Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

The corners of Shen Wantang's lips curved up: "Why, has Mo Ji been in there?"

Qin Xin quickly shook her head, "How can that be possible? The study is an important place in the palace. We servants are not allowed to enter. Mo Ji can only enter the outer room of the study, which is where the prince rests when he is tired of studying. He cannot enter the inner study. He heard the prince mention the collection of books inside, so he knows a little more."

Shen Wantang nodded, handed the key to her and asked her to keep it carefully.

Then she picked out a few pieces of fabric to keep for herself, and gave the rest away as gifts.

Of course, people like Aunt Chai, Du Juan, Qin Xin and the others would pick first. Only after they had picked all the items left would they give them to others to choose.

Wutong Garden was bustling with activity for a while. Everyone knew that the princess treated the crown prince's wife very well and gave her many fashionable fabrics. The crown prince's wife had so many clothes that she could not wear them all, so the princess generously gave them many clothes.

They also knew that the one who came from Jixin Temple was completely defeated. Because she had an affair with someone, she was locked up in the woodshed by the prince's personal order.

In this fight, the Crown Prince’s Consort won a great victory!

The maids and old women serving in Wutong Garden all had joyful faces. Those who were allocated materials all came to thank Shen Wantang and express their loyalty, while those who were not allocated materials all worked very hard, hoping to get a reward next time.

After all, they all know that the Crown Prince's Consort is not a stingy person. As long as you do your job well, she will not treat you unfairly.

……

Wenbo Mansion.

Yuan Zheng was making love with a maidservant when the door was kicked open.

He was so frightened that he immediately collapsed.

He heard his servant loudly stop him: "Prince, you can't come in, Prince, our master is not convenient to see guests at this time!"

But Xiao Qingyuan didn't care about all that. He broke into the inner room, pulled Yuan Zheng up from the bed, and then raised his fist and punched him in the face.

Yuan Zheng cried out in pain, and the maidservant on the bed screamed and shrank into a ball.

Xiao Qingyuan glanced at the woman who was half-covered with a thin blanket. There were red marks on her exposed shoulders and neck that were very similar to those on Chu Yanluo.

He was furious and couldn't help but punch Yuan Zheng again.

Yuan Zheng's nose was bleeding from the beating. He covered his nose and shouted angrily: "Qingyuan, why are you mad at me? Did I offend you?"

"Yuan Zheng, you still have the nerve to ask me?!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face was tense, and he said angrily: "I treat you as a brother, but you slept with my woman! You have so many women that you can't count them, why do you still touch Yan Luo? You know that she is the only one I have, and you also know how much I care about her!"

Yuan Zheng was stunned. He didn't expect Chu Yanluo to be exposed so quickly, but he quickly reacted and shouted, "Brother Qingyuan, I am innocent! I have never touched the one in your family!"

"You still want to deny it? Everyone in the palace knows that you left in the middle of the night, and someone heard you and Yan Luo...you..."

Xiao Qingyuan couldn't continue. Whenever he thought about Chu Yanluo and Yuan Zheng having slept in his room, he felt heartbroken.

"Prince, you must have misunderstood. I did leave in the middle of the night, but I really didn't touch your beauty! You also said that I have too many women to count. I don't lack women at all, so why would I touch yours!"

Yuan Zheng said, pulling over the shivering maidservant who was huddled in the corner, "Please look, my maidservant is no worse than the one in your house. She has almond eyes and rosy cheeks, and a slim figure. She is truly the best! I have been focusing all my energy on her these days, so how can I have the energy to touch your woman!"

"Besides, you know that my mother has arranged an excellent marriage for me. I will be married next month. How could I cause trouble at this critical moment?"

Xiao Qingyuan frowned: "It's really not you?"

"It really wasn't me, I swear!"

"Then why did you leave in the middle of the night? I was very drunk, Gu Qianhan left early, and you were the only one left in my yard!"

"I don't know what happened. I usually have a good alcohol tolerance, but that day I only drank a few glasses of wine and passed out. The servants couldn't wake me up. When I woke up, it was already midnight. Then I left in a hurry."

Yuan Zheng said sincerely: "Qingyuan, you and I are best brothers. No matter how bad I am, I will never touch your woman! You know, I am a man of loyalty and I value brotherhood the most!"

"You said you wanted to drink, so I immediately went to your house with the best wine. You said you were short of money, so I sent someone to send you 20,000 taels of silver without hesitation!"

"Twenty thousand taels, Qingyuan, how many maids can I buy, how many times can I go to Wanhua Tower? Do I need to touch your woman?"

"I'm not trying to discourage you. You're the only one who treats Chu Yanluo as a treasure. In fact, I think she's just ordinary. I have no interest in her."

Xiao Qingyuan suddenly felt a little uncertain. Yuan Zheng was famous for his loyalty throughout the capital, so it didn't make sense that he suddenly slept with Chu Yanluo.

He couldn't help but ask Yuan Zheng: "Did you know Yan Luo before? Have you seen her before?"

"I definitely don't know him! I've definitely never seen him before!"

"But, besides you, who else would touch Yan Luo? That night, besides you, there was only Gu Qianhan, but Qianhan is not the kind of person who likes to touch women randomly. He has never touched any of the maids that his family has prepared for him, so how could he touch Yan Luo?"

Yuan Zheng showed a disdainful expression on his face: "That's hard to say, some people pretend to be righteous, but they can do anything dirty in private!"

"How do you know whether he touches women or not? Maybe he did, but he didn't tell you. Or maybe, because he never touched women, he couldn't control himself when he met a beautiful one."

"Unlike me, I have been playing with women every day, and I am tired of them. Women are no longer new to me, and I won't have any bad thoughts about my brother's women."

"Your Highness, please don't trust Gu Qianhan too much. He is much more scheming than you and me. He is a person that is impossible to figure out!"

Xiao Qingyuan frowned: "I know that Gu Qianhan is scheming, and it's true that he never shows his emotions, but it's also true that he doesn't touch women, I can be sure of that."

In fact, there have always been rumors in the capital that Gu Qianhan doesn't like women. He is a homosexual and only likes men, especially handsome men.

There are even rumors that Gu Qianhan and he are a couple, and that he is pursuing Chu Yanluo like crazy just to cover up his tracks.

The latter rumor was of course false, but Xiao Qingyuan suspected that the first rumor was true.