Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

When they returned to the courtyard where Concubine Zhen lived, Yan ordered some Sushan and Hawthorn Drink as soon as she entered the room: "Are the two ladies warm?"

Concubine Zhen said coldly: "I have a headache. Yan, you can entertain the imperial concubine yourself. I want to lie down for a while."

"Oh, is it heat stroke?" Wang Xifeng immediately started to panic, "Hurry up and ask the imperial physician to come and take a look!

"The Emperor has issued an order asking the Concubine Dowager to return to the other palace tomorrow. The Imperial Guards and the Ministry of Rites have already made arrangements, so Your Majesty can't leave!

"Look, look!"

Concubine Zhen could no longer bear it: "Alright!!!

"I just don't want to see your scoundrel face!

"Get out!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and crossed her legs: "I am here on behalf of your Majesty and the Queen to discuss matters concerning the return of the palace with the Dowager Consort.

"I didn't say anything rude, but the Concubine insulted me in person. How can this be justified?

"If the Concubine has a valid reason, I will pour her some tea to apologize. But if she is being unreasonable, I will write a memorial to ask the Empress Dowager to make the decision for me!"

Queen Mother!?

Concubine Zhen choked, thinking of all the anger she had endured from the Empress Dowager over the years. She took a deep breath, ignored Wang Xifeng again, turned around and strode back to her bedroom.

Seeing her leave angrily, Yan Shi invited Wang Xifeng to sit at the top seat, and she also sat down next to her, whispering:

"Forget it, that's enough. As long as she doesn't want to see this or that anymore and stays in the backyard peacefully, we can send her off with gifts later, that's all!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said nothing.

At that moment, the Sushan arrived, and Wang Xifeng ate it with great interest, praising it: "Your Sushan tastes better than the one in the palace. The one in the palace uses a lot of milk and various jams, which makes it very greasy."

Yan smiled and said, "Why not just tell them to put less in?"

"I have He Ke in my palace. This thing is too cold. I don't want my children to eat it, so I rarely let them make it. Why bother to trouble others for something that they only eat once every eight hundred years?"

Wang Xifeng said this nonchalantly, but she was eating quickly with the spoon in her hand and enjoying the food very much.

Looking at her, Yan sighed in her heart and said softly, "Eat more if you like it.

"I'll come to the palace to see you later. If you want to eat something, just ask for it in my name!"

Wang Xifeng smiled brightly, biting the spoon and acting coquettishly towards Yan: "Then it's settled!"

The two people smiled at each other and felt closer.

The two of them were whispering to each other when Jing Li came back and knocked on the door asking to see him.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered him to come in.

Jing Li came in sweating profusely, and tactfully stood at the door, bowing and reporting:

"Your Majesty said that since the Concubine Dowager wants to go back, then she should be allowed to go. It won't be a big deal to send the Imperial Guards and horses.

“It’s just that the weather is getting hot now, so we should leave early to cool down.

"Your Majesty has ordered the leader of the Imperial Guards and Jing Quan to accompany the escort. Jing Quan has already followed me here and is now waiting outside for the Imperial Concubine and the Dowager Concubine to summon him."

Oh?

A person with the surname Jing has arrived?

This is great.

Wang Xifeng smiled slightly: "The Concubine Dowager feels a little hot, go in and lie down. Please ask Jingquan to come in, I have some instructions."

Jing Li agreed, stepped out, and called in a middle-aged eunuch who looked so ordinary that he could not be found in the crowd.

Wang Xifeng looked at him and raised her eyebrows: "Have you been in the palace for a long time?"

"To answer your question, yes. I was in Daming Palace in my early years, and later served in the Eastern Palace. Your Majesty favored me, and I was the first one to be granted a name."

Jing Quan is as gentle as jade.

Wang Xifeng understood.

This is the first person of the Jing generation, and it is even possible that the entire Jing generation was selected and formed by him.

In other words, this is at least the eldest brother.

“Your Majesty is cautious and will only use the most capable ones to serve the elders.

"A loud drum doesn't need a heavy hammer. Then I won't waste any more words.

"Since you are here, you should serve the Queen Mother well and go out less often.

"You are a eunuch. The affairs outside are handled by the Imperial Guards, the Ministry of Rites and the Northern King. You should stay out of it and don't give others a chance to criticize you."

Wang Xifeng gave earnest instructions.

Jing Quan's originally flat eyes only flashed for a moment, he raised his head slightly and looked directly at Wang Xifeng, then raised the corner of his mouth and lowered his head:

"Yes! I will remember this!"

"Well, that's good." Wang Xifeng waved her hand and asked him to leave. "The Nan Mansion is a big place with many people. I guess you can't recognize many of them.

"You should ask the concubine's favorites from the people who serve her. You can't serve her for three days, so don't offend the concubine.

"Go."

Jing Quan memorized every word in his heart, bowed, and also bowed to Yan before he left.

Wang Xifeng looked at his back and felt relieved. She smiled and took Yan's hand, saying softly:

"The Emperor's decree has come down. I will go and dismiss the person inside and then return to the palace.

“Take care of yourself.

"Especially at night - even though it's hot now, you still have to be careful of catching a cold because of the night dew and wind."

Yan's eyes turned red, and she held Wang Xifeng's hand tightly, refusing to let go: "I know everything. Imperial Concubine, please take care of yourself in the palace.

"There are so many concubines in the palace. It is not necessary to do everything yourself. It would be good to have one or two caring helpers."

Wang Xifeng nodded with a smile: "I had a cold a few days ago, and your majesty asked that Xuanyi Li to assist me, and she did a very good job.

"I was planning to transfer some of my work to her so that I can have less work."

Yan nodded repeatedly.

Wang Xifeng smiled and continued, "There were a lot of things going on in the palace some time ago, and I was too busy to handle it. I even sent my own daughter to Princess Yongning.

"I will feel more at ease only after I have finished the work I am doing and have to be with my child in person.

"——Otherwise, my daughter, who I raised with great difficulty, would grow up around others and forget me when she should be learning to behave herself. Wouldn't that be a huge loss for me!?"

Yan understood what she said, paused, and nodded with tears in her eyes: "I will keep your kind words in my mind."

Wang Xifeng patted her hands, turned around and walked inside, her voice getting louder: "Your Majesty has given an order, would you like to stand up and listen?"

In the bedroom decorated with incomparable luxury, Concubine Zhen shouted angrily from behind the glittering golden curtains:

"Don't you just want me to leave tomorrow? I get it!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and pushed away the little palace maid who came forward to stop her, and stood in front of the agarwood bed:

"Empress Dowager Zhen, you are not the Empress Dowager yet! Should you treat the Emperor's order in this manner?

"How about it? Do you want me to write a letter to His Majesty to complain?"

She ignored the emperor's orders and instead of complaining to the empress dowager about such things, she told the emperor!

She knows what kind of things hurt people the most!

Concubine Zhen quickly opened the silk bed curtains and sneered, "You're using chicken feathers as a token of authority! That's all you have!"

Wang Xifeng giggled and said, "You are much more capable than me, but you, the concubine, have never caught a single feather like the one in my hand in your entire life!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, should I say it's a pity or pitiful?"