Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"what?!"

Princess Ning was startled and asked hastily, "Where did this doctor come from? Who hired him for her? Is he accurate?"

The maid whispered, "He is the doctor who often treats the servants in our palace. I heard from Miss Huayi that the prince invited him for her."

Princess Ning turned her head sharply: "Qingyuan, since you have already hired a doctor for her, why did you ask Tang'er to treat her? You are absolutely ridiculous!"

"Mother, I was just worried that the doctor's treatment was not good enough, so after I hired a doctor for Huayi, I came to see Shen Wantang again, thinking of asking her to take another look at Huayi, which would be safer."

"You!! You never cared so much even when I was sick!"

"Mother, there are many people serving you here, and Shen Wantang is also filial to you, so you don't need me. Huayi is just a maid, how can anyone love her? Naturally, I have to take care of her more."

After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he asked the maid anxiously, "Is Huayi really pregnant? Am I right?"

"Sir, that's what the doctor said. I don't know if he was right or not, but the doctor has been practicing medicine for many years and is very experienced. He shouldn't make a mistake on such an important matter, right?"

Xiao Qingyuan didn't like this ambiguous answer. He turned to look at Shen Wantang: "Shen Wantang, go check on Huayi and make sure she is pregnant! This is my first child!"

Shen Wantang sat next to Princess Ning, motionless, and her tone was steady: "If the prince doesn't trust this doctor, then just hire another doctor for Huayi. The palace is not so poor that it can't afford a doctor. If I, the prince's consort, were to diagnose a maid, this matter would get out, and the palace would be laughed at for being unruly."

Xiao Qingyuan frowned, "Shen Wantang, can you not be so stingy? It's just a medical consultation, you won't lose any meat, why do you keep making excuses? You make this excuse now, then that excuse now, don't you just look down on Huayi because she's a maid? Why are you pretending!"

"It's just a medical consultation. Why does the prince insist on me seeing her? None of the doctors and imperial physicians in the capital can accurately diagnose her? The prince insists on me seeing a maid. Is he deliberately humiliating me? Is he looking down on me?"

Shen Wantang said in a cold voice: "Your Highness said I was pretending, so why don't you pretend for me? From now on, you will serve Mo Ji, take care of his food, clothing, and nighttime, run errands for him, and be his servant."

"Nonsense! Mo Ji is a servant, and I am the prince. How can I serve him? You are rebelling against Tian Gang!"

Shen Wantang sneered: "Huayi is also a servant, why should I serve her! What about Tiangang? That was also started by the prince!"

"The painting is different! She has served me for so long, she deserves preferential treatment when she is sick!"

"Mo Ji has served the prince for a short time? Mo Ji risked his life for the prince and used his own life to protect the prince. Shouldn't he be treated preferentially?"

"This is what a slave of his should do!"

"It is Huayi's duty to serve the prince!"

"you!!"

Xiao Qingyuan was so angry that veins popped up on his forehead: "Huayi is probably pregnant now. She is different from Mo Ji!"

"Your Highness, do you look down on Mo Ji because he is a servant? A maid's life is life, but a servant's life is not life? Your Highness can't even treat everyone equally, and you still ridicule me for being stingy?"

"Shen Wantang, you are talking like me! You are using sophistry!"

"Your Highness, do you mean that I learned this sophistry from you? Your Highness is quite self-aware!"

Xiao Qingyuan was speechless. He pointed at Shen Wantang and called him "you" for a long time. He didn't know how to refute. However, there was no way he would be a servant of Mo Ji. Shen Wantang treated him as a slave!

"When I was young, I learned medicine from my grandfather. I didn't do it to save the world. I just wanted to avoid asking for help when I was sick. Now, my father and mother don't look down on my mediocre medical skills, so I occasionally diagnose their pulses and prescribe medicine for them, which can be regarded as a small act of filial piety."

"Maid, I am not obliged to treat you. I have already fulfilled my duty as the mistress by calling a doctor for you!"

Shen Wantang's cold face was expressionless: "Since the prince loves your maid so much, then you should also learn medicine. If I can learn it, then a capable person like the prince can also learn it. When the prince has learned it well, he can also diagnose the pulse of father and mother and treat illnesses, killing two birds with one stone."

Xiao Qingyuan looked very unhappy: "You just know some medical skills, right? What's so great about that! Just don't show it to Huayi, just tell her directly, why are you lecturing me in such a weird way?"

"Your Highness may have amnesia. I've already told you this. How could you have forgotten it so quickly? Your Highness, don't hire a doctor for Huayi. Instead, hire a doctor for yourself first!"

Xiao Qingyuan was so angry that all the blood in his body rushed to his head: "Mother, look at her! I say one thing to her and she says ten things to me. She is deliberately making things difficult for me! You don't care about her, and you just let her bully me like this?"

"I think what Tang'er said makes sense."

"What?! Mother, why are you siding with her again? I am your biological son!"

"is it?"

Princess Ning looked at him calmly: "Why do I feel like you are Huayi's biological son?"

"Mother!"

"He accompanied her back to her parents' home for the funeral, held his own Crown Prince's Consort hostage with a knife for her, and brought people to the Duke's Mansion to fight with Gu Qianhan. He didn't care about his life, and he didn't care about his reputation!"

Princess Ning was furious when she thought of her son's stupid actions. "Such ridiculous things happen one after another. If it hadn't happened in our family, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a stupid person! I think what Tang'er said is absolutely right. You should ask a doctor to check your brain!"

Xiao Qingyuan opened his mouth, but was completely speechless.

He snorted angrily and turned away. "None of you care about me, only Huayi cares about me! I'm going back to see Huayi. I don't want to bother with you guys anymore!"

Princess Ning looked at his back as he left and sighed heavily, "We can't go on like this. He doesn't do his job all day. We need to find him something to do."

Shen Wantang asked her, "Mother, what kind of job do you want the prince to do? Isn't the prince on duty at the Dali Temple now?"

Princess Ning smiled bitterly and shook her head: "He is no longer interested in the work of the Dali Temple, and he is unwilling to do it these days. So, let's just invite a royal doctor back to teach him medical skills."

"This... Mother, I just said it casually. The prince doesn't look like he would like to learn medicine."

Princess Ning took her hand and patted it soothingly: "No matter what he likes, just find him something to do and stop him from making a fool of himself. The days when he was on duty at the Dali Temple were the most peaceful days in our mansion. Apparently he becomes more stable when he has something to do."

"Besides, I think your suggestion should be able to poke Qingyuan's itch. Even though he doesn't say it, he actually envies you for having superb medical skills."

"We don't need him to learn very well, it's good enough if he can learn a little bit."

"You can take this opportunity to give him some pointers and improve your relationship with him."

"Tang'er, it's time for you to have a baby."