Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Xiao Qingyuan was curious: "What did Miss Liu give me?"

"I gave it to you... Oh, I forgot. As soon as I arrived at the palace, I took all the gifts to the princess, and then they were all taken away by the Crown Prince's wife."

Liu Nanshi looked apologetic: "If the prince wants to know what I gave you, I'm afraid you'll have to ask the prince's wife for it."

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "The gift you gave me was taken away by Shen Wantang? This... this is impossible, right?"

"It's true! Would I lie to the prince? The prince's wife said that she and the prince are in perfect harmony, and she received your gifts on his behalf!"

Anger appeared on Xiao Qingyuan's face: "She still has the nerve to say that she and I are in harmony?! There is nothing between her and me——"

He didn't say anything else, but his face was very gloomy. Liu Nanshi knew that he was angry.

The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and she turned to look at Xiao Qingxi: "Oh, by the way, Princess, I also gave your gift to the princess, and later it was taken away by the Crown Prince's wife. I thought she had someone send the gift to your yard, but why didn't I see it when I came? Could it be that the princess despised the things I gave her and threw them all away?"

After hearing this, Xiao Qingxi became furious: "What did you say? The things you gave me were also taken away by that lowly concubine Shen Wantang?!"

"Yes, why, doesn't the princess know?"

"Of course I don't know!"

Xiao Qingxi immediately stood up and walked out: "Bitch, I am a concubine who is short-sighted. I even dared to accept the gifts from me and my brother! I will go to her yard and scold her to death!"

Liu Nanshi hurriedly held her back: "Oh, it's just a small matter, Qingxi, please don't be angry, it's not worth it. Maybe the Crown Princess is too busy and forgot that I sent you a gift. When she remembers, she will naturally send it to you."

"Hmph! Nanshi, you are kind-hearted and would not embezzle other people's things. But Shen Wantang may not be like that! She is the most greedy and shameless person. She married my brother just for the wealth of our palace. She doesn't like my brother at all. She likes gold, silver and jewelry!"

After Xiao Qingxi finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Qingyuan and said, "Brother, am I right this time? You should know better than anyone how much Shen Wantang loves gold and silver. Mother was fooled by her, but I don't believe that you were fooled by her too!"

"I wasn't fooled by her, but even though Shen Wantang loves gold and silver, she wouldn't steal our things, right? Mother gave her enough good things, and she has more money than she can spend."

"That's why I said she's greedy and shameless! She's clearly already cheated a lot of good things from our mother, but she's still thinking about the gift Nan Shi gave us. Such a person should be kicked out of Prince Ning's Mansion immediately! Brother, you should divorce her soon, I can't stand her for even a day!"

"Don't talk nonsense. We can find out whether Shen Wantang has stolen our things or not by asking her."

Xiao Qingyuan could talk about divorcing his wife all the time, but he found it very offensive when others said it. Even if the person was his own sister, he would feel uncomfortable if someone asked him to divorce his wife at every turn.

"Come on, Nanshi, let's go check on Shen Wantang together! It's just right that I can go to her place and get back the gift you gave me. Maybe she was really busy and forgot about the gift."

Xiao Qingyuan had seen how busy housekeeper Shen Wantang was. He felt that if he were asked to be the housekeeper, he would soon be overwhelmed and might even forget his own last name, let alone any gifts.

They quickly arrived at Shen Wantang's yard.

Shen Wantang was practicing calligraphy with great concentration. When he heard Nanny Chai say that the three of them had arrived, he finished writing the last word, then put down his pen and stood up.

As soon as she stood up, Xiao Qingxi rushed in.

She was obviously pregnant, but she walked faster than anyone else, and her voice was full of energy: "Shen Wantang! How can you be so shameless? Get out of Prince Ning's Mansion!"

However, Shen Wantang ignored her and walked straight past Xiao Qingxi and in front of Xiao Qingyuan and Liu Nanshi.

Seeing that she was being ignored, Xiao Qingxi gnashed her teeth in anger and said, "Shen Wantang, are you deaf? I'm talking to you, and you dare not answer?! Do you believe me, I'll let my brother divorce you right now?"

Shen Wantang still ignored her and only said to Xiao Qingyuan and Liu Nanshi: "The prince is here, and Miss Liu is here too, how strange."

Her tone was lukewarm, even with a hint of sarcasm.

Xiao Qingyuan had been with Shen Wantang for a long time, and he knew her personality and how she dealt with people. He could tell something was wrong: "Shen Wantang, what do you mean? Don't you welcome Nan Shi to come?"

"I am just surprised by Miss Liu's arrival. How could the prince say that I don't welcome Miss Liu?"

"You think that's strange? I always feel like you're a bit weird."

"Really? Miss Liu, do you also think I'm being mean to you? Why would I be mean to you? Has Miss Liu ever offended me?"

Liu Nanshi had experienced Shen Wantang's extremely sharp words yesterday, which made her lose face. She is still very angry now.

But she didn't expect that Shen Wantang would not restrain herself in front of Xiao Qingyuan and even questioned her if she had offended her!

"How have I ever offended the Crown Prince's wife? I always like to make friends, not enemies."

Liu Nanshi looked at Shen Wantang with a fake smile, and then deliberately moved closer to Xiao Qingyuan: "Look, I just came to the palace, and I have become good friends with the prince!"

"Miss Liu is really capable. She won the crown prince right away. She even came to show off to me. What? Do you like the crown prince? Do you want to replace me?"

"Shen Wantang, what nonsense are you talking about! The prince and I are just friends, we are not as dirty as you think!"

"Forget about it, Miss Liu, why are you so anxious? You are from an aristocratic family, how come you don't even know the most basic courtesy and honor? You are almost sticking to the prince, isn't this inappropriate? Oh, I feel ashamed for the ancestors of the Liu family."

"You, you are shameless!!"

Liu Nanshi was shaking with anger, but she had to maintain her image as the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and also had to consider the impression she made in front of Xiao Qingyuan. She couldn't speak recklessly like Shen Wantang did.

Of course Shen Wantang knew where Liu Nanshi's weakness was. Liu Nanshi liked to pretend to be a good person and to pretend to be innocent. If she quarreled with her, her character would be ruined.

So, she was blunt in her response to Liu Nanshi: "Ms. Liu, how dare you say I'm shameless? Aren't you the shameless one? Yesterday you were targeting me in Fazhen Temple, and I didn't settle the score with you, but you took the initiative to come here to provoke me today. Do you really think I'm made of clay?"

"Madam Chai, please show the guests away!"