Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 418: Greetings, Wu, the Concubine of King Rui

Just like that, Shen Youran successfully married into the palace she had always dreamed of. However, this palace was much more difficult than she had imagined. As soon as she entered, the Queen Mother sent a nanny to set the rules for her. Then, the prince was snatched away by the princess on the wedding night...

After Shen Youran entered the mansion, the maids in the mansion were full of disgust when they were sorting out her dowry. What kind of dowry did their concubine have? There were a total of about a hundred sets of dowry, and nearly half of them were rags and other things that were found to make up the number. The remaining half were all ordinary and worthless things. If this were to be made public, it would be a disgrace to the Rui Palace. The maids all laughed at Shen Youran for being shabby behind her back.

After Shen Youran heard this, she secretly swore in her heart that once she had established herself on her feet, she would not let any of these gossiping bitches go free.

The next morning, she got up and went to pay her respects to Princess Nan Qing'er. Unexpectedly, Nan Qing'er was still dressing up, so she had to wait in the courtyard. After a while, another woman came to the courtyard. She was wearing a lavender silk skirt, the folds of the skirt were like snow and moonlight flowing lightly on the ground. A ribbon of the same color was tied around her waist, just right to outline her slender waist.

The top was a lilac-colored short shirt with delicate floral patterns embroidered on the cuffs, which were faintly visible. The collar was slightly open, revealing her fair skin and a string of small pearl necklaces.

Besides her, there was another concubine named Wu in the mansion. It was said that she sang well and was deeply loved by King Rui.

"Is this the new Concubine Shen? My concubine Wu greets the concubine. Last night was your wedding night. Why didn't you sleep a little longer? But the prince got up too early and disturbed you?" Wu's crisp voice sounded.

It would have been better if she didn't say anything. After she said this, Shen Youran's anger, which had just subsided, rose again. She knew very well that the prince was not in her room last night, but he was deliberately making fun of her!

"Aunt, you don't know that the prince rested at the princess's place last night." The maid beside Aunt Wu reminded.

"What? There is such a thing? I'm sorry, Concubine Shen, I didn't know about this matter. The prince is really too much. He let my sister stay alone in the empty room on the wedding night..." Wu smiled and the master and servant sang the same tune, and their words were full of sarcasm.

"What are you talking about, Aunt Wu? The prince can go wherever he wants. Does he have to ask for your and my opinions? He is our husband, so we naturally have to put him first in everything. No matter what decision the prince makes, we have to stand by his side and do our own part. As for the rest, it is not our turn to comment." Although Shen Youran was angry, she suppressed her anger and spoke with a gentle face.

"What Concubine Shen said is true. My sister was just talking casually. Don't take it to heart. I just feel that you have been wronged..." Aunt Wu covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She had heard that the second young lady of the Shen family was very beautiful. She seduced the prince to run outside the mansion every day a few days ago. She was also pregnant with the prince's child. For this reason, she specially begged the empress dowager to grant the marriage personally. Now after seeing each other today, it was just like that.

Shen Youran really wanted to get angry. If she hadn't just entered the palace, she might have rushed up to her and taught her a lesson.

"Concubine Shen, Aunt Wu, the princess wants you to come in." The nanny interrupted their conversation. Shen Youran and Aunt Wu looked at each other, put away their previous emotions, and followed the nanny inside with a dignified look.

Entering the room, the princess was seen sitting in the main seat, with a noble temperament and a calm expression. Shen Youran and Aunt Wu bowed and greeted them, and the princess raised her hand slightly, motioning them to stand up.

Princess Nan Qing'er looked at them, a hint of tenderness flashed in her eyes, and she slowly said, "Since Concubine Shen has entered the palace, she must work together with us to serve the prince. This is a gift from me to you, please accept it."

Nan Qing'er asked the nanny to bring up a set of jeweled head-ornaments and handed them to Shen Youran. The head-ornaments looked valuable, but the style was not her type. She was also a person who had seen good things, and if it were in the past, she would definitely have been extremely disgusted with it, but now was different from the past. What she lacked most now was money.

"Thank you, Princess." Shen Youran took it and thanked her.

Aunt Wu's clear voice rang out again, and she said with a smile, "When Concubine Shen arrived, the princess gave her such a good gift. This is really enviable. Look at this headdress, it's dazzling to my eyes, and it matches Concubine Shen's outfit very well."

"Mrs. Wu is really good at speaking. Not only does she sing well, but she also speaks beautifully. No wonder the prince always says that you are a lovable person. I give you a lot of good things on weekdays. Concubine Shen has just arrived at the palace, so you must take good care of her."

"Don't worry, Princess. I will take good care of Concubine Shen."

Nan Qing'er was in a rare good mood today. The three of them talked about some affairs in the mansion. Although the atmosphere was a little subtle, it was still harmonious.

After coming out of the princess's courtyard, Aunt Wu offered to take her to visit the palace. Shen Youran didn't think much about it and followed her. Along the way, there was no awkwardness. Aunt Wu also enthusiastically introduced the things in the palace to her. When they reached the corridor leading out of the garden, Aunt Wu suddenly approached her and then stumbled and fell to the ground: "Concubine Shen, what do you mean? I took you to visit the palace with good intentions, why did you push me!"

"What are you talking about, I..."

Wu interrupted her directly: "It must be because I just mentioned that the prince did not come to your yard last night, and you got angry. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have said those words to make you sad. You deserve to hit me and scold me."

"I didn't push you. It was clearly you who fell. Don't blame me. Besides, you are just a small concubine in the mansion, and I am a concubine. My status is much higher than yours. So what even if I pushed you?!" Shen Youran was so angry when she heard her say that, and finally couldn't help but explode.

"Concubine Shen is really so arrogant! She's only been in the palace for one day, but she's already acting like a master!" Prince Rui suddenly appeared behind her.

"Prince... why are you here... I'm not here, it's Aunt Wu..." Shen Youran didn't know that Prince Rui was coming. It must be Aunt Wu who knew that the prince was coming and deliberately angered her.

"I heard it with my own ears, how could I wrongly accuse you?" Prince Rui had just returned and was about to go to the backyard to see her when he heard the conversation between the two.

"Your Highness, don't blame Concubine Shen. She...she didn't mean it..." Aunt Wu said pitifully at the side. Her voice was gentle and beautiful, which made people feel pity when they heard it.

Isn't this her usual trick? How come the woman in front of her got there first?