Chapter 62 Why She Was Unwilling to Talk to Me More

Feeling comfortable and at ease in all this, Xiao Qingyuan felt as if he had returned to the past, to the time before he met Chu Yanluo.

Back then, he lived such a comfortable life, always being served and having servants to do everything for him, so he didn't have to worry about anything.

Everything changed after he met Chu Yanluo.

Xiao Qingyuan nodded secretly. Shen Wantang was indeed a good wife. If he hadn't met Chu Yanluo, he would probably be living a peaceful and stable life with Shen Wantang by now!

That's not right either. If he hadn't met Chu Yanluo, given Shen Wantang's background, she probably wouldn't have been able to marry into the Ning Prince's mansion. Her mother would have chosen a high-class lady of equal social standing for him to marry.

On the other side, Shen Wantang had already changed her shoes and put on her outer clothes with Du Juan's help. She had only worn her inner clothes and a cloak when she went out in such a hurry.

She instructed the maids to serve Xiao Qingyuan, and for a moment she felt as if she had returned to her past life.

At that time, Liao Youhe often went out to socialize and would come home drunk. Shen Wantang didn't like the smell of alcohol and cosmetics on him, so she would instruct the maids to help him take a bath and change his clothes from head to toe. This way, he would smell much better.

Now, she has started instructing the maids to serve Xiao Qingyuan again.

From this perspective, it doesn't really matter which man you marry; they will always be the masters, always waiting to be taken care of and served.

The only difference is that the mother-in-law is different.

Liao Youhe's mother was mean and stingy. She always liked to sow discord between the couple and also liked to play the victim. She used filial piety to suppress Liao Youhe, forcing him to obey her every word and teaching him not to give his wife a good face, otherwise she would take advantage of him.

Princess Ning, on the other hand, is generous and broad-minded. She also likes to support her daughter-in-law and scolds her son first when something happens, rather than blaming her daughter-in-law first.

In this life, Shen Wantang feels very lucky and content to have a mother-in-law like Princess Ning. That's why she always puts her mother-in-law first, because her mother-in-law has always protected her in the same way.

The reason she now has the maids serving Xiao Qingyuan is not because he smells of alcohol; she simply doesn't want her mother-in-law to worry.

After a lot of fuss, Xiao Qingyuan was finally settled.

Shen Wantang let him sleep in the inner room, while she herself slept on the soft couch in the outer room.

Qin Xin saw that she refused to go to the inner room to sleep with the prince, and hesitated several times before speaking.

Shen Wantang found it somewhat amusing, but didn't say anything. She simply patted her shoulder and told her to go and rest.

A maid's life is also a life; how can she not rest? Qin Xin usually does the most work and sleeps the least. Tonight, after tossing and turning for most of the night, she can only get an hour and a half of sleep.

Qin Xin knew the Crown Princess's good intentions, so she swallowed what she wanted to say and went to sleep.

The night passed quickly.

When Xiao Qingyuan woke up in the morning, he was greeted by an unfamiliar bedroom. It took him a while to realize that he had slept in Shen Wantang's room last night.

This place is full of her things, full of her traces. He suddenly remembered that when they were first married, his father had tied his hands and feet and thrown him onto Shen Wantang's bed, and Shen Wantang had personally cut the ropes for him.

He felt inexplicably uncomfortable and got up to walk outside.

He was reluctant to run into Shen Wantang, but when he went outside, he found that Shen Wantang was not there.

Seeing him looking around, Granny Chai knew who he was looking for, so she said, "Young Master, the Princess Consort has gone to pay her respects to the Princess."

Xiao Qingyuan paused for a moment, then strode out.

When Mo Ji saw him come out, he immediately went to greet him: "Master, where are you going?"

"Go to the Wenbo residence and settle accounts with Yuan Zheng!"

"Oh? Aren't you going to have breakfast?"

"What's there to eat? I'm already full from being angry!"

As Xiao Qingyuan spoke, he continued walking out.

But Mo Ji discovered that his master had somehow ended up in the Princess's courtyard.

Moreover, when he arrived, he didn't go inside to pay his respects to the princess; he just stood outside hesitating, and no one knew what he was hesitating about.

Moji was full of questions, but dared not ask any more.

After a while, Shen Wantang came out from inside.

Upon seeing Xiao Qingyuan, a hint of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly regained her composure.

She gave a slight curtsy, called out "Your Highness," and then walked out with her maid.

Xiao Qingyuan didn't expect her to leave after just saying goodbye, so he hurriedly called out to her, "Shen Wantang!"

Shen Wantang turned around: "Is there anything else, Your Highness?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to thank you. You... went through a lot last night."

Shen Wantang lowered her head slightly: "Your Highness is too kind."

After she finished speaking, she waited for a moment, and seeing that Xiao Qingyuan seemed to have nothing more to say, she turned around and left with her maid.

Xiao Qingyuan turned to look at Mo Ji: "Was it because I scolded her too harshly yesterday that she got angry and doesn't want to talk to me anymore?"

"My lord, the Crown Princess doesn't seem like such a petty person. She shouldn't be angry with you, otherwise she wouldn't have taken you in last night."

Take them in?

To be honest, although this young servant doesn't know many characters, his word choice is quite precise.

Didn't Shen Wantang take him in last night?

"If she's not angry, why won't she say more than a few words to me?"

"Well...maybe the Crown Princess is afraid of bothering you. Didn't you always tell her to stay away from you?"

"Did I really say something like that?"

"I have said so, sir."

He not only said it, but he didn't say it in such a subtle way either. His exact words were to tell the Crown Princess to get lost!

Xiao Qingyuan lowered his head and remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head again, lifted the curtain, and went into the room.

Princess Ning leaned against the couch by the window. She had just seen Shen Wantang and still had a smile on her face, but as soon as Xiao Qingyuan entered, the smile disappeared from her face.

She looked at her son calmly and asked him, "I heard from Granny Quan that you scolded the Princess Consort last night and even said you wanted to divorce her?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked a little embarrassed: "Mother, I was too anxious yesterday, so I said some harsh words. I have already apologized to Shen Wantang."

"An apology is all it takes? Now the whole household knows you're divorcing your wife! And for such a shameless and unfaithful woman!"

Princess Ning slammed her fist on the table in anger. This time, she wasn't acting; she was genuinely furious: "Aside from her humble origins, the Crown Princess is flawless! Such a good girl is hard to find even with a lantern. It's a great blessing for our Ning Prince's Mansion to have such a daughter-in-law!"

"How dare you bypass me and directly threaten to divorce her? Do you think you haven't hurt her badly enough? Do you want to drive her to her death?! It's only because Tang'er is broad-minded. If it were someone with a slightly narrow mind, your words would have been enough to make her cry for days and nights!"