded Princess Ning as her support in life.

With the protection of Princess Ning, she will be able to live an exceptionally smooth life.

Anyone in Prince Ning's Mansion can fall down, but mother-in-law cannot. Shen Wantang hopes that mother-in-law can quickly recover her appetite, and it would be best if she can eat and sleep every day, and live to be ninety-nine in good health.

After being busy for half an hour, Shen Wantang brought new dishes to Princess Ning's courtyard.

At this time, Princess Ning already knew what happened in the kitchen at noon.

When she didn't know about it at noon, she felt that Shen Wantang was wronged by marrying into Prince Ning's Mansion. Now that she knows, she feels that Shen Wantang is wronged even more.

After dinner, she kept Shen Wantang to talk for a long time. Not only did she give Shen Wantang some new jewelry to match her new clothes, but she also solemnly promised her that as long as she, the mother-in-law, lived, no one could surpass Shen Wantang.

It was three quarters past eight in the evening when Shen Wantang came out of Shaoguang Courtyard. Dujuan and Qinxin followed behind her, each holding a heavy box.

Qin Xin smiled so well that her eyes curved. "The princess really loves our Crown Prince's wife. These jewels are all newly made. They are fashionable and noble. They are perfect to match the Crown Prince's wife's new clothes!"

Du Juan no longer felt that her master was wronged: "The princess is so generous. When she said she wanted to reward the Crown Prince's wife, I thought she would just give her one or two hairpins, but I didn't expect the princess to give her two boxes! I'm a little worried. With so many jewels, can the Crown Prince's wife wear them all?"

Qin Xin glared at her in reproach: "How can you not wear them all? The Crown Prince's wife changes a new headgear every day, and these are not enough!"

Du Juan smiled: "That's right, I'll ask someone to make a few more clothes for the Crown Prince's Consort, so that she can wear different clothes and jewelry every day!"

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study.

Prince Ning looked at his son with a gloomy face: "I heard that you yelled at the Crown Princess in front of everyone today and lost her face?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked puzzled: "I yelled at her, what's wrong?"

"You still have the nerve to ask what's wrong? The Crown Prince's Consort is now the housekeeper. How can she establish her prestige in the future if you yell at her in front of the servants? The subordinates are the best at pretending to obey but secretly disobeying. If you don't respect the Crown Prince's Consort, they will follow suit and will disobey you in the future!"

"It's not as serious as you say. I just yelled at her twice, and you called me to the study to scold me. People who don't know would think I was picked up. She, Shen Wantang, is your and my mother's biological child!"

Xiao Qingyuan was not happy: "Besides, would I yell at her for no reason? Didn't she slap Yan Luo in the face, so she was only allowed to hit people, but not me to yell at her?"

"No!"

Prince Ning slammed the desk with a bang: "Chu Yanluo deserves to be beaten! The Crown Prince's Consort is your legal wife, and is listed in the imperial book of our Xiao family. What's wrong with her teaching a concubine a lesson?! Even if she beats Chu Yanluo to death, there will be no problem!"

"Father! You are too biased. Yan Luo's life is also a life!"

"What a joke! If I don't favor my proper daughter-in-law, how could I favor a concubine who is not presentable enough?"

Prince Ning's tone was filled with a sense of disappointment: "Or do you want me to be partial to you? Why do you deserve my partiality?"