Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Princess Ning slammed the table in anger: "I am your biological mother, how can I lie to you? Chu Yanluo insulted the Crown Prince's Consort today, and many people in the palace saw it. If you don't believe it, just ask someone to see if it was the Crown Prince's Consort who provoked her, or she who provoked the Crown Prince's Consort!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face turned cold: "I don't believe Yan Luo would insult Shen Wantang. My mother asked me to ask someone, who should I ask? Everyone in the mansion listens to you. No one will speak for Yan Luo. No matter who I ask, they will definitely say something that is not good for Yan Luo!"

Princess Ning was almost mad at her son. She pointed at her son's nose and called him "you" for a long time but couldn't utter a word.

She originally wanted to act, but as she was acting it became real.

While helping the princess to calm down, Nanny Quan said, "Your Highness, what the princess said is true. Chu Yanluo scolded the princess in public for being shameless, just because the princess accepted the three things you sent her. She also forced the princess to hand over the jade bracelet that the princess gave her, and later threatened to sell the princess's maid Qin Xin."

Princess Ning calmed down and said with red eyes, "I'm not dead yet, but she's so arrogant. If I die, will she trample the Crown Prince's wife to the ground? Which family has such rules? A thing that is not even a concubine dares to insult the mistress of the house and threatens her to sell her maids! Is there any law in this? Is it Chu Yanluo who has the final say in this family now?!"

"Don't worry, mother. Yan Luo is a very affectionate and saintly person. She speaks very straightforwardly and doesn't know how to beat around the bush. Maybe there is a misunderstanding here. Maybe the maid offended Yan Luo, and Yan Luo was so angry that she said she would sell her out. I will go back and ask her what happened, and then I will report to you, mother."

Xiao Qingyuan said this and was about to walk out.

Princess Ning said immediately, "You don't need to go back and ask. Chu Yanluo has been locked up in the woodshed. Tell her to reflect on herself in the woodshed for three days!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face changed drastically, and he cried out in a lost voice: "Yan Luo was locked up in the woodshed?! Who locked her up? Was it you, mother, or Shen Wantang?! Did you deliberately bully Yan Luo while I was away? She is already pitiful enough, why don't you let her go!"

Princess Ning saw his expression change in an instant, as if locking up Chu Yanluo would cost him his life. She said unhappily, "The Crown Prince's Concubine locked her up. I allowed it. So what? Now the Crown Prince's Concubine is the housekeeper. Can't she even lock up a person? What are you looking at? Are you going to eat me? You..."

Before she could finish her words, Xiao Qingyuan turned around and walked away with a gloomy face.

Princess Ning thought something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Madame Quan, hurry up and follow the Crown Prince. If he wants to cause trouble with the Crown Prince's Consort, stop him and don't let him hurt her!"

Nanny Quan went out in a hurry.

In Wutong Garden, Shen Wantang had already finished his dinner and was looking at the account book under the lamp.

Although her cousin has gone to Jiangnan, several shops are still operating normally. The manager sent this month's accounts today, so she naturally has to read them carefully.

Just when I was happy about the good profit this month, I heard a roar mixed with anger from outside: "Shen Wantang, come out!"

Qin Xin's face changed: "Princess, the prince is here, and he sounds very angry. How about you hide away!"

Shen Wantang put down the account book: "Why are you hiding? I was afraid he wouldn't come!"

As she spoke, she stood up and left the inner room.

Xiao Qingyuan had already rushed into the house. When he saw Shen Wantang coming out of the inner room, his eyes were cold as if he wanted to kill her: "Where's Yanluo?"

"She's locked up in the woodshed."

Xiao Qingyuan almost roared: "Who allowed you to lock her up? Who do you think you are? How can you be qualified to lock her up? Release her immediately!"

Shen Wantang looked at Madam Chai and said, "Madam, bring the person here."

Nanny Chai responded and walked out.

Xiao Qingyuan was still furious, pointing at Shen Wantang's nose and scolding: "I just asked you to be the housekeeper for a few days, and you are so arrogant that you don't even know your last name, right? I tell you today, you are nothing, you are not even as good as a hair of Yan Luo!"

"Even if Yan Luo doesn't have the title of Crown Prince's Consort, she is still a thousand times and ten thousand times more important to me than you! Get out of our palace immediately. We don't want a sinister villain like you who appears generous on the surface but is jealous in private!"

His angry curses echoed in the room, and his fingers almost poked Shen Wantang in the face.

Qin Xin and others felt aggrieved and embarrassed for Shen Wantang, but they were all servants and no one dared to speak for Shen Wantang at this time.

Shen Wantang didn't need them to speak for her. When she tied up Chu Yanluo, she had already anticipated the current scene.

She said calmly, "I was married to the palace by three matchmakers, six betrothals and eight sedan chair bearers. I did not move in privately. Our marriage is protected by the laws of Dafeng. If the prince wants me to leave, he can write a divorce letter, but I have not committed any of the seven crimes, so the prince's divorce letter is also without reason."

Xiao Qingyuan said sternly: "You have used private punishment recklessly and punished my woman recklessly. You are immoral. Just based on this, I can write a letter of divorce and divorce you!"

"Your Highness, be careful with your words. I have never used any private punishment. Miss Chu was just locked up in the woodshed. No one beat or scolded her."

"Why did you lock her up? Just because she said she wanted to sell your maid? Just because she wanted to get her bracelet back?"

"Of course it's not because of these. No one else has the right to dispose of my maid, and my bracelet does not belong to Miss Chu. The word 'return' is inappropriate, my lord."

"Then why did you lock her up in the woodshed? Weren't you doing it to vent your anger? You think I only love her, and you're jealous of her, so you took advantage of my absence to do something ruthless to her!"

Xiao Qingyuan felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He had already imagined that the woman he loved had suffered great injustice and hurt, and he arrived late, only to see a poor girl covered in bruises.

Shen Wantang did not answer his reason. She waited quietly for Nanny Chai.

After a while, Nanny Chai brought Chu Yanluo over.

The ropes on Chu Yanluo's body had been untied, and she was free to move. When she saw Xiao Qingyuan, she cried and threw herself into his arms: "Qingyuan, I thought I would never see you again in this life! Why did you come back just now? I'm so scared!"

Xiao Qingyuan hugged her, feeling extremely distressed: "Yanluo, are you okay? Are you hurt? Did they beat you?"

Chu Yanluo really wanted to say that they did fight, but unfortunately, they didn’t.

If she was lying, Xiao Qingyuan would probably check her injuries, but she didn't have any injuries on her body, only traces of having sex with Yuan Zheng last night, so she absolutely couldn't let Xiao Qingyuan see her body.