Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Oh my, my, the imperial concubine suddenly felt "hungry and her stomach hurt" and looked around and talked about something else.

Really rough acting!

Aunt Meng rolled her eyes in disdain, then turned around and sincerely asked someone to urge them to come: "I'm hungry too."

The breakfast was served, a sumptuous meal of twelve plates and six bowls, and both the master and the servant ate to their heart's content.

After dinner, it’s time to pay respects to Queen Mo.

The sedan chair swayed and arrived at the gate of Penglai Palace. Wang Xifeng played with her sleeves and cleared her throat, and looked panicked when she got off the car.

She went to Queen Mo and sang, recited, acted and fought "knowing nothing" and no one mentioned it.

On the other hand, when Emperor Chongzhao left the court, he directly called Prince Beijing, Prince Xiaoyao and Wang Zifu into the imperial study.

As soon as the door was closed, he slammed the imperial desk with his palm, and threw the pens, ink, paper, inkstone, and seals at hand out one after another, and scolded the three people like a storm!

There are two main points to this: one, what do you three do for a living, and two, is it embarrassing?

The three men knelt on the ground with their hands on the ground, crying out "Your Majesty, please calm down" and "I am incompetent" and bowing their heads from time to time.

This scolding lasted for a full half hour.

When the door of the imperial study was opened again, there was a red spot on Prince Beijing's forehead, half of Prince's clothes were covered with ink, and Prince Xiaoyao had lost his hat and his hair was disheveled.

Changying quietly took the three people to the side hall, washed their faces, applied medicine, changed their clothes, and then sighed as he let the three people leave the palace.

When they got outside the palace, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, looked at each other, and dispersed expressionlessly.

When Prince Beijing returned home, the wound on his forehead was first discovered by the housekeeper. Before he could even utter a scream, he was glared back by his master.

"Don't tell the Concubine Dowager and the Princess!" The King of the North warned sternly, then went back to his study to change into casual clothes, went out through the side door, left the capital directly, and hid in a villa.

King Xiaoyao returned to the palace and sat at the desk under the window with his head down and remained silent.

The nurse came in and lovingly brought tea and snacks: "My brother has lost weight again in the past two days, would you like to eat something to relieve your fatigue?"

King Xiaoyao obediently took the snacks and ate them.

"Didn't you say you were going to see the Concubine Dowager today? How come you didn't see her?" The wet nurse put down the tray, sat down at the table, and looked at him with a kind smile.

King Xiaoyao finished a piece of dessert carefully, then took a sip of tea. After his mouth was refreshed, he looked at the nurse meekly and said:

"Last night, Zhen and Jia Jing had a secret meeting and were caught. But the Northern Prince, Prince Fu and I were drunk and no one noticed.

“His Majesty was furious and accused us of dereliction of duty.

"The inkstone smashed the Northern King's forehead, the inkwell stained the Prince's court robe, and the private seal knocked off my hat.

"All three of us were fined one year's salary, confined for seven days to reflect on our actions, and had to write letters of confession.

"Under such circumstances, if I mention my mother, the emperor might get angry and order someone to find fault with my mother when he returns to the palace.

"After all, it was me and the Northern King who took Prince Fu out for a drink last night, which caused him to not only do nothing but also bear the blame innocently. Although the Royal Concubine is not close to my uncle and aunt, she is the apple of her parents' eyes, and she must vent her father's anger."

The nurse fell into deep thought.

King Xiaoyao did not rush her. He just sat quietly with his hands on his knees, with a gentle expression, waiting patiently.

"So, I'm sorry, brother.

"How old is my brother? How can he understand these things? And the King of the North, how can you invite a child of my age to drink?!

“This is all because of the Northern King’s absurd behavior!

"I must file a complaint against the King of the North to the Beijing Concubine!"

As the wet nurse spoke, she reached out to tidy up King Xiaoyao's hair with a look of concern.

King Xiaoyao's expression tensed and he subconsciously tilted his head.

The nurse grabbed the bun of King Xiaoyao's hair, slowly pulled him to face her, straightened his neck, and said gently:

"My brother will be sitting on the throne in the future, so your daily manners are extremely important. You must never have such an improper posture in the future."

King Xiaoyao's back was slowly soaked with sweat, but his shoulders remained steady and motionless. He smiled and said gently, "Mammy, you are right. I remember it."

The nurse smiled happily: "That's right."

After that, he stood up and said softly, "Brother, you didn't do your job perfectly, and you will be punished according to the rules.

"Anyway, I have to stay at home for seven days to reflect on myself, so I might as well copy the collection of Tai Shang's essays."

King Xiaoyao also stood up, shook his sleeves lightly, and immediately bowed his head and said:

"Mammy, that's a very good suggestion. I was just about to review my father's collection of essays."

The nurse smiled and pointed to the tray on the table: "Brother, don't forget to eat your snacks. I will take my leave now."

"Okay." King Xiaoyao nodded with a smile.

He watched the wet nurse leave respectfully, then sat down again with a normal expression, grabbed some snacks, ate them politely bite by bite, and drank the pot of tea.

He had just finished his last sip of tea when maids immediately came in one after another from outside the door, quietly carrying washbasins, hand towels, and soap beans.

King Xiaoyao washed his hands slowly and wiped them clean.

The snack tray had been removed from the desk in front of him, and instead a collection of Tai Shang essays, a stack of peach blossom paper, a purple-hair brush and a She inkstone were placed on top.

Half a pool of ink has been ground in the inkstone.

King Xiaoyao didn't even tremble his eyebrows. He rolled up his sleeves lightly, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink and began to copy.

In fact, it couldn't be considered copying. He was almost reciting the entire article, only occasionally glancing at the title of the next article.

This copy lasted until dark.

When the lights were turned on, another maid came in, stood beside him, bowed her head and said respectfully: "Mammy said that the prince should wash his hands before dinner. Don't hurt your eyes."

King Xiaoyao hummed and put down his pen.

The same three maids came in again and helped him wash his hands.

King Xiaoyao stood up and wanted to move from the desk to the round table to eat, but his legs were numb from sitting for four or five hours, and he staggered.

The maid next to him subconsciously helped him.

As soon as the two of them came into contact, they froze at the same time.

The maid looked at King Xiaoyao in fear, trembling all over, and collapsed to the ground: "Your servant, your servant..."

King Xiaoyao turned pale and closed his eyes weakly: "You go down."

Suddenly two male servants came in from outside. They were neither servants nor guards, and they said nothing. But like an eagle catching a chick, they grabbed the maid's arms, one on each side, and dragged her away!

King Xiaoyao acted as if he didn't see anything. He supported his legs, slowly moved to the round table, and sat down with difficulty.

A table of dishes, including meat and vegetables, four cold dishes and four hot dishes, was placed in front of him.

Another maid came in and stood beside him again, lowering her head and saying:

"Mammy said that the prince has not been active all day, so he shouldn't eat too much for dinner, otherwise he won't be able to digest it."

After saying that, someone came up and cleared away the dishes, leaving only a plate of pickled cucumbers.

"Mammy said that when the Supreme Lord was young, he once taught the officials of the country: Every meal should be appreciated as it is not easy to come by.

"Your Highness drank alcohol last night, so he must have an upset stomach. Drink some porridge tonight to clear your stomach."

Next to the pickled cucumbers, a bowl of white porridge was placed.

King Xiaoyao lowered his eyes and reached out to serve the porridge.

Both of his hands were shaking slightly.