Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Feeling all this comfort and convenience, Xiao Qingyuan felt as if he had returned to the past, back to the time before he met Chu Yanluo.

At that time, he lived such an extremely comfortable life. There was always someone to serve him and servants to do everything for him. He didn't need to worry about anything.

Everything changed until he met Chu Yanluo.

Xiao Qingyuan nodded secretly. Shen Wantang was indeed a good wife. If he had not met Chu Yanluo, he should have been living a stable and peaceful life with Shen Wantang now!

That's not right. If he hadn't met Chu Yanluo, with Shen Wantang's background, she would most likely not have been able to marry into Prince Ning's Mansion. His mother would have chosen a noble lady of equal status for him to marry.

On the other side, Shen Wantang had changed her shoes and put on her outer clothes with the help of Du Juan. She had gone out in such a hurry that she only wore a middle shirt and a cape.

She ordered the maids to serve Xiao Qingyuan, and for a moment she felt as if she had returned to her previous life.

At that time, Liao Youhe often went out for social events and then came home drunk. Shen Wantang didn't like the smell of alcohol and makeup on him, so she would order the maids to help him take a bath and then change his clothes from head to toe. This way, he would smell much better.

Now, she began to order the maid to serve Xiao Qingyuan again.

From this perspective, it actually doesn't matter which man they marry, they will always be the boss and will always be waiting to be taken care of and served.

The only difference is the mother-in-law is different.

Liao Youhe's mother was mean and petty. She always liked to sow discord between them and the couple. She also liked to play the victim and suppress Liao Youhe with filial piety, forcing him to obey her and teaching him not to be nice to his wife, otherwise she would take advantage of him.

However, Princess Ning was generous and open-minded. She liked to support her daughter-in-law and would scold her son first when something happened instead of blaming her daughter-in-law.

In this life, Shen Wantang feels very lucky and satisfied to have a mother-in-law like Princess Ning, so she puts her mother-in-law first in everything, because her mother-in-law protects her in the same way.

Now she asked the maids to serve Xiao Qingyuan, not because he smelled of alcohol, but simply because she didn't want to make her mother-in-law worry.

After struggling for most of an hour, Xiao Qingyuan was finally settled.

Shen Wantang let him sleep in the inner room, while she herself slept on the soft couch in the outer room.

Seeing that she was unwilling to go to the inner room to sleep with the prince, Qin Xin wanted to say something but stopped herself several times.

Shen Wantang found it a little funny, but didn't say anything. He just patted her shoulder and told her to go and rest.

A maid's life is also a life, how can she not rest? Qin Xin usually works the most and sleeps the least. After tossing and turning for most of the night, she could only sleep for an hour and a half.

Qin Xin knew the Crown Princess's good intentions, so she swallowed what she was about to say and went to bed.

The night passed quickly.

Xiao Qingyuan woke up in the morning and saw an unfamiliar bedroom. He was stunned for a while before he realized that he had slept in Shen Wantang's room last night.

Everything here is hers, and all her traces. He suddenly remembered that when he just got married, he was tied up by his father and thrown on Shen Wantang's bed, and Shen Wantang helped him cut the rope with her own hands.

He felt inexplicably uncomfortable, so he stood up and walked out.

He didn't want to meet Shen Wantang, but when he went out, he found that Shen Wantang was not there.

When Madam Chai saw him looking around, she knew who he was looking for, so she said, "Sir, the Crown Prince's wife has gone to pay her respects to the Princess."

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, then strode out.

When Mo Ji saw him coming out, he immediately went up to him and said, "Master, where are you going?"

"Go to Wen Bo's Mansion and settle accounts with Yuan Zheng!"

"Ah? You're not going to have breakfast?"

"What are you eating? I'm already full of anger!"

As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, he walked out without stopping.

But Mo Ji discovered that his master was walking and actually ended up in the princess's courtyard.

Moreover, when he arrived, he did not go into the house to pay his respects to the princess. He just stood outside hesitating, and no one knew what he was hesitating about.

Mo Ji's mind was full of questions, but he didn't dare to ask more.

After a while, Shen Wantang came out.

When she saw Xiao Qingyuan, a hint of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly calmed down.

She bowed slightly, called "Prince", and then walked out with her maid.

Xiao Qingyuan didn't expect her to leave after saying hello, so he hurriedly called her: "Shen Wantang!"

Shen Wantang turned around: "My Lord, do you have anything else to do?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to thank you for your hard work last night."

Shen Wantang lowered his head slightly: "You are too polite, my lord."

After she finished speaking, she waited for a moment, and seeing that Xiao Qingyuan seemed to have nothing else to say, she turned around and left with her maid.

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at Mo Ji: "Did I scold her too harshly yesterday, so she got angry and didn't want to talk to me anymore?"

"Master, the Crown Princess doesn't look like such a petty person. She probably isn't angry with you, otherwise she wouldn't have taken you in last night."

Take in?

You know what, even though this boy can barely recognize a few words, his choice of words is quite precise.

Didn’t Shen Wantang take him in last night?

"Since she's not angry, why isn't she willing to say a few more words to me?"

"Well... maybe the Crown Princess is afraid of annoying you. Didn't you always tell her to stay away from you?"

"Did I say that?"

"Yes, sir."

Not only did he say it, but he didn't say it so tactfully. His original words were to tell the Crown Princess to get out!

Xiao Qingyuan lowered his head and remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head again, lifted the curtain, and walked into the room.

Princess Ning was leaning on the couch by the window. She had a smile on her face as she had just met Shen Wantang. But as soon as Xiao Qingyuan came in, the smile disappeared.

She looked at her son calmly and asked him, "I heard from Nanny Quan that you scolded the Crown Prince's Consort last night and even threatened to divorce her?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked a little embarrassed: "Mother, I was too anxious yesterday, so I said harsh words. I have already apologized to Shen Wantang."

"Is it over just because you apologize? Now everyone in the mansion knows that you want to divorce your wife! And you're divorcing her for a woman who has no sense of shame and is unfaithful to her husband!"

Princess Ning was so angry that she slammed the table. This time she was not acting, she was really angry: "Except for her humble background, there is nothing wrong with the Crown Prince's Consort! Such a good girl is hard to find even with a lantern. It is a great blessing for our Ning Palace to marry such a daughter-in-law in our previous life!"

"How dare you go over my head and directly threaten to divorce her? You think you haven't hurt her enough, and you want to force her to death, right?! This is only because Tang'er is open-minded. If she were a little more narrow-minded, your words would be enough to embarrass her to the point of crying for days and nights!"