Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

After leaving Yi Qiu Palace, Wang Xifeng personally brought the two palace maids to the door of the back hall opposite Yi Qiu Palace. Seeing that it was Chen Duo who came to pick them up in person, she breathed a sigh of relief and put on a smile.

Seeing her coming in person, Chen Duo hurriedly took a few steps forward, smiled and knelt on one knee: "Greetings to the Empress Liangdi!"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly asked Chunhe to help: "Oh, how can I accept such a great gift?"

"Liang Di is the master who manages the affairs of the harem, Nei Fang is the government office that works for the crown prince and the masters of the harem, and I am just a small official of Nei Fang. You are my legitimate master, and I am paying my respects to you. Isn't this the proper thing to do?"

Chen Duo was respectful.

Wang Xifeng smiled and waved her hands: "We all work for the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, we are just colleagues."

Then she pointed at the two people behind her and said, "In the past two years, people have been coming into the back hall intermittently. The Crown Princess was too generous to count them. Today, when Nanny Duan went there, she found that there were three more.

"Another maid said to leave it to run errands for her. The two main halls of Yiqiu Palace were returned as they were.

"I will go back and tell all the palaces to check, I'm afraid the number of people in other places may be wrong.

"I'll tell them later and return the extra money to you. If there's any less, just make do with it for now and I'll make up for it when we move to the new palace tomorrow.

“Go back and tell your palace attendant that there are now six more people in the back hall. The number of people, utensils, flowers, trees, and even the monthly and seasonal clothing materials and salaries have all been calculated. You must not make such a joke again.

"I am a person who doesn't mind anything in normal times, but when something happens, I always insist on doing exactly what is right.

"I have been in charge of the rear hall until now, and I have never had a falling out with anyone.

"If the inner court wants to be the chicken to test the knife, I don't mind. I'm just afraid that you will hurt your neck."

Chen Duo smiled and said, "The Crown Princess used to have the final say on matters in the back palace, but three years ago it became Madam Duan. Occasionally, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would give special instructions in between.

“The inner court must follow the rules when doing things.

"Since Wang Liang Di has ordered us to do so, let's clearly list all the changes that have taken place so far, and then report back to Liang Di."

Their expressions were all smiling and respectful, but their words were sharp and they tried to shirk responsibility.

The two palace servants breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that there are just a few extra people, and it doesn't seem like they have a problem.

Wang Xifeng and Chen Duo chatted for a while and then parted ways. Chen Duo strolled around alone and then took the two of them back to the inner quarters.

But as soon as I entered the second courtyard of the inner square, the gate suddenly closed.

The two were startled and stopped to look back.

Chen Duo's voice had already sounded faintly: "Come on, both of you, tell us everything. Who is the master who sent you to the main hall of Yi Qiu Palace so early in the morning?"

"The two eunuchs were given three years ago, because each palace was given an aunt, and then two more eunuchs and two palace maids were given. Among the two of them, this one was the first one to be selected from this group, and the one left behind was the last one to make up the number.

"Last year, a maid in the main hall of Yiqiu Palace accidentally dropped a red jade bracelet that Your Majesty had bestowed on Mei Liangyuan, and her arm was accidentally broken by the inner court.

"The Crown Princess pointed to two palace maids and sent them over. This is one of them."

The tall and thin leader Han Lue appeared out of nowhere and stood next to Chen Duo, telling the origins of these two people in detail.

The faces of both of them turned pale instantly.

"Okay, the eunuchs were arranged by the nobles in the palace, but this palace maid was arranged by the Crown Princess?" Chen Duo looked at the two of them suspiciously.

Their knees weakened and they both knelt on the ground: "Sir, please have mercy and spare our lives!"

Chen Duo and Han Lue looked at each other and sighed.

That night, the confession was handed over to the prince, and the people were quietly dealt with.

The prince was silent for a long time while looking at the confession, then threw it aside in boredom and ordered them, "In the future, report these matters to Wang Liangdi and Madam Duan, and don't bother me again!"

Qinghai glanced at him and whispered, "They wanted to go back to Liangdi during dinner, but Liangdi refused to see them."

"That was when I didn't say anything. Now that I've said it, let her take care of it, then she has to." The prince was very impatient, "These trivial matters are just a waste of time for me to care about; if I don't care about them, it will only encourage the arrogance of these evil demons.

"After all, Wang is the best at dealing with this kind of things and people, so let her take care of it.

"If there is something she can't handle, I will come forward to support her."

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, there is Mammy."

The next morning, this news was passed on to Wang Xifeng and Nanny Duan respectively.

Nanny Duan agreed with a smile, clapped her hands and said, "It should have been done long ago."

He carried the person on his back, but sighed dejectedly and muttered, "In this damn place, no one can avoid being used as a shield... What a sin..."

After Wang Xifeng heard this, she looked embarrassed for a long time before she hummed and agreed, "Yes, I will obey your Highness the Crown Prince's orders."

She turned around and became furious, and even scolded He Ke, who had stuck his head out to watch the fun and was about to congratulate her.

However, the Crown Princess, after being informed of this matter in a veiled manner, applauded with a smile: "It is a bit restrictive for every housekeeper to have to report everything.

"It should have been done long ago, so that Wang Liangdi could have some authority to be herself."

When joking with Wu Liangyuan, he mentioned, "The Crown Prince finally granted Wang Liangdi the power to deal with the palace ladies and concubines.

"I heard the other day that when she threatened Yang Fengyi, she said that she only had the power to beat her, not to kill her.

“It’s different now.

"If I really anger her, she might even dare to act first and ask for my permission later!"

Wu Liangyuan felt more and more sour in her heart, and curled her lips and said, "This person is as shrewd as a ghost, she will not leave such a handle for others.

"She must have taken no more steps, done no more things.

"But there are too many fools in this world. Madam, just wait and see. Sooner or later, that fool will run into her knife edge!"

The Crown Princess couldn't help but stiffen her face.

Subconsciously, he looked at Aunt Wanqi.

But Aunt Wanqi just smiled and gestured for her and Wu Liangyuan to have tea without saying a word.

The Crown Princess had no choice but to change the subject: "I wonder how Yang Fengyi is doing in the Buddhist Hall?"

“Yang Fengyi cried a lot, but it was nothing serious.

"It was Zhou Fengyi. I heard that this morning, after the oil in the lamps in the Buddhist temple was refilled, she actually opened her eyes for a while!"

Wu Liangyuan was shocked. "Look, Crown Princess, is it because the Crown Prince is about to become a real dragon, so he is blessed with great fortune, so he snatched Zhou Fengyi from the hands of the King of Hell?"

The Crown Princess was slightly startled, thought for a moment, and asked her, "The lamp oil this morning was also added by the nuns as usual, right?"

"No." Wu Liangyuan was a little reluctant. "Today is the day when Tathagata becomes a monk. Before the sun came out, Wang Liangdi rushed over and added oil to the lamp together with Shi Zhaoxun."

The Crown Princess said nothing, and clenched her fists gently under the quilt.