Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

He Ke's eyes sparkled in the dim tent: "What's the girl's name?"

"How should I know?" Wang Xifeng yawned and closed her eyes. "Your father said that the day after tomorrow the teacher will come to the palace to see Tao Ge'er. When the time comes, you can ask your father to ask..."

He Ke wanted to say more, but seeing that Wang Xifeng had fallen asleep, he had no choice but to curl up in the quilt himself.

The small kitchen of Yi Qiu Palace was dismantled on the tenth day.

Geng Simiao was extremely reluctant - because from then on she would no longer be able to secretly make desserts for herself.

When the three sisters gathered together, they heard her complaining like this. Wang Xifeng snorted, "If there is no kitchen, there is a teahouse. If you really want to make it yourself, you can just prepare the ingredients and knead the dough and ask the kitchen to bake it for you."

Mei Ruoqin also advised with a smile: "There is a talent show every three years, and new talents will be admitted soon.

“If we have a small kitchen here and someone cooks, maybe the newcomer will have to learn.

"If something happens, it will be the fault of the three of us. Why bother?"

Geng Simiao thought about it and shrank his neck: "Then let's just stay calm. I'm bored, so just kneading the dough is fine."

Knead the dough…

Wang Xifeng suddenly became interested, moved to her side, pulled her aside and asked in a low voice: "Can Sister Geng make dough figurines?"

Noodles?!

Mei Ruoqin hurriedly asked: "What is that?"

Geng Simiao's eyes lit up: "Yes! I can try to make it too! Once it's done, we can play with it! We can also use it to appease Brother Tao and Sister Tao!"

Wang Xifeng told Mei Ruoqin with a smile.

Mei Ruoqin was a typical lady at home, she never left the house, and knew nothing about the acrobatics in the streets. In the past few years, apart from secretly "confiscating" a few storybooks from Huo Jie'er, she also read them and became red-faced and feverish.

Now that he heard about this rare thing, he immediately pestered Geng Simiao to make it immediately.

Geng Simiao also became excited. He asked someone to mix the paint immediately, and then he got up and left. As he walked, he began to think about how to prevent the figurine from cracking.

Seeing how obsessed she was, Mei and Wang couldn't help but chuckle.

After she walked away, Wang Xifeng squeezed Mei Ruoqin's hand.

Mei Ruoqin understood and pulled her into the inner hall. She waved away everyone and the two of them talked in private.

Without waiting for her to speak, Wang Xifeng asked, "When my aunt came to see me yesterday, she mentioned that their second branch arranged for their children to marry into your family last year. Do you know about this?"

Mei Ruoqin was stunned: "Whose family?"

"The Xue family of Jinling." Wang Xifeng said.

Mei Ruoqin frowned: "I've never heard of it."

Wang Xifeng was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "Last year, the little girl from the Xue family was only about three or four years old. I remember you mentioned your younger brother's age once, and he is very suitable for this second Miss Xue."

Mei Ruoqin went down in silence, and after a long while she shook her head, "My family didn't tell me, so I'll ask." She looked at Wang Xifeng again, and asked in confusion, "You deliberately avoided people to ask me, but is this family inappropriate?"

Wang Xifeng sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "The masters of the two branches of the Xue family were both extremely talented people. The eldest master was more temperamental and passed away early.

"Originally, the Xue family was very wealthy, with businesses all over the world. Now that the eldest master is gone, everything here falls on the shoulders of the second master.

"This second master is extremely smart and has many skills, and his business has spread overseas.

"Among his children, my aunt spoiled him and raised him to be a spoiled child. I heard that the other three children are all very good.

"It's just that the Xue family is a commoner merchant family, and no one is currently in the official career. I'm just worried that we are not a good match for your family."

Mei Ruoqin was relieved and said with a smile: "What's the big deal? As long as the child is from a good family, the child is also a good person. My family doesn't care that much about family background."

Wang Xifeng smiled and then talked about Tao Ge'er and He Ke's teacher, discussing them quietly with Mei Ruoqin.

At one point Wang Xifeng said goodbye.

Mei Ruoqin relaxed quickly, leaned against the pillow, and sighed softly.

Mei Ran brought her a hot drink and asked her what she was sighing about.

Mei Ruoqin shook her head and said softly, "There are only two children in the East Palace, and they both have teachers all of a sudden. However, from what I heard, the choice of teacher was not decided by the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

"Just wait and see. This matter will not go smoothly from beginning to end. There will definitely be some twists and turns."

Mei Ran was silent for a while, and whispered: "These things in the palace should be taken care of by the right people. Liang Yuan, please don't show this to the outside world."

Mei Ruoqin was reminded by her and asked, "Did Xiaowu really marry the girl from the second branch of the Xue family in Jinling? Or was it decided last year? How come I didn't know?"

Mei Ran bit her lip and said, "I heard that it was just a mention, and the master is not completely determined yet."

"No?!" Mei Ruoqin sat up straight, confused and bewildered. "They've told our relatives, hoping that this will bring Wang Chenghui and me closer. Do you think Daddy still feels..."

heart.

Mei Ruoqin suddenly noticed these two words.

Then I recalled Wang Xifeng's words:

The Xue family is wealthy, and the second master Xue is smart, and he is responsible for the Xue family's internal and external affairs...

A thought popped into Mei Ruoqin's mind, and suddenly all her thoughts became a mess.

After a long while, she asked in a trembling voice, "In the middle of last year, you told me that your family had encountered a big difficulty earlier in the year, but it had already passed.

"Is that what you're referring to?"

Mei Ran sighed, knelt on one knee, lowered her head and said, "Yes."

"So, whose fault is it? Mother? Eldest brother, or Third Uncle?" Mei Ruoqin's hands tightly grasped the cushion on the couch.

Mei Ran whispered, "Yes, it was my uncle who invited my wife to stay at home for a while... He set up a trap and tricked my wife... 80,000 silver coins..."

Mei Ruoqin felt the world spinning and everything went dark before her eyes!

"Liang Yuan!" Mei Ran rushed over and hugged her, and rushed to pull her hands off the mat. Upon closer inspection, she found that two of her nails, which she had grown with great difficulty, had been broken and were bleeding!

Mei Ruoqin woke up in the maid's arms, smiled bitterly, and burst into tears: "If my mother wasn't a gambler and greedy, no matter how my uncle set up the trap, she wouldn't jump into it...

"Now, you've sold Xiaowu's life for 80,000 silver coins...

"If the Xue family uses this incident to control Xiaowu, or even my father...

"In the past, I watched Wang Chenghui come up with all kinds of clever schemes and use all his strength to pull himself out of the quagmire of the Wang family. I was also complacent about my clean family background..."

Mei Ruoqin leaned in the maid's arms and burst into tears.

Mei Ran had no choice but to let her cry her heart out first, and then she helped her lie on the couch and whispered to her:

"Wang Chenghui came to tell Liang Yuan about this matter specifically because he thought it was a bit odd and wanted Liang Yuan to know about it.

"Besides, she just mentioned the daughter of the second branch of the Xue family. Although she is a distant relative, she is still a relative after all. After a year or two, when the daughter grows up, Liang Yuan will ask Wang Chenghui to call her in to see her.

“If she is a good girl, then marrying the Fifth Young Master would be a good marriage.

"If it's not good, at worst, I can just pay him back."

Mei Ruoqin smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's easy for you to say that. My mother is a gambler, my father is aloof, my grandmother is still alive, and the family has not been divided. Where did I get the 80,000 private silver to return to others?

"Besides, there is my uncle involved... If this matter is not kept secret and other family members know about it, my mother might just write a divorce letter...

"Or," Mei Ruoqin's tears fell like beads from a broken string, "they will force me to bring another daughter of the Mei family into the palace for them...

"Ah Ran, human hearts are treacherous!"