Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Before the wedding procession arrived, the Shen family had already received news that Prince Ning had returned from Fazhen Temple and was coming to welcome the bride in person.

Shen Mingxuan, who had come back specially to watch the fun, stood up suddenly after hearing the news and slapped the messenger in the face: "Impossible! Prince Ning can't possibly come to pick up the bride, you're lying!"

The messenger was frightened by her ferocious appearance, and knelt down with his hands covering his face: "I am not lying, Miss, what I said is true!"

He thought it was good news, so he rushed back to pass on the message in order to get some rewards. However, he did not expect to get any rewards and was even beaten!

Shen Guannian frowned: "Xuan'er, what are you doing? Today is your sister's big day, why do you have to hit someone?"

Qi, who was standing by, immediately glared at her daughter, signaling her not to talk nonsense or hit people in such an occasion, as there were many guests at home today!

She pulled her daughter behind her, a look of joy on her face: "It's great that the prince can come to pick up the bride, Nanny Yin, come and give us the reward!"

Nanny Yin took two pieces of silver and handed them to the messenger boy.

The boy was only thirteen or fourteen years old. His cheek was swollen after being slapped by Shen Mingxuan, and tears were in his eyes. He hurriedly held the change tightly. With this money, he could buy medicine for his mother's treatment.

He didn't dare to let tears fall. He knelt down and kowtowed, thanked Qi loudly for the reward, and then quickly retreated.

Not long after he left, the wedding procession arrived, and leading the way was the extremely handsome and cold-looking Prince Ning, Xiao Qingyuan!

The moment she saw Xiao Qingyuan coming in, Shen Mingxuan's pupils trembled and her face turned pale. She cried out in a daze as if she had seen a ghost: "Impossible! How could he come!"

Shen Guannian frowned again. No one really expected the prince to come, but no one would say this out loud, let alone his family members.

He scolded Shen Mingxuan in a low voice: "If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak. Go back to your room and don't come out and embarrass yourself!"

He still wanted to have a good relationship with the Ning Palace, so he couldn't offend the Ning Prince's son at this time.

Shen Wantang, who was sitting in the room waiting for the bride to arrive, was a little surprised when he heard Du Juan say that Prince Ning was coming in person to pick up the bride.

In the previous life, Prince Ning did not come to the Shen family to pick up the bride. On the day of his wedding with Shen Mingxuan, he was still beating a wooden fish in the temple. The person who came to pick up the bride on his behalf was one of Prince Ning's men, and the one who married Shen Mingxuan was a big rooster.

It was not until a year later that he actually returned home.

Shen Wantang was wearing a veil, so no one could see her expression. She felt a little regretful at the moment.

She actually thought it was good that Prince Ning didn't go home, as it would be bad if he did.

If he doesn't come home, she only needs to please her mother-in-law, Princess Ning, and she can live a leisurely life. Once he comes home, won't she have an extra living ancestor?

Shen Wantang knew clearly that the one who caused this change could only be herself and no one else.

If I had known this earlier, I would have performed worse in front of Nanny Quan. She must have said something good about her in front of the princess, so the princess forced the Prince of Ning to come back and get married.

Really, she really wanted Nanny Quan to help her speak well of her in front of the princess, but she didn't do it for the love-minded prince, she wanted to establish a good relationship with Princess Ning in advance.

She wanted to win over her mother-in-law, not that lovesick man. Who cares whether he comes home or not? Isn't it good for her to live a leisurely life with her mother-in-law, the princess?

The blast of firecrackers and the roar of gongs and drums interrupted Shen Wantang's thoughts.

Soon, she was supported by Quanfu people, walked out of her courtyard, bid farewell to her parents, and got on the sedan chair carried by her eldest brother.

All she could see was the lover's shoes. He was obviously reluctant to marry her, so he didn't say a word.

With music and dance all the way, they arrived at Prince Ning's mansion. The two of them bowed to heaven and earth, and were surrounded by a large group of people as they entered the bridal chamber.

However, when it was time to remove the veil and drink the wine, under the repeated urging of the bridesmaid, the romantic suddenly said: "I don't want to marry her. Whoever wants to marry her can remove the veil. I won't do it!"

The originally lively bridal chamber suddenly fell into a cold and awkward atmosphere because of his words.

Everyone looked at each other, all thinking that the prince had gone too far. They all looked at Shen Wantang with sympathy. She must be about to cry out of grievance. On the wedding day, the groom refused to lift the veil and said that she was not the one he wanted to marry. He did not give the bride any face. This was a great shame and the darkest moment of a lifetime.

Even the usually eloquent bridesmaid was a little at a loss. Where had she ever met such a rebellious groom?

Among all the people, Shen Wantang was probably the calmest and most indifferent. However, she was wearing a veil, so others could not see her expression.

After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he just flicked his sleeves and left.

The onlookers quickly dispersed, and soon only the maids and nannies from the palace and the maids and nannies that Shen Wantang brought from the Shen family were left in the bridal chamber.

There was dead silence in the room.

Shen Wantang raised her hand and took off her veil. She glanced at the people in the room calmly and said, "You've all worked hard today. Let's all go back and take a rest!"

She didn't cry or make a fuss, she took off her veil by herself, her eyes were peaceful and her voice was calm.

Apparently the newly married princess is just as Nanny Quan said, a steady person.

Madam Chai remembered the princess's instructions and stepped forward to bow. "Princess, my surname is Chai. I was originally the maidservant beside the princess. From now on, I will serve the princess. The four of them are the first-class maids in the palace. They are Qinxin, Qiyu, Shuxiang, and Huayi. They will serve the princess exclusively from now on."

The four maids came forward one by one to greet Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang took note of the four people and asked Du Juan to reward them.

"Does the Crown Princess need anything?"

Shen Wantang smiled faintly: "Okay, thank you, Madam. I am indeed hungry."

Seeing that she could actually laugh, Aunt Chai was somewhat impressed by her magnanimity. If it were someone else, it would be considered a light punishment if they didn't cry and make a fuss, so how could they laugh?

She responded and went out with the maids.

The only people left in the room were those brought by Shen Wantang from the Shen family.

But among the four maids and one nanny she brought with her, she only trusted Du Juan, and the rest were all from the Qi family. Qi had no good intentions in giving her these people.

"Du Juan stays, and the rest of you leave!"

The three maids all looked at Nanny Jin.

Nanny Jin didn't move, and scolded with a look of dissatisfaction: "Second Miss, why didn't you keep the prince? You should cry and make a scene, so that he knows that you are not easy to bully. If you don't say anything, he will think you are a soft persimmon and will not take you seriously in the future!"

Shen Wantang said indifferently: "I think Nanny Jin doesn't take me seriously right now."

Nanny Jin raised her eyebrows and said, "Second Miss, what do you mean by this? I am only giving you this advice for your own good!"