Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The next morning, Xia Shouzhong personally held the imperial edict and went to the Southern Palace to announce it:

"…I hereby confer upon Huo Bosheng the title of Prince of Nan'an, upon his stepmother Yan the title of Lady of Nan'an, and upon his grandmother Hou the title of Princess of Xing'an."

He also granted a series of extra favors to the deceased King Xiaonan, the Queen Mother and others, and granted the mother of the new King of Nan, Huo Bosheng, the title of a county lady and buried her with his father.

From this day on, the titles of the Princess, the Crown Prince's Consort, and the Crown Prince's Grandson were all promoted to a higher rank, and everyone's titles changed.

Xia Shouzhong told Yan with a smile: "Yesterday, while the city gates were still open, His Majesty sent someone to deliver your letter to the other palace at an urgent distance of 800 miles."

Yan hurriedly thanked him.

Xia Shouzhong's expression turned sad again, and he said, "But after returning, His Majesty is worried that the Emperor will be sad when he hears about the sudden change in the Southern Palace.

"So I wrote a letter, suggesting that we ask Concubine Zhen to pick up the princess and have a reunion. Maybe that would help."

Yan was startled and began to worry: "This is better. But I am afraid I will have to stay in Beijing to take care of the mansion and the young prince..."

"What's the big deal? It's good to go there together to relax!" After Xia Shouzhong conveyed Emperor Chongzhao's intention, he asked a few more questions about the affairs in the mansion and then said goodbye.

Wang Zifu naturally sent him out on behalf of the female relatives.

On the way, Xia Shouzhong whispered to Wang Zifu about Emperor Chongzhao's attitude towards the suicide of the "County Lady".

Wang Zifu smiled and said, "It turns out that Your Majesty really does everything himself. This is really hard work. As your subjects, we feel both distressed and in awe of you.

"In that case, from now on, I will sort out the news from the Nan Mansion and the outside world and send them all to Eunuch Xia?"

Xia Shouzhong's heart was filled with excitement. He just smiled and wanted to agree, but then he came to his senses and shook his head:

"Your Majesty didn't ask us to take care of this, so we shouldn't know too much.

"Let's hand the old man over to Chen Duo. He is the head of the inner temple. He has a good relationship with our family and is also somewhat close to the imperial concubine."

Wang Zifu had long known that Chen Duo had secretly acknowledged Wang Xifeng as his master. Seeing that Xia Shouzhong was not very clear about the matter, he felt more reassured about his daughter and agreed with a smile.

After seeing off Xia Shouzhong, Wang Zifu turned around and saw Prince Beijing standing behind him coldly: "Uncle, are you collecting news from outside for the palace?"

Wang Zifu sneered: "Yes! I not only collect news from the capital, but also from the army and other places, especially the Northeast, Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong!

“Oh, I have also placed people around my brother, so now I can receive news about the Southwestern Border Army every day.

"I have sorted it out. I will send it to the palace every day. Not only for His Majesty, but also for my daughter!"

Prince Beijing's shoulders relaxed slightly, and his voice softened: "Uncle, please don't say such angry words..."

Wang Zifu snorted coldly and walked back.

Prince Beijing hurriedly chased after him and asked in a low voice, "However, uncle, the former crown prince had a group of secret agents back then...

"Later, I asked Deng Yong, Li Hefeng and others indirectly, but they all said they knew nothing, which showed that there was no trace left.

"So, Uncle Shi, are those people in your hands?"

Wang Zifu stopped and looked at him coldly: "Prince Beijing, may I ask, what does this have to do with you?"

The Northern King paused.

"If there are such people, they have already changed their names and are no longer willing to live on the edge of a knife; if there are no such people, then it is just nonsense that can harm the whole family!

"You are a prince who enjoys honor and dignity, and now you have entered the cabinet to assist in government affairs, what else do you want?

"Before you got involved in the Ministry of War, it was not enough to have the other three kings and eight dukes as your subordinates. Now that you are assisting in the administration, you still want to have a secret line -

"Prince Bei, if you want to throw yourself into the fire, go ahead and do it yourself. Don't drag us poor people down with you. We don't owe you anything."

After Wang Zifu finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.

A fierce look flashed across the Northern King’s face for a moment, but he gritted his teeth and followed him, smiling bitterly and whispering, “Uncle, you misunderstood, I have no other intentions.

“I just think that it’s not a good sign that those people disappeared out of thin air.

"If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of it, the current stable and prosperous situation may turn into chaos again.

"Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life?

"Now that my uncle has gotten himself an idle position of the fifth or sixth grade to prevaricate, your daughter can be a noble concubine in the palace, which is the most comfortable and pleasant life.

"This good time has hidden dangers, which always makes people feel vaguely uneasy, right?"

Prince Fu said coldly: "I don't know, the King of the North doesn't need to ask me.

“When the late crown prince passed away, I was no longer in the capital.

"Your Highness should ask the person who heard the late Crown Prince's last words!"

During the chaos of the succession struggle, the former crown prince was deposed and imprisoned for two years before he died. So when he died, the only people around him were the eunuchs, palace maids, and a concubine from the Eastern Palace.

The concubine swallowed gold and committed suicide on the same night after the death of the deposed crown prince, and the eunuchs and palace maids were also secretly executed by the retired emperor.

It is no longer known what the deposed prince said, did, or left behind before his death.

But those spies were actually a powerful dark force that was known to all the kings and eight officials.

It is surprising that neither his father nor his brothers made any effort to look for the deposed prince after his death.

The King of the North could only guess that everyone tacitly did not report the matter to Emperor Shengping and the Current Emperor, and everyone was searching in private.

Just now he overheard that Wang Zifu actually promised to collect information from outside for Emperor Chongzhao and send it to the palace. He thought that the eldest master of the Wang family had already completely sided with Emperor Chongzhao, so he had already handed these people over to the emperor.

Only then did he become furious and stepped forward to question him.

But think about it carefully, how is this possible? !

When Wang Zifu returned to his ancestral home, he stayed at home for five years and was even bedridden for a long time, almost losing his life.

At that time, those who went to peek came back and reported that Master Wang had become completely disheartened and extremely disgusted with the world. He thought that if he did not become a monk or a Taoist priest, he would just find a clean place.

But who would have thought that once his precious daughter entered the Eastern Palace, he suddenly came back to life. Not only did he adopt the daughter of the former deposed crown prince as his adopted daughter and raised her carefully, he even began to discipline the children of the Wang and Xue families and sent them to the academy he was familiar with!

Everyone started to get excited!

Even he thought that Master Wang wanted to rush back again, stir up trouble, and avenge the deposed prince!

However, during these three years, not only did his daughter remain dormant, he also did not communicate with any of his old acquaintances in the capital!

What kind of character does the descendant of the deposed prince have? In which family will he be placed? And what about that little girl in the palace, what is the plan next?

Nobody knows.

The only person who might know about this was the Second Master of the Wang family, but because he had previously plotted to frame the girl, he was excluded from the First Master Wang's circle of confidants!

So, who on earth can pry open the mouth of this Master Wang?

Prince Beijing just felt a headache!