Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

He Ke wanted to insist, but Lin Daiyu smiled and advised, "Princess, what Madam Yuan said makes sense.

"My father told me that Madam Yuan was from the capital, and Mr. Wang also served in the court, and their rules are excellent.

“Although the Imperial Concubine is not particular about small matters, she is very strict in major matters and has never made any mistakes. She also never lets the princesses and court ladies indulge themselves. I think this is the result of her family tradition.

"Princess, please take a seat. Please also ask Mr. Wang, his wife, and Miss Wang to take a seat and wait for us. I think the imperial concubine will be back soon."

He Ke had no choice but to stand beside the couch, half leaning and half sitting, and asked Wang Zifu and others to sit down and talk.

The three members of the Wang family then sat down.

Nanny Ji and Aunt Meng were very satisfied with the reactions of both sides. They smiled at each other, moved quietly, and just as they were about to order someone to go find Wang Xifeng, they heard quick footsteps outside.

"The Queen is back." Meng Fanshuang blurted out, and stepped back with a smile, making room for the path outside the hall.

Wang Xifeng strode in, her footsteps so sonorous that a strand of hair had already fallen quietly to her temple.

Princess Heke stood up quickly, lifted her skirt and walked down to greet Wang Xifeng, saying, "Mother, why did you come back just now? Grandpa and grandmother have been waiting for you for quite a while..."

Wang Xifeng took her arm and gently pushed her to the side.

Nanny Ji saw the opportunity and quietly stepped forward to take Princess Heke's hand, leading her away from the path where Wang Xifeng was walking towards her parents.

Wang Zifu with gray hair on his temples, Mrs. Yuan who had gained a little weight, a timid and graceful little girl, and Ping'er whose face was already covered in tears, all appeared in front of Wang Xifeng.

Two lifetimes...

The past is always like a dark cloud covering the sky, and the present is not in our hands. As for human emotions, greed, anger, ignorance, resentment and love, we always feel that yesterday is not today; the world is like a dream, which can be broken by a wave of the wind and frost sword!

Wang Xifeng's eyes were filled with tears. She had been looking at her parents with longing and admiration, but suddenly, she felt resentful and unwilling!

Why did she take her brother back to the south? If he was a hostage, why didn't she leave the man behind, but abandoned herself?

How could you not know what kind of people your brothers, mothers and sons, grandmothers and uncles are after all these years?

If she didn't receive a reply from herself, she should have known that the prince had cut off contact with her. A group of palace maids and eunuchs could deliver a letter to the Daming Palace, so could it be harder than ascending to heaven to deliver a letter to the East Palace herself?

In the final analysis, it was because I was a daughter, not as important as the eldest son! Weighing the two, I regarded myself as an abandoned child!

If I hadn't awakened in this life and become my own master, and if I hadn't struggled to create such a career after entering the palace, I'm afraid that this pair of parents would not care about me at all!

In the old house in Jinling, when he received the news that he was divorced and killed, he just cried twice!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Wang Xifeng's face tightened, she stamped her feet, burst into tears, and turned around and ran back to the bedroom!

Wang Zifu was at a loss for what to do after his daughter's behavior, and blurted out: "Feng Ge'er..."

Madam Yuan glared at him fiercely: "Shut up! Since you chose your son back then, don't blame your daughter for not choosing you!"

After saying that, he pulled Ping'er and quickly strode into the inner hall with him.

Prince Fu was filled with annoyance and kept stamping his feet.

Wang Xuanhe didn't know what to do. When she was about to go forward to comfort Wang Zifu, He Ke gently pulled her back and whispered to her:

"Aunt, would you please come sit with me? Let grandparents and mother reminisce about the past."

Wang Xuanhe breathed a sigh of relief and nodded shyly: "Thank you, Princess. I will do as you say."

He Ke and Lin Daiyu took Wang Xuanhe and quietly left the main hall and went to the east side hall.

Now among these three, Wang Xuanhe is a little over ten years old, Princess He Ke is a little over eight years old, and Lin Daiyu is less than seven years old.

Although they have different personalities, they have all been carefully taught to read since childhood, so they can naturally bring up and connect on many topics.

So after only five or seven words, they felt close, and then they talked and laughed quietly and played together. He Ke even boldly invited Wang Xuanhe to come to the palace to study with her and Lin Daiyu in a while.

As for Madam Yuan, she held Ping'er's hand and chased into the bedroom. She pushed the door open without caring that Wang Xifeng had closed it. She didn't care that Wang Xifeng was hiding from her and crying in the corner of the bed. She reached out and hugged her daughter tightly in her arms.

She cried, “My dear, I’m sorry for you. If you’re angry, it’s easy to cry, throw things and hit people. Don’t ignore us!

"Back then, your father had no choice..."

Wang Xifeng broke away angrily: "What do you mean by having no choice? The worst that can happen is that the whole family will die together?!

"He is afraid of death, you are afraid of death too, and you are also afraid of your brother's death! I am the only one who is not afraid! You are not afraid that I will die in the capital!"

"Be good, listen to your mother!" Mrs. Yuan cried and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go.

It wasn’t that Wang Xifeng couldn’t break free—she had practiced martial arts for so many years and was very strong. She was just afraid that she would hurt Yuan-shi, so she said angrily, “Okay, you talk! I’m listening!”

Mrs. Yuan wiped her tears and looked up at Ping'er who was crying beside her.

Ping'er understood and quickly stepped back, then stopped at the palace gate, leaning against the door and listening quietly to the noise outside.

Mrs. Yuan then hugged Wang Xifeng and choked up in a low voice, "At the beginning, I thought about the whole family being killed together...

"But they wanted to have a good reputation for being tolerant, so they refused to let us go...

"When your father and I return to the south, we are only allowed to take one child with us, and the other one will stay behind. This plan was proposed by others, and we have no choice but to comply.

"At first, I wanted to take you away and leave your brother behind. But your brother is a man. If he stays, he will be the eldest grandson of the Wang family, and he will be a sitting duck!

"Your father thought about you all night, and his lips turned pale with heartache, so he had no choice but to leave you behind.

"You are a girl, and apart from the fact that your grandfather and the two of us love you more than your brother, no one really cares about your future.

"But your brother is different. If we keep him, your father said..."

Madam Yuan whispered in Wang Xifeng's ear with a trembling voice, "Not to mention the man above, even your second uncle and grandmother would try to kill him!

"He is a male, the only offspring of the first wife. If he dies, your second uncle will naturally adopt his illegitimate son to the first wife. By then, even if you are in Jinling, I am afraid you will be controlled by your second uncle!"

Wang Xifeng stopped crying, raised her eyes, and looked at Madam Yuan aggrievedly: "So, it can only be me."

"My poor dear... I am taking the blame for your father and brother... I am sorry for wronging you!"

Madam Yuan looked closely at her daughter's eyebrows, nose, eyes and mouth, as if she wanted to carve her daughter's appearance into her eyes.

One hand tightly held her daughter's hand, and the other hand kept stroking her face, wiping her tears, and tucked the loose hair behind her ears.

He said softly, "Now it's all right, we are finally back to Beijing.

"This time, even if the sky falls, I will let your father hold it up by himself!

"I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay in the capital and guard you!"