Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The bedroom in the east wing hall is called a "hall", but it is actually not very big. It only has a bed, a couch, a set of tables and chairs, two embroidered cushions, and a floor-to-ceiling cabinet.

Wang Xifeng pricked up her ears to listen to the noise outside, hiding herself in the bed curtains.

She always felt that today might not be a good time to meet the prince again.

The prince walked in.

As soon as he entered the room, the prince inexplicably felt relaxed and couldn't help looking around.

There are no exquisite vases, lush branches, no crowded bookshelves, no pens, inks, paper, and inkstones, not even two or three charcoal basins or the smell of warm fragrance.

Whatever furniture was originally in the palace is still there.

The decorative ornaments that originally added interest to the palace have all disappeared - oh, no, it seems they have all been moved to the outer room.

The prince subconsciously turned his head to take a look at the treasure cabinet shelf that had suddenly appeared in the outer room.

Well, it turns out that this girl is using the Duobao Pavilion as a screen wall.

"She values ​​her territory very much," the prince gave Wang Xifeng another label.

That being the case...

The prince turned around and glanced at Qinghai who was following closely.

Qing Hai was confused: "What do you want, Your Highness?"

"Get out." The prince rolled his eyes at him.

Qinghai quickly stepped back in embarrassment.

Yes, I forgot, this is Wang Chenghui's bedroom. She has been in the palace for three years, but she has not been favored yet, she is still a girl...

He retreated to the outer room and considerately "closed" the door of the palace.

Qinghai turned around and glanced at the four palace maids standing at the door, and suddenly looked closely: "What's this one's name?"

Qiao Gui was pulled by the person next to her, and then she bowed nervously: "In reply to Eunuch Qing, my name is Qiao Gui."

"You are not Qiaogui, you are clearly Qiaogui! Why is your face painted like a ghost?" Qinghai frowned, pointed the handle of the whisk in his hand at her, but looked at Xia Shouzhong.

Xia Shouzhong glanced over indifferently: "The maids in our palace love to dress like this, and our Master Chenghui is happy to see them dress like this. What's it to you? You don't have to worry about it!"

"Oh, oh, oh! I was wrong!" Qing Hai flicked his whisk and walked up to Xia Shouzhong. He first paid attention to the other person who was half a head taller than him, and then said, "Come here, I'll tell you something."

The two people walked away in exactly the same pace and stopped in the empty corridor.

"Chen Duo, the Chief of Criminal Justice, you were familiar with him back then, right?" Qing Hai went straight to the point.

Xia Shouzhong nodded without hesitation: "Yes. We have worked on several major cases together."

"Did you know that all his credit was taken from his subordinate Han Lue?" Qinghai stared at Xia Shouzhong.

Xia Shouzhong also nodded: "I know."

But he shook his head again: “But it doesn’t really count as taking away the credit.

"Han Lue is a solitary and introverted person with a narrow vision. He only investigates the cause of death and never thinks of investigating why the person died and what the consequences of his death would be.

“Chen Duo doesn’t know how to investigate cases, but he can see how big the network that a case may involve is.

"Just treat these two people as one person."

Qinghai finally understood and couldn't help but feel unhappy. After all, he still couldn't see as far as Xia. As he thought about it, he suddenly realized something was wrong:

"Hey, why are you telling me everything? What's the matter? Don't you want to go back to Lizheng Palace?"

"Whether we return to Lizheng Palace or go to other palaces next is up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. How can I, a servant, have the right to think about it?"

Xia Shouzhong forced a smile and replied perfunctorily, "Since you mentioned the Criminal Justice Department, I was just about to ask, how is the investigation of the thief who came last night going?"

Qing Hai thought it was a good opportunity to repay this favor, so he told him the story: "I can't find anything. That guy almost walked around the entire back hall in the middle of the night. But I couldn't find any trace of him communicating with anyone.

"The prince wants the case closed as 'gambler theft'."

Xia Shouzhong frowned: "Zhang Zhu is gambling?"

"Huh?" Qing Hai looked at him in confusion. "Yes, he is addicted to gambling. He has been to almost every gambling house in the city."

Xia Shouzhong hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I remember his adoptive father Lao Zhang once mentioned that before he became an orphan, he was from a well-off family.

"Later, his father got involved in gambling, not only did he lose the family business, he also sold his mother and two sisters.

"Because of this, he refused to keep his original surname and insisted on changing it to Zhang. When he was older, around the age of teen, he even burned a deck of dice and dominoes that Zhang had brought home.

"I always find it strange that he became a gambler. When you have time, check it out."

Qinghai's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Okay! Thank you very much!"

On the other side, Qiaogui lowered her head, tears falling drop by drop.

Qiao Lian looked at her with disgust, gritting her teeth and cursing in a low voice: "How wild are you?! You have smeared the whole rouge and the whole box of lead powder on your face? If you want to die, get out of here! Don't let us, the innocent people in the palace, get in trouble!"

An'er hurriedly pulled Qiaolian to his side, and pushed Ru'er over to him: "Your apprentice, go and take care of it." He glared at Qiaolian: "Is it your turn to complain?"

Qiao Lian turned away angrily.

Ruer looked at Qiaogui, sighed, and gently pushed her shoulder: "It seems that you need to learn more about the makeup skills. Go back and wash your face first."

Qiaogui squatted down and bowed in gratitude, then ran away with her face covered.

"You have to stand up! How come you can't even control a disciple with ulterior motives..." An'er glared at Ru'er, angry at her for not fighting back.

Ruer smiled sweetly: "As a young girl, it is not considered as having ill intentions to have some love in your heart when you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with such a bright moon in the sky.

"I will report this matter to Cheng Hui. Cheng Hui will decide what to do."

All of us are slaves, and it is not our turn to rule over anyone else.

An'er understood the implication and paused, but finally stopped talking about it.

This was a matter between palace maids, and more importantly, a matter between two maids who came with the dowry, so Jing Li just watched with interest but never got involved.

Fugui'er's two little eyes looked slyly at Ru'er, then at An'er and Qiao Lian, with a meaningful smile on his face, but no one knew what he was thinking.

When the prince entered the bedroom, he passed by the bed covered with dense curtains, leaned sideways on the couch, picked up a book, and flipped through it leisurely.

Wang Xifeng hid in the tent, struggling with her thoughts while listening carefully to the prince's movements.

However, after a long time, there was still only the sound of pages turning leisurely.

Wang Xifeng went from kneeling to sitting cross-legged, and finally she raised her elbows, staring at the tent with a raised brow.

Your Highness, this is...

What's wrong!?

Could it be that he knew that he was not sick at all, so he came here to hide away in the name of visiting a patient?

What should I do...

Do you want to speak up first?

Pretend to be a coquettish woman and stick your face out from the crack of the tent?

It seems wrong...

Wang Xifeng hesitated for a while, then she heard the prince put down the book outside.

She suddenly became alert and was about to change to a kneeling position, but she heard the sound of boots that continued all the way, walking directly from the desk to the door and opening it!

No, what, you're leaving now?!