Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

What's going on? Didn't the prince already dislike Chu Yanluo? He beat her up and locked her up in the woodshed, so why did he bring her out again in the blink of an eye?

Could it be that the prince has already forgiven Chu Yanluo for having an affair with someone else?

Is the prince crazy? What kind of spell did Chu Yanluo cast on him that he could even forgive this?

Mo Ji was puzzled. He didn't know how Chu Yanluo did it, but his fear of Chu Yanluo increased a little more.

Soon, the news that Chu Yanluo and Xiao Qingyuan walked out of the woodshed hand in hand spread throughout the Prince Ning's Mansion like wings.

The maids and old women were talking about it.

"Chu Yanluo had an affair with someone, but the prince doesn't care? Is the prince so magnanimous?"

"That is to say, even though she is in this state, she can still win the favor of the prince again? Didn't the prince see with his own eyes that her body was covered with traces of pleasure? Doesn't the prince feel disgusted?"

"What's the big deal? She was pregnant before, but didn't the prince still love her to the point of madness and insisted on bringing her into the palace?"

"Tell me, what magic does Chu Yanluo have? Why can the prince be so infatuated with her?"

"Humph, what magic power does she have? She's just good at pretending and acting shameless! Men don't love women who are not bad. You are still young and don't understand men's hearts."

"But Chu Yanluo is too bad. First, she got pregnant with some man's bastard, and then she had sex with other men in the prince's bedroom. Is there really a man who likes such a bad woman?"

"Maybe the prince will fall for her tricks. She claims to be noble every day and portrays herself as a fairy who is different from us ordinary people! The prince is such a simple person, it's easy for him to be fooled by her."

"What about the Crown Prince's Consort? If the Crown Prince continues to be so affectionate with Chu Yanluo, won't the Crown Prince's Consort never be able to win his heart?"

"What do you mean by what to do with the Crown Prince's Consort? She is the Crown Prince's Consort, and the power of the housekeeper of the palace is in her hands. If that Chu wants to become a concubine, she must get the Crown Prince's Consort's approval. If the Crown Prince's Consort doesn't agree, she will have to live in the palace like this for the rest of her life. It's disgusting!"

……

In Wutong Garden.

Shen Wantang was reading a book. She had just taken out a copy of the Dafeng Mountain and River Records from the study in the palace. The copy was not available outside. She was reading it eagerly and was fascinated by the magnificent scenery of various places described in the book.

Qin Xin stamped her feet anxiously, "Princess, it's already this late, why are you still so engrossed in reading? Did you know that the woman from Jixin Temple was personally taken out of the woodshed by the prince, and they walked out hand in hand? This has spread throughout the mansion, and you're probably the last one to know!"

Shen Wantang didn't even raise his head, his eyes never left the page: "Oh, really?"

Qin anxiously walked around from her left side to her right side, and then from her right side to her left side: "I heard that Chu Yanluo hung a white silk on the beam, as if she was going to hang herself, but she was just saved by the prince! You say, how could it be such a coincidence that she was just about to hang herself and the prince just happened to push the door open and come in. She must have done it on purpose!"

Shen Wantang: “Yeah.”

"Also, Chu Yanluo scratched her face. The prince was so distressed that he took her back to Xingheyuan and cleaned her wound himself! She must have done this on purpose. She knew that the prince was soft-hearted and she was clearly trying to provoke him!"

Shen Wantang: “Oh.”

Qin Xin: “…”

As a maid, she was getting anxious and angry, wishing she could expose Chu Yanluo's hypocritical mask in front of the prince immediately. However, Shen Wantang, the master, was calm as if it had nothing to do with her. She didn't care what tricks Chu Yanluo had played or how much the prince doted on her.

She had never seen anyone as special as the Crown Prince's Consort! The book in her hand seemed more attractive to her than the Crown Prince.

Qin Xin thought for a moment, and then said, "Princess, the prince asked Mo Ji to find out where the Second Young Master Gu is, because Chu Yanluo said that the person who slept with her that night was the Second Young Master Gu, Gu Qianhan, not the First Young Master Yuan, so the prince wants to settle accounts with the Second Young Master Gu!"

Shen Wantang finally raised her head, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes: "Chu Yanluo said it was the Second Young Master Gu? Are you sure?"

Seeing that she finally stopped reading, Qin Xin nodded hurriedly: "Sure, absolutely sure, that's what Mo Ji said, he won't lie to me!"

Shen Wantang shook her head gently: "It can't be the Second Master Gu."

"Yes, I also think it is impossible that it is the Second Young Master Gu. The Second Young Master Gu and Miss Liu from Liuge's hometown are well-known as a perfect match in the capital. I heard that the two families are going to get married. Moreover, the Second Young Master Gu has always been chaste. How could he suddenly become beastly and have sex with that girl from Jixin Temple in our prince's courtyard!"

Qin Xin's analysis was very logical: "It must be that person from Jixin Temple who deliberately said it was the Second Young Master Gu in order to cover up for her lover, the First Young Master Yuan! The night before yesterday, the one who stayed in the prince's courtyard was not the Second Young Master Gu at all, but the First Young Master Yuan. He is the only one who has time to do that kind of thing!"

"Mo Ji also said that the second young master Gu and the first young master Yuan didn't get along, so he didn't even drink a sip of wine and just left!"

When Gu Qianhan left, not only did the servants and guards at the door see him, but he also walked to Wutong Garden by mistake. Everyone in Wutong Garden knew that Gu Qianhan had only stayed in the mansion for less than half an hour before leaving early.

Shen Wantang felt that Qin Xin’s analysis made sense, but she said it couldn’t be Gu Qianhan, not only because of these, but more importantly, she knew Gu Qianhan in her previous life and knew what kind of person he was.

In the previous life, before the entire Gu family was executed, Gu Qianhan was also obsessed with solving cases. He had a lot of dealings with the Dali Temple. As Liao Youhe's aide, Shen Wantang had met him many times.

She was dressed as a man at the time, because she was tall and always put on rough makeup and a beard, so no one could tell that she was a woman.

Except Gu Qianhan.

But after he realized that she was a woman, he never exposed it and pretended not to know.

At that time, Gu Qianhan was already in his thirties, but still unmarried. Liu Nanshi, the daughter of Elder Liu, who was known as his "golden boy and jade girl", had already married someone else.

According to his experience in his previous life, Gu Qianhan really had no interest in women. He never went after women or kept concubines. Apart from this, he had a wide range of interests, such as traveling around the mountains and rivers, playing chess, reading, playing Cuju and throwing pots, hunting in the mountains, solving false and wrongful cases, and so on.

The reason why the Gu family was wiped out was because Gu Qianhan stood up for justice in a false case.