Chapter 181 It's okay if you like to pretend to faint

Xiao Qingyuan hesitated for a moment.

Shen Wantang's unexpected assertiveness today was probably because he was genuinely angered by Chu Yanluo, so he couldn't very well go against her.

Moreover, Shen Wantang's suggestion that Chu Yanluo live in a courtyard by herself was actually to his liking. She should have lived in a courtyard by herself long ago, so that she wouldn't always be making things difficult for Huayi.

He finally nodded: "Alright, let's do it your way. Yanluo will live in Qingwu Courtyard from now on."

Chu Yanluo in his arms almost jumped up in anger. She was extremely regretful that she had pretended to faint, otherwise Shen Wantang would not have taken such a big opportunity!

Shen Wantang did it on purpose; she was getting revenge on her!

If she moves out of Xinghe Courtyard, wouldn't that benefit Huayi? No one will be able to stop her from seducing Xiao Qingyuan in the future!

Unfortunately, she couldn't wake up so soon, otherwise Xiao Qingyuan would definitely suspect that she had faked fainting.

Xiao Qingyuan was naturally unaware of Chu Yanluo's thoughts. He said with some concern, "You should check her injuries first. She has lost too much blood."

Shen Wantang reached out and took Chu Yanluo's pulse. She could tell at a glance that Chu Yanluo was indeed very weak, but she was faking fainting.

"Aunt Chu is suffering from both qi and blood deficiency. Although her life is not in danger, she needs to rest and recuperate for a few months. Otherwise, her health will deteriorate significantly in the future, and she may develop serious problems."

Shen Wantang didn't expose Chu Yanluo. It didn't matter if she liked to pretend to faint; there would be a time when she would really faint.

"After you send her to Qingwu Courtyard, remember not to give her any strong tonics. She is too weak. Taking tonics rashly will do more harm than good. She should mainly eat a light diet."

Xiao Qingyuan nodded: "You're right. In that case, I'll send her to rest now."

After he finished speaking, he carried Chu Yanluo away.

Shen Wantang, however, acted as if nothing had happened and continued to cook.

The maids and servants in the kitchen all looked at her with awe.

In the past, they all thought that the Crown Princess was too easygoing, and sometimes she was even outdone by Chu Yanluo. In fact, they also felt behind her back that she was not liked by the Crown Prince, so she did not have the confidence to challenge Chu Yanluo, and her momentum was naturally weaker than Chu Yanluo's.

After seeing Shen Wantang slap Chu Yanluo twice today, no one felt that she was weak anymore.

Most importantly, Shen Wantang not only hit Chu Yanluo, but she also retorted when the Crown Prince came to question her.

The crown prince, surprisingly, went from being accusatory to being submissive in an instant.

The Crown Princess is amazing! She managed to smooth out all the prickles on the Crown Prince's body, and even managed to get Chu Yanluo assigned to Qingwu Courtyard! Qingwu Courtyard is quite remote, and it hasn't been inhabited for a long time.

It turns out she wasn't without a temper; she was just too well-mannered, so she rarely got angry.

Shen Wantang didn't care about the gazes of the maids and servants. After she finished cooking, she asked Qin Xin to pack the food into a box, and then she personally delivered it to Princess Ning's courtyard.

Shen Wantang didn't mention a word about what happened in the kitchen, but only told Princess Ning some interesting stories about the outside world.

Princess Ning ate a bowl of rice while enjoying the delicious side dishes her daughter-in-law had personally prepared and listening to her tell stories.

After she finished eating, Granny Quan said with a mixture of surprise and delight, "Your Highness has eaten quite a lot this time! The Crown Princess's cooking is excellent!"

Princess Ning ate to her heart's content. She looked at Shen Wantang with satisfaction and said, "Tang'er is truly a filial child. You've worked hard."

As she spoke, she took Shen Wantang's hand and examined it carefully.

Shen Wantang knew what she was checking, and she smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, I'm not burned."

"Why not? Isn't there a red dot here? It must have been splattered with oil. It's a burn, why didn't you say that?"

After listening, Shen Wantang looked down and indeed saw a red dot the size of a grain of rice on her hand.

She still smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt. If my mother hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that I got splashed with oil here."

Princess Ning asked Granny Quan to bring burn ointment and personally applied it to her: "I know you are filial to me, but you can leave the kitchen work to the servants. You don't need to do it yourself anymore. You have already suffered a lot of grievances since you married into the Prince's Mansion, how can I ask you to do those rough jobs again?"

Shen Wantang was deeply moved and spoke with particular sincerity: "My mother truly loves me; I am so blessed."

When she was in the Shen family, her stepmother always liked to set rules for her, and the most troublesome one was to make her go to the kitchen to cook for her.

No matter how well she cooked, her stepmother was never satisfied and would punish her by making her redo the dishes over and over again.

Unable to bear it any longer, she complained to her father, Shen Guannian. However, her stepmother said that she was doing this to train her so that she could be filial to her in-laws and serve her husband after she got married. She said that if a girl couldn't even cook, she would be looked down upon by her in-laws, and the Shen family couldn't afford to lose face like that.

Shen Guannian agreed wholeheartedly after hearing this, and after saying that he would listen to his stepmother from now on, he stopped paying attention to her.

In her previous life, she married Liao Youhe, which was a marriage downgrade, and her mother-in-law was a difficult and shrewish person. Naturally, she couldn't cook for her mother-in-law. On the contrary, when her mother-in-law asked her to cook, she concealed her true cooking skills and said directly that she couldn't cook.

My mother-in-law made sarcastic remarks about this for a long time.

No matter how much her mother-in-law mocked her, Shen Wantang refused to cook. She had no reason to accept marrying down, supporting her family, and still have to fawn over her mother-in-law.

In this life, she was indeed married into a higher social class, but her mother-in-law protected her in every way and never made things difficult for her.

Human hearts are made of flesh and blood. Since her mother-in-law had a poor appetite and couldn't eat, she was naturally willing to cook some delicious dishes for her.

But she didn't expect that her mother-in-law, who clearly loved her cooking, would refuse to ask her to cook anymore because she felt sorry for her.

Having lived two lives, apart from her deceased birth mother, Princess Ning was probably the person who loved her the most.

She stayed with her mother-in-law for a while longer, and when she saw her yawn and look a little sleepy, she left.

She returned to her courtyard, went into her inner room, and was helped by Du Juan to change her clothes. She had spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen that day, and her clothes had become smelly.

As Dujuan changed her clothes, her eyes red, she said, "Princess Consort, I think the Princess is right. You have really suffered because of this marriage."

Shen Wantang chuckled: "How am I being wronged? Isn't this much better than when I was in the Shen family?"

"no the same."

Du Juan choked up slightly: "When you were in the Shen family, at least no concubine dared to scold you. But after you came to the Ning Prince's Mansion, any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to yell at you. Even a concubine dares to insult you, and the young master even protects her and blames you right away. Aren't you wronged enough?"

Shen Wantang almost laughed. She really didn't feel wronged: "Didn't I hit her back? I slapped her twice, and she even picked at her wounds. I even assigned her to Qingwu Courtyard. Do you think I'm the one who's wronged or she is?"