Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

After returning to Chengxiang Palace, Wang Xifeng called Ruer into the bedroom, took out the wooden ruler she used to cut clothes, pressed her on the bed, and spanked her buttocks ten times with her own hands.

Ruer didn't dare to cry loudly, but she had to cry out loud to appease her mother, Lady Liangdi, so she could only hum softly.

After the fight, Wang Xifeng let go and sat on the edge of the bed to try her luck.

Ruer quickly knelt down beside her legs and apologized flatteringly: "Miss, please don't be angry. I will remember that next time I will never be so talkative outside..."

“My relationship with the prince, whether it’s inside or outside the house, has our own rules and tacit understanding.

“And you are my maidservant in dowry, and your words and actions outside will be seen by others as my intentions!

"If what you just said gets out, it means I'm forcing the prince to favor me.

"This is completely different from how I usually get along with him. Tell me, what would he think of me?"

Wang Xifeng stretched out her pointed index finger and kept poking Ruer's smooth forehead, "I worked so hard to get such a good situation, but you ruined it completely with just one sentence!

"Especially, this is now in the Daming Palace!

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is like a sieve, with news from various palaces flying all over the world. Only our palace is relatively strict.

"Just this conversation between you and Mei Ruoqin will be known to everyone before dinner.

"The Crown Princess doesn't like me, but she just says a few words to me and has no intention of really taking action against me. Why?

"It's because I'm not in a hurry to consummate my marriage with the Crown Prince, which means I'm not in a hurry to have a child, and I have no intention of competing with her son for that position!

"And the Queen, she has been at odds with the Crown Prince for a long time, and she always wants to interfere!

"Now that you have handed such a good handle to them, what do you think will happen to my life from now on?"

Ruer finally realized her own recklessness and knelt down on her feet in regret. Her eyes turned red and tears fell.

"Master, I am ignorant and rude. Please punish me! Punish me severely! After the punishment, everyone will understand that this is not your intention!"

Wang Xifeng snorted, then pulled a handkerchief from the bedside shelf and threw it into her arms, cursing, "I can't bear to beat you to death!

"No matter what else I do, people will eventually say I'm just trying to cover up something and putting on airs!

"You damn girl, you're just causing trouble for me!"

Seeing her crying with her head down, he poked her with his finger and said, "Alright, alright! I know you are saying this out of your heart for me.

“It’s just that I know how to handle my own affairs.

"If you take over someone else's business, others will follow your example.

"Ru'er, if that happens, we, master and servant, will surely be killed in Daming Palace, and it will happen very quickly."

Ruer's shoulders trembled slightly, she kowtowed and cried, "I will remember this, I will remember this for the rest of my life! I will never do it again!

"Girl, you must punish me! You must punish me! Kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Even if it's just to warn the people in our palace, you must punish me severely!"

Wang Xifeng looked at her steadily for a long time before she said, "Okay. I'll ground you, um, until the end of the year. Eight months."

House arrest, how can that be a punishment? It is just to protect yourself and prevent outsiders from having the opportunity to criticize and laugh at you!

Ru'er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "The house arrest is too light, please give me a beating, Master!"

Wang Xifeng ignored her, stood up, and called An'er in loudly: "Remove your makeup, take a shower, and change your clothes. I won't have dinner tonight, I'll go to bed directly."

An'er came in inexplicable, and seeing Ru'er still kneeling on the ground crying, he was surprised, but he couldn't help asking any questions, and just went up to do his job as he was told.

Wang Xifeng sat in front of the dressing mirror, waiting for An'er to finish removing her headdress. She looked in the mirror at Ru'er still kneeling in frustration, and then she spoke:

"Look at your sister An'er. She's usually domineering, but in front of me, when she shouldn't talk too much, doesn't she dare to say a word?"

An'er looked at her, then at Ru'er. She was obviously extremely curious, but she knew that this was not the time for her to speak, so she opened her mouth and then closed it like a clam.

"Alright, I'll punish you to stand guard outside my bedroom from today until the winter solstice this year!" Wang Xifeng glanced at her and said, "If you don't leave, I'll send you out of the palace!"

Only then did Ruer kowtow to Wang Xifeng in a proper manner, stood up and walked out.

Indeed, as Wang Xifeng had expected, the fence of Hanliang Palace was a leaky wall, and all the masters in the palace had the fact that "Wang Liangdi and the prince have not yet consummated their marriage" as a side dish for their dinner.

Even including Emperor Shengping and the Crown Prince himself.

Emperor Shengping's eyebrows were twisted into knots: "What does he mean?"

Dai Quan thought about it and said perfunctorily: "Maybe I didn't pay attention.

"After Wang Shi finished mourning, she began to prepare for the New Year. On New Year's Eve, the Crown Princess was injured again, so she began to take care of the affairs of the East Palace and the back hall."

Emperor Shengping waved his chopsticks and said, "Just because she is in charge, the prince should see her more often.

"You're still unwilling to consummate the marriage with her?

"But in my opinion, the prince should not hate Wang!"

Dai Quan lowered his head and stopped talking.

Emperor Shengping was immersed in his own thoughts: "It's already April, half a year has passed, and Wang's good friend Mei is pregnant..."

Dai Quan quietly served food to the emperor.

Emperor Shengping paused holding the chopsticks, and looked at Dai Quan in shock: "Is he attracted to Wang, so he wants to wait until after the ceremony to have a proper wedding night with her in Daming Palace?!"

"Your Majesty..." Dai Quan looked helplessly at the old emperor in front of him, "From my old servant's point of view, among all the princes, only the Ninth Master follows you in this regard, a romantic.

"As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is so busy...

"Don't we understand Wang's personality? She is just like her mother, born with a stubborn mind and a bad temper, but she is also a very strong-willed person.

"A person like this cannot even be beheaded if she is asked to ask the prince for favor!

"Plus, the Crown Princess, Mei Liangyuan, and Princess He Ke are standing in the way..."

Dai Quan said this, shook his head regretfully, paused, smiled, and said, "Now the young prince is studious and polite, and can draw inferences from one example, which makes him very smart.

"I heard that Lin Tanhua, who taught in the early years, didn't want to go home, and wanted to treat the prince as his own son.

"With such a good grandson, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much about the Crown Prince's backyard, right?"

Emperor Shengping was silent for a long time before he let out a long breath and said, "Is there a grandfather in this world who would complain about having too many grandchildren?

"In my early years, I also had a good grandson, but he died young..."

Dai Quan felt remorseful, lowered his head, and gently slapped himself in the face.

Why are you saying "good grandson" when you are fine?!

The death of the brilliant and intelligent son of the first deposed crown prince was so tragic...