Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

There was no choice. The next day, King Xiaonan fell ill with a high fever, tremors, coma, and incoherent speech. When someone tried to wake him up, he just sobbed.

In addition, the princess was so "in agony" that she became possessed by a demon and tried to commit suicide and shaved her head.

When the news spread, everyone felt sad: the Nan Wang and his wife treasured their son as always!

The death of this child was like ripping the hearts and minds of the old couple out!

Not to mention the concubine dowager, her grandson was gone, her son was sick, and her daughter-in-law almost committed suicide. The bad news came one after another, and the old lady was so anxious that she fell ill.

The once magnificent Prince Nan'an's Mansion was destroyed overnight, leaving only a young widowed Crown Prince's Consort, holding a five-year-old child, kneeling in the mourning hall, presiding over everything.

All the people from the Ministry of Rites who followed Wang Zifu to help in the Southern Mansion sighed constantly, and no one was picky about their jobs anymore.

Whenever the Crown Princess asked for help, three or five officials from the Ministry of Rites would jump out, patting their chests and rushing to help.

While admiring them, Wang Zifu visited Prince Nan'an and Queen Dowager three times a day.

There were always people coming and going in front of the door of the two people pretending to be sick, so the time for all the secret discussions could only be in the middle of the night.

Not to mention.

June 5th.

Early in the morning, Wang Xifeng went to Penglai Palace.

The night before, Queen Mo was able to get up, stand, walk slowly, and even sit for an hour or two.

She was very happy and immediately gave orders that all the concubines in the palace, except Mei Ruoqin, should gather at Penglai Palace early the next morning and then go to Wangxiantai together.

What do you mean by gathering together?

In fact, he just wanted to enjoy the noble feeling of being worshipped by all the concubines.

Wang Xifeng understood her very well, and when she told the other concubines, she added, "It has been a long time since I paid my respects to the Empress."

Everyone understood and paid extra attention when choosing clothes and jewelry:

Don’t be too gaudy, don’t be too dazzling, and don’t be more luxurious than the queen!

Except for Concubine Wu Defei.

She had spent more than twenty days carefully preparing jewelry, clothes, and even her hairstyle and makeup for today. Now, even if the sky fell, she would not change her makeup!

So, when Wang Xifeng, who was only wearing a small phoenix-shaped hairpin with golden wings and a pearl in its mouth, walked into the Penglai Palace, she exclaimed "Wow" as soon as she entered the door!

Queen Mo was naturally still in the inner room dressing up.

Among the four or five people who were already waiting outside, Concubine Wu De, who was sitting at the top with a charming and pretentious look, was dressed in jewels and gold, and almost blinded Wang Xifeng's eyes!

Wang Xifeng couldn't help laughing: "Oh my, did Concubine De wear her dressing box and take it out today?"

Wu Defei looked up with her nose in the air: "Humph! I have money and I am happy to do it, what is it to you?"

Li Xuanyi and the four nobles Song, Deng, Zhou, and Yang, who had arrived earlier, stood up and saluted Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng waved her hand to tell them not to be polite, and then smiled and said to Concubine Wu De:

"No matter what, I don't care about you!

"Today is the first time that the Queen Mother is hosting a banquet in Daming Palace to entertain ladies from other families. It's a great day, and everyone should be happy!

"I don't care what you wear or what you put on. As long as you don't go beyond the rules, I won't care even if you put a house on your head!"

As Wang Xifeng spoke, she sat down opposite her and asked the maid next to her with a smile, "When did the Queen get up? Has she had breakfast yet?"

The young palace maid answered truthfully: "Your Majesty was a little tired last night. She just got up half an hour ago and started to dress up after breakfast.

"Her Majesty also said that when the Imperial Concubine came, she must be concerned about her health, and she told the servants to ask the Imperial Concubine to rest assured that everything is fine."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "That's good, that's good."

Concubine Wu De rolled her eyes and sneered, "As expected, the Wang family is the best at flattering!

“I heard that Wang Zifu relied on flattery to get a position as a principal, and was promoted to a deputy minister just a few days later.

"And Wang Ziteng, who was only the governor of the Beijing camp, has now been promoted to the inspector of nine provinces and is leading the army for the young prince of Nan!

"Concubine Wang really has a family background in learning!"

"Oh! Concubine De is so rich and knows how to spend money, I guess this is also the family tradition of the Wu family?

"But I remember that the Wu family's official position was not high; your mother's family tradition was also noble, and they seldom dealt with material things; as for the old county lady's private property..."

Wang Xifeng waved her fan to cover her mouth and nose, but her eyes rolled around and her voice became more erratic, "I just heard the other day that another shop was sold?"

Concubine Wu De's face turned red because of what she said, and she wanted to slam the table: "Wang!"

"How dare you!" Wang Xifeng still smiled, "De Fei, what kind of place is Daming Palace? Rebellion is the most serious crime!

"If you want to argue, we'll argue. If you want to play tricks, we'll play tricks. I'll accompany you!

"But, if you want to get angry and mess up the business because you can't afford to have fun, don't blame me for making things difficult for you in the future!

“After all, Liu Shang is still in my hands!

"You don't want the lotus seed and white fungus soup in the Pearl Mirror Hall tomorrow to use the lotus seeds from last year and the white fungus from the year before last, do you?!"

Defei was so angry that veins popped out on her forehead, but Aunt Wanqi beside her grabbed her arm tightly: "Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down!"

Li Xuanyi and a few other people nearby were all stunned.

Wang Xifeng smiled and added a more fatal sentence: "Besides, every word that Concubine De said just now was meaningful. How come my father and second uncle got promoted because of flattery?

"Who did they flatter to be promoted by that blind and foolish boss?

"Oh my, Concubine Wu De, you are not saying that our emperor is a tyrant, are you? He can just give away the Ministry of Rites and military power just because others flatter him?!

"Tsk tsk tsk! Concubine Wu De, I have always believed that you admire His Majesty in your heart, and no one can say a bad word about His Majesty in front of you!

"Now it seems that I misunderstood you? You are actually quite dissatisfied with your Majesty?!"

Concubine Wu De and everyone present finally felt the true power of Wang Xifeng's words and were all stunned!

Wang Xifeng saw that this Wu couldn't even last a single round under her, and immediately lost interest in the argument. She sighed and turned away:

"What matters today is the arrangements for Wangxiantai.

"Why haven't Sang Ronghua and Shi Ronghua come yet? Did someone pass on the message?"

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!" Three voices rang out in unison.

When Wang Xifeng turned around, Sang Xian, Shi Jincheng and Geng Simiao were looking at her with bright eyes.

She smiled sweetly: "Well, not bad, not too late. Come in."

The three of them crowded around her at the same time.