Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

However, the General's Mansion has not been divided yet. As the mistress of the General's Mansion, Nan Hongqiu is responsible for sending Song Wanning to the palace. There is really no better way at the moment.

Song Wanning knew what was going on and didn't expect Nan Hongqiu to help her.

The three of them rode in the carriage until they reached the palace gate. After getting off the carriage, Song Jing looked at Song Wanning with a heavy gaze and sighed, "Good child, Daddy will take care of everything."

Song Wanning smiled slightly and replied to Song Jing, "Don't worry, father. Just get on the carriage and have a rest. I will be back soon."

Although Song Jing was worried about Song Wanning, he really had no other options. "Go to the palace quickly. The sooner you go, the sooner you will be back."

Song Wanning responded, and finally entered the palace gate with Nan Hongqiu. The eunuch who came from Dehua Palace to greet Song Wanning stood at the palace gate and spoke politely, "You two must be the eldest daughter and mistress of the general's mansion. Follow me and walk a little further to Dehua Palace."

Song Wanning nodded slightly and followed the eunuch through the magnificent palace. She wore a smoky moonlit skirt embroidered with hibiscus flowers and a white velvet robe. She had a bun on her head and pink and white pearls and jade on it, which made her look more dignified while still being girlish and charming.

The royal family is majestic, so naturally one cannot dress the same way when entering the palace as before.

Nan Hongqiu walked beside Song Wanning and asked her in a fake manner, "Wanning has never been to the palace. Do you feel nervous now?"

Song Wanning smiled faintly and responded softly, "It's okay, aunt."

Seeing her like this, Nan Hongqiu felt that she had done a good job of pretending, but still forced a smile and said, "Wan Ning, don't be nervous. If you walk outside now and don't see the noble person inside, it will be scary if you see him later."

Song Wanning responded lightly, but did not say anything else. She followed the young eunuch into Dehua Palace.

The palace where Concubine Xian now lives is Dehua Palace. Because she was favored, her daughter Princess Xiangyu was also favored from childhood. She has developed a character that wants to get everything she wants since she was young.

It’s a pity that this rule was changed under Yin Yichen.

Yin Yichen was unwilling to marry, but the emperor loved him so much that even if he didn't want to marry, he only gave him ten slaps on the hand as a punishment. This made Princess Xiangyu always think about him.

Now Concubine Xian and Princess Xiangyu were both sitting on the chairs in the palace, looking down at Song Wanning and Nan Hongqiu.

Now Nan Hongqiu stood in front, leading Song Wanning to pay respects to Concubine Xian and Princess Xiangyu, "The wife of the governor of Shuntian Prefecture in the General's Mansion, Nan, brought her niece to the palace to meet Concubine Xian and Princess Xiangyu."

The virtuous concubine sitting on the upper seat looked at Song Wanning, sighed meaningfully, and chuckled, "I thought, she turned out to be such a beautiful girl. I guess the prime minister also has trouble resisting beauty."

Song Wanning didn't say anything. The virtuous concubine summoned her only because the rumors outside the palace had spread to the palace, and there was no evidence now.

Princess Xiangyu, who was sitting next to Concubine Xian, became more and more jealous when she saw Song Wanning's beauty. She snorted coldly and said, "I heard that the girl in the general's mansion was married once. How can she have the nerve to comb this girl's hair?"

Song Wanning was not annoyed when she heard Princess Xiangyu humiliating her like this. She just replied calmly, "Princess, you don't know. I've already divorced. According to the example in the court, if I divorced, I would be a young girl. In the past, divorced women in Kyoto, over 30 years old with children, would wear their hair in a young girl's bun. I should follow suit."

"What a clever girl." Concubine Xian narrowed her eyes, sighed, and looked at Song Wanning and said, "Miss Ning, now it is rumored inside and outside the capital that the Prime Minister wants to marry you. Is this true? Do you know the Prime Minister?"

Song Wanning lowered her head and said calmly, "I dare not lie. When I was still in the Marquis Zhongping's mansion, I was busy with the divorce. It happened that the Prime Minister came to visit me once. The Prime Minister was righteous and cared about the world. He said a few words for me at that time, and I was able to get rid of the predicament. But there was no dispute after that. I really don't understand where these rumors came from."

Xian Fei sat on top and asked slowly, "Really?"

Nan Hongqiu, who was beside Song Wanning, could not let Song Wanning be so proud. She pretended to be surprised and said, "Wanning, deceiving the emperor is a capital crime. I heard that you went to Putuo Temple and met with the Prime Minister a while ago. Is this false? How could you lie in front of the imperial concubine and the princess?"

Song Wanning saw Nan Hongqiu's disguise and felt amused. But she saw that Princess Xiangyu, who was sitting on the top, was already angry. "What? How could such a thing happen?"

Song Wanning looked at Nan Hongqiu and said directly, "Aunt, everything must be based on evidence. Such rumors have been spread about me and the Prime Minister, and the Putuo Mountain incident is nothing but a rumor. Please don't believe the rumors, or it will be difficult for Wanning to reply in front of the Imperial Concubine and the Princess, so that the Princess and the Imperial Concubine will misunderstand."

Nan Hongqiu saw that Song Wanning was not falling for it, so she didn't know what to say. She just pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly, "Is... is that so?"

Concubine Xian looked at Song Wanning and asked slowly, "So, you and the Prime Minister have not yet been engaged? And you have no intention of getting married?"

"I have only met the Prime Minister once. I don't know where the rumor came from, but the Prime Minister has never conveyed his intention to marry me in the General's Mansion." Song Wanning lowered her head, but she was neither humble nor arrogant. "I am now remarried, and the Prime Minister is extremely handsome. I dare not covet him."

Princess Xiangyu snorted and glanced at Song Wanning, "Just be clear in your heart."

"What you mean is..." Concubine Xian smiled faintly, "You will never have anything to do with the Prime Minister? And you will never marry him?"

Song Wanning responded softly, refusing to be tricked. "I dare not lie to you. The Prime Minister is a rare talent. Nowadays, which girl in the capital does not dream of marrying the Prime Minister and living in his mansion one day? Even if I am willing, I am far from the Prime Minister, and there is really no other way."

Princess Xiangyu sat aside and rolled her eyes at Song Wanning, "You'd better not even think about it."

The virtuous concubine was arrogant as usual, she just chuckled and said, "How about this, as long as you can promise that you will have nothing to do with the prime minister in the future and you will not marry the prime minister, I will let you leave the palace and go home immediately, and also reward you with gold and silver."

The virtuous concubine said this to eliminate her own worries. If Song Wanning agreed but failed to do it in the future, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.

Nan Hongqiu, who was beside Song Wanning, was secretly happy, waiting to see Song Wanning's good show. If she didn't respond now, she didn't know what the imperial concubine would do. It would be difficult to resist such power.

Before Song Wanning could reply, the eunuch's voice could be heard from outside the palace, "The Emperor has arrived—"