Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Shen Guannian nodded in satisfaction: "You have always been sensible and obedient, and your father is very pleased. After you marry into the palace, you must continue to behave like this, be filial to your parents-in-law, and speak well of me in front of the prince when necessary. After so many years, your father is still a fifth-rank official, and it is time to move up a level."

Shen Guannian had said similar words at least eight or ten times, and Shen Wantang had memorized them, but he still kept saying them, as if he was afraid that she would not speak for him after marrying into the palace.

Shen Wantang agreed verbally but didn't take it seriously in his heart.

In the previous life, Shen Guannian also told Shen Mingxuan the same thing, and Shen Mingxuan really asked King Ning to give Shen Guannian a higher official position.

King Ning was very angry. Not only did he not agree to her request for an official position, he also punished her by confining her to her home for a month.

But Shen Mingxuan didn't feel that she was wrong at all. As soon as the house arrest was over, she ran to King Ning's study and secretly read many confidential files.

Then she copied down these secrets and asked someone to send them to Shen Guannian so that he could use them to get promoted.

But the letter was intercepted by Prince Ning. After seeing what was copied on the letter, he was so furious that he used family rules to beat Shen Mingxuan half to death.

After Shen Mingxuan recovered from her injury, she went back to the Shen family and cried, saying that she had only made a small mistake, so why was she punished in public? She was the Crown Prince's wife, not a maid or servant. Prince Ning even beat his daughter-in-law, which was simply disrespectful to the elderly.

Shen Wantang thought she was stupid at that time. She asked Prince Ning for an official position only a few days after her marriage and passed Prince Ning's confidential information home. She even wrote it down in black and white on paper, as if she was afraid that Prince Ning would not be able to get evidence. She really thought her life was too long.

If the official position was so easy to obtain, why didn't Shen Guannian ask for it himself? He had to ask for it through his daughter. Didn't he think about how inappropriate it was for his daughter-in-law to talk to her father-in-law about this matter?

Shen Wantang would naturally not make the mistakes that Shen Mingxuan made. It didn't matter whether Shen Guannian was promoted or not. What mattered was that she could live a good life in the palace.

After collecting two more things, Shen Wantang left Shen Guannian's study.

She handed all the things to Dujuan, and the master and servant walked towards their courtyard together.

When passing by Shen Mingxuan's yard, he happened to see Shen Mingxuan sending Qi out.

Qi stared at what Du Juan was holding, knowing that Shen Guannian had given some of his family fortune to Shen Wantang. She was burning with jealousy and said coldly, "What did Du Juan take? Bring it here so I can see."

Du Juan looked at her gloomy expression and subconsciously took a step back.

Shen Wantang smiled at Du Juan and said, "Show my mother the dowry my father gave me."

Du Juan then stepped forward and handed the four things to Qi.

But after seeing them, Qi immediately took away the two most valuable ones: "The color of this bracelet is too old-fashioned for Wan Tang to wear, and the style of this gold hairpin is out of date. I will change you two more that suit you."

Shen Wantang had suffered the same loss in her previous life. At that time, Qi used the same excuse to take away several pieces of pure gold jewelry left to her by her biological mother, and replaced them with worthless hollow silver hairpins for her. Moreover, Qi took away five pieces and only returned three to her.

Living her life over again, Shen Wantang could not afford to suffer such a loss again, otherwise her life would have been in vain.

She said slowly, "Mother, this is the dowry my father gave me. It is my father's sincere love for his daughter. How can I dislike it just because it is old-fashioned? What's more, I don't think it is old-fashioned at all. On the contrary, I like it very much."

As she spoke, she directly pulled the things in Qi's hand back and said, "I will naturally keep the things my father gave me properly, so I won't bother my mother. However, if my mother has jewelry suitable for me to give me as a dowry, I will also be very happy. Later, I will definitely report to my father that my mother also gave me an extra dowry!"

Qi looked at her in disbelief. The concubine's daughter, who used to be silent and dull with almost no sense of existence, now dared to retort her and even snatch things from her!

She was about to bite her teeth to pieces. "I don't have much dowry for you. You are just a concubine's daughter. The dowry your father gave you has already exceeded the standard for a concubine's daughter. Are you still not satisfied? Be careful that your appetite is too big and you will eat yourself to death!"

Shen Wantang handed the things he had snatched back to Du Juan and said calmly, "Although I am a concubine's daughter, I am going to marry into the Ning Wang Mansion. If the dowry is too shabby, it will not only bring shame to me, but also to the entire Shen family. My sister is getting married soon, and she is not afraid of being embarrassed. I just don't know who will be willing to marry into our Shen family as a daughter-in-law in the future if mother and two brothers lose face?"

"Mother, if you give me an extra dowry, you can also have a good reputation, right? Of course, if you don't give it, it's okay. At most, people outside will gossip about you, saying that you are mean and stingy and treat your concubine's daughter harshly, and you are reluctant to even give her a dowry when she gets married."

Qi was very concerned about her reputation. She looked extremely unhappy when she heard this: "Shut up! When have I ever been harsh to you? When have I ever been mean and petty? You are talking nonsense like this. Aren't you afraid of rotting your tongue?"

Shen Wantang looked at her innocently: "Why is mother angry? I didn't say that. It was said by outsiders. Don't be angry. Outsiders don't know the truth, but I know that mother has always been very good to me. I have everything that my sister has."

Qi snorted coldly and walked away.

Seeing her mother leave in anger, Shen Mingxuan looked at Shen Wantang with a gloomy face: "Since my sister got engaged to Prince Ning, she has become more and more arrogant. She even dared to scold you, mother. I think you don't know your own weight. You don't think that you will have a backer after marrying into Prince Ning's mansion, do you?"

"Sister, you're worrying too much. I don't think so."

"Shen Wantang, you don't have to be so arrogant. Prince Ning's Mansion will teach you a lesson. Don't come back crying when the time comes!"

Shen Wantang wanted to laugh, and she also wanted to say that the Liao family would teach Shen Mingxuan how to behave, so she just needed to not cry when the time comes.

However, it seemed unnecessary for her to remind her elder sister. After all, she would not listen. She was now immersed in the great joy of her rebirth. She was so arrogant that she said everywhere that she was the chosen one and did not take anyone seriously.

Shen Wantang quickly took her maid back to her own courtyard. As soon as she returned, Nanny Yin, who was by Qi's side, came.

She threw down a box and said sarcastically, "Second Miss, this is the dowry that Madam prepared specially for you. You must be careful when handling it. The hairpins inside are all newly made and sharp. Don't poke your hands or blind your eyes. If you do that, you won't be able to marry into the Ning Wang Mansion. After all, the Ning Wang Mansion will never want a blind person to be the Crown Prince's Consort!"

Shen Wantang opened the box and took a look. She saw a lot of jewelry inside, including gold and silver. It was obvious that Qi had spent a lot of money for his reputation.