Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Aggrieved Huayi's eyes flashed with grievance: "Prince, look at Moji, he has started to lecture me. I was clearly respectful to the Crown Prince's Consort, but he said that I didn't take her seriously. If this gets to the Crown Prince's Consort's ears, how can I explain it clearly?"

"Moji, is Huayi someone you can teach a lesson to?"

Xiao Qingyuan scolded Mo Ji: "Isn't Huayi gentle enough? Isn't she respectful enough to Shen Wantang? You actually find fault with her!"

Mo Ji took a deep look at Hua Yi, then lowered his head knowing the situation: "It was all my fault for saying the wrong thing. I know I was wrong."

Xiao Qingyuan waved his hand: "Alright, go to the kitchen and take a look. If the kitchen doesn't give you the food, just say that I asked you to get it. I am the prince of the royal palace, can't I even ask for food?"

Mo Ji didn't dare to disobey the order and could only go to the kitchen.

Not long after, he came back with a lunch box.

When the lunch box was opened, there were only two completely cold dishes inside, both of which were vegetarian dishes with bland soup.

When Huayi saw these two dishes, she was very angry, but her face was still gentle: "Moji, today is New Year's Eve, you just brought this back for me to eat? Did I offend you at some point, and you deliberately targeted me, so you refused to give me even a meat dish?"

Xiao Qingyuan frowned: "Moji, what are these you brought back? Is this for people to eat? Didn't the kitchen make pigeon soup tonight? Why don't you bring some back for Huayi?"

Mo Ji didn't learn anything else from Hua Yi these days, but he did learn the superficial skills. He was terrified and helpless: "Master, these are all left in the kitchen, there is nothing else. The pigeon soup has already been sent to the main courtyard because the princess wants to drink it."

Xiao Qingyuan choked for a moment: "Qingxi? This... since she wants to drink it, let her drink it! What about the other dishes? Didn't we prepare dozens of dishes?"

"The other dishes were distributed to the guards and servants. Because it is New Year's Day, the Crown Princess specifically ordered that everyone should eat better."

"Then ask the people in the kitchen to redo it!"

"Everyone in the kitchen is on holiday. Most of them have gone home to celebrate the New Year. Only two widows are left to watch the fire on the stove."

Xiao Qingyuan was suddenly speechless. It's no wonder that the Ning Wang Mansion had such a rule in the past. During the Chinese New Year, the servants would be given holidays and allowed to go home to celebrate the reunion of the new year. Only those who were homeless or unwilling to go home would stay in the mansion to work, and of course, they would also be given extra money as a reward.

After a long while, he said to Huayi, "How about...you just eat a few bites first? When the kitchen staff comes back tomorrow morning, I'll ask them to make you something delicious."

Huayi looked at the boiled cabbage and the watery loofah soup in front of her, with a forced smile on her face: "I'm not really hungry, so it doesn't matter if I don't eat. But the wound on the prince's face needs some treatment."

Xiao Qingyuan touched his face and felt severe pain, but he did not ask Mo Ji to ask Shen Wantang for medicine, because he felt that Shen Wantang would definitely not give it to him.

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As soon as it was dawn, Shen Wantang was awakened by Qin Xin.

She changed into a lotus-colored dress and hurried to Wutong Garden.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was no liveliness or joy in Prince Ning's Mansion. There was only depression and deadness.

When she arrived, Madam Huo and Huo Yunzhou were already sitting in Princess Ning's room.

Prince Ning was also there, but his expression was very grim. It was obvious that they had already had a talk before Shen Wantang came, and the conversation had not been pleasant.

After Shen Wantang arrived, Xiao Qingyuan also arrived soon.

As soon as Huo Yunzhou saw him, he immediately said, "Qingyuan, you are finally here. Please help me explain to my father-in-law and mother-in-law that I don't have a mistress. I just bought a house for Rouxin and go to see her occasionally! Her father and brother all died in the battlefield. Am I supposed to ignore her? Am I still a human being? But just because I go to see her doesn't mean she is my mistress!"

Xiao Qingyuan said angrily: "How should I know what your business is like? Last night on New Year's Eve, you pissed Qingxi off so much that she came back crying. She hated me so much, thinking that I was in cahoots with you to deceive her! Look at my face, she almost scratched it to pieces! I will never care about your business again!"

Huo Yunzhou looked at the scratches on Xiao Qingyuan's face and couldn't help but touch his neck. He was also scratched by Xiao Qingxi's sharp nails, but fortunately, he was not injured on the face, but on the neck.

"Okay, Yunzhou, we've already said everything we need to say. You don't need to explain anymore."

Mrs. Huo spoke calmly, with a hint of displeasure in her tone: "You took care of Rouxin with the approval of me and your father. The story about the mistress is pure fabrication. The princess believed everything she heard, and she cried and made a scene over the slightest thing. She almost overturned the entire Huo family. The Huo family didn't even get to have their New Year's Eve dinner last night."

Princess Ning sneered: "Madam Huo, do you mean to blame my daughter for this?"

"Oh, Princess, I didn't say that."

Madam Huo straightened her back and raised her head, saying, "But the princess has indeed misunderstood this matter. How could my son have a mistress or a concubine? Do you think my son is the same as those playboys? Bringing everything, whether good or bad, into the house?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Qingyuan, the disdain in her eyes almost overflowing.

Her connotation was so obvious that Xiao Qingyuan was a little annoyed: "What does Madam Huo mean by this? Are you scolding me?"

"Why are you so anxious, my lord? I never scolded you. I was talking about those playboys, not you."

Mrs. Huo stood up after she finished speaking. "I came to the palace before dawn on the first day of the new year just to take my daughter-in-law home. Since Qingxi has married into the Huo family, she should behave like a daughter-in-law. It's really unacceptable for her to cry and come back to her parents' home at any time, and even blame my son for it."

"However, Qingxi is pregnant now. With the flesh and blood of the Huo family, it's okay for her to act a little willful. We in the Huo family and Yunzhou will indulge her and pamper her."

"So, please ask the prince and princess to call her out and come back to the Huo family with me! It's getting late, and the relatives who are going to pay New Year's greetings should be here soon. It would be inappropriate for Qingxi not to show up."

Princess Ning clenched her hands tightly and said coldly, "My daughter will not go back with you! Qingxi's surname is Xiao, and she will spend the New Year in Ning's mansion from now on. As for your Huo family, you are not worthy!"

Madam Huo curled her lips and said, "The princess is so arrogant. She said that our Huo family is not worthy. I guess she doesn't think highly of our Yunzhou at all, right? It was originally just a small matter, but the Ning Palace insisted on making a big deal out of it. I really can't think of how this will benefit the palace."

"The prince's marriage is already bumpy enough. Why, the princess wants her daughter's marriage to be bumpy as well? This is not conducive to the prosperity of the family!"