Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Will there be no troubles if I marry into an ordinary family?

Of course not. Ordinary people would have more troubles. Shen Wantang had been married before in her previous life. People outside saw her enjoying the glory of being Mrs. Liao, but only she knew the suffering and anger she endured inside.

When a woman marries a man, she is marrying not only the man, but also his entire family.

No matter how difficult and troublesome Liao Youhe's mother was, Shen Wantang felt that it was enough whenever she thought about it.

Princess Ning had obviously never lived in poverty, and she had no idea that a trivial matter in an ordinary family could trigger a big war. From small things like cooking oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to big things like buying property and having children, there was always something her mother-in-law would intervene.

She clearly knew nothing, but she acted like she knew everything and taught her daughter-in-law how to do things.

Princess Ning's mother-in-law is the Queen Mother. She does not need to live with her mother-in-law. She only needs to visit the palace to pay her respects from time to time. Therefore, she has never experienced the irreconcilable conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in ordinary families.

Shen Wantang has experienced this, so she really cherishes having a mother-in-law like Princess Ning in this life.

Princess Ning looked at Shen Wantang's face and saw that her expression was sincere and her smile was genuine. She knew that she was not lying and that she really felt that it was a blessing to marry into the royal palace.

She couldn't help but pat Shen Wantang's hand. No one knew what kind of life this child had in the Shen family. Now that she came to the palace, she was so grateful. Her stepmother might be just like the rumors said, not an easy person to deal with.

"My dear, I feel relieved if you think this way. You have been busy treating Yuan'er's injuries and managing the household these days. You have been very hard-working. Yuan'er is almost well now. You don't have to worry about him. I heard that there are several new clothing material and rouge and powder shops in Beijing. Ask the maid to accompany you to go shopping. Put all the bills in my name and you can buy whatever you want."

Shen Wantang smiled brightly: "Thank you, mother!"

Her cousin had brought back a large amount of new materials from Jiangnan to Beijing some time ago. Because of Xiao Qingyuan's injury, she had not been able to find a chance to leave the house.

She didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so tolerant and open-minded, and she directly urged her to go shopping.

So after Princess Ning left, Shen Wantang packed up, changed into a newly made wide-sleeved moonlit dress, and went out with Qin Xin and Du Juan.

Their first stop was Zuixianlou.

It was lunch time, and Zuixianlou was bustling with people, very different from the last time they came.

Qin Xin and Du Juan protected Shen Wantang and blocked the diners coming in and out for her to prevent anyone from accidentally bumping into her.

"Princess, with so many people here, is there still a vacant private room?"

"Princess, their restaurant has changed so much. Last time I came, there was no one here, but this time it's packed! You helped make their restaurant popular, but now I'm afraid we don't even have a place to eat!"

Shen Wantang was also thinking about this question: "I guess there really won't be any seats left, but we can buy some and eat on the carriage, and then we can go to the clothing store while we eat."

But just as she finished her words, Li Yao's voice rang out, her tone filled with surprise and excitement: "How come the Crown Princess has time to come today? Please come in, upstairs!"

Shen Wantang turned to look at her, and seeing that she was still dressed in men's clothes, he smiled at her gently: "I saw that your restaurant is doing a booming business, so I came here to join in the fun. I wonder if the restaurant has any private rooms?"

"Yes, of course, I reserved one specially for you!"

As Li Yao spoke, he led her upstairs and brought her to the private room where she had dined last time.

Shen Wantang was surprised: "You've been keeping this private room like this?"

Li Yao closed the door of the private room and said with a smile, "Of course. After all, the Crown Prince's Consort can be considered my partner. It's normal to reserve a private room for a partner, isn't it?"

Shen Wantang chuckled and thought that Li Yao was a good partner.

Qin Xin and Du Juan, who were standing on both sides of Shen Wantang, looked at each other and saw pride in each other's eyes.

Look, how powerful their master is. He just came to Zuixianlou to give some advice to their chef, and Zuixianlou was revived in an instant and business is booming.

Then, the master directly became a partner of Zuixianlou. Even though Zuixianlou was so full of diners, the young master still insisted on reserving a private room for the master, waiting for her to come for dinner!

Soon, the table was filled with all kinds of delicious food, including dishes that Shen Wantang had previously recommended, as well as snacks that their chef had newly developed.

No matter what it was, as long as it was available at Zuixianlou, Li Yao would order a portion for Shen Wantang. The table was so full that it was almost full.

Shen Wantang would taste one or two bites of each dish, comment on its good and bad points, and then tell Li Yao how to improve it.

Li Yao seemed like a diligent and studious student. He listened and took notes at the same time, afraid of missing every word Shen Wantang said.

Because Shen Wantang not only changed the business situation of Zuixianlou, but also inadvertently changed her destiny.

Originally, her father and mother had been forcing her to get married and would not allow her to dress up as a man and run Zuixianlou. They planned to hand Zuixianlou over to her younger brother.

But ever since Shen Wantang helped to make Zuixianlou's business popular, her father never mentioned letting her get married again. He even praised her for the first time, saying that her business acumen was as good as men's and it was not a problem for her to run the restaurant.

Moreover, the restaurant had been making a lot of money recently, and her wallet had become visibly fatter, so she spent a lot of money to buy her mother a piece of the most popular dreamy snow-blue material. This material has a very nice name, called Shuiyunyan. It is soft and smooth, shiny and not easy to wrinkle, and is very popular among the noble ladies in Beijing.

The first person to wear this color was Princess Ning. She wore it into the palace before, and people in the palace saw that it looked beautiful, so they started wearing it too.

Then this trend quickly spread throughout the capital city. Now, Shui Yunyan is hard to come by. Whoever can wear Shui Yunyan to a banquet or go out for fun will surely attract a lot of attention. Many people will even come up to you and ask you which shop you bought the Shui Yunyan from.

After her mother received the Shui Yunyan she gave her, she would attract envious looks wherever she went, so that her mother was especially loving and kind to her these days and did not force her to get married.

Li Yao tasted the sweetness of making money and she became addicted. She vowed to completely surpass Qingyunlou and turn Zuixianlou into the largest restaurant in the capital, and then open branches in other places to make more money.

When Shen Wantang came out of Zuixian Tower again, an hour had passed.

She got into the carriage and shook her head helplessly: "It's not easy to be a partner. I thought I would be able to get out in half an hour at most."