Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

There is no way that the person in charge of registering gold in the Duke's Mansion would miss it.

The only possibility is that Gu Qianhan deliberately didn't let him remember.

Shen Wantang looked at Princess Ning: "Mother, look at this..."

Princess Ning was also surprised: "That guy doesn't seem to be such a careless person. He even forgot to record a thousand taels of gold."

Shen Wantang thought of a possibility: "Could it be that this is because he robbed Miss Chu and he paid compensation on purpose?"

"That's possible."

Princess Ning nodded: "It seems that he really likes Chu Yanluo. He spent a lot of money on her in Qingyun Tower before, and this time he compensated the palace with 1,000 taels of gold for her. I don't know what he likes about her. Is it just because she is beautiful?"

Shen Wantang couldn't answer this question. Everyone has different tastes. Sometimes you don't need a reason to like someone, but you do need a reason to dislike someone.

However, she also felt that Gu Qianhan should really like Chu Yanluo. Although he looked a little cold on the surface, he was actually willing to spend money, no, gold, on the person he loved.

Nanny Chai quickly asked someone to carry the one thousand taels of gold into the flower hall.

Shen Wantang opened the box and was almost blinded by the glittering gold inside.

She raised her hand and gently stroked the neatly stacked gold ingots, then turned to ask Princess Ning: "Mother, should we give this gold to the prince?" After all, Chu Yanluo was kidnapped, and it seemed that he was the one who suffered the greatest loss.

"What do you want him to do?"

"The prince looked very sad when Miss Chu left."

"What about you? Yuan'er has always been around Chu Yanluo, living and dying for her, and deliberately ignoring you for her. Aren't you sad?"

"I'm... sad."

"Then this 1,000 taels of gold belongs to you. You are the one who has suffered the most injustice in the entire palace. No matter who Gu Qianhan compensates with this gold, you should take it anyway!"

Princess Ning stood up and straightened Shen Wantang's slightly wrinkled sleeves lovingly: "Everyone says that Chu Yanluo is a beauty, but I think that the Crown Prince's Consort of our Ning Palace is the most beautiful one. Now that Chu Yanluo is gone, there is no one in the palace who can seduce Yuan'er away. You should spend more time with him on weekdays and try to let me hold my grandson as soon as possible, okay?"

Shen Wantang lowered her head, a shy look on her face: "Mother is right, my daughter-in-law will spend more time with the prince."

Princess Ning smiled and left with her maid.

After she left, the shyness on Shen Wantang's face disappeared in an instant. She pondered for a moment and told Madam Chai: "Ask the prince to come to my courtyard tonight and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

"Yes."

Shen Wantang lowered his head, looked at the golden gold, and a smile appeared on his face.

It’s no wonder that Chu Yanluo accepted Gu Qianhan’s gold that day in Qingyun Building. It’s really hard not to be tempted by so many gold ingots in front of you!

However, I later heard that Chu Yanluo returned the gold. I wonder if this was the box she returned to Gu Qianhan.

If Chu Yanluo knew that the gold she returned was sent here, would she faint from anger?

The day passed quickly.

In the evening, Shen Wantang took a walk in the garden as usual.

Mu Ge was waiting for her on the road she had to pass. When he saw her, he immediately stepped forward and saluted her very respectfully: "Mu Ge greets the Crown Prince's Consort."

Shen Wantang looked at her and knew what she was planning as she was dressed exactly the same as Chu Yanluo. Although Mu Ge told everyone that she wore white clothes and a white ribbon because she was mourning for her parents, in fact, mourning only requires plain clothes, and very few people would wear white clothes all the time.

She looked at Mu Ge calmly: "Miss Mu, is there something wrong?"

Mu Ge held up a sachet with both hands: "Thank you for taking me in, I am very grateful. I am not good at other skills, but I am barely proficient in needlework, so Mu Ge specially made a sachet for the princess, and I hope the princess will not dislike it."

Shen Wantang looked at the sachet. It had a sky blue background and ordinary material, but the pink peonies and light yellow butterflies embroidered on it were so lifelike that the butterflies seemed as if they would fly off the fabric at any moment.

Her needlework is not just an expert in one or two things; it is a skill that can only be achieved through talent and hard practice.

Shen Wantang asked Qin Xin to take the sachet, and then said, "You are good at needlework."

Mu Ge's face was full of excitement: "Thank you for the compliment, if the princess can appreciate Mu Ge's craftsmanship, Mu Ge will make more things for her in the future. What does the princess like? Mu Ge can also make handkerchiefs and shoes!"

Shen Wantang said calmly, "Don't bother yourself. Miss Mu is a guest. Just take a rest."

She said something to me and left with her maids.

Mu Ge stood there sullenly, watching Shen Wantang leave like the moon surrounded by stars. She bit her lip and walked towards Xingheyuan.

Qin Xin looked at the direction where Mu Ge went without any expression, and whispered to Shen Wantang, "Crown Princess, Mu Ge went to look for the Crown Prince."

Shen Wantang didn't even raise his eyelids: "Let her be."

Qin Xin was worried: "Don't we need to stop her? The prince is probably in a vulnerable state right now, and Mu Ge might take advantage of the situation."

Shen Wantang said softly: "You can stop him for a while, but you can't stop him forever. Everything depends on the prince's own wishes. There is still a long future. Even if Mu Ge doesn't exist, there will be others."

There are very few men who do not take concubines. Even a noble woman like Princess Ning has to share her husband with other women. Even though Prince Ning respects Princess Ning very much and does not even have a concubine, he still has several concubines.

It's just that the Ning Wang's wife has thundering methods and is protected by her husband, so the concubines under her have no children, and the Ning Wang's Mansion is much more peaceful.

"Princess, are you going to promote Mu Ge? Let the prince take her as a concubine?"

"Why would I praise her? I don't know her background, and she might even have ulterior motives. I can't trust her. If I want to praise her, I will naturally praise you first. How can I praise someone from outside?"

Shen Wantang said, looking at Qin Xin with a slight smile in his eyes: "Do you want to serve the prince? If you are willing, I can..."

Qin Xin was shocked: "I don't want to!"

"Why are you panicking? I'm not testing you. I'm asking you seriously."

Shen Wantang said this and looked at the other maids.

The four maids given to her by Princess Ning accompanied her for a walk today. Qinxin was the smartest and talkative one on weekdays. As for the other three, Qiyu was calm and steady, spoke little but was very perceptive, and scholarly was not good-looking, but she had a basic understanding of literature and could read accounts. Shen Wantang would ask her to help sort out the account books and the like.

The last one, Huayi, is the most beautiful of the four maids.

She has fair skin, a pair of eyes that can speak, cherry lips, a beautiful nose, and eyebrows like a painting.