Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The fifteenth prince.

Chen Duo thought of the one-eyed prince and felt pity for him.

Meng Fanshuang was almost the same, she sighed softly and shook her head, "It's not easy to be the fifteenth prince."

Fuguier looked at her curiously, then at Chen Duo, and opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to ask Chen Duo, so he asked Meng Fanshuang in a low voice: "Aunt, I heard that the fifteenth prince was also a child prodigy and a very charming man?"

"That's right!" Meng Fanshuang whispered to him, "The fifteenth prince was only two years old when Yan Ronghua died of illness.

"At that time, the late Empress Xiaoren had already raised our Crown Prince for seven years, and Empress Mo had already been promoted to Consort Fu. The Emperor then asked the Crown Prince to return to Consort Fu and took the fifteenth prince over.

"But the late queen is old and not as energetic as before, so she is not so meticulous when dealing with the fifteenth prince.

"The Fifteenth Prince was already seven years old at the time, and was bullied by the Four-year-old Seventeenth Prince. He did not dare to complain when he returned home, but the Deposed Crown Prince saw it once, caught the Seventeenth Prince and beat him up, and only then was the Fifteenth Prince freed from his misery.

"Because of this, the late queen felt extremely guilty and secretly gave a box of her dowry directly to the fifteenth prince.

“From that time on, the fifteenth prince dared to show his intelligence. Within half a year, the legend of this child prodigy spread throughout the capital.

"As a result, the former queen became ill from the second year onwards, and this illness lasted for more than ten years.

"The fifteenth prince was once again left alone. The wet nurses and eunuchs around him ignored him, either openly or secretly. When he was ten years old, he was as thin as a bamboo pole.

“But because of the late queen and the late crown prince, at least no one dares to bully me openly.

"The fifteenth prince studied very hard, spending a lot of time in the Hongwen Academy and the History Museum, not going out for a month.

"When he was thirteen, he was known as the best writer together with the brave and invincible Eleventh Prince because of his outstanding literary talent and eloquence. The saying 'literary fifteen, martial eleven' spread."

Speaking of this, Fuguier's face couldn't help but tighten.

The first deposed prince is narrow-minded...

The two people who said this, one lost an eye and the other broke an arm. It is hard to say whether it was an accident or a "natural disaster."

Chen Duo sighed, and seeing that Meng Fanshuang could not continue, he continued in a low voice: "In the first month of the second year after this news was spread, the fifteenth prince was only fourteen years old, and he got married and left the palace to set up his own household.

“I still remember that our prince had only been married for half a year at that time.

"Three months after the wedding, something happened to the fifteenth prince. He fell into the river after drinking and the reeds injured his eyes...

"I heard that the couple had a very good relationship. The Fifteenth Prince even promised his mother-in-law that he was worried that the Princess was too young and that premature pregnancy would cause great harm to the mother's body, so he would not allow the Princess to have a baby until she was eighteen years old.

“Who knew he would become a one-eyed dragon in just three months.

"After that, the Fifteenth Prince's temperament became strange, even violent...

"The next year, the fifteenth prince's wife retched at her sixteenth birthday banquet and was found to be pregnant. At that time, the mother-in-law complained a few words, and the fifteenth prince punched the princess twice that night, both in the stomach.

"The princess had a miscarriage in the early morning. She bled heavily and died..."

Fuguier's eyes widened and he covered his mouth with his hands!

Jing Li was stunned when he heard this, and murmured, "Isn't this related to Prince Su..."

An'er, who had been acting as a invisible man nearby, kicked him.

Jing Li quickly shut up.

"On the contrary, the princess's father, who seemed to be the Minister of Imperial Household Affairs at the time, went there that day and took his daughter's body back home. He kept the body for seven days, then resigned and returned to his ancestral home."

Chen Duo sighed, "The fifteenth prince was drunk for more than two months. Although he was scolded and beaten by the emperor and cheered up a little, he still stayed indoors for years.

“Until the great turmoil, I heard that someone had confessed that the Fifteenth Prince’s eyes were secretly planted by the Eighth Prince. They were afraid that the Fifteenth Prince would become an ally of the First Deposed Crown Prince, so they not only harmed him, but also instigated a conflict between him and the First Deposed Crown Prince.

"Later, our Crown Prince entered the East Palace, and the Fifteenth Prince came out once during the enthronement ceremony.

"That time, Prince Su was ignorant and even grabbed the Fifteenth Prince and yelled for revenge. The Fifteenth Prince got angry and pinned Prince Su to the ground and beat him up again in front of Queen Mo.

"Empress Mo was very angry and wanted to remarry the fifteenth prince half a month later.

"The fifteenth prince invited our crown prince to his palace and talked for a whole day. The crown prince then went to talk to His Majesty, and the marriage was called off."

Fuguier couldn't help but whispered, "Isn't getting married a good thing? The fifteenth prince's wife was gone two or three years ago, right?"

"In fact, it's been four or five years. But they were a young couple, and the result was so tragic - they killed each other by mistake, and one body killed two people. How could they just let it go?"

Meng Fanshuang sighed.

Everyone followed suit and sighed.

Chen Duo was startled, looked up and outside, and whispered: "Look behind you."

Only then did everyone stop sighing, let the matter go, and continued to look through the resumes.

At this moment, An'er asked softly, "The palace should have arranged a lot of servants for the prince's mansion, right? Are there only eunuchs, or are there palace maids as well?"

Chen Duo paused, raised his head and looked at An'er, his eyes sparkling with excitement: "Mostly eunuchs, with the occasional palace maid."

As he spoke, he had already reached out to look for the roster!

Jing Li glanced at him and whispered, "What I brought here today is the roster of all the people in the harem, not the names of the people in the palaces outside.

"Remember this. It won't be too late to check it again in two or three months."

Chen Duo withdrew his hand, nodded vigorously, and gave An'er a thumbs up from afar!

"Hurry up, do this task first!" Meng Fanshuang emphasized again and lowered his head.

Fuguier had quickly flipped through the pile of names and even sorted out a few stacks: "This is from Zhaoyang Palace, this is from Concubine Zhen's Lingqi Palace, this is Qingsi Palace, Dafu Palace, and Zhujing Palace, these are the ones that have been newly assigned to the four major palaces."

"That's good." Meng Fanshuang immediately folded the ones in her hands.

Soon, everyone had folded their hands.

Chen Duo reached out and picked up the one from Zhaoyang Palace without any hesitation, and looked down to examine them carefully one by one.

Meng Fanshuang had no choice but to go to see Lingqi Palace.

An'er took the four halls silently.

Just as everyone finished sharing, Wang Xifeng's voice rang out with a smile: "Oh, are you almost done?"

Everyone stood up and looked up: "Is Liang Di back?"

However, he discovered that behind Wang Xifeng was the young eunuch who had followed Dai Quan and Zhou Dai that day: Qian Gang.

Qian Gang was holding two large food boxes in his hands.

Chunsheng followed behind, also carrying a lunch box in his hand.

Fuguier stepped forward with great tact and a big smile on his face: "Thank you, Brother Qian, I'll do it!"

Qian Gang refused, and smiled like a flower: "Hey! It's no big deal, I'll do it!"

Chen Duo's eyebrows were raised high.