Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Shen Wantang was slightly stunned. It seemed that there were too many reasons why Gu Qianning wanted to marry the prince, and some of them were beyond Gu Qianning's control. On the one hand, she liked the prince, and on the other hand, the Gu family had high expectations for her.

Even if she could persuade Gu Qianning not to marry the prince, it probably wouldn't work.

And after listening to what Gu Qianning said today, Shen Wantang vaguely understood why the prince did not reject Gu Qianning directly, but took a big detour and warned Gu Qianning through the marriage fortune of Fazhen Temple.

Perhaps, the prince actually has no choice.

The Gu family is too powerful now, and with the addition of Queen Gu in the palace, they are interfering in the prince's marriage and want him to marry Gu Qianning. The prince has no right to say no.

Even the Emperor had to give face to the Gu family. If the candidate for the Crown Princess was not Gu Qianning, the Gu family and the Queen would not let it go.

Shen Wantang thought about the extermination of the Gu family in her previous life. She didn't have a very personal feeling about it before because she didn't have much contact with other people in the Gu family at that time.

Now she understood why the emperor and the prince wanted to destroy the Gu family by any means necessary, because the Gu family was so powerful that it posed a serious threat to the imperial power.

After that, Shen Wantang stopped trying to persuade her because she already knew that the root of the problem was not with Gu Qianning.

Presumably, Gu Qianhan, a person who was reborn, wanted to change the fate of the Gu family and Gu Qianning more urgently than she did.

It is hard to imagine how much pressure he is under now, but he can still live his life and socialize as usual, and even has time to cause trouble for Xiao Qingyuan. His mental quality is indeed strong.

It was almost noon when Shen Wantang parted with Gu Qianning and returned to the palace.

As soon as she stepped into her yard, Shen Wantang saw Xiao Qingxi sitting in her usual seat, ordering her people around.

Seeing her coming back, Xiao Qingxi sneered and said, "Shen Wantang, you still remember to come back? You left the huge palace unattended and went out to play. My brother said you are a good housekeeper, but this is how you manage the household. You are really lazy!"

Shen Wantang said calmly, "My princess, you don't know that it is because I manage the palace well on weekdays that it doesn't matter if I go out for a day or two. If the palace is in chaos as soon as I go out, then I don't know how to manage the household."

"Besides, I informed my mother that I was going out today. General Huo led the army to a triumphant return, and everyone in the city went out to see it. I was only out for half a day and came back after a while. Is this not okay?"

"The princess is only my sister-in-law, but she is so picky about me. If the princess becomes a mother-in-law in the future, I'm afraid your daughter-in-law will have a hard time, right?"

"Fortunately, my mother-in-law is a reasonable princess, not you."

Xiao Qingxi stood up angrily: "What do you mean? Are you being sarcastic and complaining that I am just a sister-in-law and you can boss you around? I tell you, this is my home! My last name is Xiao, I belong to the palace, and you are just an outsider! No matter what I criticize you for, you have to bear it!"

Shen Wantang was not angry because of her provocation. She remained calm and indifferent: "The princess is naturally from the palace, but I am not an outsider. I am the prince's consort of the palace. This is my home. I lived here when I was alive, and I will be buried in the mausoleum of the palace after I die."

"Why, Princess, are you expecting me to treat you as an outsider? If someone treats themselves as an outsider every day in their husband's house, that would be very inappropriate, right?"

"Oh, the princess wouldn't be such a person, right? Do you consider yourself an outsider in the Huo family?"

"Isn't this stupid, Princess? You have the status of a Princess, you should be the head of the Huo family. How come you are still an outsider after two years of marriage?"

Xiao Qingxi was shocked and angry. She pointed at Shen Wantang, her hands shaking with anger, but she didn't know what to curse.

She was born noble and spoiled, and she had always been the one to scold others, and no one else had the right to scold her. But now, for the first time in her life, she couldn't say a word when she was scolded by someone!

Because she really considered herself an outsider in the Huo family, and she never considered herself a member of the Huo family.

But what this damn Shen Wantang said made so much sense - if she treated herself as an outsider every day, her in-laws would really be unhappy, and her situation would become very bad.

Only by treating your husband's family as your own home and letting yourself be the master in his family can you live a good life.

This is what Shen Wantang in front of us did, and she indeed lived her life step by step despite being very unpopular with her husband. Now even Xiao Qingyuan spoke for her.

Xiao Qingxi was angry, and when she looked up, she saw Xiao Qingyuan coming in. She immediately said, "Brother, you came at the right time! Shen Wantang scolded me, you should scold her back for me!"

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "No way, Shen Wantang can curse people? I have never seen her curse people, she has a good temper, are you causing trouble for her again?"

Xiao Qingxi stamped her feet in anger: "She was just pretending to be good in front of you! Do you have any brains? Why do you trust every woman but not me?"

"Okay, okay, I believe you. What did Shen Wantang scold you for?"

"She called me a fool!"

"Well...what she said makes some sense. You're really not that smart. You're a bit stupid."

Xiao Qingxi's defense was broken, and he shouted his full name angrily: "Xiao Qingyuan! You are stupid! Your whole family is stupid!"

Xiao Qingyuan: "..."

Why do these words sound so familiar? He seemed to have just cursed Gu Qianhan in a similar way.

"I told you that you were stupid, but you refused to admit it. Look, it's okay to scold me, but you also scolded my father, mother, and yourself."

Xiao Qingyuan shook his head and tried to pull Xiao Qingxi over: "Alright, stop making a fuss here. No matter how much you make a fuss, I can't drive Shen Wantang away. I've already promised her that she will be the only Crown Prince's Consort in Prince Ning's Mansion from now on."

"You should worry more about your own affairs when you have time. I met Huo Yunzhou today. He seemed to think highly of that woman and even asked me to come back and persuade you to accept that woman."

When Xiao Qingxi heard Huo Yunzhou's name, her eyes turned red, but she didn't want to cry in front of Shen Wantang, and she didn't want to weaken because of her husband's affairs.

She snorted coldly: "He can value whoever he wants, what does it have to do with me! I won't share my husband with other women like some people! If he has other women, I will divorce him! I don't want a dirty man!"

"Some people pretend to be magnanimous and talk about being the master of the household. It's only been a few months since they got married, and the husband has already taken a concubine. His heart is with other women, and he is dirty. What's the point of talking about being the master of the household?"

"The more generous a woman is, the more pitiful she is!"