Chapter 55 A man's instinct is to be fickle.
Shen Wantang admired her change of expression, then raised her hand and waved it gently.
The old women immediately stepped forward and, without saying a word, pinned Chu Yanluo down. Some of them even pulled out ropes from somewhere and tied Chu Yanluo up tightly.
The two maids that Chu Yanluo brought were just for show. They had only just entered the Prince's mansion and had never seen such a scene before. For a moment, they did not dare to help Chu Yanluo fight against Shen Wantang. After all, Shen Wantang was the legitimate Princess Consort, while Chu Yanluo was nothing. She was not even a concubine.
Chu Yanluo was both shocked and furious: "Shen Wantang, are you crazy! You dare to kidnap me? The young master protects me like a treasure, don't you know how much he cares about me? When the young master comes back, you're dead!"
Shen Wantang's lips curled into a mocking smile: "Is that so? Then let's see who's doomed when the young master returns."
She raised her hand: "Take him away!"
The old women immediately dragged Chu Yanlu away. Chu Yanlu screamed and cursed Shen Wantang, but her mouth was quickly stuffed with a rag.
The old women were all excited. They had disliked Chu Yanluo for a long time, and now they finally had a chance to teach her a lesson. How dare she challenge the Crown Prince's wife? She was truly courting death.
The maids and servants who hadn't managed to get involved all looked regretful, regretting that they hadn't run fast enough to show their faces in front of the Crown Princess. They knew that the Crown Princess was tolerant and generous, and she would give generous rewards to anyone who did her a favor. She never mistreated her servants.
Who wouldn't want to work for such a master?
The afterglow of the setting sun dyed half the sky red and shone on Shen Wantang's face, giving her a golden-red glow.
Qin Xin looked at her and felt that her image became incredibly noble. After all, because the prince protected Chu Yanluo without any bottom line, even the princess did not dare to touch Chu Yanluo. She could only turn a blind eye and pretend that Chu Yanluo did not exist, letting her wander around the palace and make a fuss every day.
She felt both admiration and worry: "Princess Consort, you just had that girl from Jixin Nunnery tied up like that. Won't that anger the Prince? What if she complains to him and the Prince develops a grudge against you?"
Shen Wantang laughed: "Do you think the Crown Prince and I don't have any grudges now? On our wedding night, the groom didn't lift the veil and just turned around and left. I'm probably the only one in the whole capital who did that."
"But lately, the young master has clearly become closer to you. He didn't know how good you were before, which is why he did those things. Now that he knows how good you are, he's been bringing you gifts and saying he wants to help you earn money. It's clear that the young master likes you too, he just hasn't realized it yet."
Shen Wantang still smiled. Qin Xin hadn't been reborn, so she didn't know how deep Xiao Qingyuan's feelings for Chu Yanluo really were. If she had known, she probably wouldn't have said such things.
Shen Wantang didn't explain much, but patiently and gently instructed her head maid: "Who do you think is in charge in this house?"
Qin Xin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Your Highness?"
"Yes, it's Mother who decides. So as long as I do my job as a daughter-in-law conscientiously, no one can touch me, not even the Crown Prince."
"But you can't just be close to the princess. The prince is your husband, the one you'll spend your life with. You can't let things get too tense with him. You have to be close to him too. It would be best to just snatch him away from that woman at Jixin Nunnery and see how arrogant she can be then!"
"I'll snatch him away? And then what? Can you guarantee that from now on the prince will only love me? That there won't be any other women, and that there won't be any more concubines or maids in the manor?"
“This…the young master is not that kind of person. He has never had any concubines or maids before. He has been devoted to the one at Jixin Nunnery, and he will continue to be devoted to you in the future.”
"If he is wholeheartedly in love with Chu Yanluo, how could he change his mind and love me instead? If he could change his mind and love me, then he could also change his mind and love someone else."
Qin Xin was speechless. What the Crown Princess said seemed to make a lot of sense, and she couldn't refute it at all.
There are very few men in this world who don't have concubines or maids and are devoted to their wives. Even a prince who loves and protects his wife so much has three concubines. They are all younger and better at charming women than the princess. Even a man like the prince who has seen the world can't resist those little vixens!
As Shen Wantang strolled along, she said gently, “Don’t expect men to be with you for eternity. It’s their instinct to be fickle. As long as I can live peacefully with the prince, that’s enough. As for who he likes, that’s not my concern. He can like whoever he wants. The important thing is that I have the power to manage the household.”
Qin Xin looked at her with admiration: "Your Highness is truly as magnanimous as a prime minister. Your magnanimity is something I can learn for a lifetime."
Shen Wantang smiled helplessly. She wasn't being magnanimous at all; she just didn't care about Xiao Qingyuan. So she wished he had a woman serving him, otherwise she would have to do it herself, which would be too tiring.
However, she cares about managing the household and her mother-in-law. If someone were to compete with her for her mother-in-law's affection or her management of the household, she wouldn't be so calm.
In Shaoguang Courtyard.
When Princess Ning heard that Shen Wantang had Chu Yanluo's hands and feet tied, her mouth gagged, and thrown into the woodshed, she was so happy she almost jumped for joy: "Granny, what did you say? The Crown Princess really started to deal with that shameless nun?!"
Granny Quan couldn't suppress her smile: "Your Highness, you heard right, the Crown Princess really did deal with that bitch! That bitch spoke rudely to Your Highness and provoked you again and again. She thought Your Highness wouldn't dare to do anything to her, but Your Highness wasn't afraid at all and took her down directly!"
Princess Ning laughed loudly: "Good! Well done! As expected of the Crown Princess I chose. I was worried that she, a concubine's daughter, wouldn't have enough courage to establish her authority in the Prince's mansion. I never expected her to be so fearless. She's only been here for less than a month and she's already dealt with the person I wanted to deal with the most!"
Granny Quan chimed in, "That's right! The Crown Princess is truly a woman of great character. The steward, who had been keeping quiet, hadn't bothered that wretched woman at all. But that wretched woman was never satisfied and insisted on provoking the Crown Princess. Now look what she's done to herself!"
Prince Ning took a deep breath, looking refreshed and invigorated: "Refreshing! I feel great!"
Since Chu Yanlu moved into the Prince's mansion, she had been depressed every day. This was the first time she had been so happy, and even the aches and pains all over her body had disappeared.
This time, she was genuinely happy from the bottom of her heart!
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