Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

After Xiao Qingyuan left, Nanny Chai brought the maids back into the house to serve Shen Wantang.

Qin Xin tried to hold it in for a while, but couldn't hold it in any longer, so she asked, "Princess, why did the prince come and leave? Isn't he going to sleep in Wutong Garden tonight?"

Shen Wantang knew that she loved gossip, so she didn't hide it from her. It wasn't a big deal anyway. She smiled and said, "Of course he didn't sleep in our Wutong Garden. He came because he saw that I had revived my mother, and wanted me to give Chu Yanluo acupuncture to protect her pregnancy."

"What?! The prince actually asked you to protect that woman's pregnancy? He..."

Is he crazy? !

Qin Xin and Madam Chai looked at each other, and the other maids were also stunned.

They knew that the prince was outrageous, but they didn't expect him to be this outrageous.

How could you let your wife treat a concubine? No, that's not right. The one who came from Jixin Temple is not even a concubine. She is at most a mistress!

Isn't this insulting?

Fortunately, the Crown Prince's wife is generous and has a good temper. If it were someone with a slightly worse temper, pouring hot tea on his face would have been the least of his problems. But if it were someone with a worse temper, he would probably have made a scene on the spot, scolded him severely, and then kicked Chu Yanluo out!

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The night passed quickly. Shen Wantang got up in the morning and went to pay his respects to the princess first. After checking her condition, he found that she looked much better than last night. Then he returned to his own courtyard and began to officially serve as the housekeeper.

She was just about to ask Madam Chai to call all the stewards in the palace to identify the person when she saw Qin Xin hurried in.

"The Crown Princess, the one who came from Jixin Temple, the baby in her belly is gone."

Shen Wantang raised her head: "The child is gone? Are you sure?"

Why is it so early in this life?

This shouldn’t be the case. Shen Mingxuan didn’t drug her this time, so how come the child is gone?

"Yes, that doctor Su said it himself. I gave him some money and got a secret out of him. The miscarriage was not caused by shock, but by taking abortion pills!"

Shen Wantang was really surprised now: "She took the abortion pill? Who gave it to her?"

Qin Xin shook her head: "Even Imperial Doctor Su doesn't know. She refused to say anything he asked, and even pretended to be unconscious! But I think she probably ate it herself. Otherwise, how could she win the heart of the prince if she was pregnant with a bastard?"

"She must have been anxious after seeing the Crown Prince getting married, otherwise she wouldn't have followed the Crown Prince to our palace without any status."

"You don't know, she used to be very good at making trouble. After she was sent to Jixin Temple by the Chu family, the prince visited her almost every day and wanted to bring her to the palace, but she refused to come, saying that it was not right. That meant that the prince had to marry her in a grand sedan chair!"

"Now, she deliberately staged a miscarriage to make the prince feel distressed, and was taken back to the palace by the prince."

Seeing Qin Xin's thorough analysis, Shen Wantang couldn't help but smile: "It's a pity for you to be a maid. You are more suitable to solve cases in the Dali Temple."

It’s true, although Qin Xin has not been reborn, she may have guessed the truth of the matter. She is a smart and clever maid. No wonder she is being trained by the princess.

But if Chu Yanluo took the abortion pills herself, then the reason for her miscarriage in her previous life would be interesting. Perhaps Shen Mingxuan was really the one who took the blame, and it might not be her who gave her the pills, but Chu Yanluo herself.

Seeing Shen Wantang laughing, Qin Xin stamped her feet anxiously: "Princess, why are you still laughing? The one from Jixin Temple is not a good person. I'm not lying to you. The princess has suffered from her before! You have to find a way to drive her out of the palace, otherwise she will definitely occupy the prince tightly and won't let go!"

Shen Wantang certainly knew that Chu Yanluo was not a good person, otherwise she would not be pregnant with someone else's child and still be able to hold Xiao Qingyuan so tightly.

"Don't be impatient. It's not time for me to take action yet. Besides, if I kick her out, will the prince no longer like her? Then he will probably move out with her, right?"

Qin Xin was stunned: "This... seems to be the case."

Even though Chu Yanluo lived in a nunnery, it did not stop Xiao Qingyuan from pursuing her. He even became a monk for her.

After calming down, Qin Xin realized that she had almost made a big mistake by trying all sorts of methods out of haste. "It is the Crown Prince's Concubine who has thought things through. I was too impatient and came up with a bad idea. Fortunately, you didn't listen to me, otherwise I'm afraid there would be a rift between you and the Crown Prince."

Shen Wantang didn't think she had done anything wrong. Qin Xin just wanted to help her win Xiao Qingyuan away.

But she didn't want to snatch Xiao Qingyuan away at all. Isn't life good now? It should be comfortable and stable, not too comfortable.

"Go and get busy. Just go and find out what you need to find out. If you need money, ask Du Juan for it. I will make up for the money you gave to Doctor Su. Du Juan, take twenty taels and give it to Qin Xin first."

Qin Xin laughed: "Thank you, Princess!"

This wave of spying on the enemy was profitable. The Crown Prince's Consort is really generous. It's definitely a good idea to follow her!

Dujuan stepped forward and handed over the silver, and Qinxin took the silver and left happily.

"Princess, if you keep spending money like this, our money will soon be gone."

Dujuan felt very sad. When they were at the Shen family, they could not spend more than 20 taels of silver a year. But now that they were in the palace, they had to spend over a hundred taels a day, which was simply exhausting.

Shen Wantang comforted her: "Don't feel bad about the money. You have to spend it when you need to. Who would be willing to work for me if you are so stingy? Don't worry, I make money quickly, and we will have more money than we can spend in the future."

In her previous life, she had a similar mentality to Du Juan. Because she was used to being poor, she was always reluctant to spend the money she earned later. As a result, several shop managers she had trained with great effort were poached by others at high prices.

What's more, even when she was weak from exhaustion, she was unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy the best ginseng and bird's nest for maintenance. When she was sick, she just gave herself a few injections and then got through it.

Later on, her health was so bad that acupuncture was no longer effective. She needed to drink large bowls of medicine. Then, something went wrong with the medicine and she died.

Why save money? If she dies, won't all the money go to Liao Youhe?

So, she now seems to be spending money out of revenge.

She took out a silver ingot and put it into Du Juan's hand: "Ask the kitchen to add two dishes for us at noon today. I want to eat lotus bamboo fungus and drunken fish. Also, ask someone to make a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and send it to the princess. She is sick and this is suitable for her."

Dujuan took the silver and left.

The morning passed quickly, and at noon, Shen Wantang had more dishes, which she ate to her satisfaction.

She had just finished eating when Nanny Quan came.

Her face was full of smiles. "Princess, the princess had the Eight Treasures Porridge you sent her at noon and was very happy. Now, she has found all the brightly colored fabrics she got in the palace and said she would send them to you to make clothes."

After she finished speaking, she waved to the maids who followed her, and they placed pieces of cloth on the table, piling them high.