Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

The wedding date was quickly set. Shen Mingxuan was afraid of any complications, so she chose the nearest auspicious day, August 18th, which meant that she would be married in a month.

Shen Wantang's wedding date was set for September 20th, one month after Shen Mingxuan's.

The mansion became bustling with people coming in and out in an endless stream.

As Shen Mingxuan's wedding approached, her yard was already filled with dowry boxes.

Qi stood in the yard, her face not looking good: "Xuan'er, although your father is not a high-ranking official, we are still an official family, and we are well-known. This Liao family is really too shameless. The betrothal gift is only six loads, and the wild goose sent when proposing marriage is not a live goose at all, but a wooden carving! You are so shabby, do you know how people outside laugh at you?"

Shen Mingxuan looked at her unhappily, "Mother, can you please not be so short-sighted? The less the betrothal gift, the better. It may seem that I am at a disadvantage now, but when Liao Youhe is promoted to a higher position in the future, I will have endless blessings. By then, those who laugh at me will all be slapped in the face. They will all envy me for marrying a good husband! Humph, by then, even princesses will come to snatch my husband!"

Qi sighed heavily: "Although you are sure that Liao Youhe will be promoted to a higher position and be valued and appreciated by the emperor in the future, I always feel uneasy in my heart."

Shen Mingxuan was full of confidence: "Mom, just be at ease. What I say will not be wrong. Otherwise, why would I marry Liao Youhe? I have never met him before."

Speaking of this, Qi also found it very mysterious.

Liao Youhe was originally the husband she chose for Shen Wantang. There were several other candidates chosen together with her. They were either very old widowers or playboys who liked to have affairs with women.

She deliberately put these people together and showed them to Shen Guannian. After seeing them, Shen Guannian would naturally choose Liao Youhe as Shen Wantang's husband.

But only the couple knew about this. Shen Wantang didn't know, and it was even more impossible for Shen Mingxuan to know.

She called out Liao Youhe's name right away and even knew his life experience and family background very well.

So when her daughter said that she had lived a lifetime and came back to live again, Qi still believed it to some extent.

But even though I believed it, I still felt very aggrieved.

Her tone was full of bitterness: "Marriage is a lifelong matter. Look at Shen Wantang's betrothal gifts, there are a total of 108 pieces!"

"Ning Wangfu values ​​her so much that even your father treats her differently, wanting to praise her to the sky. She is just a cheap thing raised by a concubine, but she is worthy of marrying into the palace and becoming the prince's legal wife. I am sick to death!"

"Why should you give her such a good marriage? In my opinion, even if you don't want it, you can't let her get away with it! She should live a hard life and be tortured to death by her wicked mother-in-law and aunts. How can you let her enjoy the good life in the palace?"

Shen Mingxuan recalled the days in her previous life when she was cursed and imprisoned by Xiao Qingyuan, the pain and fear of being bitten by rats and sucked blood by ticks and fleas in the prison, and the nightmare of being beaten and humiliated by the jailers. She said coldly, "How do you know that she went to the palace to enjoy herself? Prince Ning's Palace is not a place for human beings to stay!"

"That seemingly kind Princess Ning is actually a vicious woman with a vicious heart! She loves to set rules for her daughter-in-law, to make things difficult for her, and to vent her anger over her son being seduced by a nun on the new daughter-in-law. Shen Wantang will never have a good life if she marries him!"

"And Prince Ning, he claims to be a descendant of the royal family and looks down on people like us. I just made a small mistake before, and he almost beat me to death! He treats human life as worthless. Shen Wantang has been unruly since she was a child. She will definitely make mistakes after she marries him. Prince Ning will definitely beat her to pieces soon!"

"But the most unbearable thing is not them, but that prince! He is like a bewitched person, protecting that nun who is pregnant with a bastard as if she were his own eye. He can't even say a bad word about her. If he does, he will go crazy!"

"Moreover, he hates it most if someone looks like that nun. He thinks anyone who looks like her is defiling his white moonlight and ruining their face. But Shen Wantang looks the most like her. Mother, do you think it will be good for Shen Wantang to marry into the palace? Do you still think she will enjoy a good life if she marries into the palace?"

Qi was terrified. Could it be that what her daughter said was all her own experience in her previous life? Was her life so miserable? Was the Ning Wang Mansion, which looked like a flowery palace, actually such a dangerous place?

Qi's anger suddenly disappeared. It would be good if Shen Wantang could not enjoy the happiness. It would be even better if Prince Ning could destroy her face.

Her face is exactly like her vixen mother!

Shen Guannian was so bewitched by that vixen that he lost his soul. He slept in her room for seven years and didn't even look at anyone else.

Qi was a widow for seven years, and finally she killed the vixen. Only then did Shen Guannian return to the main courtyard to eat and sleep.

At the same time, on the other side, Shen Guannian was showing his fatherly love to Shen Wantang, his concubine's daughter.

"I remember that you, like your aunt, like to read and write. You can use this inkstone!"

Shen Wantang took it and said, "Thank you, father."

"And this jade bracelet was left by your grandmother. I'll give it to you, too!"

Shen Wantang still took it, bowed his head and thanked him respectfully.

Ever since the marriage with the royal family was finalized, Shen Guannian started sending her gifts.

No matter what he gave her, Shen Wantang accepted it all. Now her room was filled with many valuable calligraphy and paintings, and gold, silver and jade ornaments.

In her previous life, Shen Wantang married Liao Youhe. Shen Guannian only gave her a copy of "Female Rules" and told her to respect her parents-in-law and serve her husband after she went to the Liao family. That was all.

And the things he gave her now, he had given them all to Shen Mingxuan in the beginning. Shen Mingxuan was able to survive in prison for half a year only by bribing the jailer with these things.

After Shen Guannian delivered the gifts, he gave Shen Wantang a routine reminder: "They say a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, but my daughter, Shen Guannian's, is not like that. Even if you marry into the palace, you are still my daughter."

At first glance, these words made one think that he really loved his daughter, but Shen Wantang knew that he had more to say.

Sure enough, he then continued, "You must remember that the Shen family is your home. You must do your best to help your mother's family at all times. Your brothers and I are your greatest support. I will rise to prominence, and you will have confidence in the palace. Your brothers will have a good future, and you will be more valued in the palace. First the Shen family, then the palace, and finally yourself."

Shen Wantang still looked respectful: "Father's words, I will keep them in mind."