Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Shocked is not enough to describe Wu Liangyuan's current mood!

She had clearly left people outside Yi Qiu Palace, and she had clearly instructed them to keep their eyes and ears open in all directions, and to rush in and report to her immediately if there was any sign of trouble!

But why did the prince come so quietly? !

"I took a walk after dinner and wanted to see what the harmonious family relationship that the foreign officials admired was like." The prince laughed chillingly, "So, this is what it is like!?"

She turned around and looked at an old lady in palace dress, and laughed again, "Mammy, you can't ask for leave anymore. Look, you've only been back for half a month, and the palace is already in turmoil again!"

Wang Xifeng glanced over and saw that this person was the legendary Nanny Duan, the invisible mother-in-law above the Crown Princess's head and the actual ruler of the back hall of the Eastern Palace.

Three years ago, she thought she could see him, but he hid in a side hall and eavesdropped, refusing to show up.

But today, unexpectedly, this Madam Duan appeared in front of everyone leisurely.

Except for three vertical lines between her eyebrows, her features were sharp, her nose was straight and her lips were thin. There was not a single wrinkle on her face, it was very smooth, and she did not look like an old woman in her fifties at all.

Wang Xifeng was curious and couldn't help but take a closer look.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Duan's gaze turned over.

Wang Xifeng was frightened and quickly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and pretended to be an honest person.

"In my opinion, although Wu Liangyuan was rude and provocative first, it was Wang Chenghui who intensified the incident." Nanny Duan's rigid voice sounded, "According to the rules, Wu Liangyuan should be confined for three days and copy the female commandments..."

Wu Liangyuan's face showed shame and anger.

Madam Duan's face darkened, and she changed her words on the spot: "Wu Liangyuan doesn't know she is wrong, which shows that she has no reverence and no respect for the law! She should be confined to her room for seven days and be required to copy the palace rules!"

Wu Liangyuan was so angry that her eyes turned red. She bit her lip and was about to cry. She looked at the prince with sobs and said, "Your Highness, I have only heard the general rules explained by my aunt, and I have never seen any palace rules!"

The looks that Madam Weng, Madam Ji, and Meng Fanshuang gave her suddenly became cold, each one colder than the other.

"Liangyuan, that's the one that Aunt Mu asked you to read, but you flipped through two pages and threw it aside. That's the palace rule..." Juanjuan, who was standing next to her, mustered up her courage, faced everyone's gazes, and reminded her with gritted teeth.

Wu Liangyuan was stunned for a moment, and in front of everyone, she whispered back, "Ah?! Is that the one?! Really?!"

"Yes..." Juanjuan hunched her shoulders and stepped back.

The way people looked at Wu Liangyuan was no longer as if they were looking at a dead person, but as if they were looking at a fool.

"Well, then I understand." Wu Liangyuan lowered her head, pouted her lips, and knelt first to the Crown Prince, then to Nanny Duan, and then to the Crown Princess, and finally she even knelt to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng raised her head slightly, with a half-smile on her cheek, and dodged away, but was too lazy to say a word.

Someone who changes his face so quickly...

It seems I have to be careful with her in the future!

"Wang Chenghui." Nanny Duan looked at her smile with cold eyes.

Wang Xifeng bowed her head once more and said honestly, "Yes."

"You are rude and arrogant. Although you have studied for three years, you are still rude and disrespectful. You will be punished to kneel in the Buddhist temple and recite scriptures a hundred times!" After saying this, Nanny Duan paused and looked at the Crown Princess again.

The Crown Princess stiffened.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Duan looked at her, sighed, and said to Wu Liangyuan first: "Wu Liangyuan, why don't you leave? What are you waiting for?"

Wu Liangyuan knew what they were going to say. She had come here to see the excitement. But since Nanny Duan and the Crown Prince were both there, there was nothing to see.

I had to leave in disappointment.

Watching the people from Yichun Palace walk away, Nanny Duan became more gentle and said slowly, "Crown Princess, Miss Zhuqing..."

The Crown Princess's face tensed immediately, and Gan Lan hurriedly stepped forward and handed her hand, asking her to hold it tightly: "What's wrong with Zhu Qing?!"

"Miss Zhuqing quietly put out the charcoal fire with medicine and lifted the quilt..." Aunt Duan's face was full of sympathy and pity, "When she was found, she was already cold..."

The Crown Princess' eyes went dark and she fell to the ground.

The prince strode forward, hugged her, and turned back to look at Nanny Duan in reproach: "Mammy, you spoke too hastily. They have been master and servant for more than ten years, and they are as close as brothers--"

He hurriedly ordered a carriage and a royal physician to be called, and he himself carried the unconscious Crown Princess and strode out.

Gan Lan and others hurried to catch up, but left Tao Ge'er behind.

Tao Geer understood, and in an instant his two big eyes like black grapes were filled with tears. He turned around and asked Aunt Weng in a sobbing voice: "Is Sister Zhuqing dead?"

Nanny Weng sighed and nodded, "Yes. Don't be sad, Prince. The queen is already very sad and is waiting for you to comfort her."

Tao Ge'er threw himself into He Ke's arms and started crying: "It is my father's job to comfort my mother. I will be sad for a while, but I will be fine in a while."

Children's childish words are heartbreaking.

He Ke hugged him tightly and whispered to comfort him: "Cry, I know. Crying can make you feel better."

Madam Duan looked at He Ke and nodded slowly, her eyes showing appreciation. She then looked at Madam Weng and said in a gentle voice, "Since that's the case, Sister Weng will stay here with the young prince to rest for a while."

She turned to Mei Ruoqin and bowed slightly, "I'll ask Liangyuan to take care of this. I'll take my leave."

Mei Ruoqin quickly moved aside and nodded in return: "I dare not, Madam, take care."

Nanny Duan paced back and forth, not in a hurry, and walked out calmly.

The main hall of Yi Qiu Palace was completely silent. Only Tao Ge'er was still crying quietly, and He Ke was comforting her gently.

After another cup of tea, Tao Ge'er's crying stopped.

Then Wang Xifeng asked carefully: "Can I have dinner? After dinner, I can go to the Buddhist temple to kneel down... I have to recite the sutra a hundred times before I can go back to sleep..."

Everyone looked at her in silence.

Tao Ge'er was stunned: "Wang Chenghui, Sister Zhuqing is dead! A life just died! And you only want to eat?!"

“Your Highness, no matter who dies, if I don’t eat this meal, I will kneel in the Buddhist temple and recite the sutra a hundred times. On a day like this, I will definitely get sick.

"If I get sick, I won't even mention the money I'll have to spend on medicine. If I die of the illness, won't that mean I've failed my parents in raising me, and won't that mean the three years that the Eastern Palace has spent raising me have been in vain?"

Wang Xifeng smiled, "Same reason.

"If Your Highness is so sad and upset over the death of this palace maid that he refuses to eat or drink, even though it is out of Your Highness's affection, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess certainly don't want you to be hurt by your grief!"

Grief is harmful to the body?

Tao Ge'er became puzzled and turned to ask Aunt Weng: "Are these four words used to comfort filial sons at funerals?"

Aunt Weng's face had already shown a hint of anger, and she turned stern upon hearing this, and replied to Tao Ge'er, "That's right!

“Prince, Zhuqing is just a servant.

“It’s okay for you to be sad for a while, and it’s okay for you to skip this meal, but this has nothing to do with others.

"Please think about this carefully."

Tao Ge'er twisted his face and stiffened his neck to show that he was not convinced.

He Ke gently held his hand and asked in a low voice: "Zhu Qing came to give us the Crown Princess's reward last night and asked us to kneel to receive it. His attitude towards me was also very bad.

"Does my brother also want me to be sad and not eat because of her death?"

Tao Ge'er was stunned and said quickly: "Sister, I didn't mean that."

"But Wang Chenghui is my queen who takes care of me. I respect her like my mother. If my brother doesn't let her eat, then I naturally can't eat either.

"Brother, do you want us to be like you because you respect Zhuqing just like I do?" He Ke asked again.

Tao Ge'er was confused by her question and couldn't help but cover his face and sob: "I don't know. I feel sad. I will be unhappy if I see others are not sad.

“But I also knew that was wrong.

“I don’t know what’s the right thing to do…”

He Ke turned around and looked at Nanny Weng and Nanny Ji: "Mammy, I don't know what to do either.

"The Crown Princess fainted because of Zhu Qing's death, and my brother was also sad. I think they are very affectionate and I admire them.

“But my brother didn’t want Wang Chenghui to eat because Zhuqing was gone, and I felt that was too harsh and unhappy.

"Mammy, you are the ones who know etiquette the best. Please teach us what we should do in this situation so that no one will be unhappy."