Only after being reborn did I realize that I was the white moonlight of a powerful minister.

Outside Kunning Palace, He Jinming was kneeling. Ye Wanning glanced at him briefly before entering the main hall.

"My wife pays homage to the Queen."

"Stop with the formalities. Go and see Xihe. She's been crying ever since she came back, and she won't say anything no matter what we ask her." The Empress was at her wits' end. She had thought that the He family would have fewer brothers and a simpler population, which was why she felt at ease marrying her daughter into the family. She never expected so many troubles to arise later.

Ye Wanning glanced back at the palace entrance and followed the nanny to find Princess Xihe.

"Get out of here, all of you! I don't want to see anyone, I just want a divorce!"

As soon as the door opened, a porcelain bottle was thrown out. If Ye Wanning hadn't dodged quickly, it would have hit her.

Upon seeing that it was Ye Wanning, Princess Xihe was taken aback and felt somewhat guilty, but she still turned her head and said, "It's no use you coming. I said we should get a divorce, and that means we should get a divorce! Aren't princesses supposed to be very powerful? Why should I, as a princess, have to put up with this humiliation?"

Ye Wanning had the maids sweep up the broken porcelain shards, closed the door before going in, and poured tea for Princess Xihe. "Precisely because you are a princess, you should look for reasons related to the He family when it comes to divorce. I believe you. You are a bit straightforward, but it's impossible for someone to hit their mother-in-law without a reason."

"Waaah, Wan Ning, you're the only one who believes me. I just didn't want to argue with her and was about to leave when she grabbed me and I fell. She then accused me of hitting her. That He Jinming is no better; he accused me without any explanation." Princess Xihe threw herself into Ye Wan Ning's arms and cried uncontrollably.

"Why are you arguing?" Ye Wanning asked.

"That old woman told me to take care of my health too, but I said the imperial physicians in the palace had already examined me, and I was perfectly healthy. Let whoever has a problem take care of it. She wouldn't let it go, saying I was talking back to her, and that maybe it was my problem. I didn't want to argue with her, so I was about to leave." Princess Xihe cried very sadly, "She insisted on pulling me away, and I got angry and just left without checking on her. Then, that evening, He Jinming came back and said I had hit her, causing her to break her front tooth."

Princess Xihe was furious and immediately started arguing with He Jinming.

She wasn't good-tempered and wouldn't lay a hand on her mother-in-law, but in her own room, she smashed and threw things, making so much noise that everyone in the yard could hear it.

She was initially sulking in her room, but the next day, when the He family's aunts and other elders returned, they all started criticizing her.

She ran back, holding her breath. When the Empress saw her with a sour face, she asked if she had caused trouble at the He family again. She became even more upset and refused to tell the Empress what had happened.

Ye Wanning understood, but had many questions. "Didn't you say that the He family's attitude towards you softened a lot after the Emperor ascended the throne? Why is Madam He picking on you again?"

"How would I know? She's a heartless shrew, always doing whatever she wants. Who knows what she's thinking?" Princess Xihe couldn't understand; she only felt angry.

At this moment, a palace maid came and said that the Prince Consort had been invited into the main hall by the Empress to apologize to Princess Xihe. "Your Highness, the Prince Consort said that all the mistakes were his fault, and that there should be no grudges between husband and wife. He asked you to come out and see him."

"I won't see him! I absolutely refuse to see him!" Princess Xihe forcefully pulled open the door. "Tell him to get lost right now, I'm not seeing him. Go tell him I'm divorcing him!"

The palace maid was in a dilemma and turned to look at Ye Wanning.

Ye Wanning came over and said, "Don't be impulsive. Divorce is no small matter. Especially now that the court is unstable, as you know, if you have a bad reputation, it will also affect the Emperor and the Crown Prince. Since you say you didn't do anything, you don't want to be wrongly accused, right?"

"Of course I don't want to."

"Then let's find out the truth first."

"But that old woman insists that I hit her. At the time, only she and my maid were in the room. No one believes my maid's testimony, and her people will not speak up for me either. How can we find out the truth?" Princess Xihe couldn't think of a solution. She had endured too much in the past, and now she was so angry that she only wanted to leave the He family.

Ye Wanning felt something was off. She comforted Princess Xihe for a while, but Princess Xihe was tired and lay down on the chair without saying a word. Ye Wanning went to find the Empress first.

He Jinming had been arranged to go to the side hall to apply medicine, since he had been kneeling for two hours and his knees were bruised.

"What did Xihe say?" the Empress asked.

Ye Wanning recounted what had happened, "This subject believes that Your Highness would not lie. If that's the case, then it's very strange. Think about it, Your Highness is the apple of your and the Emperor's eye. The He family was praising you not long ago. Why would Madam He suddenly start making things difficult for you?"

The Empress frowned as she listened. "It is indeed strange. The Prince Consort said that he is unwilling to divorce. If Xihe and his mother really can't get along, he is willing to live with Xihe in the Princess's residence and go back and forth between the two places on weekdays."

Upon hearing this, the Empress was intrigued and thought it was a good suggestion.

“Moving to the princess’s residence won’t change the fact that His Highness’s illness is still there. He won’t be happy.” Ye Wanning supported Princess Xihe’s decision to divorce. “Besides, it’s now that word has spread throughout the capital that His Highness is arrogant and unfilial. If this reputation is confirmed, it won’t be good for either His Highness or you. No matter what happens in the future, we must find a way to get rid of this reputation.”

"Then you tell me?"

"Your Majesty, Madam He's sudden change in attitude must mean something has happened, we just don't know it yet. The He family wants to maintain this marriage, but they also know that the royal family won't easily let His Highness divorce. They deliberately provoked His Highness to make a mistake, probably to negotiate with you. This bargaining chip must be something quite important to the He family," Ye Wanning analyzed.

The Empress suddenly understood. "Indeed, I was just confused because I was worried, and I didn't think of so many things for a moment. It's all thanks to your cleverness. You help me appease Xihe, and I will send people to investigate. The He family dared to scheme against Xihe, and I will not let them get away with it."

That night, Ye Wanning stayed in the palace.

When the Crown Prince came over in the evening, he was carrying Fanlou pastries that Princess Xihe liked. When he saw Ye Wanning there, he asked her to eat with him, saying, "Don't cry anymore. You are a princess after all. People will laugh at you."

"It's the He family that's being unreasonable, not me!" Xihe retorted indignantly. "Brother, if that's what you're saying, then leave. I don't need your lectures here!"

"You! Sigh, never mind." The Crown Prince sighed and turned to look at Ye Wanning. "Xihe is ignorant and has suffered a lot, Miss Ye. I have already sent someone to the Xie residence to save Lord Xie from worrying."

Ye Wanning said it was nothing; as a friend, she should indeed do her part.

After the Crown Prince left, Princess Xihe snorted, "My brother was always talkative, but he's become even more so since becoming the Crown Prince. I get a headache just looking at him now. Wan Ning, you're still the best. You're the only one who truly cares about me now."

After a pause, Xihe twitched her nose and whispered, "I miss Ning'an."