Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Emperor Chongzhao looked at Wang Xifeng's cunning eyes blinking innocently, and couldn't help laughing. He nodded and said, "What the imperial concubine said makes sense!"

He let out a breath, looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, and stood up, "Okay, I should go now."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, please stay!"

Emperor Chongzhao looked at her slender jade fingers pinching his sleeves, smiled gently, and asked in a low voice:

"I promised Sang Ronghua that I would go to accompany her tonight.

"If you don't want me to go, I will listen to you and not go.

"But this night of love is worth a thousand gold coins. How are you going to compensate me?"

At this moment, this bastard actually had such thoughts in his mind? !

Wang Xifeng could no longer bear it and rolled her eyes without any courtesy: "I still have something to ask for your permission!

"Now that we have finished talking, I will have someone drive you to Wangxiantai immediately!

"I will never act like a child!"

Emperor Chong Zhao looked at her with a smile, lifted his robe and sat down again: "Okay. Your Majesty, please pay attention to the important matters and never worry about the love affairs of your children!

"What do you want to ask for permission? Tell me!"

Wang Xifeng looked at his smiling eyes, and although she felt disgusted, a ripple arose in her heart.

However, after just one swing, he immediately held it down, took a deep breath, and asked in a low voice with a serious expression:

"Your Majesty has moved Mei Ran to the Purple Palace to recuperate, so what kind of status should he be given?

“Is he a witness to be questioned, an accomplice to be rigorously tried, or a slave to be taken from a concubine?

"There has to be an explanation to the outside world, right?

"Otherwise, Rong Fei only needs to go to the Empress tomorrow morning to ask for the person, and His Majesty will have to return the person to her for the sake of her pregnancy.

"——Mei Ran is her family's own child. If she is really not tolerated by the master, in addition to being beaten to death, she can also be sent back to the Mei family and sold together with her parents!

"By then, the fate of that loyal and foolish girl will only be even more miserable!"

Emperor Chong Zhao had not thought of this yet, so he fell silent after hearing this. He lowered his head for a while, looking a little annoyed: "Then what do you want to do?"

Wang Xifeng bit her lip, hesitated, and whispered, "I have a sinister way..."

"Hmm?" Emperor Chongzhao was suspicious.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please bear the burden and convey your order to accept Mei Ran as your talented concubine?"

Emperor Chong Zhao almost choked, and Mei Ran's plump waist and hips flashed through his mind. His old face turned red suspiciously, and he looked out the window:

"nonsense!!!"

"Your Majesty, please save a life!" Wang Xifeng pulled his sleeve again and pleaded softly, "It's all my fault that I didn't do my job properly, which caused Mei Ran to suffer this.

"She is a stubborn person. Concubine Rong is the mistress she has served since she was young. If she still holds this status, she will only think about Concubine Rong for the rest of her life.

“Even if you ordered her to leave Rong Fei and work for someone else, she would still feel guilty and would secretly help Rong Fei and hide things.

“But if His Majesty accepts her, she and Concubine Rong will become sisters, then even if they don’t meet or get along in the future, she will feel more at ease!

"Your Majesty, just think that, well, just think that you promoted a female official and gave her a few more taels of silver in salary, right?"

Emperor Chongzhao waved his hands: "How can this be a matter of money..."

"Then I will pay for it! From now on, whenever there are those noble ladies, there will be a gift from Mei Ran. However, her share of the money will be deducted from my share, and it doesn't have to go through the public account. Is that okay?"

Wang Xifeng looked at Emperor Chongzhao eagerly.

Emperor Chongzhao was so angry that he laughed: "I am short of your 180 taels of silver?!"

"Are you afraid that the Queen will be unhappy?" Wang Xifeng looked at him innocently and tried to explain, "The Queen is very reasonable. If you tell her, she will definitely agree!

"If you are too embarrassed to speak, then, I will speak for you! I will go and apologize to the Queen..."

Emperor Chongzhao raised his hand and smacked her on the forehead: "If this matter is brought to the attention of the Empress, won't it drive Concubine Rong crazy?!"

"Oh..." Wang Xifeng pouted, rubbed her forehead and lowered her head.

Emperor Chongzhao sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "Forget it. I admired Mei Ran's loyalty and planned to let her serve as a court lady.

"But what you said makes sense. If that's the case, people will inevitably gossip about her. It's better to just give her a name."

Because Chang Ying was called, he ordered in front of Wang Xifeng, "Confer the title of Ran Cairen on Mei Ran and grant her the residence... Cheng Huan Palace."

"No, no, no, no, no! Geng Ronghua can't live with her!" Wang Xifeng interrupted, "I will clean the palace separately, and I promise to finish it within ten days!

"Your Majesty, please leave her in the Purple Palace to recover first. I will move her out as soon as I have finished cleaning!"

Emperor Chongzhao pointed at her speechlessly: "You...

"When you treat others well, you are sincere. You wish you could be as considerate of others as your daughter!

"Once you turn against me, you'll run away faster than a rabbit! Her life or death has nothing to do with you anymore!"

Wang Xifeng lowered her head, reached out to fiddle with her belt, and mumbled something, but no one could hear what she was saying.

Emperor Chongzhao sighed and said, "Further north of Chang'an Palace, past Xianju Palace, there is Shicui Palace, which is quiet and spacious.

"Please clean up and give Rancairen a place to stay."

Changying smiled and said yes.

Emperor Chongzhao then glared at Wang Xifeng and asked, "Are you satisfied?"

Wang Xifeng made a coquettish face, but ordered Chang Ying: "It's late at night, send the sedan chair. Wangxiantai is far away, don't let Your Majesty pass by."

Chang Ying smiled and bowed: "Sang Ronghua had a bit of heatstroke while packing things during the day. He just sent someone to tell him that he is sick and has taken medicine and is already asleep."

"Look at this!" Emperor Chongzhao slapped his thigh, stood up and leaned towards Wang Xifeng, smiling, "It's all your fault, isn't it?"

Wang Xifeng blushed: "Then I have found a beauty for your majesty! Isn't this considered an apology?"

Emperor Chongzhao laughed and left.

Changying followed behind him, bowed politely to Wang Xifeng, and then hurriedly chased after him.

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the inner room and threw herself on the bed.

An Er then stepped forward, helped her sit up, and took off her jewelry and long hair, while timidly whispering to her:

"Your Majesty, if Concubine Rong knew that it was you who suggested that Mei Ran be made a talented lady, wouldn't she be angry with you?!"

Wang Xifeng closed her eyes and leaned against her, her voice low: "Something must have gone wrong with her pregnancy, so the imperial physician said she is fine.

“Otherwise, with all the intermittent things that have happened over the past half month, she should have summoned the imperial physician, stayed in bed, and taken medicine a long time ago.

"But at this time, she held on to Geng Ronghua and refused to let go, and she was determined to trick me or the emperor into coming over...

"Her plan was to put the blame for the loss of this baby on us, so that we would feel guilty and sympathize with her, and then treat her well.

"That's why she beat Mei Ran to death. This way, once Mei Ran dies in front of her, she can say that she was frightened and had a miscarriage..."