Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Xie Chengyin remembered that the General's Mansion in his previous life was destroyed in the 26th year of Tianqing, the second year after the death of Crown Prince Shen Zhaoyong.

Emperor Tianqing personally issued an imperial decree to execute the entire family.

Looking at Yan Ci's sad expression, Xie Chengyin didn't dare to tell her the ending of his previous life.

Now that they have been reborn, many things have changed, so they can also change the destruction of the General's Mansion.

According to the original trajectory, it would take another three years for something to happen in the General's Mansion. But why did something unexpected happen in just the 23rd year of Tianqing?

Could it be that because they changed some things, many things happened earlier?

But unlike in his previous life, he was only stripped of his title, and his entire family was not executed. The general's mansion was still there. Although Hua Cishu was exiled, as long as he was not dead, there was still room for recovery.

Xie Chengyin took out a stack of letters from his arms. They were the letters that Yan Ci got from Prince Xiang's Mansion and gave to Qicun.

"Don't worry, we are not at the end of our rope yet, we still have a chance. I have read the letters you asked Qicun to give me, and if I am not mistaken, the person who wrote the letters is Prime Minister Xiao Chengzhang."

Yan Ci showed a surprised expression on his face, "Why did Shen Zhaoyan lock up Xiao Chengzhang's letter separately? The letters between them involve so many secrets. He should burn them after reading them."

"Perhaps, Shen Zhaoyan wants to use this as evidence. If the truth is revealed one day, Xiao Chengzhang will be mercilessly pushed out as a scapegoat. If everything goes well, these letters will be enough to make Xiao Chengzhang always stand on his side."

"Has Xie Chengzhang never thought that these letters he wrote could be used as evidence?"

"I'm afraid he didn't expect that his nephew, whom he wholeheartedly assisted, would be guarding against him behind his back."

Xiao Chengzhang indeed did not expect this, otherwise he would not have married his daughter to Shen Zhaoyan.

But he did have some leverage over Shen Zhaoyan. Putting aside other things, Hua Cijing's death was his biggest threat to Shen Zhaoyan.

It has been three days since Prince Xiang's wedding. Originally, he should have brought his new bride to the palace to pay his respects to the Queen on the second day.

However, because Emperor Tianqing fell ill, the matter of paying respects to the palace was temporarily put on hold.

At this time in Prince Xiang's Mansion, Shen Zhaoyan, who should have been in great joy as a newlywed, was exhausted by the affairs in the harem.

The cause was that Yan Ru, as a concubine, went to pay her respects to the new princess Xiao Yizhen.

Because Prime Minister Xiao deliberately concealed the truth and Shen Zhaoyan never mentioned it specifically, Xiao Yizhen did not know that Shen Zhaoyan already had a concubine before she married into Prince Xiang's Mansion.

It was not until the second day after the wedding that Xiao Yizhen, who had been alone in the empty room all night, heard the maid come to report that Concubine Yan came to pay her respects.

Xiao Yizhen was stunned. "Concubine Yan, when did the mansion have a concubine?"

Although she was surprised, she still received Yan Ru according to etiquette.

However, Yan Ru did not come simply to pay her respects. She also wanted to take this opportunity to see what kind of temperament the new princess had and whether it would be easy to get along with her in the future.

Before the new princess entered the mansion, she was the only master in the mansion besides Shen Zhaoyan. Although she couldn't be said to have been granted every request, she lived a smooth life.

Although Shen Zhaoyan didn't visit her often, she lived alone in a huge courtyard, and her food, clothing and other necessities were all the best, which was many times better than her life in the Yan Mansion.

However, she was just a concubine after all, and it was by coincidence that she became Shen Zhaoyan's concubine, so she felt a sense of crisis about Xiao Yizhen who later married into the palace.

Xiao Yizhen, who had not slept all night, changed out of her wedding dress with the help of her maid, put on woman's makeup, and applied thick powder on her face to cover the dark circles under her eyes.

On the wedding night, her new husband did not return home all night because he stayed in the palace to take care of an illness. Although she understood, she couldn't help feeling resentful.

When she saw Yan Ru, dressed in rose-red concubine's attire and looking seductive and charming, her resentment grew even stronger.

Yan Ru had not properly learned the etiquette of a concubine meeting the principal wife. She imitated what she saw when her mother met Jiang Qingqing in the Yan residence. She stood below and bowed her head to Xiao Yizhen, saying softly, "I, Yan Ru, greet the princess."

Xiao Yizhen didn't say anything. Nanny Sun, who was standing next to Xiao Yizhen, strode down, walked up to Yan Ru, and slapped Yan Ru in the face.

"You have to kneel down and bow when you meet the princess. That's what your Yan family taught you."

Yan Ru raised her hand to cover the burning half of her face, then glared fiercely at the old lady who slapped her, feeling very unconvinced.

An old servant dared to hit her.

Nanny Sun used to be someone close to Xiao Ling. Since Xiao Ling married into the Imperial Palace, she was transferred to be by Xiao Yizhen's side. She was also an old nanny with a very high status in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Now that she has married into the palace with Xiao Yizhen, her purpose is to help Xiao Yizhen manage the maids and servants in the palace who are disobedient.

Even though Yan Ru was not a maid in the mansion, in the eyes of Nanny Sun, there was no difference between a concubine and a maid.

Anyone who is disrespectful to the princess should be taught a lesson.

She was used to teaching others a lesson, and had never seen anyone dare to stare at her like that. Seeing Yan Ru's unconvinced look, she said viciously: "Kneel down!"

Yan Ru had never been scolded like this before. She was a concubine and a master in the palace. There was no reason for her to be scolded by an old maid.

Staring at the vicious and ferocious Nanny Sun, Yan Ru raised his hand and slapped her back.

She has never lost in a slapping fight!

Nanny Sun was stunned by the sudden slap. It took her a while to come back to her senses. Her face turned blue, then red, then red, and then purple. She pointed at Yan Ru and said, "You! You are simply lawless!"

Yan Ru's eyes were full of disdain. "I slapped you and you became lawless. You, a servant, hit me, and I, a concubine, can't I fight back?"

Nanny Sun was so angry at Yan Ci's retort that she was gasping for breath. Just as she was about to retort, she heard Xiao Yizhen, who was sitting in the seat of honor, speak.

"What Concubine Yan said is true. No matter what, you are still the prince's concubine. It is wrong for Nanny to hit you. But since you are a concubine, and you come to pay your respects to me today, shouldn't you offer tea to this princess?"

Xiao Yizhen spoke slowly and calmly, without any of the rage that her nanny had shown after being beaten. Her tone was gentle, yet it carried an irrefutable authority.

Yan Yanru lowered his head and said softly, "Yes."

She could slap Nanny Sun in the face for hitting her, but she could only obey Xiao Yizhen, the princess.

Because when she used her status to suppress Nanny Sun, Xiao Yizhen also used her status to suppress her.

Nanny Sun looked at Yan Ru, who had lost her momentum, snorted coldly and looked at the maid beside her. The maid got the hint and immediately ran to pour tea. After a while, she came back with a teacup.

Nanny Sun touched the teacup with her hand and said to Yan Ru with a fake smile, "Concubine Yan, please come closer and serve tea to the princess."

Yan Ru walked forward, took the teacup that Nanny Sun handed to her, and knelt in front of Xiao Yizhen, "Please have some tea, Princess."

However, Xiao Yizhen lowered her eyes and did not answer it.

If she didn't take it, Yan Ru would hold it.

Slowly, Yan Ru felt that her hands were about to break off. Not only that, her palms were red and swollen from the burns.

That cup of tea was boiling hot tea that Nanny Sun had specially poured for Yan Ru to kneel there and hold.

Isn't she crazy? There are plenty of ways to deal with her.