Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Shen Wantang wiped the rain off his face and said softly, "It's nothing, just a little rain. You don't have to blame yourself. Husband and wife share weal and woe. This incident was caused by me. I feel bad for letting you be punished alone."

"No, it is indeed me who has implicated you this time. If you don't marry me, you won't have to suffer these pains."

"That's hard to say. If I don't marry you, I won't have to suffer all this. But if I marry someone else, I might also have to suffer other kinds of suffering. If I marry you, at least you know how to cherish me, don't you?"

Gu Qianhan was heartbroken and felt extremely guilty. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard the sound of clapping above his head.

"Well, I'll give you two a little punishment, but it will make you start to open up to each other!"

Shen Wantang came back to his senses and saw the bright yellow robe under the eaves. He immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

Gu Qianhan saw her kneeling in the rain, prostrating herself on the ground, her eyes turning red. He looked up at the emperor standing on the high steps and said, "Your Majesty, I was the one who injured Prince Xiao, and I should be the one to be punished. Why is Your Majesty punishing my wife who was hurt by Prince Xiao?!"

"Of course it's because she's unfaithful to her husband!"

"what?!"

Shen Wantang never expected that she would be accused of such a serious crime. She raised her head and said, "It's unfair, Your Majesty!"

The emperor sneered, "Unjust? I don't think you're wronged at all. Before you married Qianhan, you had an affair with Qingyuan!"

"My two best children were toyed with by you. They were once good brothers, but you turned them against each other and made them kill each other!"

"Even after you married Qianhan, you still couldn't change your seductive nature. You even secretly corresponded with Qingyuan, deliberately trying to seduce him to compete with Qianhan for you!"

Shen Wantang was stunned when she heard this. She knew that the emperor loved to frame people, but she never expected that one day she would be accused of being unfaithful to her husband by the emperor!

Before she could object, a letter was thrown in her face.

When she unfolded it, she found that it was a letter to Xiao Qingyuan that imitated her handwriting and tone.

The letter was full of her love and admiration for Xiao Qingyuan, mixed with a few complaints and dissatisfaction with Gu Qianhan. The image of an unfaithful vixen came to life on the paper!

The letter was soon soaked by the rain and the handwriting began to become blurred. Shen Wantang wanted to laugh. The emperor's tricks were so clumsy!

If this was really a letter she wrote to Xiao Qingyuan, such important evidence, would the emperor just throw it away and let the rain destroy the evidence?

Or maybe the emperor actually didn't care whether his tricks were clumsy or not, because he was in power and high above everyone else. He could decide her life or death with just a word, and now he had forged the letter, which was already a favor to her.

Gu Qianhan naturally also saw the letter that could not be more fake. There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes when he looked at the emperor.

In the previous life, after the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor, he also forged a letter. The letter was full of words of treason from the Duke's Mansion. The entire Gu family was executed because of that letter that could not be more fake!

And now, he was reborn and saw the same clumsy tactics again!

He knew that explaining was meaningless. If the emperor said you were guilty, you were guilty, even if you weren't! If the emperor wanted you dead, you had to die, even if you were innocent!

He thought that Shen Wantang, who had also been reborn, must have known this too, which was why she only cried out in injustice at the beginning and didn't even give an explanation afterwards.

From above, the emperor's voice, which he hated, came again: "Qianhan, you grew up under my watch. I know you are a good child. You were simply bewitched by this unfaithful and seductive woman, and that's why you beat Qingyuan."

"Qing Yuan was also completely bewildered by this woman's seduction, which is why he had the idea of robbing her. Otherwise, why would he, the dignified Prince of Ning, go and snatch a married woman?"

"Alright, you've been punished, so let's put this matter to rest! Go home and don't worry your parents."

"This girl will stay in the palace. Let the maids teach her the proper manners. Once she's well taught, you can come and take her back."

Gu Qianhan clenched his hands tightly.

He put all the blame on Shen Wantang alone, and then detained Shen Wantang in the palace to torture her. The emperor obviously did not dare to target him and his father, so he took the opportunity to target Shen Wantang!

The emperor didn't want to vent his anger on Xiao Qingyuan's behalf at all. He wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the Duke's Mansion!

Shen Wantang, who had the least background, became the perfect person for the emperor to wrongly accuse and humiliate at will!

He suppressed his surging anger and endless hatred, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please understand this matter. This matter is all my fault and has nothing to do with my wife."

"The Emperor told me to kneel down and apologize to Prince Xiao during the day, but I was impulsive and refused to do so. This hurt the Emperor's feelings and angered him."

"Now, I understand the emperor's good intentions. I know I was wrong. I am willing to kneel down and apologize to Prince Xiao. I also ask the emperor to let my wife go home."

"I made my own mistake and I have to bear it myself. If my wife has to bear it for me, then I am unworthy of being a human being. I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance to be a human being."

The emperor snorted coldly, "I think you are stubborn and stubborn! Even at this moment, you are still speaking for her. Do you know that she is almost cheating on you? How could such a pure and intelligent child become so filthy and stupid after marrying such a vixen?"

Gu Qianhan knelt on the ground and said, "I will keep your Majesty's teachings in mind."

"Since you've already memorized it, why don't you hurry home?"

The Crown Prince appeared behind Gu Qianhan and Shen Wantang without anyone noticing. He had already gotten out of the sedan chair and was standing under an umbrella. "Qianhan, get up quickly. The ground is cold and wet. If you kneel down again, will your legs still be in jeopardy? Father really loves you. Don't make him angry again."

Gu Qianhan knelt without moving. He knew that the prince was not concerned about his legs. He was deliberately reminding him and stimulating him. If Shen Wantang knelt here for a whole night, his legs would be broken.

Since it's useless to bow down and surrender, he doesn't mind provoking the emperor and the prince!

Just as he was about to speak, a cold voice came from behind: "Old minister, I greet the emperor!"

Gu Qianhan didn't need to look back to know that it was his father Gu Rongchang who had come.

In the past, when he was called into the palace for punishment, Gu Rongchang had never been there, but he came today. It seemed that he came specifically to rescue Shen Wantang.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Gu Rongchang angrily rebuked Gu Qianhan and Shen Wantang: "You two, what are you doing kneeling here so late at night? You're an eyesore! Can you afford to delay the emperor's bedtime? Hurry up and get up and go home!"