Chapter 42 Chu Yanluo is also reborn.

While Shen Wantang was sizing up Chu Yanluo, her maid Qinxin stepped forward to stop her: "Who let you in? Our Crown Princess is busy looking at the household accounts and is not receiving guests. Please leave!"

Chu Yanluo held her head high, glanced at Qin Xin with disdain, and then said in an arrogant tone, "Shen Wantang is not the Crown Prince's consort. The Crown Prince has neither lifted her veil nor consummated the marriage with her. She is nothing! I am the Crown Prince's true love, and the position of Crown Prince's consort belongs to me!"

"Qin Xin, if you know what's good for you, you should kneel down and beg for my forgiveness right now. Otherwise, when I become the Crown Prince's wife and my steward, you will be sold to Chi Chun Lane and you will never be able to escape until you die!"

Chichun Lane was a place where lower-class men bought sex; it was a paradise for poor men and a hell for poor women.

For just ten coins, a man could freely choose any woman and vent his frustrations and torment her without restraint.

That entire alley was filled with pitiful women who had nowhere else to turn. Screams of agony often emanated from it, and female corpses, covered in sores and barely clothed, were frequently carried out.

Qin Xin never expected that Chu Yanluo, who seemed ethereal, aloof and proud, would be so ruthless and vicious inside!

She thought that even if Chu Yanluo disliked her, she would at most just kick her out of the mansion. She never expected that Chu Yanluo would actually sell her to Chichun Lane!

Chu Yanluo is not even the Crown Prince's wife yet, and she dares to be so arrogant. If she were to become the Crown Prince's wife of the Ning Prince's mansion, what would become of her?

Qin Xin gritted her teeth and said, "You're nothing but a concubine of the Crown Prince. You used tricks to get him to bring you into the manor. Do you really think you can become the Crown Prince's legal wife overnight? What a pipe dream! With your looks, you'd be a disgrace to the world. You'll never become the Crown Prince's consort!"

Chu Yanluo's face darkened: "Get out of my way! You're just a lowly maid, how dare you speak to me? You'll regret this!"

She pushed Qin Xin aside and went straight into the house.

Then, looking at Shen Wantang's face, she suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, so this is what you look like! No wonder the young master was so polite to you. It turns out it's because you look a bit like me!"

Just as Granny Chai was about to step forward and chase them away, Shen Wantang stopped her.

She looked at Chu Yanluo indifferently: "You want to sell my maid?"

Chu Yanluo acted as if she were in her own room, casually stroking the things around her as she said, "Yes, a servant like her who is so disrespectful should naturally be sold off to prevent her from corrupting the atmosphere of the manor. I don't think you know how to manage a household at all. You've made the whole manor a mess, it's really bad luck. I'll have to clean up your messes in the future. Why don't you just leave now?"

Shen Wantang remained seated, unmoved: "Whether I can manage the household or not is none of your business, an outsider. My maid is not for you to sell off. She handled things appropriately just now, without being disrespectful, but truly neither servile nor arrogant. Granny Chai, Qin Xin performed well, reward her!"

Granny Chai immediately took out some silver and handed it to Qin Xin: "Qin Xin, the Princess Consort has given you a reward!"

Qin Xin took the heavy silver and happily bowed deeply: "This servant thanks the Crown Princess!"

Shen Wantang nodded to her, her gaze filled with tenderness and pity.

If she remembered correctly, in her previous life, Qin Xin was indeed sold to Chi Chun Lane by Chu Yanluo. Not only her, but also Qi Yu, Shu Xiang, and Hua Yi were sold there as well.

Just because Shen Mingxuan fought Chu Yanluo and Chu Yanluo was at a disadvantage for a while, she got angry and took all four of Shen Mingxuan's maids to her side. After getting their indentures from Xiao Qingyuan, she turned around and sold them to Chichun Lane.

All the maids and nannies that Shen Mingxuan brought with her from the Shen family died inexplicably. She once went back to the Shen family and cursed Chu Yanluo, saying that she was a ruthless woman who killed without shedding blood, and that if she died one day, it would definitely be Chu Yanluo who killed her.

Therefore, she decided to strike first. She asked Madam Qi for several more capable maids and nannies. Not long after returning to the Ning Prince's Mansion, Chu Yanluo drowned during a trip.

Having been reborn, the four maids, Qin, Qi, Shu, and Hua, have become Shen Wantang's people. Naturally, they don't know their fate in their previous life, and Shen Wantang won't let them know either. She will not let the four beautiful girls repeat the tragedy of their previous life.

Now that they've all become her personal maids, she naturally has to protect their peace and tranquility in this lifetime.

Her voice turned somewhat cold: "If Miss Chu has nothing else to say, then you should leave. Whether my maid stays or leaves is not up to you. You can't take anything from my room no matter how many times you touch it."

Chu Yanluo's hand, which was touching the golden nanmu chair, froze.

But her expression quickly returned to its arrogant state: "These things will all be mine in the future. I'm just taking a look beforehand. What are you so upset about!"

"I'm not upset that your hands are dirty, I just think they're dirty."

"What did you say?! My hands are dirty? My hands are much cleaner than your mouth! I think you're the heart!"

Chu Yanluo said arrogantly, "Only someone with a heart would see everything as dirty! Besides, you're just imitating me, trying to make the prince fall in love with you! Let me tell you, that's impossible. No matter how much you look like me, the prince will never like you. He will like me in this life, the next life, and the life after that!"

What was said unintentionally may have been taken to heart by the listener.

Shen Wantang's heart skipped a beat. Chu Yanluo was talking about her past life.

Did she say it unconsciously, or did she really have a past life?

Many changes have occurred in the Ning Prince's Mansion in this lifetime. Chu Yanluo even arrived at the manor more than a year earlier than expected. Could it all be related to her?

Shen Wantang looked at Chu Yanluo without showing any emotion, and casually made up a story: "If there is a past life or a next life, the young master will definitely like me."

Chu Yanluo chuckled: "Stop dreaming. The young master loved me in his past life, and he will love me in his next life too. You are nothing to him. In fact, you were never even meant to marry him, were you?"

Shen Wantang looked astonished: "How did you know I wasn't originally supposed to marry the Crown Prince?"

"Why are you so surprised? I heard it from outside. Your good sister, Shen Mingxuan, was supposed to marry into the royal family, but she suddenly changed her mind, and that's how you became the crown prince's wife."

Shen Wantang's feigned astonishment gradually faded away.

Although Chu Yanluo concealed it well, Shen Wantang, having lived a lifetime, was more perceptive of many details than others.

What Chu Yanluo knew was not something she heard from outsiders, but something she had personally experienced. Only something she had personally experienced could make her so certain.

Shen Wantang has confirmed that Chu Yanluo has also been reborn.