The main courtyard of the palace.

This is the yard where He Qingchen lives.

It’s called Fufengyuan.

It was taken from "Still staying in Fufeng, buying wine to comfort myself", and was the name written by He Qingchen himself.

Normally, the princess should have her own courtyard, but the wedding was rushed and it was inconvenient for He Qingchen to move, so the mansion decided to set up the new house in Fufeng Courtyard.

As soon as he entered the yard, a familiar sharp voice came from the room: "You are a concubine's daughter, what else can you do?"

He Qingchen's expression froze, and he walked over in two steps at a time, but stopped at the door and stared inside without blinking, as if he wanted to see how Shen Guidi would react to such a scene.

Under the bed, Nanny An, who was always calm and composed, had a gloomy face and a somewhat ferocious expression.

On the bed, Shen Guidi lay in a lazy posture.

She was only wearing a white undershirt, with the quilt slipping down onto her legs. She turned sideways with her head tilted, looking at Nanny An dimly, with a look of grievance and resentment.

Perhaps because she was suddenly woken up, there was still a hint of fatigue between her brows, but her lips were slightly curled.

On the side of her neck, which should have been white, there were faint red marks, which almost spread to the back of her ears, adding a touch of charm to her that was completely different from what he had seen in his previous life. It was the charm that came from being watered by a man.

As He Qingchen watched, his gaze became increasingly intense.

Shen Guidi seemed to sense something and looked sideways. After seeing the increasingly strong desire in his eyes, she suddenly shuddered and hurriedly pulled her quilt to cover her sore and tired body.

He Qingchen lowered his eyes, walked over slowly, sat on the edge of the bed and held Shen Guidi in his arms.

Shen Gui put her hand on his chest, trying to push him away, but failed. Instead, she heard the person beside her speak in a slightly cold voice: "Mammy, is this how you talk to my princess?"

Nanny An frowned, obviously surprised by He Qingchen's coldness.

This has never happened before.

She was frightened and thought she had misheard.

Seeing He Qingchen hugging Shen Guidi as if no one was around, her face became more serious. She didn't hesitate and reminded him immediately: "Your Highness, she, she is not Lord Lin's daughter, but..."

"This king knows."

He Qingchen directly interrupted what Nanny An was about to say.

He knew that what Nanny An wanted to say was nothing more than the word "concubine's daughter".

But he had a hunch that his Ah-yi didn't like this word very much, and even felt that there must be something fishy about her identity in the inner house of the Lin family, otherwise, she wouldn't have shown such a mocking look when he mentioned the word "concubine" last night.

Since she didn't like it, he didn't say anything.

You can’t tell others about it.

"You knew?" Nanny An stared at Shen Guidi in disbelief, "She confessed to you last night?"

She thought that his prince had been in a coma for many days and did not recognize the new princess when he suddenly woke up, so he made a mistake and had sex with this woman. She didn't expect that she had confessed her identity so early?

Did she say that she was just a concubine's daughter abandoned in the countryside by the Lin family and took her mother's surname?

Your Majesty doesn’t care?

He Qingchen didn't have the time to think about what Nanny An was thinking at the moment. With the fragrant and soft jade in his arms, and Shen Guidi rubbing against him from time to time, he only felt the heat in his lower abdomen surging, and the desire that he had suppressed rose again.

If there were no outsiders present, and if he hadn't had something else to do later, he would have been afraid...

"Alright, I have my own plans for this matter. As you are also unaware of what happened today, I will not bother with you. In the future, Madam, you must be as careful in what you say and do as you were in the palace."

When Nanny An heard this, her body froze.

She looked at He Qingchen in astonishment, with a strange layer of grievance and dissatisfaction in her eyes that could not be ignored. He Qingchen's words were not polite at all, and even contained an implicit warning.

This would have been impossible in the past.

Your Majesty, what’s wrong?

How come after going out, I became estranged from her when I came back?

Nanny An felt a little bitter, but she still had to say what she needed to say.

She looked at He Qingchen steadily, her tone somewhat tough: "My Lord, since you know her identity, you should know that His Majesty gave you the daughter of the Lin family in marriage, but the Lin family disobeyed the emperor's will and despised the royal family. They clearly wanted to bring you good luck, but they sent such a... rough woman. What are they thinking? They... clearly don't want you to be well!"

If a person who has been injured so badly that he can only hope for a happy occasion meets someone with a birth date that conflicts with his, wouldn't he die on the spot?

This is not something you can think about.

Nanny An couldn't calm down when she thought about it. She pointed at Shen Guidi in He Qingchen's arms with trembling hands and accused him dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, it's fine if the Lin family finds someone to marry her, but she is just a concubine's daughter..."

"Shut up!" He Qingchen growled, "Madam An, am I too polite to you on weekdays, so now you even dare to criticize my princess?"

"I……"

"I have already said that she is my princess consort. It has nothing to do with whose daughter she is or her background. Since you don't understand, then you can take a rest and temporarily hand over the internal affairs of the palace to Wang Huan."

Wang Huan was the other person who handled the affairs of the palace together with Nanny An.

The two have clear division of labor, one is responsible for external affairs, and the other is responsible for internal affairs. They do not interfere with each other, but they also check and balance each other. There is still harmony between the two.

The affairs of the palace must naturally be handed over to Shen Guidi.

but not now.

Shen Guidi had just entered the palace, and the situation with the Lin family was still not settled. Before all the hidden dangers were eliminated, it would not be a good idea to rashly take over the affairs of the palace and directly confront Nanny An, who had been in the palace for many years and had deep-rooted power.

What's more, the palace has many affairs to deal with, as can be seen from the fact that Wang Huan is exhausted all day long.

He Qingchen couldn't bear to see Shen Guicui tired, and was even more afraid that she would be wronged, tired, or even injured in places where he didn't notice.

Nanny An didn't know what He Qingchen was thinking.

She was dumbfounded. "Your Majesty, you can't, you can't do this to me. I have worked diligently over the years to keep the palace in good order. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard."

In this aristocratic family mansion, who doesn't flatter the powerful and bully the weak?

She had only given a few words of advice, but her power as housekeeper was taken away. From now on, where would she find a place to stay in the palace?

"So what? Have I treated you badly over the years?" He Qingchen asked lightly, choking Nanny An's remaining words in her throat, unable to utter any more.

She felt confused and aggrieved.

Everything was fine, why did it become like this?

She couldn't understand it, but He Qingchen was not like that.

Although he was the eldest son of the emperor and had a noble status, he had a hard time in the harem since he was a child. Nanny An was one of the few people who gave him a ray of light, and he almost regarded her as his own mother.

After leaving the palace and setting up his own residence, he felt sorry for her as she was old and alone without anyone to rely on in the palace, so he asked his mother, the queen mother, to bring Nanny An out.

He was also afraid that the people in the palace would neglect him, so he gave her the power of housekeeper and gave her enough respect.

In his heart, Nanny An was the person closest to him and the one least likely to betray him.

But it was she who betrayed him.

He Qingchen also knew that Nanny An was forced into it. Everyone has to make choices. Nanny An simply chose what was more important to her and gave up him when faced with a dilemma. This was just her choice.

He doesn't hate, but he can't help but feel resentful.

Now that he has a new life, he doesn't want to, and won't, have any inappropriate expectations of Nanny An anymore.

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