Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Day two.

When Shen Wantang went to the princess' courtyard to pay her respects, she saw that Xiao Qingyuan and Xiao Qingxi were both there, as well as Prince Ning. The four members of the family had dark shadows under their eyes and looked tired and solemn, obviously none of them had slept all night.

"Tang'er is here."

Princess Ning spoke first: "Did you send someone to settle Lin Rouxin last night?"

Shen Wantang nodded and said, "She has been temporarily placed in Yueju Courtyard. I don't know how my father and mother will feel about the prince recognizing her as his adopted sister, so they only sent a smart maid and a steady nanny to serve her, to keep an eye on her and prevent her from causing trouble."

"Okay, you did a good job. Let's just put her there for now. We'll see what Huo Yunzhou's attitude is. If he kneels down and admits his fault and comes to take Qingxi back, then it won't be too late to find a maid or nanny for Lin Rouxin."

Princess Ning praised Shen Wantang, but Xiao Qingxi said with disgust: "Shen Wantang, why did you send maids and nannies to that bitch? Don't you know that she stole my husband? Why are you so nice to her? She should be starved to death or frozen to death, and she shouldn't even be given a quilt!"

Shen Wantang ignored her accusations. Whatever she did to Xiao Qingxi was wrong anyway. If she really gave nothing to Lin Rouxin, Xiao Qingxi might even scold her for deliberately making things difficult for Lin Rouxin, which would cause Lin Rouxin to feel resentful and regret being Xiao Qingyuan's adopted sister.

She only asked Princess Ning: "Mother, have you and father agreed to the prince recognizing Miss Lin as his adopted sister? If you agree, you must announce it to the people below and outside, so that everyone knows that she is a member of our palace from now on."

Princess Ning sighed heavily, "Yes, your father and I have agreed. I wanted to adopt her as my adopted daughter before, but Huo Yunzhou said she refused. I didn't expect that after Yuan'er came forward, Lin Rouxin agreed again. She also promised not to bother Huo Yunzhou again. This time it was Yuan'er who made a contribution."

Shen Wantang looked at Xiao Qingyuan and saw that after being praised, he sat up straight, looking straight ahead, with a very proud look on his face.

Xiao Qingxi, however, looked disdainful: "I think my brother is stupid! He recognized that bitch as his stepsister just to disgust me! It would be better to just kill her and save trouble. She should have died a long time ago!"

Prince Ning said in a dismay, "What nonsense! You are a princess, but you keep talking about killing people. And you want to kill the orphans of soldiers who died on the battlefield. If this gets out, you'll be drowned in spit!"

Xiao Qingyuan also frowned and scolded her: "I have done so much for you, it's fine if you don't know how to be grateful to me, but why are you scolding me? You have been scolding me all night, haven't you scolded me enough? Don't you accept this method? Don't mention murder again in the future! Otherwise, if Huo Yunzhou finds out, he will be even more distant from you!"

"He no longer has me in his heart, so what's the point of talking about being distant or not?"

Just as Xiao Qingxi was about to scold Huo Yunzhou a few more times, the door was suddenly pushed open and Huo Yunzhou rushed in.

The maids outside knelt on the ground and said, "Please punish us, my lord and princess. We failed to stop General Huo!"

Princess Ning waved her hand, signaling them to leave.

She looked at Huo Yunzhou and asked coldly, "Huo Yunzhou, don't you even have the most basic manners now?"

Huo Yunzhou said in a hoarse voice: "Please forgive me, Princess. I just heard that Rouxin was brought to the palace. I couldn't believe it, so I acted impulsively. I wonder if Rouxin is really in the palace?"

"She's at."

"May I ask, Princess, why did you suddenly bring Rouxin back to the palace? Are you going to force her to break off her relationship with me?"

"Huo Yunzhou, what do you think of our Ning Palace? Who forced her to break off relations with you? It was Qingyuan who recognized her as his sister. From now on, she belongs to our Ning Palace. Where else can she live if not in Ning Palace?"

"what?!"

Huo Yunzhou couldn't believe it: "Impossible! How could Rouxin be willing to be Qingyuan's adopted sister?!"

Princess Ning said in a cold tone: "Why is this impossible? I wanted to ask you something. Last time I said I would adopt her as my adopted daughter, but you rejected her request directly on her behalf. You also said that she didn't care about fame or wealth, and that she had to follow you. What's the reason? Are you deliberately deceiving me?"

"I didn't! Rouxin doesn't care about those things. It's true that she only wants to follow me. I have asked her many times! I didn't lie to the princess!"

Princess Ning snorted coldly: "Humph, you said it so firmly and righteously last time, and I believed it! I didn't expect that when Qingyuan wanted to recognize her as his sister, she agreed directly, and she also promised that she would not pester you anymore in the future. She is also willing to let us help her choose a husband so that she can be someone else's wife instead of being your concubine!"

"No, it's impossible, it's impossible!"

Huo Yunzhou's eyes swept over everyone in the room, and finally, his eyes fell on Xiao Qingxi's face: "I know Rouxin, she will never be Qingyuan's sister! Qingxi, was it because I forced you to sign the divorce agreement yesterday that you got angry, so you deliberately brought Rouxin to the palace?"

Xiao Qingxi was so angry that he fell backwards: "Huo Yunzhou, you are the first one to doubt me?! Am I this kind of person in your mind?"

"You are!"

"What did you say?! Try saying it to me again!"

"Qingxi, I have offended you, so you just punish me. Don't implicate Rouxin, she is innocent! I beg you, please give her back to me and let me take her back to the Huo family. Isn't it okay if I don't divorce you? Don't torture Rouxin."

Xiao Qingxi screamed, "Huo Yunzhou! I said it's not me, it's not me, are you deaf?! It was that idiot Xiao Qingyuan who brought her back to the palace. I hate Lin Rouxin so much that I want to chop her into pieces, how could I possibly bring her back to the palace?!"

Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly said, "Yunzhou, it was really because I recognized Rouxin as my adopted sister that she came back to the palace with me. It has nothing to do with Qingxi. Don't misunderstand her!"

Huo Yunzhou's face was filled with anger. "Qingyuan, are you going to lie to me too? Others may not understand Rouxin, but how can I not understand Rouxin? She is not familiar with you at all, and she is very afraid of Qingxi. How could she be willing to be your adopted sister? How could she be willing to come to the palace with you?"

"I promised to give her a large dowry and also promised to protect her. Everything you can do, I can do! Why doesn't she want to come to the palace? I really didn't lie to you!"

"Then call Rouxin out. I want to ask her face to face!"

"no!"

"Why?!"

"Because Rouxin said that she will never see you again and she wants to start a new life!"

"This is impossible! Rouxin likes me so much, how could she say she won't see me again! Xiao Qingyuan, you are still lying to me!"

"I didn't lie to you, these are Rouxin's original words!"

Huo Yunzhou was furious and walked out without looking back: "I don't believe it! I want to find her and take her away!"