Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The matter was finally settled.

The next day, Shui Rong announced his engagement to the eldest daughter of the Earl of Shoushan, and three days later, Jia Yuanchun quietly entered the Prince Su's Palace in a sedan chair, wearing a pink dress.

Emperor Shengping, Empress Mo, and the Crown Prince were all doing what they were supposed to do, without any signs of anything unusual.

Wang Xifeng was very dissatisfied.

He picked a time and took the initiative to serve the meal: "Is it so easy for Prince Su?"

"Then what else do you want?" The prince laughed, "I have not yet ascended the throne, and to Prince Su, he is just a brother. As long as my father and mother are still alive, it is not my turn to teach him a lesson.

“Even if he ascends the throne to become emperor in the future, he can only be restrained by the law.

"His behavior is just immoral, but he has not violated any laws. There is no point in me wanting to beat him up, right?"

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and smiled as she came closer: "What if I instigate a quarrel between Prince Beijing and him, will it affect the Crown Prince's plans and the political situation?"

The prince's heart moved slightly, and the tip of his chopsticks poked the braised pork on the plate: "It doesn't matter."

Wang Xifeng stood up straight suddenly, even putting her hands on her waist: "That's fine! I must vent my anger!"

The prince smiled, lowered his head, and ate the meat with big mouthfuls!

Two days later, many versions of the incident suddenly began to circulate on the streets. One of them became more and more popular: Prince Su relied on his status as a prince to fall in love with Jia and snatched her away in the street, which was almost like cuckolding Prince Bei!

This rumor was too serious and had turned into an erotic version by evening.

The King of the North heard about it that night and was so furious that he ignored the curfew and immediately ordered the chief secretary to return all the gifts of apology sent by the Jia family and asked the Jia family not to visit him again.

When Jia She and Jia Zheng heard this, they were so ashamed that they went to the gate of the North Palace and knelt down in person.

When the Queen Mother of Prince Beijing heard this, she quickly scolded Shui Rong and ordered someone to help Jia She and Jia Zheng up. She invited them in and said in a friendly manner:

Since they were old friends and he had watched Yuanchun grow up, he naturally knew that the Jia family would not act so frivolously.

Now it's just gossip. If you ignore them, it will pass in ten days or half a month.

He told Jia She and Jia Zheng not to take it to heart. He even told them to comfort Grandmother Jia when they returned and not to make her worry.

Although he knew that his mother's actions were the right thing to do, and he also understood that someone must be behind this, Shui Rong was still young, and how could he swallow this humiliation?

Two days later, the rumors on the street changed to something new:

Jia Yuanchun was born on the first day of the first lunar month. She had a noble fate and was born to be an empress!

Originally, Jia entered the palace to become a concubine of the emperor or the crown prince, but the empress and the crown princess were unwilling to keep her, so they awarded her to Prince Beijing in marriage. After all, the princess is also considered a queen.

As a result, Prince Su took Jia back to his palace, obviously for the sake of "the Queen's life"!

——The previous rumors were just romantic stories of gloating over someone else’s misfortune, but this time, the sword was pointed directly at Prince Su’s intention to be “disloyal”!

This is a big deal!

Chang'an County and Jingzhao Prefecture could no longer sit still, and hurriedly arrested and beat those who spread the rumor. In the end, they found out that the source was the youngest son of Shoushan Earl.

This stirred up a hornet's nest.

Shoushanbo was so frightened that he quickly sent his youngest son back to his hometown, saying that the child had become stupid from the fall and was sent back to visit his ancestors' graves and would never come back to Beijing again.

Prince Su was still not giving in and wanted to cause trouble for Prince Beijing.

Prince Beijing said calmly: "If Prince Su has no such intention, then Jia is ill and exhausted, and I think you two have not yet consummated your marriage. Then I don't mind taking Jia as a concubine."

Prince Su was suddenly speechless.

The ministers who were watching dispersed with a sigh.

The prince held his forehead with his hand: "It's really useless!"

I had no choice but to go up and change the subject myself and comfort the two of them.

When the news got out, Prince Su was ridiculed and embarrassed; Prince Bei also lost his good reputation; the most pitiful Jia Yuanchun lived a life worse than death in Prince Su's backyard.

Deep in the courtyard of the mansion, Jia Wangshi, who was originally unaware of her daughter's difficult situation, unexpectedly received some spring clothing tribute silk from Donggong Wang Liangdi on the first day of March.

Because she loved her daughter so much, she naturally wanted to keep some of it and take it to Prince Su's Mansion to make new clothes for her daughter.

But the Prince Su's Mansion refused to let her see Yuanchun no matter how hard she tried.

Jia Wangshi then felt something was wrong, and taking advantage of the fact that it was the Girls' Day on the third day of the third lunar month, she formally sent a letter to Prince Su's palace, inviting Yuanchun to return home to celebrate the festival with her sisters.

This invitation could not be refused, so the Prince Su's Mansion had no choice but to release Jia Yuanchun and let her return to the Rongguo Mansion.

When she saw her daughter’s bruised cheekbones and whip marks on her arms, Jia Wangshi fainted!

Everyone in the Jia family was also shocked and stunned.

Especially Grandmother Jia, who immediately asked them to change their clothes and go to beat the drum to report: "He is just a prince, an idle prince, without any real power, and he has ruined the reputation of our Jia family's daughter and robbed her into the mansion!

"How dare he abuse my eldest granddaughter like this! Is this targeting Yuanchun? He is bullying me because there is no one in the Rong and Ning mansions!"

Jia She and Jia Zheng were nearly frightened to death by the old lady. They knelt down and kowtowed to persuade her earnestly, and only then did she stop Lady Jia.

Yuanchun was helped by Li Wan and Xie to Lady Jia's bedroom.

The two sisters-in-law undressed her with tears in their eyes. Looking at the whip marks all over her body, they couldn't help crying. They applied medicine on her and sent someone out to tell the elders:

"This life is really unbearable. If I let my sister go back, I'm afraid she will die in Prince Su's Mansion in no time!"

Jia Wangshi, who had just woken up, pushed Jia Zheng away and rushed directly into the inner room, but saw her daughter trying to reach for the scissors next to her. She screamed in fear and her legs went limp.

Fortunately, Xie was quick-witted and snatched the scissors. She hugged Yuanchun and burst into tears: "Sister, are you going to pluck the hearts of the old lady and the master and his wife?"

Jia Wangshi was then helped forward and looked at Yuanchun's wooden face and the scars all over her body. She didn't dare touch her and didn't know how to ask. She could only hold her hand and cry so hard that she couldn't raise her head.

When Jia Zheng heard this, his face turned pale and his body stiffened: "This is too much!"

Jia She sighed deeply, waved his hand and ordered all the servants to leave, and then he had a serious discussion with Jia Mu, who was crying so hard that she almost fainted:

"We had originally agreed to marry you into Prince Su's palace.

"Even if we file a complaint with the emperor now, if Prince Su is determined to perish together with us..."

Before he could finish his words, Jia's mother spat on his face: "What do you mean by 'burning both the jade and the stone'? Who is the jade and who is the stone?

"He is the prince and grandson of the emperor. He is the jade! Now he has to save face, not hide it in his sleeves after breaking his arm!

“No matter what he promised you before, the way he treated my Yuanchun shows that he didn’t even think of treating you as real relatives!

"Those beautiful things you imagined are all illusions, they are fake!

"How can this be considered a marriage? This is clearly treating our Jia family as an enemy!

"I have been smart all my life, how could I have given birth to two idiots like you?!

"Someone come!

"Prepare the carriages and horses, I want to go to the palace to meet the emperor!

"My granddaughter Yuanchun is not fit to be a royal wife. Tomorrow she will cut her hair and become a nun to pray for the blessing of this dying old woman!"