allonlinenovel Chapter 472: The Crown Prince's Concubine
Chapter 472: The Crown Prince's Concubine
Chapter 472 The Crown Prince's Concubine
Shen Wantang's words not only made Prince Ning relax his frown, but also made Princess Ning relax a lot, and also gave Xiao Qingyuan a way out.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly eased a lot, and the tension was gone.
Xiao Qingyuan's gaze fell on Shen Wantang. Every time she helped him out, he would feel that she was the most suitable person to be the Crown Prince's Consort.
In fact, his mother and father have always been very picky and look down on others. Shen Wantang is obviously not from a high-class family, but she has the ability to coax them both and resolve all the chaos.
Xiao Qingyuan even felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have made the promise to Liu Nanshi so carelessly. If Shen Wantang really left the palace, there would be no one to help him out like this in the future.
In addition to regret, he also felt a little touched and guilty.
He had just told Shen Wantang about the divorce last night. His tone was very bad and he didn't give Shen Wantang any face. He even mentioned making her a concubine and Liu Nanshi his wife.
But Shen Wantang was surprisingly magnanimous. Not only did he not care about his outrageous remarks last night, he even spoke up for him.
For a woman like this, he almost believed his sister's words and hired someone to kill her!
It was a good thing that he didn't agree to his sister, otherwise he would have been even more sorry to Shen Wantang today.
From the top, Princess Ning's unhappy voice came: "Qingyuan, why are you in a daze? Tang'er is asking you a question, why don't you answer? Do you really want to be someone's son-in-law?"
"Mother, I—"
Before Xiao Qingyuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Princess Ning: "If you really want to marry into the Liu family, your father and I will never stop you, but we will no longer recognize you as our son. After all, if you marry into the Liu family, the children you have in the future will have to follow the Liu family's surname. We can't afford to lose this person. Think it over carefully before answering me."
Xiao Qingyuan shook his head and followed Shen Wantang's meaning, "I was just impulsive just now, so I said that in anger. My last name is Xiao, so the child I will have in the future will also have the last name Xiao."
Princess Ning breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't really want to marry into the royal family.
Her son's way of thinking is very different from that of ordinary people. He always does some incredible things. Given his temperament, it is not impossible that he will run to the Liu family and marry into the family if he gets angry!
Fortunately, Shen Wantang came to help calm Xiao Qingyuan's emotions, otherwise they might have quarreled again and the situation became awkward.
Princess Ning looked at Shen Wantang, her eyes full of satisfaction: "Tang'er, you came just in time. If you hadn't come, your father and I would have been pissed off to death by Qing Yuan. I don't know what's on his mind all day long. A prince of a royal family actually wants to marry into a woman's family. Only he can do such a thing!"
Shen Wantang smiled gently at her mother-in-law and said calmly, "Mother, don't you understand the prince? The prince has only a sincere heart, nothing else. How could he understand what it means to marry into the wife's family? I'm afraid I don't know who has bewitched him to speak without thinking."
"Besides, the prince already has me as his legal wife, so where can he marry into the family? His father-in-law's surname is Shen, not Liu."
"The prince will never marry into the family, so you can rest assured!"
Princess Ning's heart moved, she and Prince Ning looked at each other, and saw the answer in each other's eyes - who else could be so tempting as to bewitch her son? It must be that Liu Nanshi!
Prince Ning said coldly, "Qingyuan, Tang'er is here to plead for you today. I won't bother with you about your reckless words, but you should not even think about marrying Liu Nanshi as your legal wife. In our Prince Ning's Mansion, there is only Tang'er, the Crown Prince's Consort. Your mother and I will not recognize anyone else!"
Princess Ning nodded: "Yes, we don't recognize anyone else, we only recognize Tang'er!"
Xiao Qingyuan was a little anxious: "Father, Mother, how could you do this? Now it is me who has let Nan Shi down, I should be responsible for her! Could it be that I have ruined her innocence for nothing and then pretended nothing happened? Am I still a human being then?"
Prince Ning and Princess Ning naturally felt very troubled that their son had ruined Liu Nanshi's innocence, but they would never agree to drive Shen Wantang out of the palace and let Liu Nanshi in.
Putting aside other things, can Liu Nanshi be as easy to talk to as Shen Wantang?
Shen Wantang's family background is weak and her relationship with her family is average, so she devoted herself to being a housekeeper in the palace. She seldom goes back to her family, and she can handle any mess in her family very well, never letting them worry.
The Liu family is very powerful. Elder Liu and Madam Liu are both arrogant and they even look down on families like Prince Ning's Mansion which have no real power.
Who would want to be related to such a person?
When Shen Wantang saw that Prince Ning and Princess Ning were silent, she knew that they were also having a hard time with this matter. It would be unacceptable not to give the Liu family an explanation. Shen Wantang was unwilling to let Liu Nanshi be the Crown Prince's Consort, and neither were her father-in-law and mother-in-law.
She said softly: "Mother, why don't you and the prince each take a step back!"
When Princess Ning heard this, she knew that she must have a solution. She was excited and asked quickly, "How do we both take a step back?"
"This kind of thing has happened in the capital before. Young men and women have become husband and wife before they are married. In order to stop people from talking, they usually get married."
Shen Wantang said calmly and calmly: "Let the prince take Miss Liu as his concubine!"
Princess Ning was startled. She didn't like Liu Nanshi very much and didn't want her to enter the Ning Palace at all. But if she wasn't allowed to enter, what else could she do? Being the Crown Prince's concubine seemed like a good idea.
Xiao Qingyuan was not happy with this. He said angrily, "Shen Wantang, what a bad idea you are coming up with! Concubine is just a nice word. Concubine is nothing more than a concubine! How can Nan Shi be a concubine?"
"You did this on purpose, didn't you? You said last night that you wanted Nanshi to be your concubine, but I refuted you. But today you brought it up again in front of my father and mother. You are just jealous of Nanshi and want to suppress her!"
"No wonder Qingxi said you were scheming, you are really too despicable!"
Shen Wantang looked innocent: "Then what do you say, my lord? Am I supposed to sacrifice myself, ask to step down, and give way to your Miss Nanshi?"
"What should I do then? Live on the streets? Watch you and her being so affectionate while I am miserable and sad, and make myself a laughing stock?"
"The prince said it himself, are there such stupid people in this world?"
"I think I have been very generous by offering to let Miss Liu be the Crown Prince's concubine. The Crown Prince, please don't push your luck!"
Xiao Qingyuan was angry and at a loss. After all, what Shen Wantang said made sense, and he didn't know where to start to refute.
He was sullen for a long time, and finally looked at Princess Ning: "Mother, I don't agree to let Nan Shi be my concubine! This is too humiliating for her! I think the best way is for me to divorce Shen Wantang, and I will marry Nan Shi as the Crown Prince's Consort. Only then will she be worthy of the title of wife!"