Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

In the study outside the Nan Palace, Emperor Chongzhao had a worried look on his face: "Although Wang Ziteng is temporarily in charge of the Nan'an Army, if I hear that the young Nan Wang has also passed away, I'm afraid it will be unstable!"

Everyone in the study was shocked when they heard this!

That's not a nice thing to say!

This means that the border troops guarding the south now only know the Prince of Nan'an, but not the emperor of the court!

Immediately, a military commander who was close to the Southern Palace came out to express his opinion: "Marshal Wang, take the emperor's seal and go take over. The whole army will surely be loyal and obey!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, please relax! The two Southern Kings are loyal and respectful to the Supreme Lord and Your Majesty. Whenever they talk to us, they are full of praise!"

"Yes, yes, yes! The whole army always remembers the emperor's great grace..."

Everyone talked at once and advised Emperor Chongzhao not to think too much about it.

Wang Zifu stood outside the crowd, and waited until everyone's excitement had died down before he stepped forward and bowed to ask for permission:

"Now the bodies of the Concubine Dowager and Prince Xiaonan have been brought back. Fortunately, all the necessary things have been prepared long ago, so they have been dressed, put on the bed and sealed in the coffin.

"Your Majesty, I ask you to grant me grace and conduct funerals according to the law?"

To conduct funeral according to the law means to handle the funeral affairs according to the identities and ranks of the two people at the time of death.

But if the emperor wants to grant posthumous honors, he can be promoted half a rank.

This is a hint to the emperor that it is time to spend some money and win over the hearts of the people!

Emperor Chongzhao hesitated for a moment, frowned and said: "I really want to grant the Prince of Nan'an a princely title, but the old Prince of Nan was a founding minister who followed the Emperor to fight for the world. Even after his death, he is still subject to the county prince system according to the law...

"Prince Xiaonan is a son and has always been filial. I don't think he would be willing to go beyond his father.

"Let's put it this way. All the rules and regulations will remain the same as the rank of a prince, and I will grant you ten treasures from my private treasury to be buried with you.

"Also, officials below the rank of king are allowed to offer condolences. King Xiaoyao will personally pay tribute to the coffin on my behalf!"

It seems that enough dignity has been given, but in fact, no room has been given for the posthumous status of the deceased.

Wang Zifu had a new understanding of Emperor Chongzhao's stinginess, and immediately thought to himself: It seems that I have to urge my old wife to send more money to my daughter to the palace. This stingy emperor may not be willing to spend more money on his daughter!

However, the Southern King's faction thought that the emperor's action was a great win-win for everyone, and they immediately cheered "Long live the emperor!"

Prince Fu calmly retreated back to the outside of the crowd.

Unexpectedly, someone came over and whispered in his ear, "Did you see that? You're starting to deprive your title now...

"Brother Wang, I have long said that the current ruler is cruel and ruthless. I am afraid my niece's life in the palace will not be easy..."

Wang Zifu tilted his head and saw that it was Jia She. He stroked his beard and chuckled, "No wonder your niece, the eldest daughter of the Jia family, never entered the Eastern Palace back then!"

After a pause, Jia She's face changed drastically, and then he acted as if he had suddenly realized something, "Oh no, I remembered it wrong, I did go there..."

Jia She forced a laugh and changed the subject: "I heard that the eunuch Qing Haiqing who was beside the emperor was sent to repair the imperial mausoleum?"

"Yes. There was such a commotion in the palace, and someone brought a knife in. If the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not punished, what would it be like?"

Wang Zifu followed suit and changed the topic.

Jia She rolled his eyes and whispered, "This Eunuch Qing has served me since he was young. Instead of sending him to the imperial mausoleum, it would be better to give him money to return home and live out his days in retirement!

"——How cold and indifferent!"

The prince glanced at the guy's orchid fingers buckled on his belt, his nose twitched slightly, full of disdain, but he said:

“That’s what you think.

“Send it out and you can call it back!

“But if you are given gold to return home, then you can never come back.

"Your Majesty has left a way out for Eunuch Qing. If he improves himself and makes some achievements, won't everything be alright?"

Jia She narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded: "That makes sense!"

He didn't notice it, but Wang Zifu did. Prince Beijing also walked in quietly and stood behind the two of them, listening to what they said.

Emperor Chongzhao naturally saw Prince Beijing at a glance, and when he found out that he was eavesdropping, he was slightly moved, so he let him go, and when he took another step in, he waved generously:

"Shui Rong, come here."

Prince Beijing had a sad look on his face. He walked over, lifted his robe and was about to kneel, but was stopped by Emperor Chongzhao, who immediately ordered someone to bring a round stool and let him sit down next to him.

Then he asked him in a gentle voice, "You have been in the Ministry of War for a long time, and you have interacted more with the Little Southern King. Your family is a family of old friends, so I guess the women in the family have been around a lot.

"Now that I've heard about what happened in the Nan Mansion, is Madam Tai okay?"

Prince Beijing wiped his red eyes and replied with his hands folded: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern.

"My mother did collapse when she heard the news, and now she is just crying.

"The imperial physician came to see her and prescribed medicine. My mother fell asleep after taking the medicine, so I hurried over here."

At this point, he choked up again, "How could it be such a coincidence? How could he not even let a royal doctor go with him? The royal doctor didn't go with him, and the court doctor didn't go either?"

"Yes, what's going on?" Emperor Chongzhao followed his words and looked around hesitantly, as if he was looking for someone.

Seeing this, Wang Zifu stepped in again without being asked, "Your Majesty, the Prince:

"The original group included two imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital and the palace physician. But at that time it was said that the imperial concubine would also go.

"But the Concubine Dowager has been very ill in recent days. The Princess and the Crown Prince's Consort persuaded her for a long time, and finally persuaded her to stay in the palace before leaving today.

“Prince Xiaonan has always been filial, and he immediately decided to ask an imperial physician and a court physician to stay and look after the Concubine.

“Originally, there was still one imperial physician left, so he could be looked after on the road.

“But before leaving the city, someone came to the doctor’s house and said that the old man had fallen and was probably not doing well.

"The imperial physician then left in a hurry."

Emperor Chongzhao was immediately filled with suspicion when he heard this. He frowned and looked at Prince Beijing. Seeing that Prince Beijing also narrowed his eyes, he immediately turned around and looked for the three judges:

"Let's go take a look. Who is the imperial physician? Is his old master okay now?"

Immediately, someone from Jingzhao Prefecture came forward to report: "In reply to the emperor, after the accident of Prince Xiaonan, he sent someone to take a look at the imperial physician's home.

"His old man got up early in the morning and stole a few sips of wine. The old lady chased him... and scolded him. When he tried to dodge, he fell down the stairs.

"Because he had been drinking, his footing was unsteady and he hit his head on the stone floor, and blood was all over the floor.

"When I went to see him, the doctor was frantically giving him an injection to stop the bleeding. Someone just came and told me that the old man was gone too."

This shouldn't be intentional...

More like an accident, a coincidence.

When Emperor Chongzhao looked at Prince Beijing again, he found that Prince Beijing's eyebrows had relaxed, and he even patted his thigh and sighed softly:

"The Nan Mansion seems to have offended some kind of Tai Sui..."

Emperor Chongzhao nodded repeatedly as he spoke: "It's really hard to say! Let's get someone to check it out!"

"Ministry of Etiquette!"