Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

In the Shen Mansion.

Shen Mingxuan has not returned to her husband's home since the day of Shen Wantang's wedding.

Life in the Liao family was simply not a life for human beings, so of course she would rather stay at her parents' home.

However, she was not a fool. She knew that she couldn't make things too awkward with Liao Youhe, otherwise even if he became successful in the future, he would not be able to treat her well. So she took the initiative to talk to Liao Youhe and coaxed him to stay at the Shen family. Only then did the couple ease their cold relationship.

Qi originally thought that this was a good opportunity for the two to consummate their marriage, but she didn't expect that Liao Youhe was like a wooden man, completely indifferent to her beautiful daughter. He even arranged the two of them to sleep in the same room on the same bed, but he didn't even touch a hair of her daughter.

At this moment, she was extremely angry and irritated: "You have been married for more than a month, and he still hasn't consummated the marriage with you. How pedantic! This matter has already spread out. Do you know how others are laughing at you?"

Shen Mingxuan has been eating and sleeping well at home these days, and she is in good spirits: "Mom, it doesn't matter if they laugh at me now, they will envy me in the future. In the future, You He will be as famous as his name!"

"In the future, you only keep talking about the future, and you don't even know how far in the future that is! I don't care about the future, I just hope that you can live a good life now, and live a life that makes people outside envious!"

"Don't worry, You He will pass the imperial examination next year, and I will follow him to take up the post. When we come back, no one in the capital will dare to say anything about us."

"Are you sure? Can he really pass the imperial examination?"

"Of course I am sure. In his previous life, he passed the imperial examination. Didn't I tell you that?"

"But you also said that Prince Ning would never come to welcome the bride, and that Shen Wantang would lose face. But what happened? The prince came to welcome the bride! Not only did Shen Wantang not lose face, but she gained face!"

Shen Mingxuan laughed disdainfully: "Tsk, how can she have any face? On the day of the wedding, didn't the prince leave without removing the veil? This matter has been known to everyone, she is so embarrassed!"

"As for the prince coming to pick up the bride, it was just a small accident. No one knows what's wrong with him, but it's obvious that he and Shen Wantang can't consummate their marriage. It's normal for some things to be different from the previous life. It can't be exactly the same, but the final result will definitely be the same. Xiao Qingyuan will die, and Liao Youhe will be promoted to a higher position and sit on the throne of the Supreme Court."

Qi opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

For a moment, she didn't know whether it was more embarrassing that her daughter had been married for more than a month but her son-in-law still refused to consummate the marriage with her, or that Shen Wantang's veil had not been unveiled.

Anyway, the Shen family has brought shame upon themselves recently, and everyone is laughing at them.

Shen Mingxuan ate some snacks and continued, "Just wait and see. Xiao Qingyuan will not accompany Shen Wantang back this time. He has no one else in his eyes except that damned nun. Shen Wantang will come back alone. How pitiful and sad!"

In her previous life, she returned home alone because Xiao Qingyuan didn't recognize her as the Crown Prince's Consort at all and he was still wholeheartedly pursuing Chu Yanluo.

As soon as she finished speaking, a little maid ran in in a panic: "Oh no, oh no! Madam, something terrible has happened, outside..."

Before she could finish her words, Qi interrupted her coldly: "You unlucky thing, my daughter is fine here! Who taught you to come in so rudely? Who taught you to say such unlucky words?!"

"Madame Yin, slap my face!"

After receiving the order, Nanny Yin stepped forward and slapped the little maid twice.

The little maid's pale face was swollen from being beaten, and blood instantly flowed from the corner of her mouth.

She fell to her knees, kowtowed tremblingly, and cried, "Madam, I will never dare to do it again. I know I was wrong!"

But Qi was in a bad mood these past two days. When the little maid ran into her gunpoint, she flew into a rage: "Why are you crying? Who allowed you to cry? I was just slapped twice, but you're crying at my grave. Are you deliberately cursing my early death?"

"Madame Yin, beat her again! Beat her until she understands the rules!"

This time, Nanny Yin took the board and beat the little maid hard until her clothes on her back were soaked with blood. Only then did she stop.

The little maid was beaten half to death and could no longer cry. She lay on the ground, twitching slightly, and her breathing was greater than her exhalation.

Shen Mingxuan frowned slightly: "What are you doing? You've made the floor tiles dirty by beating them like this. There's a bloody smell that's awful. Isn't this even more unlucky?"

Qi glanced at Nanny Yin and said, "Why did you hit her so hard? You scared Xuan'er. Why don't you throw her out right away and light some incense to get rid of the smell!"

Nanny Yin immediately ordered someone to carry the little maid out, and asked someone to clean the floor tiles and light incense.

Soon, the smell of blood in the house was covered up.

Shen Mingxuan was still not satisfied: "How did the maid teach her? She is so reckless and rushed in and shouted something was wrong. If you don't know, you would think something happened at home!"

Nanny Yin said hurriedly, "My dear, this maid has only been here for half a year and is still being trained. She has only been doing rough work in the yard and has never been inside the house. Today I asked her to go outside to pick up the second young lady, but she ran in before the second young lady came back."

Shen Mingxuan waved her hands and said sarcastically, "Is my concubine sister not coming back? The prince can't possibly accompany her back home. On the wedding night, she didn't even lift the veil, and even said in front of all the guests that he didn't want to marry her at all. How embarrassing! If I were her, I wouldn't be ashamed to go back home either!"

Just as she finished speaking, the door curtain was lifted and Shen Guannian walked in. He said to Qi with a gloomy face, "The prince is accompanying Wan Tang back home, why is there no one at the door to greet him?! Is this how you run the family?! You are going to kill me!"

Qi was stunned: "What did you say? The prince came back with Wan Tang?"

Shen Mingxuan stood up suddenly: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Xiao Qingyuan should be accompanying Chu Yanluo now!"

"The prince is standing at the door now, and you still say it's impossible?!"

Shen Guannian was so furious that he wanted to slap the mother and daughter in the face. "Go out and greet him! He's standing at the door, and there's a large group of people talking outside. My Shen family is almost becoming a laughing stock in the capital! If Prince Ning knew that we left his son out like this, my career would be over!"

Qi's body stiffened: "We are the elders. Even if he is the prince, there is no reason for us to go out to greet him, right?"

Shen Mingxuan's face turned pale: "How could this happen? Why is it different from the previous life? What went wrong?!"