Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The daughter dodged too quickly, and Yuan Shi didn't catch her. At this moment, she couldn't help but glare at her, gritting her teeth and cursing at her in a low voice:

"Just like a monkey! After being in the palace for a long time, he has become more and more slippery!"

Just at this moment, it was raining heavily outside, and there was the sound of rain and thunder outside.

Wang Xifeng pretended not to hear her mother's complaints, and then she made an act of sighing and saying that she wanted to send someone to the Purple Palace to express her gratitude.

An'er pursed her lips and watched the mother and daughter battle of wits and courage with a smile.

After a while, Wang Xuanhe came out and the mother and daughter had lunch.

Yuan and Wang Xuanhe took advantage of the cool rainy day to have a nap in Yinyu Palace.

But Wang Xifeng became busy.

When Yuan delivered the message into the palace, she noticed that the weather was not right, so she asked Jingli to pass the message outside, ordering everyone in the palace to be careful of lightning strikes and check the roofs.

Especially in the warehouses, rain leaks must not be neglected.

It had been raining heavily for half an hour at this moment. Sure enough, the newly renovated palaces and pavilions were fine, but there were some leaks in the warehouses and other places.

She was busy coordinating and sent people to check the open and hidden drains in each palace, and to urgently repair the roof of the warehouse.

It was not until noon that Yuan woke up and saw her eldest daughter still busy at work, while the rain outside was getting heavier.

Emperor Chongzhao and Empress Mo both sent people to say, "It is raining so hard that it is inconvenient for Lord Wuling and Wan'an to leave the palace. Please stay overnight."

Wang Xifeng only expressed her thanks briefly, but immediately grabbed the person who brought the message and ordered them to go back and report to the Emperor and Empress about the possible dangers in various parts of the palace due to the heavy rain.

The one who came to the Purple Palace was Jianzhong. He listened carefully to Wang Xifeng's words and immediately said:

“Thanks to the noble concubine’s vigilance, the warehouses ahead are all fine. Although there are some leaks, they are not a big problem.

"All the open and underground drains are unobstructed. Even if there is water accumulation in the palace, it can be drained very quickly."

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, but still felt uneasy, and earnestly reminded him: "Tell His Majesty again to let the guards patrolling everywhere be more alert.

"It's raining heavily. If any palace maid or eunuch slips by the Taiye Lake, it could cost someone their life."

Jianzhong agreed seriously.

Wang Xifeng thought for a moment and added: "It is raining heavily in the capital. It is possible that some houses have been washed away and collapsed. I am afraid that Your Majesty will be worried again.

"Tell Chang Ying to prepare something for His Majesty to calm his mind and spirit for dinner, as well as something to dispel dampness."

Jianzhong grinned and bowed: "Your Majesty is waiting for you to say this!"

He then bowed and said goodbye to Yuan and Wang Xuanhe with a smile, then turned and left.

Yuan Shi couldn't bear to watch her daughter busying herself, and thought it would be better to leave the palace, out of sight, out of mind, and sighed, "I have a lot of things to do outside, too.

"Summer rain is worthless, so a bowl of ginger soup is enough. Let's go back."

"It's raining heavily on the road. It's unsafe. You're not allowed to go." Wang Xifeng made the decision to let her mother and sister stay, and ordered Jingli to go out in person to inform Wang Zifu.

The Yinyu Hall was bustling with activity when suddenly a bolt of lightning tore through the sky and a loud thunderclap sounded as if it had fallen on everyone's heads!

Wang Xuanhe was so scared that he let out a low cry and threw himself directly into Yuan's arms.

Wang Xifeng's expression changed, she quickly walked to the window and looked into the distance!

Oops!

Great angle view!

The imperial court admired the former Tang Dynasty from afar, so it worshipped Taoism. Taoist halls and pavilions such as the Sanqing Hall, Dajiao Temple, and Xuanyuan Emperor Temple were built in the palace to worship Taoist ancestors such as the Sanqing Zhenren and Taishang Laojun.

Judging from the direction of the lightning just now, it was clearly heading straight towards Dajiaoguan!

Sure enough, a loud thunder struck, followed by a shrill scream and the loud bang of a heavy object falling to the ground!

Wang Xifeng's eyes darkened and she coughed softly!

The sound was thin and long, piercing the rain curtain from afar, and seemed to have instantly penetrated the Daming Palace over a distance of more than ten miles, from the Yinyu Hall in the southwest to the Dajiaoguan in the north!

After a few breaths, as the human voices became louder, a few faint bird calls were heard.

Wang Xifeng's face darkened.

The lightning just now landed on the roof of Dajiao Temple and split off one of the eaves!

The Big Horn is the imperial court of the King of Heaven!

This is the blue dragon horn, the symbol of the emperor!

Now that Da Jiao has been struck by lightning, this has given countless ambitious people in the court and the country a perfect excuse to attack Emperor Chong Zhao!

Wang Xifeng took a deep breath, her mind racing, and suddenly turned around and asked Yuan Shi with a somewhat strange look:

"When mother was in the capital, did you know if there were any nobles in the palace who were devout Buddhists?"

Yuan was stunned for a while, then said uncertainly: "It seems that the late Empress Xiaoren believed in Buddhism. Later, many empresses in the palace also believed in Buddhism, but none of them were so sincere."

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "That's good!"

He immediately turned back to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a short piece of paper, then called Chunsheng loudly: "Take good care of this piece of paper, and immediately send it to Zichen Hall and hand it over to Changying personally. Listen, personally, hand it over to Changying!"

Chunsheng looked serious, bowed his head and crossed his hands: "Yes! Except for Eunuch Changying, no one else can even see a corner of this paper!"

Wang Xifeng nodded.

Chunsheng folded the paper and put it in his arms, took off his straw raincoat and hat, and rushed into the rain.

Wang Xifeng sat on the couch with a worried look on her face.

Yuan glanced at Wang Xuanhe.

Wang Xuanhe understood, took Chunnuan's hand, lowered his head and walked out to sit in the side hall.

At this time, Meng Fanshuang also hurried in and went straight to Wang Xifeng: "My Lady, someone just said that Dajiao Temple was struck by lightning!"

Wang Xifeng hummed and nodded: "I look in that direction, it should be."

"This is... troublesome..." Meng Fanshuang frowned.

Especially when he glanced around, he saw Yuan, and then passed Yuan and saw Wang Xuanhe who was about to walk out.

"Don't worry. It's all right." Wang Xifeng comforted her, then thought of something and looked up to ask her, "The late Empress Xiaoren, was a devout Buddhist?"

"Yes. Your Majesty is merciful." Meng Fanshuang paused for a moment and looked at her, "Royal Concubine..."

"I remember that there was a Concubine Xu in the other palace. She served the late Empress Xiaoren. Is that true or not?"

Wang Xifeng looked at her and asked.

Meng Fanshuang was confused and nodded subconsciously: "Yes."

"What is the relationship between Concubine Xu and the late Empress Xiaoren?"

"The late queen treated her very well, and she has always respected the late queen." Meng Fanshuang paused, "But it can't be said that their relationship is very good."

After all, it was she who betrayed the late Empress Xiaoren and slept with the retired emperor.

Wang Xifeng smiled slightly: "That's good."

Meng Fanshuang turned away unhappily, calmed herself down, then turned back and asked in a somewhat cold tone, "What's good about it?"

The corners of Wang Xifeng's mouth curved a little wider: "Fortunately, she didn't dare to say no."

Meng Fanshuang was puzzled, and Yuan was even more confused.

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Zichen Palace.

Emperor Chongzhao took the note that Changying presented to him carefully with both hands, suppressed his annoyance, and when he unfolded it and read it, his two frowning thick eyebrows couldn't help but raise instantly.

what? !

Is it possible to play like this?!

He couldn't help but order: "Call Chen Duo and Xia Shouzhong immediately!"