Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

"What is it? Who is it? Who is the mastermind behind this?" Emperor Chongzhao walked into the palace slowly and waved to his son in a gentle voice, "Brother Tao, come here. Daddy will hold you."

Tao Ge'er turned around with a feeling of grievance and threw himself into the arms of Emperor Chongzhao, crying sadly.

However, he hadn't lived with his mother for a long time, and he did miss her a little.

So, although he couldn't hold back his tears, he didn't want to complain.

Because he knew that if he reported his mother to the emperor in front of Nanny Weng, it would probably take less than ten days or half a month for his father to clean up a palace and move him there, and he would no longer live with his mother.

He couldn't leave his mother alone.

He also didn't want to live alone - the Daming Palace was different from the Eastern Palace. He could let Mr. Lin stay in the Chongren Hall for a long time, but he couldn't let him live in the Daming Palace for a long time.

Emperor Chongzhao patted Tao Ge'er gently, and smiled as he asked Weng Ma to go down: "It's a big festival, you should go and have a rest and have a good meal.

"Let my family of three sit down and talk."

Nanny Weng suppressed her anger and knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty is very busy. Today you finally have some free time. Please sit down and chat with the Queen and Prince Duan. They all miss your Majesty very much."

Emperor Chongzhao nodded, and with a smile, he asked Qinghai to personally help Nanny Weng out.

Upon seeing this, Aunt Han hurriedly and quietly called Gan Lan and Yao Huang, and led everyone in the hall to quietly retreat.

Tao Ge'er felt that something was wrong, so he stopped crying and looked at Emperor Chongzhao with some horror.

But his father did not allow him to speak. He smiled and took a handkerchief to wipe his tears, and said first: "Look at our Tao brother, it has been a long time since he cried, and today he cried like this. Father is very distressed when he sees it.

"That's because your royal grandfather and royal grandmother weren't here. If it were them, they would never stop until they beat up a few blind bastards and saw that you were wronged!"

Queen Mo's face turned pale and she bit her lips subconsciously.

Emperor Chongzhao then looked up at her and said softly, "What is it that you want to do but dare not do that forces your only son to be the first to do it?"

"I didn't!" Queen Mo denied it flatly, but after seeing her son's increasingly disappointed and aggrieved look, she gritted her teeth, held out a glimmer of hope, and spoke softly, "When I was sending festival gifts to my parents' home today, I thought of my cousin.

"I happened to see Brother Tao again, and I remembered that Mr. Lin, who was teaching him now, had not remarried since he divorced his wife last year.

"The Lin family's daughter is young, and she is studying with He Ke, so the family still needs a mistress to take care of her and teach her.

"Otherwise, if the father and daughter go out together and make some mistakes, people will say we are inconsiderate.

"I was thinking that my cousin and Mr. Lin are of the same generation..."

Emperor Chongzhao looked at her with a smile.

Queen Mo's voice gradually faded away until it became silent.

Emperor Chongzhao then lowered his head and asked Tao Ge'er: "Isn't this a good thing? Why don't you want to help your mother talk to your father?"

Tao Ge'er's eyes were red and he pouted: "I'm only six years old, but I'm acting as a matchmaker for my own husband. This is not what a gentleman does."

"Did you hear that?" Emperor Chongzhao looked at Empress Mo with a smile, "Your son has been taught very well by Mr. Lin. At least he knows how to cherish his reputation and is not willing to ruin it easily.

"As for you, I see that you really didn't receive a good education when you were young, and your behavior has become more and more chaotic in recent years.

"Empress, how about I send you to another palace?

“First, there are hot springs there, and you can take care of your body; second, you can also go and accompany the Queen Mother.

"She has quite a few concubines and imperial concubines who are from centuries-old scholarly families. They are very knowledgeable about propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and they behave in a proper and generous manner.

“You should learn from them.

"When you have learned well, your injuries have healed, and your brother has grown up and can leave the palace to start his own business, then you can come back."

The first few sentences were fine, but the last sentence implied that he never wanted the Queen to see Brother Tao again!

Empress Mo's expression finally changed drastically. She didn't care about her "injury" at all. She rolled off the bed and knelt down to kowtow: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!

"I was just extremely bored, so I had too many random thoughts!

"Since the emperor doesn't like me getting involved in his family affairs, I will no longer be involved in it!"

That was a decent thing to say.

Emperor Chongzhao's eyes, which had been as cold as ice, finally regained some of their warmth, and he hummed and said in a leisurely voice, "I really don't like you to interfere.

"My subjects, I have made arrangements.

"I get angry easily when you interfere.

"Learn from your son. When you have free time, read more, write more, and pay less attention to those messy things.

"If you hurt your mind, you can also hurt your body."

Queen Mo's temples were covered with sweat and she prostrated herself on the ground and said yes.

Tao Ge'er glanced at Emperor Chongzhao.

Emperor Chongzhao smiled and nodded slightly.

Tao Ge'er then went over and helped Queen Mo up: "Mother, your injury is not healed yet, get up quickly and lie down."

Emperor Chongzhao watched Empress Mo trembling as she got on the bed and then lay down stiffly, and then he spoke to Tao Ge'er in a friendly manner in front of her.

He asked what I had learned, how my snacks were recently, and if I felt lonely without a study partner.

Tao Ge'er hesitated for a long time before he looked up and said, "Mr. Lin is also in trouble.

"He said that I was smart and a quick learner, so if my study partner wanted to keep up with me, he would have to be older.

“But if someone like that were to bully me or lead me astray, I’d be afraid I wouldn’t be able to resist.

"If I choose someone of the same age, they will be too immature and I will have to take care of their children. That doesn't make sense."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red and her lips pursed, "But everyone else has a study partner, but I don't. I don't even have a friend to play with."

Emperor Chongzhao frowned: "This is indeed a problem."

Tao Ge'er's tears were about to fall again.

Empress Mo couldn't help but whispered, "In fact, the children of the royal family should also be smart and clever. They don't have to be as smart as my brother. A little smarter, one or two years older, two or three years older, will do, too!"

Emperor Chongzhao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "They are all too smart. I'm afraid they will pair up to be naughty. Then they will ambush and cover each other. If they get into trouble, it will be a disaster!"

After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll look for another one. It would be better to find two people of the same age to accompany you."

When the topic turned to Brother Tao's affairs, the couple finally stopped being awkward and started discussing things.

Emperor Chongzhao did not want to argue with Empress Mo, and Empress Mo was also anxious to please him. In order to stop his parents from getting angry, Tao Ge'er tried hard to tell more jokes, and the family of three had a very happy lunch.

After dinner and drinking tea, Emperor Chongzhao carried the sleepy Tao Ge'er back to his room for a nap. He then comforted Nanny Weng with a few gentle words, returned to the bedroom, and looked at Empress Mo indifferently.

"As long as you don't cause trouble for Brother Tao, I promise you a life of wealth and glory.

"Brother Tao, I have high hopes for you. Thirty years from now, perhaps I will follow the example of the Supreme Lord and retire to another palace.

"But that premise is that you and your Mo family are both peaceful and quiet."

Emperor Chongzhao looked at Empress Mo with complicated eyes, but he couldn't help but sighed:

"Xiao Xiao, ten years ago, you were also a kind and gentle mistress of the house."