Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Emperor Shengping no longer pushed the prince to the front, but instead had the audacity to let Dai Quan personally go to the Jia Mansion to visit the sick grandparents and grandchildren.

He really comforted Lady Jia and apologized implicitly on behalf of the royal family. In the end, he allowed Jia Yuanchun to leave the Prince Su's Mansion, and it was up to her to practice Taoism or not.

Before leaving, looking at Jia Yuanchun's face, Dai Quan said to the Buddha with heartache: "Silly girl, why are you so stubborn? Aren't you the one who suffers? Forget it, just take good care of her.

"The world is big. When you recover, follow your aunt and walk around to relax."

And left behind a lot of rewards.

The Jia family then breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly and respectfully sent Dai Quan out.

Next, Emperor Shengping said he wanted to offer sacrifices to the mountains, starting from the north, the first being the sacred mountain of the ancestral home of the dragon vein, and then going south, the famous mountains and rivers were all arranged in order.

The Ministry of Rites was already busy and overwhelmed, and suddenly this task was added. Everyone from top to bottom almost collapsed and burst into tears.

The prince then reluctantly offered his left assistant Luo Ting, and Emperor Shengping immediately gave him the vacancy of right assistant minister and made him specifically responsible for the mountain sacrifice.

Everything else is fine, except for two things: first, the person who performs the sacrifice must be King Su, and second, it has to be quick.

After all, Luo Ting was quite old and had not done many tasks in the Ministry of Rites. Although he was diligent, he still found it a bit difficult.

He went back to the East Palace to ask the Crown Prince for help. The Crown Prince was very reluctant, but he still lent Lin Ruhai to Luo Ting: "But only half a day a day, otherwise Brother Tao's homework will be abandoned halfway just after it has begun. I will never allow it!"

Although Lin Ruhai helped suppress the complaints of his colleagues in the Eastern Palace regarding Prince Su's actions, he still felt resentful for a long time.

Now that they had the chance, they naturally cut the Gordian knot. However, on the tenth day of March, the regulations for the mountain sacrifice were submitted to Emperor Shengping, and even the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, all the governor's offices along the way from the capital to the north, post stations, palaces and villas, etc. were taken into consideration.

Then he said seriously: "Sacrificing to the heavens and the mountains requires sincerity, not extravagance. Now we have all the tools, we just need to replenish supplies along the way.

"Only the escort troops must be selected by the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites dare not make any rash statements."

Ninety percent of the people in today’s Ministry of War, inside and outside, are former subordinates or old friends and relatives of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes.

How Prince Su treated the eldest daughter of the Duke of Rong's Mansion, and how the Jia family shed tears and blood to save their poor daughter, the story had already spread throughout the capital, and everyone knew it.

Only Deputy General Geng, who was sent to the capital by the Great General Protecting the Nation, should have helped since Prince Su had helped him clear his name. But unfortunately, his sister, who depended on him for life, was a concubine in the Eastern Palace.

There is an undercurrent between Prince Su and the Crown Prince, even a fool can see it.

Deputy General Geng hid far away and ignored this mission at all.

Therefore, when the team led by Prince Su set out on March 15 to offer sacrifices to the dragon vein of the ancestral temple on behalf of the emperor, the Ministry of War only allocated 600 soldiers and horses within the prescribed regulations from the camp outside the capital, as well as Prince Su's own 20 guards.

that is it.

East Palace, dinner.

The prince acted as if he didn't recognize her. He asked Wang Xifeng to stand further away and looked her over carefully from head to toe. He couldn't help but ask her, "How did you do that?"

I spent three years using all sorts of tricks, but I still couldn't get the old man to agree to kick Prince Su out of the capital. How come after you messed around, the old man actually found an excuse to throw him far away to the Northeast? !

Wang Xifeng laughed, "How would I know? I just wanted to spread some rumors and let him fight with the Northern King so that I could vent my anger. Who knew he would dare to attack my eldest cousin!

"For this kind of thing, even if I have fallen out with the Wang and Jia families, I will definitely not ignore it. So, as long as I let the Jia family find out that something is wrong and get the news, they will naturally make a fuss.

"In ordinary days, it is common for the four kings and eight dukes to fight among themselves for petty gains.

"But this kind of humiliation can be inflicted on the Rongning and Beijing Palaces today, and tomorrow it may be inflicted on all the old nobles! They will definitely unite to teach Prince Su a lesson.

"Your Highness only knows that they sent some lazy and cunning soldiers to follow them out, but he probably doesn't know that when they really get to the north, every family has a large farmland for sacrifices.

"A powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake! Prince Su will have better days to live!"

Wang Xifeng was talking proudly, but she found that the prince's expression was a little strange, alert and unhappy.

Wang Xifeng ignored him and continued smiling.

Yes.

What she said just now was a warning to the prince.

Among the twenty-four dynasties, there was not a single one without party strife.

Whenever an alliance of interests involves the wealth and glory of aristocratic families, it becomes a matter of life and death.

Emperor Shengping was lenient, and the nobles and royal family had already become too powerful to be controlled.

If the prince wants to resolve this matter in his own reign, he must first see how powerful they are and how fast they react when they encounter danger.

The incident of Prince Su happened at the right time. Wang Xifeng deliberately stirred up trouble to let him see her power.

Now, the prince has finally realized it.

"Internal strife... I have been in the court for more than ten years, but I have never seen them strife among themselves..." The prince also smiled and drank and ate, and even showed special favor to Wang Xifeng by asking him to sit down and drink with him.

Wang Xifeng pretended to be flattered, but in fact she sat down without any hesitation, smiling: "You don't believe it?

"Tomorrow you will suggest to the Emperor that he give two lucrative posts to the families of Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue.

"Then pick out a few more mistakes and remove one or two people from the court of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Liguo.

"Prince Beijing was wronged in the matter of Prince Su, so why not give him some real job to gain some experience.

"As one side gains, the other loses. Let alone a dozen surnames, even within a family, I don't believe they won't fight in secret!"

The prince pondered and laughed: "Are you talking about your Wang family?"

Wang Xifeng glanced over and said charmingly, "Your Highness! I am helping you! But you are so good that you make fun of me without any hesitation!"

The prince laughed.

Three days later, Emperor Shengping issued an edict: "Prince Beijing Shui Rong is appointed to serve as an imperial attendant to learn government affairs. Jia Zheng is appointed as a school official to supervise the education of Lianghuai.

"Shi Ding was appointed as the governor of Guangdong and concurrently the governor of Guangdong Maritime Customs."

The three families rejoice!

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Shengping reprimanded Prince Xining for his failure to suppress the bandits, and several sons of the Duke's Mansion for being unfilial, etc.

For a moment, there was silence in the court and the country.

What's going on, Your Majesty?

He has always been the most lenient towards his old ministers!

Why did he suddenly become so picky, even reporting the personal morality of his children to the court? Could it be that... he was displeased with me and others, and wanted to punish me and others for the prince before he abdicated?

For a moment, people were panicked.

But then, the crown prince stepped forward to appease them, and called the scolded families to the East Palace, and persuaded them with emotion and reason: "Father wanted to arrange the future of the younger generation for you before abdicating.

"Before making any arrangements, I always check what the children are good at. Who would have thought that I would find out many unspeakable things.

“I know that when a family is big, good and bad people are mixed together, and there may be one or two useless people.

"But you also have to understand that the emperor has just had an incident with Prince Su and the Jia family. When he saw a child who looked like him, how could he not get angry?

“Everyone should restrain their family members.

"Father's anger hasn't subsided yet!"