Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Qin stamped her feet anxiously: "But if it weren't for Huayi, the prince wouldn't be like this, he would definitely continue to solve the case. It was Huayi who attracted the prince's attention!"

Shen Wantang was still reading the account book carefully, and replied casually: "Really? The prince likes to solve cases so much?"

"Yes! The prince finally found something he likes to do, but now Huayi has messed it up! If the princess knew about this, she would definitely skin Huayi alive!"

Shen Wantang couldn't help laughing. She shook her head, read the last page of the account book, closed it and handed it to Du Juan.

"If my mother knew, she would probably just laugh it off and not punish Huayi."

"Huh? This is impossible!"

Qin Xin said angrily, "The prince finally let go of Concubine Chu and was willing to go out and do a proper job. The princess has been very happy these days! Now the prince has been seduced back by Hua Yi. What's the difference between her and Concubine Chu? The princess will definitely be very angry and think that Hua Yi has hindered the prince's future!"

Shen Wantang said calmly, "No, mother doesn't really care whether the prince is an official or not. The prince was born in the Ning Wang Mansion, he is rich and noble, and he doesn't need to work hard as an official. As long as the prince doesn't bring some questionable people into the mansion, mother will let him do whatever he wants."

Qin Xin didn't believe it: "I think the Crown Prince's wife must have guessed wrong this time. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. If the princess knows tomorrow that the Crown Prince didn't go to the Dali Temple to work because of Hua Yi, she will definitely punish Hua Yi and make an example of him!"

However, on the second day, when Qin Xin followed Shen Wantang to pay her respects to the princess, she was dumbfounded.

"Yuan'er hasn't gotten up yet? It's already so late, why is he still sleeping? Isn't he going to the Dali Temple today?"

Nanny Quan replied, "I asked Mo Ji, and he said that the prince said that it was snowing too heavily and he would not go."

"Is that the only reason?"

"Also, the prince had a lot of fun playing with Huayi these past two days, so he might want to play today as well."

Princess Ning was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "I thought he had improved, but it turns out he hadn't. I saw him go out early and come back late a few days ago to investigate the case, vowing to help General Xin find the murderer. He was busy as a real man, but after just a few days, he got tired and started throwing himself at women again."

Shen Wantang knew what her mother-in-law was thinking. No one loved her son more than her.

She smiled and said, "Mother, it's snowing so heavily, it's not very convenient for the prince to go solve the case, just wait until the snow stops. There are many cases in the capital, and the prince will be busy solving some cases in the future, so it's okay to rest for two days."

Princess Ning had never intended to blame her son too much. After all, she knew her son well enough that he was not cut out to be an official. Moreover, even the prince knew that he was a lazy person, otherwise he would not have asked the emperor for only a small official position for him.

Hearing her daughter-in-law speak for her son, she felt relieved and followed the advice given by her daughter-in-law: "Well, it's freezing cold, the Dali Temple is drafty on all sides, and there's no floor heating. Yuan'er might get frozen to death. If he doesn't want to go, then don't go. The Dali Temple won't be spared if he's missing."

"That's what mother said."

"Tang'er, you don't know that Yuan'er was weak when he was young. At this time of year in previous years, he always liked to stay in the warmest place."

Shen Wantang really didn't know this. She actually felt that Xiao Qingyuan was in very good health and could handle a lot of hardships. Before, he ran out to find Chu Yanluo when he had a high fever, but after coming back and taking a dose of medicine and sleeping for a while, he was full of energy again.

She asked curiously, "Was the prince weak when he was young? I really didn't notice it. I see that the prince is now tall and has long legs, and he is straight and strong. He has a good body."

Speaking of this, Princess Ning was a little proud: "Of course, this is all the result of my careful care for him. He was very prone to illness when he was young, and I put a lot of effort in and invited countless imperial doctors to raise his body bit by bit."

Shen Wantang nodded and said in sudden realization: "So that's it!"

She said that Princess Ning loved her son the most. She gave a lot to her child but never asked for anything in return. Most of the time, she let her child do whatever he liked.

The only thing she opposed so far was her son's decision to marry Chu Yanluo as his wife.

No, she actually agreed at first, but later she found out that Chu Yanluo was pregnant with a bastard, so she became furious and refused to let her son marry her home no matter what.

Shen Wantang didn't know how many times she had envied the siblings Xiao Qingyuan and Xiao Qingxi. They were really good at reincarnation, born in the belly of Princess Ning. They had a noble status and selfless maternal love. They won over most people as soon as they were born.

As they were talking, a little maid came in and said, "Princess, the prince has woken up."

"get up?"

Princess Ning laughed: "I thought he would sleep until noon, but I didn't expect him to wake up so early. This child has finally grown sensible and doesn't even sleep in."

The maid lowered her head. How could it be early? It was already three quarters past noon, and the only person who hadn't gotten up in Prince Ning's mansion was the Crown Prince.

The maid complained in her heart, but said respectfully, "Princess, the prince said that he doesn't want to serve in the Dali Temple anymore. He wants to work in the Ministry of Justice as an assistant minister. Please tell the prince."

"what?!"

Princess Ning's smile froze on her face. "Does he think that the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice are owned by our Ning Palace? He can go wherever he wants and not go wherever he wants?! Even the Crown Prince doesn't dare to speak so arrogantly. He can go wherever he wants! I think he got confused after sleeping and started talking nonsense!"

"Your Highness is not confused because of sleep. You heard that Second Master Gu went to the Ministry of Justice to intervene in the Xin family's case and said that the case will be solved within three days, so you are going to the Ministry of Justice."

Princess Ning's head was throbbing with pain: "This bastard can't even stand my praise! The kid from the Gu family went to the Ministry of Justice, so he has to go to the Ministry of Justice too? If someone goes to the underworld, does he have to follow them?!"

The little maidservant didn't dare to respond. She could only lower her head and listen to the lecture.

"Go tell that bastard that only the Dali Temple allows him to go. If he doesn't want to go, he should stay in the palace and not go anywhere else! The Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Justice, with his ability, can he be the Minister of Justice?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door curtain was lifted and Xiao Qingyuan walked in.

"Mother, I must go to the Ministry of Justice this time! I must not lose to Gu Qianhan! I must solve the case before him!"

Princess Ning's eyes went dark. Her stupid son still wanted to defeat Gu Qianhan?

It's not that she wants to boost others' ambitions and destroy her own prestige. The truth is that Gu Qianhan has been a genius since childhood. He could read the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of three, and was already the world-famous number one child prodigy at the age of five!

What was her son doing at this time? He was taking a nap in the Imperial College!