Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

In the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace, the crown prince was surrounded by a group of people from the Ministry of Rites, who were pointing and telling him to stand here, kneel here, change his crown here, receive worship here, and so on.

Suddenly, a eunuch pushed the door open and came in. He ignored the old men from the Ministry of Rites who were glaring at him and ran in with his robe in his hand, shouting joyfully:

"Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Mei Liangyuan from the East Palace diagnosed a pregnancy!"

The prince was feeling annoyed and depressed, but when he heard the news, he was overjoyed and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. However, when he saw the eunuch coming towards him who was not familiar to him, he subconsciously turned around to look at Qinghai.

Qing Hai took a step forward calmly, blocking the eunuch in front of him, and asked cheerfully, "Good fellow! This is a great event! May I ask which master of the East Palace sent the message?"

"In reply to Eunuch Qing, it was Concubine Wang who asked the imperial physician who examined Mei Liangyuan's pulse to report to the Crown Prince. The Crown Princess has already sent someone over to the Emperor and the Empress.

"I am the gatekeeper behind Hanyuan Palace. The imperial physician followed the rules and refused to come in. He just waited outside the palace gate and asked me to report to the Crown Prince."

The eunuch smiled flatteringly.

The Crown Prince and the people from the Ministry of Rites nodded and praised: "This imperial physician is very polite."

The prince looked at everyone.

The Ministry of Rites knew this was a big deal, and everyone was very sensible. They first smiled and congratulated the Crown Prince, and then generously offered to give him half a day off:

"I'm sure the Emperor and Empress are anxious to find the Imperial Physician to inquire about the details. Your Highness, why don't you take the Imperial Physician in first?

"It's just right for us to review this ceremony again. When you come back after lunch, we can finish it all at once."

The prince smiled and nodded to everyone, "In that case, I will go in first.

"Please discuss this for a while. Once all the details have been agreed upon, send someone to the East Palace to let me know, and I will come over."

Then strode away.

Everyone in the Ministry of Rites laughed as they watched him walk away, and then they also started to leave in groups of two or three.

One of the men with a goatee came up to the Minister of Rites and sneered, "If you have heard me, please let us discuss it before inviting him!"

"How dare you say that! The prince is standing here, waiting for you to quarrel. What were you doing before?!" The old minister wanted to spit at him, rolled his eyes, turned around and called the assistant minister over to give him instructions.

"You bring them here, have a fight first, and then after the fight is over, write down the rules and show them to me.

"I've finished looking at it and it's all right. I'll go and ask His Royal Highness to come over."

The minister bowed in shame and agreed.

The old minister glanced at the crowd and said, "Your Majesty has long said that the prince's temper is like his own, impatient and fierce.

"Everyone, His Majesty's words are always true and never gossip.

"You have to take this to heart!"

He flicked his sleeves and walked away slowly, bending over.

Everyone looked at each other, some of them vaguely dissatisfied.

The assistant minister saw it, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "A group of officials were dismissed at the end of last year. Do you remember?"

Everyone: “How can you not remember this?”

"At that time, the crown prince was acting as regent, and the number of people dismissed ranged from fourth-rank prefects to ninth-rank officials, from inside and outside the capital, and there were probably 20 to 30 of them in total."

The Minister of Rites stopped talking at this point and clapped his hands, saying, "Come on, Secretary Wen, let's go through it again from the beginning.

"If you have any objections, please speak up now. Once we have spoken and reached a consensus, when the prince comes again this afternoon, there will only be this one plan. No other opinions will be allowed!"

Everyone agreed in varying degrees.

Then there was another person standing next to the Minister, who said to his colleague on the other side as if they were just chatting:

"The abdication ceremony hasn't been held for three or four hundred years. It's normal for us to have some omissions and uncertainties.

"But this matter is of great importance. This is not the right time to use it to attract the attention of the Crown Prince!"

The colleague understood what he meant and immediately smiled and said, "There are always one or two people who are blind. Now it's good. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obviously doesn't want to meddle in other people's business. It's best to behave according to the rules."

The Minister of Rites smiled and nodded repeatedly: "That's right."

After all this back and forth, with everyone singing the same tune, everyone understood and no one made a fuss anymore, and the ceremony went exceptionally smoothly.

Let’s talk about the prince.

After exiting the back door of Hanyuan Palace, he was led by the eunuch at a trot and walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard. As expected, he saw Huang Shu standing there respectfully and waiting.

He couldn't help but walk forward with a smile on his face: "It turns out to be Huang Zitong! I was wondering who is so polite and well-behaved!"

Huang Shu smiled and bowed, then lifted his robe and knelt on one knee: "Meet the Crown Prince, congratulations, Your Highness!"

The prince reached out and pulled him up, smiling and asked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on? Why did you suddenly remember to check Mei Liangyuan's pulse?"

Huang Shu narrated the entire incident in a low voice, only briefly picking out the key points of what Wang Xifeng had said to Yang Zhaoxun, and blurring out the chronological order:

"…Wang Liang Di then told Yang Zhaoxun the good news about Mei Liang Yuan and asked her to pack up quickly, saying that she would report to the Crown Prince in the evening and that she would be given a new place to live.

"Yang Zhaoxun fainted again. I took his pulse and found that he was just frightened. Wang Liangdi was worried about Mei Liangyuan, so she arranged for me to come and tell His Highness the good news as soon as I prescribed medicine, and she returned to the main hall.

"I came out and had someone boil some medicine for Yang Zhaoxun, and then I came to the palace immediately."

The prince snorted after hearing this, then praised, "The concubine chosen by my father is really good. She knows the priorities."

He reminded again, "I will meet my father, the emperor and my mother later..."

Huang Shu bowed with a smile: "Your Majesty and the Queen will definitely be very happy.

"Mei Liangyuan has a calm temperament and a healthy body. It's been more than three months since she started to feel uncomfortable with morning sickness. Fortunately, Wang Liangdi is very careful and insisted that I go and see her. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will take several more months to get the good news!"

The prince nodded in satisfaction and asked again, "Are you also good at gynecology?"

"The gynecologist expert of the Imperial Hospital is Wang Yuanpan." Huang Shu subconsciously retreated, "The second best is Kong Limu. I really can't rank higher."

The prince frowned: "Kong?"

"Kong Can is a famous doctor in Shandong. He was recommended to Beijing by the governor of Shandong thirteen years ago. His medical skills and ethics are well-known. However, due to his old age, he is now only on duty in Daming Palace and rarely goes to the East Palace."

Huang Shu thought about it and added another thing, "Ten years ago, Concubine Song had a difficult delivery. It happened that the Royal Court was in mourning and left the capital. The entire Imperial Hospital was silent. It was only Mr. Kong who took on the responsibility and kept Concubine Song and the mother and son of Prince Xiaoyao safe."

The prince suddenly realized: "It turned out to be him! I remember that the old man was very capable and had a bad temper.

"He's good! I'll ask my father for this Imperial Doctor Kong to help Mei Liangyuan with her pregnancy!"

Huang Shu nodded with a smile.

The prince tilted his head to look at him, smiled and patted his shoulder: "You are not bad, you don't fight for credit, don't steal the limelight, and follow the rules. You are a good doctor!"

Huang Shu smiled and bowed, "Your Highness, I am ashamed to receive such praise. I only hope that I can be a good doctor in Daming Palace for a long time as Your Highness said!"

The prince laughed loudly: "Great! Tomorrow I will promote you to be a clerk! You will be in charge of the pharmacy for two years first!"

Huang Shu choked.

Qinghai laughed and gave him a gentle push: "What a good job, Huang Limu!"

Huang Shu hurriedly smiled and said, "It can be seen that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really wants to promote me!"