Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Xiao Qingxi was instantly speechless. She looked at Xiao Qingyuan with her mouth open, unable to utter a word for a long time.

The scene was very awkward for a while, but Shen Wantang spoke up to help Xiao Qingyuan out: "Princess, the prince is kind-hearted and eager to save people, so he brought Miss Ye back to the palace. However, my father and mother already know about this matter, and my father even went to the palace to apologize for this matter, so Miss Ye is now living in the palace, and the palace knows about it."

She had already said this much. If Xiao Qingxi was smart, she would know that what she meant was that Ye Lingyun's residence in the palace was approved by the emperor himself, and the current role of the Ning Palace was not to shelter the daughter of a guilty minister, but to assist in solving the case.

Although Xiao Qingyuan is confused, King Ning is not.

Unfortunately, Xiao Qingxi failed to understand what she meant. She frowned and said with disdain: "Don't use my father to pressure me. What if my father and mother knew about this? You didn't drive Ye Lingyun out, which is your dereliction of duty! Leaving such a big disaster in the palace will harm the palace and my brother!"

Shen Wantang looked at her innocent and spoiled appearance and sighed slightly in his heart.

Princess Ning probably protected her children too well. Xiao Qingxi, like Xiao Qingyuan, had their heads full of love and were ignorant of the sufferings of the world. Both siblings were straightforward and would not take detours.

"Princess, if you still have doubts about Miss Ye, you can go to your father and ask about the situation. I think you will find the answer there. I still have to reconcile the accounts here, so the yard will be a little messy. Please go back, Princess!"

Xiao Qingxi hasn't gained any advantage since she came in. She was so angry, but Shen Wantang still looked calm and composed. She was very annoyed and wanted to scold Shen Wantang a few more times, but Xiao Qingyuan grabbed her arm and dragged her out.

As soon as they left Shen Wantang's yard, Xiao Qingxi stepped hard on Xiao Qingyuan and said, "Brother, I think you have been bewitched by Shen Wantang's concubine daughter. You only speak for her and not for me! If you continue like this, I will sever our brother-sister relationship!"

Xiao Qingyuan gasped in pain: "Just talk if you want to, why are you stepping on my foot? Shen Wantang was chosen by my mother as the Crown Prince's Consort, and I had no choice but to marry her. Why are you angry at me? Go talk to my mother!"

"If I can convince mother to give up Shen Wantang as the Crown Prince's Consort, will you chase her away?"

"This……"

"Look, you hesitated! You just like Shen Wantang, you don't want to chase her away!"

"I don't really want to kick her out. First, she didn't do anything wrong, so I have no reason to divorce her. Second, she is really good at managing the household. I really think she is very suitable to be my Crown Prince's Consort. If someone else had been the Crown Prince's Consort, our palace would have been in chaos a long time ago."

"Nonsense! No matter who becomes the Crown Prince's Consort, our palace will not be in chaos. Our palace is fine!"

Xiao Qingyuan opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Things haven't been going well in the palace these days. He hasn't had a peaceful day for a few days, and he often makes his mother faint from anger. If it weren't for Shen Wantang, his relationship with his mother would have been as cold as ice.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and looked towards Wutong Garden. The gate was open, and he could see the maids and old women reporting the affairs of the palace to Shen Wantang in an orderly manner. Shen Wantang sat at the top, giving orders and clearly defining rewards and punishments, as if she was born to be the mistress of the house.

Looking at his sister again, she looked so angry after stepping on him, and looked like she was going to kill someone.

He completely forgot that he had once been just like his sister, intent on driving Shen Wantang out of the palace. He taught his sister, "Don't look at people with prejudice. Shen Wantang is very strong. You should learn more from her in the future. If you can learn even a little bit of her skills, you won't have to divorce Huo Yunzhou."

However, he didn't know that every word he said hit Xiao Qingxi's sore spot.

Xiao Qingxi was immediately furious: "Xiao Qingyuan! You don't have to mind my business. I won't learn from anyone else but Shen Wantang, a concubine's daughter who is not worthy of being on the stage!"

"It's not my fault that Huo Yunzhou and I are getting divorced. It's Huo Yunzhou's fault! He was the one who promised me that he would be with me forever. Now he wants to take a concubine. He is a traitor. It has nothing to do with me!"

"You men are all the same, you get bored with the old and love the new, you always want more!"

"You also take concubines, you are not a good person either!"

After scolding Xiao Qingyuan, she turned around and left crying.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Qingyuan also had a headache: "She might as well not come back. Once she comes back, she will make a mess of the house. Why did I agree to beat Huo Yunzhou for her? With her like this, it's not certain whose fault it is that Huo Yunzhou took a concubine!"

He turned around and asked Mo Ji: "When will General Huo and the triumphant army enter the city?"

"Master, we will enter the city early tomorrow morning. The news has spread all over the streets."

"Well, Huo Yunzhou will definitely enter the city with General Huo at that time. Remember to wake me up early so we can go and take a look."

"Don't worry, Master. I will definitely wake you up. But, you don't really want to beat up Young Master Huo, do you? He has been learning martial arts from General Huo since he was a child, and he has been training on the battlefield in the northwest for the past two years. I'm afraid he is very fierce now!"

Xiao Qingyuan glared at him coldly: "Are you saying that I can't beat Huo Yunzhou? He is not even as tall as me, he just has a nice-looking body of muscles, what's the use? At most, it looks intimidating!"

Mo Ji lowered his head: "My Lord is right, Mr. Huo is definitely not your opponent."

Day two.

Xiao Qingyuan went out early with his ink stick and painting ideas.

Shen Wantang and Xiao Qingyuan were a couple who looked like a perfect match but were actually not together. She knew that he went out, but she didn't pull him out with her.

She made an appointment with Gu Qianning in advance, booked a private room in Zuixianlou, and also reported it to the princess in advance.

So after she had packed everything, she got in the carriage and went out.

She arrived at Zuixianlou and waited for a while before Gu Qianning arrived.

Gu Qianning also came with Gu Qianhan.

Gu Qianning felt guilty for always bringing along a brother with bad intentions. "Atang, I'm sorry. I brought my brother with me. He was afraid that it would be unsafe for me to go out alone, so he had to follow me. If you don't like him, I'll drive him away right away!"

Shen Wantang naturally couldn't say that she disliked Gu Qianhan. She wasn't that petty.

She smiled at Gu Qianning and said, "It's okay. Today the army is returning victoriously, and the whole city has come out to see them. It would be strange if Second Young Master Gu didn't go out!"

Seeing that she was not angry, Gu Qianning felt relieved. She glared at her brother and then sat down next to Shen Wantang: "Fortunately you booked a private room in advance. You didn't know that when I asked people to book yesterday, they couldn't book any. They were all booked. There was no room left in all the restaurants on this street!"