Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Since the previous dynasty, the Eastern Palace had set up the Left and Right Spring Offices to guide the Crown Prince in his marriage and his attendance on the throne. Each of them had a Shuzi, Yude, Zhongyun, Zanshan, Sizhilang, and a Grand Secretary. They also set up the Sijing Bureau officials, including Xima, Jiaoshu, Zhengzi, etc. The Zhubu Hall was also added. Because there were too many subordinate officials and no one was in charge, the Zhanshi Mansion was specially established to take charge.

The Zhanshi Palace has one Zhanshi, two Junior Zhanshi, and two Fushen.

However, the emperor was worried that there were too many secretaries in the Chancellery and that they had too much power, which would cause trouble between the father and son in the royal family and alienate the family members. So it was customary to let high-ranking officials hold important positions concurrently.

Therefore, the two young secretaries are now the ones who are actually in charge of the Eastern Palace's Chancellery.

As it happens, the Eastern Palace is cautious in appointing officials, and will only select people of integrity and respect. Therefore, the position of Shao Zhanshi has only been held by one person who was transferred from the Ministry of Revenue, named Zhai Zhao.

Since this person is very capable, although the Chancellery rarely holds concurrent posts as Chancellor, there is also a shortage of Junior Chancellors, so all matters in the front hall of the Eastern Palace are now relatively stable.

"Even if there is a vacancy in the position of Junior Secretary, it is a position that oversees the officials and courtiers of the Eastern Palace. How can you use this butcher knife to test the trivial matters of the rear palace?"

The old woman's face darkened, and she absolutely disagreed, "Your Highness, it is not a good habit to not distinguish between inside and outside."

Sighing through her nose, the old woman continued, "The officials in the Eastern Palace are divided into Sigui, Size, and Sifang. Among them, the responsibilities of Sigui and Sigui are to punish and supervise.

"The prince wants me to stay and serve as a concubine."

The prince hesitated to speak.

The old woman sighed with a headache: "Prince, please speak."

"Family matters are also important." The prince looked at the old woman eagerly.

The old woman shook her head decisively: "I have no control over this matter!

"The Imperial Guards are assigned to the inner chambers! Once this precedent is set, the consequences will be endless!"

The prince carefully reached out to pull the old woman's sleeve: "Mammy...good Mammy..."

"What are you doing?!" The old woman finally lost her temper and gently brushed away the prince's hand. She glared at him again, "After more than 20 years, is this the only trick you can use?!"

The prince smiled and said, "I only use this trick on Madam!"

The old woman sighed and shook her head: "How can this be possible?"

He immediately changed the subject and asked, "Are Qinghai and Xiaoxia still serving His Highness?"

"Xiaoxia drank too much and made mistakes a few days ago, so I punished her and she is not here for the time being. Qinghai is still following her." The prince answered truthfully.

The old woman nodded: "Then your highness can go and take care of the business, just call Qinghai."

"Then it's settled, you stay! It's up to you to decide whether to be the Minister of the Imperial Court, Junior Secretary of the Chancellery, or some other official position." The prince's heart and eyes were filled with joy and admiration, and he stood up reluctantly.

As soon as he saw the snacks, he reluctantly pushed them towards the old woman, "Yunpian Cake and Biluochun, they are your favorites, try them!"

The old woman impatiently drove him away: "Go and do your business! What kind of tea or snacks are you talking about? Who would drink Biluochun in late autumn? It's so cold!"

The prince was startled, thinking back to the night when he was serving dinner. Because it was after the rain, Wang Xifeng also stopped the tea...

"Yeah, I neglected that. I just thought about what Madam liked before. Actually, I have changed to Zhengshan Xiaozhong every day. How about I make a bowl for Madam as well?"

The old woman's expression eased a little and she nodded, "Yes. The waiter has made some progress. You can't just do whatever you want."

The prince chuckled, called out to Qinghai, then strode to sit behind the desk at the top and began to handle official business.

Qinghai stepped forward with trepidation, bowed deeply to the ground, and his voice trembled: "Madam Duan, are you in good health? I, Qinghai, pay my respects to you."

There was a cold light in Nanny Duan's eyes, and she smiled with murderous intent!

"Good little monkey. What did I say before I left? Did I tell you to report to me immediately if anything happened?!

"Now that the palace is in such a mess, the Emperor must have been dissatisfied with the Crown Prince for a long time!

“If you can’t even clean your own house, how can you clean the world?

"You had to wait until things got out of hand before you called me back to smooth things over!

"——You little monkey, have you already forgotten why I promoted you in the first place?!"

As she was talking, Nanny Duan's hand unconsciously grabbed Qinghai's ear, and she slowly stood up. With a twist of her wrist, she made Qinghai kneel down!

"Good Madam, my grandson is wrong! Please let go first! Madam, Madam...

"Let's not bother the prince—

"Come with me, old man. Let's go to the side hall. Side hall! I will tell you everything in detail!"

Madam Duan snorted, loosened her grip, and kicked him: "Lead the way!"

Qing Hai staggered after being kicked, and he covered his ears with one hand, but he had to bow repeatedly with a smile on his face: "Hey, hey! Slow down! This way, please!"

The prince sat on the top, watching the two people walk to the side hall with a smile, then he turned his head and whispered to Chang Ying with a smile: "Your master will definitely not escape a beating today. Please prepare some gold wound medicine for him."

Chang Ying was shocked: "Yes, you can fight, with medicine?"

"Mammy is impatient and cruel. She just came back and needs to establish her authority. She must start with me." The prince smiled and looked down at the memorial. "Don't even mention Qinghai. Maybe Xia Shouzhong will be brought back by her and beaten up first."

Changying was shocked!

As expected, Qinghai continued talking until the hour of Wei.

At Madam Duan's command, Qinghai was carried out howling like a ghost and was beaten with twenty boards, his skin torn and blood flowing.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuchs in charge of each palace were called over.

Starting from Xia Shouzhong, everyone told their own story honestly, and then they were held down without any explanation and each of them was beaten with ten boards.

Among them, Xia Shouzhong received five more strokes of the board: "You are punished for serving the prince improperly before!"

No one dared to say the word "injustice".

When Xia Shouzhong returned to the East Palace of Yiqiu, he was dying, and he also had to convey the words of the new East Palace Secretary Duan Ma, the head of the Lizheng Palace: "Since the East Palace is closed, you don't have to come out to walk in the future.

"Including the black cat, the parrot, and Xia Shouzhong."

Wang Xifeng, Wu Jin and Jin Ercai opened their eyes wide at the same time!

Why are black cats and parrots mentioned?!

"Wang Chenghui is young, but he is filial, which is good, and he can be a role model for the princess.

"Princess Heke should mourn her mother, and Wang Chenghui, as the eldest granddaughter of the eldest son's family, should mourn her grandmother, both for three years.

"Let's go together!"

He Ke's face was filled with joy. He turned around and hugged Ruer tightly!

Meng Fanshuang looked speechlessly at Xia Shouzhong's buttocks, which had obviously been beaten to pieces, and sighed: "I heard that Qinghai was also beaten? Five more strokes than you?"

Xia Shouzhong said with a sad face: "The chief steward told the nanny what she said: According to the current rank difference between Qinghai and I, we should be divided into fifteen and twenty.

"But we both served the prince improperly and were too selfish, so the injuries must be equally severe."

Wang Xifeng and the other girls couldn't help laughing out loud.

An'er couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why are our parrots and cats banned?"

"Mammy said that Cheng Hui is so arrogant that even the crown prince doesn't dare to keep a cat or dog in the palace, fearing that people would say that playing with things will ruin his ambition. But you got two of them!

"Since you are young and ignorant, I will spare their lives. If you are caught outside the East Palace, you will be beaten to death..."

Xia Shouzhong's voice became weaker and weaker.

But when Wu Jin heard this, he let out a sharp cry: "Meow!"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly hugged him and held him in her arms, asking, "Where is the jade from the Crown Princess's palace?"

"Send her to the Daming Palace to accompany Mo Chenghui." After saying this, Xia Shouzhong tilted his head and fainted.

Wu Jin refused to give Wang Xifeng any more face. He kicked her away with one claw, cursed "the dirtiest street" with a meow, and leaped up a tree. Then he jumped again, and reached the roof and disappeared.