Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Shen Wantang watched Xiao Qingyuan being driven away in anger, and could not help but ask Madam Chai: "Madam, do we really not have to give the prince a monthly allowance from now on? What about the food, clothing and expenses for his courtyard..."

"Don't worry, Princess Crown Prince. The prince and princess are determined to teach the crown prince a lesson. You don't have to give him money anymore, and you don't have to take care of Xingheyuan's food, clothing, and expenses anymore. If the crown prince is really capable, he can go and earn money to support that shameless nun."

Shen Wantang nodded. It was really great that she didn't have to worry about the food, clothing and expenses of Xiao Qingyuan's courtyard. Just now, when she was looking at the account book, she saw how much money Xiao Qingyuan spent every month, and her head was overwhelmed.

What he said about spending ten thousand taels a month? That’s extremely little!

Last month, in just one month, he spent 540,000 taels!

Moreover, there was no record of where the money was spent. Every time he asked for money, the accountant would give him unlimited money and never asked why.

Come to think of it, he is the prince of Ning Wang's Mansion and the only son of Ning Wang and the princess in all these years. He is rich, so who else can the money be spent on if not him?

Shen Wantang recalled Xiao Qingyuan's ridicule of her on the way home, saying that she liked gold and silver, vulgar things, and that she liked to pile things on her head and body. Now she realized that it was not that Xiao Qingyuan disliked gold and silver, vulgar things, but that he lived too extravagantly and had no concept of gold and silver.

I just don't know how the noble and elegant Miss Chu would react when she finds out that Xiao Qingyuan is penniless.

Want to eat bird's nest soup? Go buy it yourself!

No money? Earn it yourself!

……

On the other side, Xiao Qingyuan returned to his yard with a cold face.

But although he spoke so confidently before leaving, he was actually penniless and didn't even have enough money to buy bird's nest for his beloved woman.

He stood at the door, hesitating for a long time without going in - he was too embarrassed to see Chu Yanluo without bringing back the bird's nest.

The servant reminded him, "My Lord, don't you have your own storehouse? Everything in there is your personal property. You can just take anything and pawn it at the pawnshop, and you'll have some money to use, right?"

Xiao Qingyuan was cheered up. Yes, he still had a warehouse!

He glanced at the servant with appreciation and said, "Moji, go get the key to the warehouse, and let's go pick something up!"

Mo Ji: "Master, have you forgotten? You gave the key to the warehouse to the Crown Prince's Consort. We still have to go find the Crown Prince's Consort again."

Xiao Qingyuan froze, and finally remembered that there seemed to be such an incident. He felt a little unwell: "I gave her the key?"

"Yes, sir."

"She never came back?"

"No."

"Did she go to my warehouse to move things?"

"They moved. I heard they moved a lot!"

"How ridiculous! Could it be that she thought my private vault was hers?"

Xiao Qingyuan was a little annoyed: "I really shouldn't have listened to my mother and given her any compensation. She must have emptied my warehouse! She is just greedy and shameless!"

"Master, it's like a snake swallowing an elephant..."

Mo Ji scratched his head. The prince was so angry that he was confused and his words were incoherent.

Xiao Qingyuan patted him on the head and said, "Do I need you to teach me?"

"Yes, yes, I have overstepped my bounds."

Mo Ji touched his head and asked cautiously, "Master, should we go to the Crown Prince's Consort to ask for the key and take back all the things she took away?"

Xiao Qingyuan hit him on the head again: "Of course I want the key back, but what about the things? I promised her that I would compensate her and let her go to the storehouse to pick out some gold and silver items. If you want to take them back now, where can I put my face? I have never asked for anything I gave away in my life!"

"Yes, yes, it's a little narrow."

As they were talking, the door suddenly opened from the inside.

Chu Yanluo walked out in a white dress.

Her long hair was dishevelled and her face looked very pale due to the miscarriage, but this did not detract from her beauty at all. It even made her look more pitiful, which was more likely to arouse men's desire to protect her than her previous elegant and noble appearance.

A gust of wind blew, her skirt fluttered, her long hair lifted slightly, she was like a fairy who was not of this world, and Xiao Qingyuan, who loved her to the extreme, was stunned.

"Sir."

"Ok?"

"The prince is back, why don't you come in?"

"Oh, I..." I was too embarrassed to go in.

Xiao Qingyuan felt ashamed, even embarrassed. He had never thought that one day he would not be able to even make a bowl of bird's nest soup.

He finally came to his senses, and said in shock and distress: "Yanluo, why did you come out? Go back and lie down, you need to rest well now! Doctor Qin said that you need to rest well for at least a month!"

Chu Yanluo smiled beautifully: "Prince, Yanluo is not that delicate. Although I feel a little unwell due to the loss of Qi and blood, I will be fine after holding on. Yanluo is different from those women who like to pretend to be weak. They like to exaggerate the merits of giving birth and their own hardships. What they want is just the sympathy and love of men. Yanluo does not need that."

Xiao Qingyuan was in awe of her, and his love for her deepened: "I know you are different from those vulgar women. You never try to please men like them. You always just be yourself."

Chu Yanluo said proudly: "I am indeed different from those vulgar women. Women living in this world should not rely on anyone but themselves. I have always looked down on women who sell their souls and bodies for a little gold and silver. I, Chu Yanluo, will never do such a thing in my life."

Xiao Qingyuan felt that she was noble and extraordinary: "Yanluo, you are the most ambitious and special woman I have ever met. Meeting you is the greatest blessing of my life."

Chu Yanluo smiled again, this time very gently: "Prince, it is the greatest blessing for Yanluo to meet you. However, I just heard you say that your warehouse key was taken away? The warehouse was emptied? What's going on? Is there anything Yanluo can help with?"

Xiao Qingyuan was afraid that she might misunderstand him, so he said stiffly, "It's nothing. I'll go get the key back later."

"But if the prince's warehouse has been emptied, what's the point of taking the key back? Prince, you have a kind heart. Don't be deceived by those scheming people. You must protect your own things!"

Xiao Qingyuan nodded: "You are right."

"The prince is the master of this palace. If anyone steals his things, the prince will just kick them out. Keeping servants with bad character in the palace is also a big disaster!"

Xiao Qingyuan's heart moved when he heard this. Yes, he could take this opportunity to sue Shen Wantang, expose her greedy and shameless behavior of emptying his private treasury, and then drive her out of the palace!

In this way, wouldn't he be able to marry Yan Luo?