I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

Du Xiaoyue angrily swung the handkerchief in her hand.

"What are you competing with me for? I have at least given birth to two children. I am the mistress of the house in Prince Heng's mansion. My position is very stable. Besides, Prince Heng must go to my room once a week, but what are you? A decoration for Leng Yixing to marry back? If you don't give birth to a child, people will not suspect that he doesn't go to your room, but will suspect that you can't give birth. When the concubines give birth to children and are promoted to concubines, how easy will it be for you to consolidate your position in Prince Xing's mansion?"

Although Du Xiaoyue's words were harsh, they did make some sense.

Shang Xiaoman still had the handkerchief entangled in her fingers, looking at a loss and helpless.

Luo Nianxi, who had been silent the whole time, asked:

"Then do you still have feelings for Leng Yifei?"

Her question made Shang Xiaoman stunned for a moment, but she immediately bit her lip and shook her head.

"I don't dare. I don't have the courage of Mo Xiaowan. Even if I'm married, I dare not express my feelings unscrupulously. On the day of my wedding, I had already made up my mind to live with Leng Yixing wholeheartedly, but who could have thought that there would be such a result..."

"Then he didn't enter your room just because he suspected that you were not clean. Is there any other reason? For example, do you usually eat at the same table? Do you go to the palace together to pay respects to the emperor and Concubine Ying?"

"Well, he only said that I was not clean. Maybe he knew that I had feelings for Prince Duan before and he was holding a grudge against me. But other than that, we were pretty normal. We ate at the same table and went in and out together. But he was always very cold to me..."

This is not so bad. It seems that the problem between her and Leng Yixing is a psychological problem.

"Then Leng Yixing wants to marry a concubine. Did he ask for your opinion?"

She nodded.

"He mentioned it once, and I nodded in agreement. I thought that he was a man after all, and it would be much better for him to marry a concubine than to go to a brothel and find unclean women."

Du Xiaoyue then said:

"It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but if he doesn't sleep with you and you agree to let him marry other women, that's not okay. You should at least give birth to a child and consolidate your position in the palace before you let him marry another woman."

Luo Nianxi also nodded in agreement.

"Princess Heng is right. It's too early for you to agree to let him marry a concubine..."

"But...but even if I don't agree, he will do it anyway. When he told me about it, it seemed like he was just mentioning it and didn't mean to ask for my opinion."

"But you are now the principal wife of Prince Xing's Mansion, the mistress. Marrying a concubine requires your consent..."

Shang Xiaoman looked up at Luo Nianxi and Du Xiaoyue.

"I told this to the two imperial sisters-in-law because I wanted you to give me some advice. What should I do to prove my innocence and make Leng Yixing dispel his suspicion of me..."

Looking at Shang Xiaoman's expectant eyes, Luo Nianxi frowned and asked softly:

"When you eat, do you always pick up food for him? When you see him, do you always show your kindness to him?"

Shang Xiaoman nodded without thinking.

"Yes, I felt that he ignored me, so I treated him well in order to influence him, but I found that the better I treated him, the more indifferent he became to me..."

Luo Nianxi picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and asked seriously the moment she put it down:

“Would you like to hear my advice?”

Shang Xiaoman looked at her with innocent eyes, then bit her lip and nodded.

"I have nowhere else to go now, so I came to tell you two about this. If you have any ideas, I will certainly listen."

"Okay, if you listen to me, go back and ask him to go find the emperor and get you a divorce letter..."

"what?"

Shang Xiaoman and Du Xiaoyue looked at her with surprise.

"Princess Yan, what are you talking about? Princess Xing wants you to give her some advice. She doesn't want to divorce Prince Xing."

Luo Nianxi's eyes flashed with shrewdness, and she said softly,

"I am helping her. If she believes me, she will do as I say. I can guarantee that Leng Yixing will not dare to ask the emperor for a divorce..."

Shang Xiaoman raised her ignorant eyes and looked at Luo Nianxi.

"He really won't ask the Emperor for it?"

Luo Nianxi shook her head affirmatively, "No."

"Then... will it be useful just to mention the divorce?"

"Of course not. If he doesn't bother asking the Emperor for a divorce, you'll just give in..."

"Show it off?"

Shang Xiaoman and Du Xiaoyue looked at each other in confusion. Luo Nianxi hurriedly explained.

"What I mean is that you should not live a life of servility in Prince Xing's mansion in the future. Don't make yourself so tired just to cater to his preferences. Be yourself. If Leng Yixing says something disrespectful to you, you can use the excuse of asking him to ask the emperor for a divorce letter to scold him. Tell him that you and him only have a marriage certificate, not real husband and wife, and he has no right to make any demands on you. Let him respect you..."

"what?"

Shang Xiaoman looked at her even more puzzled.

"Will he hate me even more if this happens?"

"Doesn't he hate you now?"

Shang Xiaoman lowered her head somewhat guilty and nodded slightly.

"Now he hates me too."

Luo Nianxi gave a helpless bitter smile and shrugged immediately.

"He already hates you enough, what do you have to be afraid of? You have to remember to always keep a distance from him and not care about him. Even if he mocks you, don't get angry. Just be yourself..."

Du Xiaoyue sat there and listened for a while, then asked in surprise,

"Princess Yan, are you helping Princess Xing or harming her?"

"Of course I am helping her. As long as she listens to me, Leng Yixing will change his mind within a month."

Shang Xiaoman frowned, blinked a few times, then shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"I don't ask him to change his mind about me, as long as he is not indifferent to me... that's enough."

She actually wanted to say that she wanted to live with him like a normal couple, but when the words came to her lips, she held them back.

She was afraid that she would expect too much and end up being disappointed.

Luo Nianxi reminded again:

"If there is anything you don't understand or can't make up your mind, you can come to Prince Yan's Mansion to find me every afternoon. In fact, Leng Yixing is not a stubborn person, nor is he a lecher. He just can't turn around."

"Really? I can come to you anytime?"

"Of course, but I may not be free in the morning. You can come anytime after lunch. As a woman, I am willing to help you with this matter. By the way, can you cook?"

Shang Xiaoman nodded.

“I know a little, but not very well.”

"I'll give you a recipe later. You can study cooking on your own when you have nothing to do. As the saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to capture his stomach first..."

Hearing this, Du Xiaoyue couldn't wait to look at Luo Nianxi.

"Give me a copy of the recipe if you have one, so I can learn how to cook later."

"Okay, but I developed this recipe myself, so please don't tell anyone else."

Du Xiaoyue and Shang Xiaoman nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, we're keeping this good stuff for ourselves, so why would we tell anyone else?"

After Luo Nianxi asked the two of them to wait here for a while, she went to the backyard alone, returned to her room, opened Bao'antang, returned to her office, printed out two recipes on the computer, and returned to the main hall of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Seeing that the recipe in her hand was so exquisite and detailed, and even came with pictures, Shang Xiaoman and Du Xiaoyue stuffed it into their arms as if it were a treasure. Then they said goodbye to her and left impatiently.

Watching them leave, Luo Nianxi felt a little relieved, yet a little heavy.

She sat back in her chair and couldn't help muttering,

"You haven't even figured out your own issues yet, but you're still giving advice to others. How ridiculous..."