Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

It was the first time that Qin Xin saw her being so stern. She was startled and suddenly understood what the Crown Prince's Consort said.

The Crown Prince's Consort was afraid that something might happen to Chu Yanluo in the Palace, which would put the Palace in even greater trouble. The Palace was already in the spotlight, and if Chu Yanluo died in the Palace, everyone would think that the Palace had killed her!

Some people even think that the new Crown Prince's Consort couldn't tolerate Chu Yanluo and killed her!

Qin Xin nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Princess, I will go and ask for Doctor Qin right away!"

Xiao Qingyuan watched her leave in a hurry and felt slightly relieved.

He looked at Shen Wantang with a complicated look in his eyes: "Thank you."

"You're welcome, my lord."

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her calm face and felt for the first time that he shouldn't always look at his wife in name only with prejudice.

From the time they got married till now, she had not done anything to let him down, but had helped him time and time again. For example, in this case, she could have refused to help, but she didn't.

He misunderstood her, scolded her, and wronged her, but she never took it to heart. She neither cried nor retaliated. Her tranquility and peace were not pretended, but rather the result of countless hardships.

But how old was she? Fifteen? Or sixteen?

Why does she have such unique courage and character?

"Shen Wantang."

"Please speak, my lord."

"Don't you hate me?"

"Why should I hate the prince?"

"On the wedding night, I left you alone without taking off the veil. I made you lose face and left you alone in an empty room."

Shen Wantang was surprised. He knew that what he did was wrong. It seemed that he was not completely inhumane and without moral principles. He understood all the moral principles of the world.

She smiled calmly, "I don't hate the prince. Before I married him, I knew what I would face. His actions were within my expectations. In fact, I might have expected something worse. The situation on the wedding day was already pretty good in my opinion."

"If you knew what you would face if you married, why did you still want to marry? Didn't you fight back?"

Shen Wantang felt that he was quite naive and out of touch with the real world: "The prince didn't want to marry me, but he went to get married anyway? Didn't you protest?"

"I fought, but it was useless. Yanluo's life was in my mother's hands, and I had to follow her instructions."

"It's useless to fight for the status and position of the prince. What do you think, will it be useful for me to fight? My parents' orders cannot be disobeyed. I will marry whoever they tell me to marry. I have no right to choose, and the prince is the same. So, I really don't hate the prince."

If Shen Wantang had said these words before, Xiao Qingyuan would have thought she was pretending, but now, he felt that she was telling the truth.

In the final analysis, she was a pitiful person like him. She had no say in the matter of marriage, and marrying into the palace was not something she could control. Whether she became his princess or his housekeeper, it was not her fault.

On the contrary, he was unable to fight back against his parents, so he took out his anger on Shen Wantang, which was really wrong.

He felt guilty, and his tone became much softer: "Shen Wantang, no matter what our ending is in the future, you can come to me when you are in trouble. As long as I can help you, I will do my best to help you."

Shen Wantang did not take his promise seriously. In her previous life, she had seen too many infatuated men and resentful women. A man might be sincere when he makes a promise, but his sincerity will change afterwards.

A man's promise is worthless.

A polite smile appeared on her face: "Thank you, Prince."

"Then I won't stay any longer. There's no one to take care of Yan Luo, so I have to go back and take care of her."

After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned around to leave, but happened to meet Nanny Chai coming in with a food box.

The food box had a lid on, but a rich and tempting aroma wafted out from it.

As soon as Xiao Qingyuan smelled it, he knew that this was the soup that the kitchen was best at making - Matsutake mushroom and pigeon soup.

He was hungry and couldn't help swallowing when he smelled the aroma of the soup.

He had not eaten since last night and was so hungry that he wanted to eat the pigeon soup box as well.

He hesitated for a moment and walked back again.

Madam Chai had already opened the food box and took out a clay pot. She then picked up a soup spoon, poured some soup, added some pigeon meat and matsutake mushrooms, and placed it in front of Shen Wantang: "Princess, this is freshly cooked. Please try it and see if it suits your taste."

Shen Wantang took a sip and praised, "It's so delicious. I've never tasted such delicious pigeon soup. Which chef made this?"

"Replying to the Crown Princess, it was made by the maid from Qian Dachui's family. She is the best at this."

"reward!"

"Yes."

Nanny Chai turned around to leave, but saw that Xiao Qingyuan had returned without her noticing and was standing at the door. He didn't say a word and refused to leave. He just stared at the bowl of pigeon soup in Shen Wantang's hand.

Shen Wantang also noticed Xiao Qingyuan: "Is there anything else, my lord?"

Xiao Qingyuan's face flushed slightly: "Can you finish this soup? Don't waste it."

Shen Wantang and Nanny Chai looked at each other and almost laughed out loud.

Both of them took great effort to hold back their laughter. It was so funny that the prince who was pampered in Prince Ning's mansion and had everything he wanted would actually say don't waste it!

"This soup is quite a lot. I can't finish it by myself. Would you like to have a bowl, my Lord?"

After Shen Wantang asked, without waiting for Xiao Qingyuan's reply, she ordered Madam Chai, "Go get another set of bowls and chopsticks to serve the prince some soup."

"Yes, Crown Princess."

Xiao Qingyuan said, "No need. Since you can't finish it, I can just take this casserole away. I don't feel comfortable here with you. I'll go back to my yard to drink."

After he said that, he walked straight forward, put the casserole back into the food box, covered it with the lid, and carried it away.

Shen Wantang was stunned: "Mammy, he even took our pot?" Although this palace is his home, he even took the pot away. Isn't that too rude?

Madam Chai was even more dumbfounded: "The prince is really getting more and more outrageous. He must have wanted to replenish the body of that shameless woman, so he was so rude as to take away the pot!"

She saw that Shen Wantang only had a bowl of soup left, and she felt embarrassed for her own young master.

She apologized repeatedly: "Please forgive me, Princess. I didn't take good care of your soup. This won't happen again next time. Please drink it first. I will go to the kitchen and ask them to make another pot for you!"

Shen Wantang shook his head: "No need, this bowl is enough, I can't drink too much, don't boil it."

Nanny Chai had no choice but to retreat noddingly.

On the other side, Xiao Qingyuan carried the food box and quickly returned to his yard.

He endured the hunger in his stomach and walked into the house with some joy: "Yanluo, look what I brought you?"

Chu Yanluo had changed into Xiao Qingyuan's clothes. She lay on the bed and asked indifferently, "What?"

"It's pigeon soup! This is the best thing for you to drink right now. I'll help you up. After you drink a bowl, you'll feel much better."

Chu Yanluo frowned: "Didn't I tell you that I want to drink bird's nest soup? Why did you give me the pigeon soup? I don't want it, take it away!"