Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

After returning to the palace, Wang Xifeng fell asleep again.

It happened that Emperor Chongzhao had no important business at that time, and wanted to come to her to ask about the situation in the Nan Mansion, but he was told that the imperial concubine was "extremely tired and had already gone to bed."

Emperor Chongzhao was a little worried and ordered the imperial physician to take a look.

As expected, the imperial physician was very upset when he reported back: "How can you spend so much energy on this when you are not fully recovered yet? And you even ate cold food!"

He wrote a new prescription and presented it directly to Emperor Chongzhao, complaining, "The medicine I prescribed for the imperial concubine must not have been taken properly by the imperial concubine.

"I will not listen to you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has to speak first!"

Emperor Chongzhao felt guilty and quickly made guarantees on behalf of Wang Xifeng and sent the imperial physician away.

Looking at the prescription, in addition to the previous medicines for soothing the liver and relieving depression, and treating wind-cold, there are also a few more medicines for strengthening the body and replenishing the vital energy.

Emperor Chongzhao touched his nose and handed the recipe to Changying: "Tell them to fry it and send it to the imperial concubine every day, and let Aunt Meng watch her eat it."

Chang Ying responded with a smile and asked softly, "Is your name Jing Li?"

"Yeah." Emperor Chongzhao nodded with a curved mouth.

Jing Li came and gave a brief account of what Wang Xifeng had done in the Southern Mansion, then lowered his head and focused on Jing Quan:

"Before leaving, Jing Quan specifically told me to report to the Emperor everything the Imperial Concubine told him to do, without missing a single word."

Emperor Chongzhao's face darkened.

Jing Li didn't dare to move or look up.

Chang Ying looked at him, then at Emperor Chong Zhao, and waited for a moment before asking softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to call someone over?"

Emperor Chongzhao looked at him coldly: "Who are you calling?"

"Uh, Chen Duo? Guo Jian?" Chang Ying asked cautiously.

Emperor Chongzhao closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Call them all."

Changying bowed in agreement and left.

Emperor Chongzhao looked at Jing Li again, lowered his voice, and asked again: "Did the imperial concubine and Prince Fu have any private conversations?"

"Yes." Jing Li bowed his head and crossed his hands, "Lord Wang seems to be at odds with the Northern King and Concubine Zhen. The Imperial Concubine wanted to ask why, but Lord Wang refused to tell her.

"When Lord Wang came out, he asked about Jing Quan. The imperial concubine joked that if Lord Wang wanted to do something bad, he had to avoid Jing Quan. Lord Wang was very embarrassed."

Are all of them not harmonious?

Emperor Chongzhao seemed to be thinking about something for a moment, then asked, "You just said that the Nanfu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are both completely devoted to the imperial concubine?"

"I heard that Hou had already severed ties with Concubine Zhen in person, and Yan had long been obedient to the Imperial Concubine. Before leaving, the Imperial Concubine even tried to comfort the young prince.

“I think after the funeral, everyone in the Nan Mansion will be grateful to the imperial concubine.” Jing Li said confidently.

Emperor Chongzhao raised his lips slightly, but after thinking carefully, he felt a little melancholy: "If..."

If Concubine Wang was Queen Wang, would he be able to have an easier time with many things?

But he would never be able to say this in his entire life.

Emperor Chongzhao closed his mouth and waved his hand to let Jingli go down.

Chen Duo and Guo Jian arrived at the same time, and Emperor Chongzhao ordered Guo Jian to personally take people to "guard" the Prince of Nan's Palace, especially near the back door.

Chen Duo had already been notified, and he quickly expressed his confusion: "I heard that the Southern Palace was guarded by the Imperial Guards and the Northern Palace Guards.

"If Admiral Guo goes there in person, I'm afraid they will ask why. So what is it specifically for?"

Emperor Chongzhao pondered for a moment and said, "There is nothing to say. Transfer the current person back and tell him that I have other orders."

Guo Jian was at a loss: "What errand? Can't I go?"

"Prince Su will be back soon, and we need to send someone to pick him up. This trip will take more than half a month.

"You are a close minister to His Majesty, how can you be away for so long?" Chen Duo smiled.

Guo Jian's eyes lit up and he grinned: "That's right!"

Emperor Chongzhao glanced at him, sighed, and pointed at Chen Duo: "You go with him in the evening.

"If there is anything, Guo Jian will listen to Chen Duo."

Guo Jian’s smile froze: “(⊙o⊙) What??!”

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Dusk is falling and the sunset glow is fading.

Wang Xifeng woke up, yawned and asked about dinner.

Chun Nuan stepped forward and said, "Sister An'er has gone to the Shangshi Bureau. Aunt Meng heard that you woke up and went to get some hot medicine for you right away."

He came closer and reported in a low voice, "Jing Li has already reported everything about the Nan Mansion to His Majesty.

“Your Majesty has sent Guo Jian and Chen Duo to guard Nanfu together.

"In the Nan Mansion, Jing Quan has already persuaded Concubine Zhen's personal maid to go and have a drink with the Nan Mansion's housekeeper in the evening.

"The master's notice has been sent out, and they are starting to bathe and change clothes..."

Wang Xifeng glanced at her, smiled slightly and nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Chun Nuan hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "The master has already told the lady to bring the second young lady to the palace to visit you.

"Madam said it was too hot and she was too lazy to move."

Wang Xifeng's eyes widened immediately: "What's wrong with mother?"

Chun Nuan was helpless: "It's just too hot and I'm too lazy to move. Since the end of last month, my wife inspected and modified all the stores in Beijing and refused to go out again.

"Nowadays, when there is something to do, we just call the chief cabinet into the palace to give instructions.

"Even when my aunt said she wanted to prepare a feast to take her over to celebrate the Ghost Festival, she said it would still be hot by then, and as long as the sky didn't fall, she would wait until August."

Wang Xifeng laughed: "I had forgotten that mother has always been afraid of heat. When we were in the capital, she would take me to the north every summer to escape the heat."

Unfortunately, there were many things to do this year and she couldn't leave. Naturally, Yuan was unwilling to leave Beijing and just stayed by her side.

"Tell mother that I have something to see her about and ask her to come to the palace on a cloudy or rainy day. It won't be so hot then."

Wang Xifeng laughed.

Chunnuan agreed and helped her get up.

At that moment, Aunt Meng brought in the medicine. Wang Xifeng didn't waste any words. She drank it all in one gulp. Then she asked, "How did this job fall to Aunt Meng?"

Meng Fanshuang told her about Emperor Chongzhao's concern and the imperial physician's complaint, glanced at her, and asked in a low voice: "You are willing to go to the Nan Mansion in person even though your condition is getting worse. Is it just to get rid of her earlier?"

"No. I am using this as an excuse to force her to use all her tricks today. Otherwise, she will never have another chance!"

Wang Xifeng whispered the truth to Meng Fanshuang.

Meng Fanshuang was suspicious: "What trick?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said nothing.

At dinner, Wang Xifeng ate happily, but Meng Fanshuang ate absent-mindedly.

Seeing that it was already bedtime, Wang Xifeng wanted to send Meng Fanshuang to bed, but Meng Fanshuang felt uneasy and stubbornly stayed outside, trying to play chess with Wang Xifeng:

"How did you kill the emperor without leaving a single piece of armor the other day? Teach me a lesson today."

Wang Xifeng had no choice but to accompany her and whispered, "Even if there is a story, it will take until three o'clock in the morning for the outside to make a fuss and four o'clock in the morning for it to get heard inside.

"Aunt, do you want to wait for news?

"Why don't you sleep on it first?"

Meng Fanshuang: ...Why didn't you say so earlier! ?