Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

She just gave her mother-in-law a bowl of porridge, but she gave her so many ingredients in return.

Shen Wantang smiled and thanked him: "Thank you for loving me, mother. You are so generous. It makes me want to bring her porridge every day."

Nanny Quan smiled even more: "Go ahead, Princess, the princess has a lot of good things, and she's just worried about where to put them."

There was laughter and chatter here, a harmonious and joyful scene.

However, in Xinghe Courtyard, the atmosphere was bleak.

Chu Yanluo was lying on the bed, her face pale and tears in her eyes: "My Lord, is my child really gone?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her distressedly: "It's okay, there will be more in the future. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of your body. Don't cry."

He reached out to wipe her tears, but Chu Yanluo dodged his hand.

"If you don't want to marry me, don't touch me. You should know better than anyone that my whole life was ruined after I was forced upon."

Xiao Qingyuan's hands froze in mid-air: "Yanluo, as long as you are willing to marry, I will marry you, but if you don't want me to touch you, I can never touch you in my life. Don't be afraid, I am not the same as the beast who made you pregnant."

Chu Yanluo looked at him and gave him a sad smile: "What nonsense are you talking about, my lord? You already have a wife, how can I marry you? Can you still divorce your wife?"

"I can divorce my wife! I don't like her at all. My mother forced me to marry her. At that time, you were taken away by my mother's people. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I had to agree to go to the wedding!"

"Sir..."

Chu Yanluo was crying like rain. She struggled to sit up and wanted to say something, but she seemed to be exhausted and fell softly on Xiao Qingyuan.

Xiao Qingyuan hugged her tightly, but he didn't dare to put his hands on her waist for fear of offending her.

He only supported her with his arms and asked anxiously: "Yanluo, are you feeling unwell again? I'll call the imperial physician for you right now!"

Chu Yanluo shook her head gently, her chin resting on Xiao Qingyuan's shoulder, and said softly in his ear: "No need to call the imperial physician, I'm not feeling unwell, I'm just a little weak, I'll be fine after a while."

Her breath sprayed on Xiao Qingyuan's ears, causing his ears to turn red quickly.

A tingling sensation spread from his ear to his entire body, and he almost felt numb instantly.

But he felt that Chu Yanluo definitely didn't do it on purpose. He endured the numbness and helped Chu Yanluo back to the bed: "Lie down first and don't move. I'll have someone bring you some food."

"Then I'll trouble you, Prince."

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

"The bird's nest soup that the prince sent to me last time seemed quite refreshing. I wonder how it was made?"

"I don't know how it's made, but it's made in my kitchen at home. If you like it, I'll ask them to make it again."

Xiao Qingyuan said, calling his servant Mo Ji in: "Go to the kitchen and get a bowl of bird's nest soup."

Mo Ji took the order and left, but a moment later, he came back empty-handed.

Xiao Qingyuan frowned: "Where's the bird's nest soup?"

"My Lord, the kitchen said they are out of stock."

Xiao Qingyuan's face instantly turned cold: "No more? That's impossible! The palace has these things all year round, do you think I don't know?"

Mo Ji said with a sad face: "Master, the kitchen manager told me that if you want to eat it, you need to pay for the bird's nest yourself."

The prince had never been interested in eating these things before, but now when he asked for bird’s nest soup, it was obvious that he was asking for Chu Yanluo. It would be strange if the kitchen could give it to him!

Xiao Qingyuan also knew that the kitchen was targeting him and Chu Yanluo. He stood up angrily and said, "I've never heard that I had to pay for a bird's nest before. Now that my mother has let Shen Wantang be the housekeeper, she dares to ask me for money. Does she really think of herself as the Crown Prince's Consort?!"

Chu Yanluo sat up on the bed again: "Don't be embarrassed, my lord. I think the lord's wife is targeting me on purpose. I won't eat anymore. I will leave the palace and go back to Jixin Temple to be a nun."

Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly sat down beside her: "What nonsense are you talking about? As long as I am here, I will never let you go back to Jixin Temple. It is not a place for people to stay. Lie down quickly. It's just a bowl of bird's nest soup. I will ask Mo Ji to buy it now!"

"No need. I don't really want to eat bird's nest soup. I just mentioned it casually. I didn't expect to be targeted. I thought too simply. Prince, I'm leaving now. See you again if we're lucky."

Chu Yanluo said this, and stood up with the help of the bed. After taking two steps, he fell down.

"Yanluo!"

Xiao Qingyuan was startled and hurriedly helped her up: "Why are you still so stubborn? You want to leave right away. Don't you miss me at all?"

Chu Yanluo leaned in his arms, tears streaming from her eyes again. She stretched out her hand and tremblingly touched Xiao Qingyuan's face, then suddenly retracted it as if awakened: "The prince is the best man in the world, I... I just don't want to implicate you."

"You didn't implicate me!"

Xiao Qingyuan carried her back to the bed and ordered the servant: "Moji, go to Qingyun Tower and buy me ten kilograms of the best bird's nest. I want Yanluo to eat as much as she wants!"

Mo Ji stretched out his hand to him: "Sir, silver."

Xiao Qingyuan's face darkened: "Isn't all my money with you? Why do you still ask me for it?"

"Master, the one thousand taels you gave me have all been spent. Last night, you spent fifty taels just to invite Qin the imperial physician. The day before yesterday, you gave five hundred taels to the abbess to bring Miss Yanluo out of Jixin Temple. The day before yesterday, you said you wanted to nourish Miss Yanluo's body, so you spent one hundred and twenty taels to buy delicacies from the mountains and the sea. The day before yesterday, you..."

"okay!"

Xiao Qingyuan interrupted him with a cold face: "Once the one thousand taels are spent, just withdraw another one thousand taels from the account. What are you talking about here!" It made Yan Luo feel that he had calculated the money he spent on her so clearly. Yan Luo hated to hear these mundane things the most.

"Master, have you forgotten that you are now the Crown Prince's wife's housekeeper? From now on, you will need the Crown Prince's wife's approval before you can use money."

Xiao Qingyuan choked.

Why is it her again! After all, it still can't get around Shen Wantang!

He turned his head stiffly, looked at the beautiful and miserable Chu Yanluo, and said softly: "Yanluo, wait for me, I'll be back soon."

Chu Yanluo pretended not to know what he was going to do and nodded gently. Only after he left did the sadness on her face disappear.

She touched her belly and found that the damn child inside was gone, which made her feel relieved.

She actually wanted to abort the child a long time ago, but she just never found the right opportunity.

Compared with the previous life, the child's value is obviously much less. She originally wanted to use this child to deal with Shen Mingxuan.

But she never expected that as soon as she was reborn, she would find out that in this life, the one who married Xiao Qingyuan was not Shen Mingxuan, but Shen Mingxuan's half-sister Shen Wantang!