Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The Queen Mother's first purpose in holding a flower party, which is obvious but no one is willing to say it out loud, is naturally to give all the ladies a chance to look for their ideal daughter-in-law.

As for the second one, it must be that the royal family wanted to bestow a certain kind of honor on a certain faction, and it was conveyed through the Queen's few words.

As for the last case, of course, all the concubines must be released so that they can see their parents and family members in Beijing in person and reunite in a legitimate manner.

At that moment, the families of the four noble ladies, Li Xuanyi, Sang Ronghua, Zhou Yang, Song Deng, all entered the palace, and each brought a young lady with them.

Because they were in a hurry to meet, they all arrived early.

Hearing the Queen's guard's shouts from inside, they all hurriedly stood up and got ready, waiting at the door of the main hall.

When Wang Xifeng stepped in, she saw everyone looking at her eagerly, and she couldn't help but smile:

"You ladies are here early."

When everyone saw her attire, heard her speak, and saw all the palace servants bowing respectfully to her and calling her "Noble Concubine", they knew that this was Noble Concubine Wang who had been in charge of the six palaces from the East Palace to the Daming Palace after the current queen was injured.

Everyone knelt down and bowed: "Greetings, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!"

Wang Xifeng waved her hand and said, "Please excuse the formalities. We can talk later. The Empress is getting off the carriage outside. Please follow Shangyi!"

After saying this, he hurried inside and took one last look at the various furnishings and servants.

When she nodded with satisfaction and came out, Queen Mo happened to be accepting the greetings of a group of ladies from other official positions, and was walking in with a smile, supporting the oldest Princess Jing.

Wang Xifeng calmly walked to the other side of Princess Jing, and with a smile, she also helped the old lady with silver hair, and said in a gentle voice:

"Her Majesty has always been thinking about the elders of the royal family, and has long wanted to host a banquet in the palace. Her bone injury just healed the other day, and she immediately told us to do it."

Queen Mo let Princess Jing go naturally and invited her with a smile: "Grandma, please don't be polite. Please take a seat."

He looked at another older imperial official, then tilted his head to look at Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng supported Princess Jing in her hand, but she kept an eye on the Queen's movements, and smiled when she saw this: "Your Majesty, don't recognize this one.

“This is the mother of Yang, the deputy envoy of Guangzhou Maritime Customs. Her maiden name is Xu. Your Majesty has granted her the title of Anren, a sixth-rank official.

"The one supporting her is her daughter-in-law, our Concubine Yang's mother, Xie!

"Although Deputy Envoy Yang is still on duty in Guangzhou, Old Anren and Mrs. Xie missed Concubine Yang so much that they moved their family back to the capital last month!"

Empress Mo said "oh" and turned to look for Concubine Yang: "Come quickly! Your grandmother and mother are here!"

Concubine Yang had seen her family members a long time ago, but due to the rules she did not dare to go forward and could only look at her mother from afar with tears in her eyes.

Hearing the Queen's call, he hurried over, thanked the Queen first, and then dared to step forward to greet his grandmother and mother.

The three people held their hands tightly together, and all of them burst into tears.

Wang Xifeng saw this and said with a smile, "Hurry up and take your seats. The Queen is considerate and all the concubines are sitting with their families today - there is plenty of time to talk!"

So please don't be anxious at this moment, just take care of the rules and etiquette of the palace first!

Everyone understood and wiped away their tears.

Empress Mo was very satisfied with Wang Xifeng's arrangement, and she pulled her aside: "You are the only one who can talk!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said "How dare I?", and accompanied the Queen and everyone else to sit down together.

It is time for the flower show to begin and everyone has arrived.

The sound of elegant music from far away in the side hall suddenly changed, indicating that the banquet was about to begin.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Then, led by Wang Xifeng, Princess Jing, Princess Heke, all the ladies inside and outside the palace and the young ladies brought by each family paid their respects to Queen Mo first.

Looking at the dozens of people kneeling solemnly and respectfully under the high platform in front of her, Queen Mo gently closed her eyes.

She finally understood a little bit why the Empress Wu of the previous dynasty, who had already held power, still wanted to usurp the throne and become emperor!

I think that standing on a high place with integrity and watching everyone crawling at their feet is the only goal of all those who have tasted the sweetness of power!

"Stand up. Everyone, sit down." Queen Mo spoke slowly with a smile, trying to make her voice less trembling. Unfortunately, everyone present could still hear it clearly.

After everyone thanked her and sat down, Queen Mo calmed down for a few breaths again, then smiled and said:

"Well, I just want to invite everyone to come and eat, drink, and have some fun. I won't say those polite words.

"Let's start the feast!"

When Wang Xifeng heard that she was unwilling to give a long speech, she was happy to go through the process quickly. She nodded slightly to the chef, and the first set of tea and snacks was brought up.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The women of several royal family members, nobles, and other important officials and high-ranking families, headed by Princess Jing, were often seen when Queen Mo was still the Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace.

They just said hello, then each of them brought their children to greet each other, and then went out to enjoy the scenery accompanied by the palace maids.

As for the concubines' families, they came respectfully to pay their respects and kowtow to the Empress, introduced by their own children.

Naturally, there were also families who had never been close to the Eastern Palace before and had not had much interaction with the Queen. Now that they had finally gotten invitations to the flower party, they were eagerly waiting to go up and flatter Queen Mo.

None of this has anything to do with Wang Xifeng.

She was the person personally appointed by Queen Mo to handle this matter in the future. If anything went wrong with the people and events inside and outside the household, it would all be blamed on her as the person in charge.

Therefore, her only responsibility at this flower party was to keep an eye on the young ladies from various families and prevent them from causing trouble in the palace.

——Originally, she wanted to arrange everything for the flower party and then "fall sick", but before that, she happened to see Shi Jincheng.

The child's eyes sparkled with curiosity about everything she had never experienced. Maybe she understood that "rules cannot be violated", but that did not stop her from testing the bottom line of the rules.

In particular, she came from the southwest and was rumored to be of the Qiang ethnic group. Moreover, a bird reported: when Lord Phoenix was sending out errands that night, she not only saw it, but also guessed that someone was controlling the birds!

It is uncertain what trouble Wang Xifeng may cause to Shi Jincheng.

How could such a beautiful girl escape from his control?

If something goes wrong and you are forced to kill the other person, that would be too heartbreaking!

"Empress Dowager!" Shi Jincheng's voice sounded clear and lively.

Wang Xifeng looked up at her. A seventeen-year-old girl was just the age when a flower was just beginning to bloom, delicate and bright, making people happy at first sight.

Shi Jincheng looked at her with bright eyes: "I also want to go boating on Taiye Lake with those girls. I want to go to the island in the middle of the lake to see if there are any wild ducks!

“In my hometown, wild ducks would secretly build nests and lay eggs on the island. I would often go and pick some to eat. They were much better than the eggs in the kitchen!

"If there are duck eggs on the island in the middle of Taiye Lake, can I make them for the Imperial Concubine?"

Wang Xifeng: ...

The gray shrike standing on the high eaves nearby fluttered away.