Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Princess Yongning was named Shen An, with the nickname Atong. The emperor personally gave her both her name and her nickname when she was three years old, and then she was sent to her grandmother, the late Empress Dowager Xiaoxian, to be her mistress for six years.

Princess Yongning returned to her biological mother when she was nine years old. At that time, Mo was already Consort Fu, and her favoritism towards her youngest son was obvious.

Fortunately, Yongning has an older brother who always takes good care of his younger sister.

At that time, Prince Cheng was very kind to his sister, and the two of them only lived a hard life in the palace for more than a year. Mo felt that the palace was too crowded, so she urged Emperor Shengping to find a wife for his eldest son and leave the palace to set up a separate residence.

Princess Yongning also took the opportunity to stay at her eldest brother's house outside the palace from time to time.

Although she was young, she was smart and never competed with her sister-in-law, Princess Cheng, for her brother. Therefore, even Mrs. Mo got along well with her and even treated her as her own sister for two or three years.

When Princess Yongning was fifteen years old and came of age, as soon as she learned that Mo was planning to marry her to her nephew, she immediately went to her father and begged him on her knees, saying that she wanted to choose her own husband from among the top three new candidates.

At that time, the country was at peace and all the people in the world were submissive. The royal family had no need to win over any important ministers.

However, the battle for the throne among the princes was in full swing, and the capital was in chaos. Every prince wanted to win over the aristocratic families and the noble clans.

Therefore, when Princess Yongning appeared in an innocent and aloof state of "only wanting a lover", Emperor Shengping was extremely satisfied with his daughter's impartial and non-ambitious choice and approved it immediately.

Mrs. Mo was so angry that she called her daughter into the palace and scolded her, but she dared not tell the real reason. She could only say that her daughter was unfilial and did not discuss such an important matter with her biological mother.

Princess Yongning was neither humble nor arrogant. She said that as long as the Empress and her stepmother were still alive, if she wanted to discuss her marriage with her biological mother, she would have to report to her stepmother. Then the Crown Prince's attitude would become the most powerful factor influencing her marriage.

So, she bypassed everyone and went directly to ask the emperor for help, so as to remove herself, her biological mother, her elder brother and her younger brother from the battle for the throne!

This would be the situation that the emperor would be most happy to see, and would also be the most appropriate statement to protect the three children of Concubine Fu: remain neutral and watch!

Mo was speechless after being rebuked by her.

Although he knew in his heart that this was his daughter's resistance after she learned that he intended to use her to gild her family's reputation, he could only agree that the princess's reasons were indeed insightful.

In this way, Princess Yongning naturally screened out the top scholar who was over 40 years old with a wife and children, and then filtered out the young and suave prince of Duke Liguo, and finally chose Pan Xun Pan Zihui, the son of the Pan family who came from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Pan family has been running farms and aquatic products for generations, but they are very cautious and have handed over the business to trusted relatives in the clan. No one in the family dares to have anything to do with the word "business" for fear of affecting the careers of their two sons.

Now the eldest son had become the emperor's disciple and son-in-law. Not only had he married the princess, but he could even move his entire family to the capital to live with him. The old couple were overjoyed.

The Pan family bought property in a suitable location in the capital, married their youngest son to the daughter of a minor official in one of the six ministries, and found a poor and humble man who had passed the imperial examination and was a top-ranking scholar to be their daughter's son-in-law.

The grandson and the grandson-in-law were born and grew up together. The whole family lives together harmoniously and no one dislikes anyone.

For Princess Yongning, the only regret about her in-laws' family was that they had never planned for the princess to go there from the beginning, so they didn't even have a room reserved for the eldest son.

The new bride went to meet her parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. When she entered the room, she found that she could only change clothes in her sister-in-law's room. Yongning called the prince consort over and cried.

Pan Xun came out scratching his head, stood in front of his parents, bowed and apologized, then stood in the hall and called the pawnbroker over.

After finding out that the small house on the left was also for sale, he immediately bought it and asked them to connect it to his house and repair it immediately:

"The eldest house must have a courtyard. In the future, the children will also need to study and hire a teacher, so there must be a study room outside.

"When the boys grow up, they need to be on their own. We need to have at least four or five independent small courtyards."

However, according to the Pan family's status as a white-clad family (there was no son-in-law at that time), they could not live in a house with three entrances and three corridors according to the rules.

The princess wiped her tears and said, "The prince consort has just obtained the title of Hanlin, which is enough."

So, the plaque of Pan’s house was taken down and the plaque of Pan Hanlin was hung up, and the Pan family’s house became a large mansion.

The house was bigger and Princess Yongning had more free time. When she came to celebrate the old couple's birthday, she called the servants from the Ministry of Works to come and help them earn some extra money - they renovated the back garden, moved dozens of pots of precious flowers, dug a pond, and raised dozens of kinds of fish.

Later, old man Pan felt tired looking at those flowers, so he built a greenhouse and put all the flowers in it. Then he cleared a small piece of land in the back garden to grow his own vegetables.

Although everyone laughed at her, Princess Yongning did not mind. Every time she came, she could accurately tell which dish was grown by the old man. Not only did she praise it endlessly, but she could even eat half a plate in one go.

The old man was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. The family members felt that although the princess was noble and elegant in daily life, once approached, people would feel ashamed of themselves, but she was kind-hearted, innocent and straightforward, and very likable.

In addition, after the second brother Pan Wen turned three years old, he became as naughty as his two cousins. The three of them got together to climb up the roof and play with cats and dogs.

When Mr. Pan got angry, he would punish them by making them kneel under the eaves. Mrs. Pan felt sorry for them, so she would wait for half an hour, watching the old man go back to his room to drink tea, and then quietly let the three children go:

"Hurry, hurry, hurry back to your mother's house! Come back after breakfast tomorrow!"

The princess found out about it, but to give face to the old lady, she pretended to be deaf and dumb.

The three children felt like fish in water, the two elders felt comfortable, and the two sides got along more and more harmoniously.

Only occasionally, Mr. Pan would privately question Pan Xun with worry: "My eldest brother is very good, and there is no need to worry about his future.

"What can we do if our second brother behaves like this? He is neither good at literature nor martial arts, so will his uncle be willing to give him an official position?

"He can't learn how to farm or do business, so what will he eat in the future?"

Pan Xun was amused in his heart, but his face showed worry along with his father: "That's true!

"Those two guys at home may play around, but they are good at studying. We don't study and have bad tempers, so I'm afraid we won't be able to find a wife in the future!

"Dad, please talk to Mom too. Don't spoil them like this anymore!"

Mr. Pan had a serious talk with the old lady, who was timid and immediately assured him, “The child’s future is more important!

"Let Dalang go back and ask the princess how to discipline the second brother. We will make sure to do it accordingly and will not harm the child!"

After the first month of the year, Princess Yongning asked Pan Wenduo to stay at the Hanlin Mansion: "Spend some time with your grandparents. Tomorrow you will be Tao'er's companion in study, so you may not have time to go there often."

However, the prince ascended the throne soon after, and there were constant disturbances in the palace, so the matter of companionship was never mentioned again.

However, when such a dangerous case happened in the palace, the princess suggested that Pan Wen should pack up and go to the palace to accompany the eldest prince in three to five days.

Everyone in the Pan family was in a panic.