Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Prince Ning glared at his son angrily: "Do you think that other than Yan Cheng, the other guards are not my people?!"

"I don't care, I just don't want Yancheng!"

Of course Xiao Qingyuan didn't want Yan Cheng. Yan Cheng's martial arts were too high and he couldn't beat him at all. If it was any other guard, he could still resist, but he couldn't resist Yan Cheng at all.

He turned around, looked at the large group of guards surrounding him, and randomly selected ten of them.

"I want them! Also, Shen Wantang has to come with me!"

Princess Ning was horrified: "No! Tang'er can't go with you. If you want to go, go by yourself. Your father and I will never stop you!"

"I don't have any hostages. If my mother and father change their minds, I will definitely not be able to get out again!"

"No! Your father and I will not stop you this time, let Tang'er go!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! How could I joke about Tang'er's life?"

Xiao Qingyuan held Shen Wantang hostage and walked out of the palace. He felt relieved when he saw that the ten guards had followed him out and even a carriage was prepared for him.

He glanced at Shen Wantang and frowned when he saw that she, the hostage, was calmer and more composed than anyone else.

Why didn't she cry? Why didn't she scold him?

Shocked? Not really.

Could it be that she trusted him and knew he wouldn't hurt her?

Shen Wantang saw him looking at her and finally spoke: "Sir, can you let me go now?"

Xiao Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, but finally retracted the knife and let her go.

Then, he got on the carriage and headed towards the Duke's Mansion with his guards.

Princess Ning pulled Shen Wantang to her side and asked anxiously, "Tang'er, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Shen Wantang shook her head: "No, mother, I'm not injured, I'm just a little frightened."

Princess Ning hugged her in her arms: "Good child, you have been wronged, Yuan'er is really outrageous, don't be afraid, this kind of thing will never happen again!"

Prince Ning also felt that his son had gone too far this time, and his tone was filled with guilt: "Tang'er, when Yuan'er comes back, I will definitely discipline him and ask him to apologize to you."

Princess Ning patted Shen Wantang on the back and said soothingly, "That bastard will definitely be punished when he comes back. Wait for your father and I to vent your anger! Come on, let's go back to the mansion first. It's cold outside. Don't let you get frozen again."

Shen Wantang nodded, said nothing more, and followed her inside with his head down.

Princess Ning personally escorted her back to the courtyard. Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something and asked Shen Wantang, "Tang'er, I saw that Yuan'er still had two needles stuck in his head. Did you do that to him?"

"I was the one who stabbed him. Mo Ji came to me and said that the prince had fainted again, so I went to treat him. I didn't expect that he was pretending to faint. After I had just stabbed him twice, he pulled out a knife and put it against my neck. I also reminded him later that the needle had not been removed, but he refused to let me do it."

"That's serious. Will it damage his brain? He's not very smart to begin with, don't make him stupid again!"

"No, it was just to clear the blood stasis for the prince, it's nothing serious."

"I can rest assured that!"

Princess Ning breathed a sigh of relief and left with her people.

The room fell silent.

Shen Wantang sat for a while, then told Du Juan: "Go find a craftsman to make me a few more silver needles. The two on the prince's head probably can't be taken back."

"Yes."

Du Juan responded, and then asked her in a low voice: "Prince's Concubine, is it really okay if the silver needle is stuck in the prince's head and not removed?"

"Nothing big will happen naturally."

Shen Wantang couldn't help but touch his neck. The cold and sharp touch of the blade seemed to still be there, and his skin was slightly stinging: "But there will still be a little bit of trouble."

"What little thing?"

"Well, the prince may have a headache for a few days."

Du Juan would have a headache for several days after hearing this, and then she felt a little better: "It's not your fault. It was the prince who didn't let you pull it out. The consequence of not trusting you is that he will suffer! He deserves it!"

Qin Xin took the ointment and applied it to the red marks on Shen Wantang's neck while angrily saying, "The prince only has Huayi in his heart now. I don't know what kind of magic potion Huayi gave the prince to make him accompany her home to attend the funeral, and then let the prince take the prince's wife hostage in order to save her!"

"The Crown Prince's wife's housekeeper worked so hard and treated the Crown Prince many times. It's ok that the Crown Prince is not grateful to her, but how could she hurt her like this! He has such a cruel heart. Your skin has been cut red by his knife. It's about to break and bleed!"

"I wonder what people outside will say about the Crown Prince's wife. There are already a lot of rumors, and the Crown Prince is not quiet. Isn't this just deliberately giving others something to talk about?"

Shen Wantang listened to the two maids complaining about Xiao Qingyuan's disgust, but she didn't take it too seriously. Firstly, Xiao Qingyuan hadn't lost his mind and really hurt her, and secondly, Huayi didn't have the courage to encourage Xiao Qingyuan to do these things.

She knew very well what Huayi wanted. She wanted Xiao Qingyuan's favor and she hoped that Xiao Qingyuan belonged to her completely.

As for Xiao Qingyuan accompanying her home to attend the funeral, this was probably not what Huayi wanted, because this matter was too eye-catching and too subversive of the master-servant relationship, and it would not benefit her at all.

And Xiao Qingyuan holding her hostage with a knife had nothing to do with Huayi. It was just a bad idea that Xiao Qingyuan suddenly came up with.

While she was thinking, Nanny Chai came back with Qiyu and Shuxiang.

"Princess, I have already asked. It was because Second Master Gu sent his personal servant to deliver something to the prince that the prince suddenly went crazy."

After Madam Chai finished speaking, Qi Yu came forward holding a wooden box and said, "Princess, look, this is what Master Gu sent."

Shen Wantang glanced down and realized that it was the painting and the clothes. She couldn't help but shake her head: "There are so many bloodstains. Second Master Gu is deliberately poking at the prince's lungs, fearing that the prince will not go to him to snatch the person away."

Qi Yu couldn't help but ask, "Princess, is this really Huayi's blood? Did Second Young Master Gu beat her? If she bleeds so much, then Huayi is going to die soon, isn't she?"

Qin Xin and the others were all stunned. Although they didn't like Hua Yi very much now, they felt indescribable sadness and depression when they suddenly heard that she might have been beaten to death.

Shen Wantang noticed that their expressions had all become serious, and knew that they might be feeling grief-stricken.

She shook her head and explained the bloodstains on the clothes to the maids: "The color of these bloodstains is dark and deep, and the smell is also very fishy. This amount of blood, the smell of human blood, can't be so large, and it's been so long, and some of it hasn't coagulated yet. Human blood is thick, it won't have not coagulated for so long."