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On the night of their wedding, Prince Zhan could not hold it in for a while, and struggled until the sun had risen. It was just that Nangong Waner's physical strength was not as good as Prince Zhan's, he had long fallen into a deep sleep.

Nangong Waner was awakened from his sleep several times by the Prince Zhan, he closed his eyes and scolded the Prince Zhan, "Chu Xiuhan! Are you still sleeping or not! "

"This is our wedding night, it's such a memorable day, how can I bear to sleep."

"It's already the second day, okay?"

"Oh, time is fleeting. We should really cherish the present. Wan Er, you don't need to choose the time to sleep. First, satisfy this king and I.

"Stop fooling around. At dawn, we should head to the palace to serve the empress dowager some tea." Nangong Waner rolled up the blanket and covered himself with it, then turned around and was about to go to sleep.

"Why did you enter the palace to serve the empress dowager tea?" Prince Zhan, on the other hand, obediently stopped his hands' movements.

"You fox spirit really don't understand the worldly wisdom of the human world." Nangong Waner sighed deeply, his heart full of helplessness.

However, even Nangong Waner didn't think that the empress dowager would be so unwilling to let her go. Even before dawn broke, the mama from the palace came to the prince's estate, saying that she wanted to bring the wangfei to the palace to serve the empress dowager tea.

Prince Zhan doted on his wife and chased the two mama away coldly.

That mama didn't expect that the Prince Zhan would deal with her in such a way, and she didn't immediately return to the palace either, dawdling in the Duke's Mansion.

"Your highness, our Tian Sheng has always advocated filial piety. As the new daughter-in-law, Princess Hua-Yang should set an example to show filial piety and respect for her parents for the entire people of Tian Sheng." The mama's voice was rather loud on purpose.

Nangong Waner argued and did not sleep well, so he got up, cleaned himself, pushed the door, and walked out.

"Let's go, I'll go with you. Don't charge me with being unfilial. I'm just tired out from my newlyweds, so I can't get up early."

Prince Zhan and Nangong Waner entered the palace together. In the carriage, Nangong Waner quickly took a nap.

"You can deal with the empress dowager as much as you want. If you don't want to deal with her, then let's go home." Prince Zhan held Nangong Waner, and started to smooth the hair on the top of Nangong Waner's head.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. It's just that I'm very sleepy right now, so I'll keep my eyes open for a while longer. Tell Midnight to drive the carriage a little slower, so I can sleep a little longer."

The corner of Prince Zhan's mouth curled up as he looked at Nangong Waner who was in his embrace with a very gentle smile. He lightly kissed Nangong Waner on the forehead, then said to Zi Ye who was outside the carriage, "Let's go another round."

After comprehending this, Zi Ye rode the carriage to the farthest place, advancing at the slowest speed possible.

From afar, it looked like he was taking advantage of the sunny weather to ride his horse. His steps were filled with leisure.

With that said, the empress dowager was naturally staying in the Inner Palace, and no man was allowed in if they didn't have anything to do. Thus, Nangong Waner could only enter the empress dowager's chambers alone.

Nangong Waner didn't even remember how many times he entered the empress dowager's palace, and felt like he had a new experience every single time.

However, today, the empress dowager's bedroom seemed especially different. The usually bustling palace maids in the courtyard were all mama, as if everyone had nothing to do. Each and every one of them stood there respectfully, but upon seeing Nangong Waner's arrival, they all lightly bowed in greeting as well.

Nangong Waner did not care about what the empress dowager was singing as he walked into the empress dowager's bedroom at a leisurely pace.

The empress dowager had originally wanted to find out where Nangong Waner was wrong in order to viciously criticize and insult her, but Nangong Waner just stood there in a good attitude for a long time. Even after a long time, the empress dowager still couldn't find anything wrong.

The Nangong Waner of today had changed to comb her hair into a bun, and had a gorgeous yet not exaggerated hairpin on her head.

The empress dowager secretly glanced at Nangong Waner a few times. She didn't expect that the daughter of this small family would have such a graceful bearing.

The empress dowager calmly sipped her tea and didn't say anything for a long time.

At this time, Qin Ruxue walked out from the inner room of the empress dowager's bedroom. Nangong Waner quietly raised his head and sized up the situation.

Qin Ruxue must have cried for the whole night at the empress dowager's place because he was troubled by the Prince Zhan's wedding yesterday. That was why the empress dowager came to find him early in the morning to set up the rules.

"Xue Er, come to aunt." The Empress Dowager gently and benevolently waved her hand towards Qin Ruxue.

Xue'er, Prince Zhan's Consort has come to complain to This Dowager. She said that she is still young, and is unable to manage such a large Prince Zhan's Mansion by herself, and is currently discussing with This Dowager, asking This Dowager to find a suitable noble daughter for her. The empress dowager spoke slowly, her gaze occasionally glancing in Nangong Waner's direction.

Nangong Waner respectfully lowered his head, as if he was listening to the empress dowager's instructions. However, he did not take her words seriously.

"Xue'er, you are someone that I brought up single-handedly, just like my own daughter. I can rest assured that your talent in poetry is at its peak, if I were to let you take charge of the Prince Zhan's Mansion … If you were to assist Prince Zhan Concubine in taking care of Prince Zhan's Mansion, I naturally would be at ease. Don't mind the position of the concubine, as our Tian Sheng has always paid attention to equality, and the concubine is also not half a head shorter than the main concubine. Once we get to the Prince Zhan's Mansion, we can get along with the princess consort. " The Empress said a lot of things in earnest.

Qin Ruxue obediently listened, and from time to time, he would nod his head with hot tears in his eyes, "Aunt, I did not have to worry about that."

Nangong Waner was speechless, on the first day of marriage, his mother-in-law had already found a husband for him, and she simply did not put her, a daughter-in-law, in her eyes at all.

Nangong Waner planned to say something that would choke the Empress Dowager to death later.

The empress dowager saw that Nangong Waner was planning something, and thought that Nangong Waner had been intimidated by her dignity, and was seriously considering setting up a new wife for Qin Ruxue. She relaxed a little, and her tone softened, "Since things have already been decided, we might as well take a look at the day, and after I've looked for someone to look for, it'll be a good day on the sixth day of next month. You should go back and discuss the wedding matters with Prince Zhan.

Nangong Waner felt that the empress dowager continued to talk for a while longer. She struggled to stand, completely not in the mood to listen to what the empress dowager had to say and decide for herself.

When Nangong Waner saw that the empress dowager had finished with her instructions, he slowly raised his head. Seeing the empress dowager's dignified smile, Nangong Waner said, "Reporting to the empress dowager, my Prince has said that I am the only one he loves in his entire life and will never take in a concubine."

I am the only one who has ever loved me in my entire life, and I will never ever have the intention of taking a concubine …

The empress dowager was so angry that she almost vomited blood. This Nangong Waner actually dared to speak shamelessly to an old granny like her.

The empress dowager wanted to reprimand Nangong Waner for a few words, but who knew, Nangong Waner immediately bowed and took his leave.

"Empress Dowager, Prince Zhang is waiting for me outside. My father taught me to respect my husband, so I'll head out to meet him first. Don't make him wait any longer." With that, Nangong Waner turned and left.

Nangong Waner thought that since ancient times, there were too many contradictions between daughter-in-law and it would be fine if they could get along with it. However, since they weren't Chu Xiuhan's own, no, that's not right, they were not Ye Bai's own either.

After that, Nangong Waner heard about what happened after she left the empress dowager's chambers. It was nothing more than Qin Ruxue seeking death and crying himself to the heavens, the empress dowager couldn't persuade him to call Prime Minister Qin into the palace.

Prime Minister Qin ruthlessly slapped Qin Ruxue's face, reprimanding her for being too ladylike, not caring about the overall situation of the Qin family.

It was as if Prime Minister Qin had moved Qin Ruxue into action and he was finally willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Or perhaps he had seen with his own eyes the feelings between Nangong Waner and the Prince Zhan, and he was already dead in his heart.

Qin Ruxue finally agreed to Prime Minister Qin's suggestion of marrying into the palace as queen.

It was on the sixth day of the sixth month later that Qin Ruxue was married into the Imperial Palace as a Queen.

The banquet at the palace was extremely lively. It was held among all the civil and military officials of the imperial court, except the Prince Zhan and his imperial concubine.

It was said that the princess' body wasn't feeling well and the Prince Zhan stayed behind to take care of the princess, so the two of them missed this grand banquet.