Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Madam Hai and Sun Qian's faces changed. They stood up quickly, looked towards the door, and bowed: "Greetings to Concubine Zhen."

This person is none other than the aunt of the Jiangnan Zhen family who came into the palace, the old friend and "elder" of Jia Yuanchun, and the favorite concubine of Emperor Shengping in his later years: Concubine Hui Zhen.

Because this woman was a widow who entered the palace, Emperor Shengping avoided the words "virtuous" and only mentioned her intelligence, so he called her Concubine Hui.

But Zhen never wanted to show off her intelligence, so she ordered everyone in the palace to just call her by her surname.

A few years ago, when Emperor Shengping felt that he was in good health, Zhen was very favored for a period of time.

At that time, Queen Mo had not figured it out yet, and even as a queen, she competed for favor with this extremely beautiful concubine for two years. Later, she was reminded by her son and daughter that she realized that she was lowering her status.

Later on, although the two of them were always competing with each other secretly, they openly drew a line between them and seemed determined not to have anything to do with each other forever.

Until the time when Yuanchun entered the palace, Concubine Zhen easily tricked Queen Mo.

When Queen Mo figured it out, she became angry and made things difficult for Concubine Zhen at every turn.

Emperor Shengping was getting old and no longer interested in new things. He focused on teaching the Crown Prince about state affairs and did not pay much attention to the intrigues among the women in the harem. Concubine Zhen had less and less support.

In the past two years, he finally began to show his submission to Queen Mo, paying his respects and speaking to her attentively.

At that moment, Concubine Zhen looked at Madam Hai with a twinkling look in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Tell me quickly, who made you angry? Why did you let your godson comfort you like this?"

Matron Hai forced a smile and evaded the question, "Nothing happened. I just went to the East Palace and heard them talking about the south. I suddenly thought of my hometown and felt homesick."

Concubine Zhen smiled and let her go, and asked the Queen with concern: "You are all sitting here, is the Queen taking a nap?"

"That's right. I wonder if Concubine Zhen came here just to pay her respects, or if she has any delicious dishes to offer?" said Madam Hai.

It turns out that Queen Mo not only loves embroidery, but also has a strong appetite.

In order to please her, Concubine Zhen often searched for recipes, ordered the imperial meals to be reproduced, and then presented them to please Queen Mo.

But this time, Concubine Zhen didn't come for this purpose, so she smiled and said, "Just taking a leisurely walk. Since the Majesty is asleep, I will come back in the afternoon."

He just stood there for a moment and then said goodbye.

After leaving Zhaoyang Palace, Concubine Zhen hesitated for a moment, and ultimately did not go to Zichen Palace, but turned around and returned to her own Chenghuan Palace.

The maid who followed asked quietly, "Are you really not going to stop me?"

"It's better not to stop her." Concubine Zhen sighed, "Women from a family like ours rarely have a good ending. If she can really marry into the Northern Palace, even if she is just a decoration, it is better than fighting overtly and covertly in this palace and living in fear for the rest of her life."

The maid was silent for a long time, until she saw the gate of Cheng Huan Palace in front of her, she asked in a low voice: "Do you regret entering the palace?"

"Bishan, I never thought about entering the palace." Concubine Zhen smiled bitterly, "If my brother hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have offered this broken body to him...

"Thanks to His Majesty's pity, I have been able to live a comfortable life for a few years. This life has been worth it."

Bishan didn't dare to answer.

Her master has a strange temperament and his mood is unstable.

She didn't dare to answer casually.

........................

But in the end, everyone in the Eastern Palace, inside and outside, saw Jiancheng's red and swollen face.

After lunch, the prince took a glimpse before leaving and was shocked: "What's going on?"

Qing Hai confided what happened that morning and advised the prince, "Your Highness, just pretend you didn't see it and don't know. Don't ask.

"Anyway, it's over..."

The prince was so angry that he laughed, pointing at Jiancheng's pig head and said, "You call this the past?

"He has been wandering around the palace with this face for quite some time. Lin Yude and Tao Ge'er must have seen him and asked about him. Then the left and right spring officials must know about it!

"Believe it or not, if I don't ask, tomorrow morning, the impeachment memorial of Prince Su will be submitted to the imperial court!

"The abdication ceremony is almost here, and now it's spread that I'm having a dispute with my own brother, and I'm being impeached. I can't escape the accusation of being 'harsh'!"

Qinghai's expression changed: "This, this, this!"

Jiancheng was also terrified. He knelt down with a plop, kowtowed on the ground, and said loudly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, it won't happen!"

"Stop talking too much! How do you know he won't?" Qing Hai was so angry that he raised his hand and hit him with the handle of the whisk.

Jiancheng shrank his shoulders in pain, but he did not hesitate to explain, "I did let Lord Lin see me with this face!

"The young prince was shocked at the time, and after finding out what happened, he was so angry that he wanted to go to the palace to complain to His Majesty, saying that his uncle was rude.

"Lin Yude stopped the young prince and said that it was rude for him to sue his uncle as a nephew.

"The young prince walked around the table twice and said that he would inform the Chongwenguan and the Zuoyouchunfang about this matter. Lin Yude then said what Your Highness had just said.

"The young prince was so angry that he cried, saying that just because of this, should we allow Prince Su to be so arrogant and domineering and not distinguish between inside and outside?

"Lin Yude said that this matter must have reached His Majesty's ears.

"At this moment, as long as the people in the East Palace don't complain, we are right; but if anyone in the East Palace says a word about Prince Su outside, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unfriendly.

“So, the East Palace should stay still at this time.

"Because of this, I have not gone anywhere else. Today, apart from serving food, I have been staying at the back of Lizheng Palace. I have also applied some good medicine. I think the swelling will go down by tomorrow."

The prince felt a little relieved after hearing this, and a smile appeared on his face: "Lin Yude is indeed insightful, and you are also a good person, knowing how to share my worries.

"Qinghai, give him twenty taels of silver, and I'll give you three more days off to recover from your injuries. Come back when you're better."

After saying that, he turned around, mounted his horse, and entered the Daming Palace.

As expected, things turned out just as Lin Ruhai had expected. During lunch, Emperor Shengping heard Dai Quan quietly tell him what had happened in the morning. He was so angry that he threw his chopsticks and said, "Asshole!"

Dai Quan tried to persuade him to calm down: "The Crown Prince has also said that Prince Su is young and hasn't grown up yet! He has to be taught slowly!"

"Okay! I'll teach him!" Emperor Shengping pointed at Dai Quan, "You go now, go to his house in person and tell him that if he still can't make up his mind about who is superior and who is inferior, and who is male and who is female, then you'll have to go to the frontier and serve as a soldier!"

"Oh my God! Prince Su has been thinking about going to the battlefield to fight for three or four years! Now that you've said this, he hasn't even turned around and run!"

Dai Quan was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks, "There have been many natural disasters in the past two years, and the border is not stable to begin with. We may have a war someday.

"If you really let Prince Su go, not only will the Queen cry until her eyes go blind, but even you yourself will be so worried that you won't be able to sleep at night!"