Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Seeing Hou Shi so angry that she wanted to jump up and curse in the street, with veins on her forehead bulging with anger, Wang Xifeng laughed:

"It's not like you asked her to come to the Nan Mansion. You just wanted her to come back to the palace so that you can meet and chat with her. That's all.

"Only a person of such a broad mind could think of letting a concubine like her live in the home of a minister."

Hou felt a little uncomfortable listening to Wang Xifeng openly talking behind the emperor's back, and she hummed in embarrassment.

"Don't worry. Even if something happens, it's not something you orphans and widows can handle.

"The Emperor is in charge of everything!" Wang Xifeng smiled. "In order to prevent the Dowager Concubine's safety from being insecure, didn't the Emperor specially mobilize the Imperial Guards and also personally instruct the Prince of the North to lend a hand?"

Hou was stunned.

Yes? When?

"Don't worry. There will definitely be one." Wang Xifeng waved her hand.

What doesn't exist will become what exists.

Otherwise, the Northern King, who meddles in everything, could be considered as "falsely conveying the imperial edict."

Hou Shi was relieved at this, and she thanked Wang Xifeng sincerely and complimented her:

“In fact, when I first met the Concubine seven days ago, I spoke to her in confidence.

"She said that the imperial concubine was scheming and didn't recognize her relatives, so she shouldn't bring bad things to the Yan family. I retorted that the imperial concubine was so smart and talented, and if our daughter-in-law could learn even a little bit from her, it would be a blessing for our Nanfu!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and waved her hands: "I am just an official who follows orders and obeys orders. How can I have any talent?

"My Lady, I have seen this mansion go from being in chaos to being in perfect order. It seems that I have been a great help to you."

The two of them complimented each other for a while, and Hou said with emotion: "It is said that the Supreme One has a bright eye and can judge people with wisdom. It is true.

"With the help of the Imperial Concubine, the Emperor and Empress will save a lot of energy in the affairs of the harem!"

As they were speaking, someone outside came to report that lunch was ready and invited the imperial concubine to come over and share it with the dowager concubine.

Hou Shi hurriedly escorted Wang Xifeng over, but when they reached the gate of the courtyard, Wang Xifeng turned around and stopped her:

“Don’t go in and let her detain you again.

"With you all here, I can't let go and spit in her face!"

Originally, Mrs. Hou was filled with sorrow after her husband and son died, but after hearing what Wang Xifeng said, she could not help laughing out loud:

"Okay! Your Majesty, please consider me, so I will be lazy and hide away."

After performing a half bow respectfully, he watched Wang Xifeng holding the hand of a palace maid and walking in gracefully, and then he instructed his maid:

"Let's go, take a look at the coffin and burn some paper."

The maid took a look inside the courtyard, then whispered to Hou: "Prince Xiaoyao and Prince Bei are here, and are talking in the outer study.

"Lord Wang just got the news and was afraid that the Dowager Consort and the Imperial Consort would be out, so he specifically ordered that you be informed quietly and not to tell the other two."

Hou was surprised: "Even the imperial concubine didn't tell me?"

"Yes. Lord Wang specifically told me not to tell the imperial concubine." The maid pursed her lips and recited the original words, "Lord Wang said:

"I know my daughter. She's always making trouble out of nothing. If she sees the Northern King and the Free King standing together, who knows what she'll say!"

Hou's heart sank, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Send some lunch to the study room, something light, like a family holding a funeral.

"Wait for the Lady to come out, and ask her to come to my room to find me. We can talk after we have had our meal."

Not to mention.

Wang Xifeng walked in, looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table, and the Concubine Zhen sitting at the top, raised her eyebrows, and clapped her hands:

"Amitabha! We are here to pay our respects to the dead, so we should all eat vegetarian food. Why did you prepare such a table full of meat dishes? What a sin!"

Concubine Zhen's face darkened.

She spent seven days in Nan Mansion, and every day was a routine of this kind, but she didn't say a word.

She was the imperial concubine, and she was not here to pay her respects. She was here to see her best friend, Hou, and to persuade her not to become a nun.

Seeing that her face was not right, Yan was afraid that they would start fighting, so she hurried forward and smiled and asked Wang Xifeng to sit down:

“It’s a rare opportunity to show my respect to the Imperial Concubine.

"I can't just prepare a table full of vegetables and tofu to fool the queen! That would be shameless of me, and our cook wouldn't agree to it!

"My noble concubine, please give me the honor of trying our cooking skills and come to the Nan Mansion."

Wang Xifeng politely asked Concubine Zhen for a seat before sitting down.

Seeing this, Concubine Zhen asked casually, "Where is your mother-in-law?" The imperial concubine blamed her for not going to the door to greet her.

"Now that she doesn't come to accompany the imperial concubine for dinner, I'm afraid it will be a sin again in the future!"

"The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are still in mourning!" Wang Xifeng interrupted, "Don't force it, Madam Concubine!

"If the mother and daughter were to sit beside us at the table today, they would not even drink a sip of water;

"Someday there will be people with rotten tongues who will say that the Nanwang's seventh day of mourning has not even ended, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have already started to eat fishy food!"

Yan immediately bowed her head with a look of emotion: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding! I was just about to take my leave."

"Okay, go ahead! I'll have dinner with the Concubine, so it won't be considered rude of you!" Wang Xifeng waved her hand on her own initiative, and then "belatedly" looked at Concubine Zhen,

"Oh, my fault, how could I have spoken before the Concubine Dowager?

"What do you think, Madam Concubine? You won't blame the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, right?"

Concubine Zhen was holding her breath in her chest, unable to move it up or down: "How could it be? Yan, please go down."

Yan left smoothly.

The two began to eat.

Concubine Zhen looked at Wang Xifeng eating happily and felt unhappy. She snorted and said:

“Wang, there’s no one else, so you don’t have to pretend.

"I hate you and you don't like me.

"Why do you want to eat at the same table with me?

"In terms of rank, you and I are both from the first rank, so the portions are the same, and the dishes won't be different..."

Wang Xifeng suddenly waved her chopsticks at her: "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping. Madam Concubine, the rules of your Zhen family are really terrible!

"Eat quickly. After you finish, I'll start chatting with you, and by then you might not be able to eat anymore!"

Concubine Zhen sneered: "I can't eat it? That may not be the case!"

After taking a few bites of food leisurely, he pretended to suddenly remember something and said, "Oh, by the way, I heard that you are good at raising children, especially girls.

"Why? You didn't bring your daughter out for a stroll?"

"Bringing a seven or eight-year-old girl to someone else's house to attend a funeral, treating it as a trip?!" Wang Xifeng looked at Concubine Zhen in confusion.

“Your Zhen family actually has such a custom?

"If that's the case, then I'd like to ask, whose funeral did you attend when you were young?"

Concubine Zhen closed her eyes slightly, swallowed her anger, and forced a smile, saying:

"Stop talking nonsense!

"I just missed He Ke, and thought that since there is a chance, I might as well invite her, her teacher, and her study partner to come over and meet me."