Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

When Changying came back, Fuguier had already wiped Emperor Chongzhao's feet; Jianzhong watched him lie down and put up the tent.

Emperor Chongzhao heard the noise, raised his eyelids and glanced at Changying.

Changying understood and waved his hand. Fuguier and Jianzhong packed up their things and left.

Taking a few steps forward, Chang Ying leaned against the tent and reported quietly, "Xia Shouzhong has left the capital safely.

"Chen Duo just informed the servants that he has already arranged everything and is just waiting for the insects to make noise."

Emperor Chongzhao closed his eyes and hummed.

Chang Ying took a close look at his profile, paused, and said softly, "I was having dinner outside just now and heard a rumor that someone was hypnotizing the master..."

She gently told the story of how Wang Xifeng gave the jade item to the Empress and Prince Duan in the morning, and how the Empress returned the palace flowers as a gift. Later, she scolded Gan Lan, who had brought out the palace flowers, and wanted to drive her out of the palace. Gan Lan wanted to curry favor with her superiors.

"…Kai Lan was dressed up beautifully, but as soon as she left the room, she was tied up and gagged by the Queen's guards and thrown into the Taiye Lake."

Emperor Chongzhao slowly opened his eyes.

“After hearing this, I couldn’t help but ask, and only then did I know that the palace flowers were tributes from the imperial merchant Xue family, but they were given to the palace maids.

“But what the Queen actually wanted to give the Princess was the fresh velvet flowers that were just made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"The cabbage was deliberately replaced with a pile of Sakura flowers."

Changying whispered.

Emperor Chongzhao turned over, closed his eyes, and said calmly: "Since the queen's maid died, I think she must be very sad.

"Pick out some good things later and send them over tomorrow morning to comfort me."

Changying nodded his head and said yes.

Emperor Chongzhao suddenly remembered, opened his eyes, and asked again: "Mrs. Yuan left the palace?"

“Yes, I took the second girl back as soon as the rain stopped.

"Lord Wang went to the Ministry to check the funeral rites this morning. On the way home, he ran into a heavy rain and got soaked. He took a hot bath and drank ginger soup, but he still couldn't stand it and caught a cold."

Chang Ying muttered, then thought of something and said, "And the Nan Mansion, the funeral will be held tomorrow, and all the paperwork has been prepared and placed in the yard.

“As a result, today’s rain was a bit too late and everything was soaked into pulp.

"The princess was so angry that she sat in the mourning hall and pointed at the coffin and cursed, saying that the little prince of Nan was a bad person in both life and death, and couldn't bear to see someone live a peaceful life...

"It was the Lady of the County who persuaded us again and again, and found a laborer to rush a batch of goods. Now the laborer is still rushing to finish the work..."

Emperor Chongzhao listened, curled his lips, slowly closed his eyes, and slowly relaxed his brows: "Yes, the funeral of Nanfu will be held tomorrow. Is the reward ready?"

"Yes. It has been arranged. As soon as the palace gate opens tomorrow, Jiancheng will escort her there personally. Prince Xiaoyao has also been notified and will go there tomorrow."

The more you say a long-term win, the lighter it sounds.

Emperor Chongzhao stopped talking and fell into a deep sleep.

Chang Ying listened to his long breathing, then he straightened up and slowly backed out.

Outside the hall, Jingshun stared at the clear night sky in a trance, as a bright moon was about to become full.

In the corner of the corridor, Chen Duo and Fuguier sat on the ground in the dark and talked in low voices.

When Changying came out, the three people saw him and surrounded him.

"How is it? Are you not angry?" Fuguier asked anxiously.

Chang Ying shook his head, looked at Jingshun, and asked in a low voice: "Where are the two guards?"

"I don't know when the Queen has found a way, and these two have received orders to go to the Gyeonggi Camp."

Jingshun said in a deep voice, "We have to go there early tomorrow morning. I have already informed Guo Jian and he will stop them."

"In fact, the Queen did a good job on this matter." Chang Ying sighed and shook his head, "If she hadn't sent the guards away afterwards, it would have been superfluous..."

He ordered Jiancheng to stay and wait for Emperor Chongzhao to call him, and he called Chen Duo, "The emperor asked the empress to pick out some good things and send them to her tomorrow morning.

"While the emperor is asleep, please accompany me for a walk."

Chen Duo agreed, and Jiancheng quickly handed over a lantern.

Chen Duo took the light and walked slowly into the depths of the half-lit and half-dark Daming Palace with Chang Ying.

Penglai Palace.

Queen Mo looked coldly at the solitary lamp on the table under the window, motionless.

Aunt Han stayed with her quietly.

Yao Huang, who still had a childish face, was also standing nearby, but he would tilt his head from time to time to carefully look at Queen Mo's expression.

Queen Mo finally lost her patience and rolled her eyes: "Slap!"

Yao Huang quickly lowered his head and raised his hand to hit himself in the face.

"That's enough." Empress Mo stopped again, sighed, and asked her, "You can't even stand steadily, what are you looking at?"

"Your servant, I want to say... I have been here for a short time and don't know much about the old rules around the Majesty. I am afraid that I can't serve the Majesty well by myself...

"Besides, the usual practice for the Empress is to have a head nanny or aunt, a head eunuch, two senior palace maids, two eunuchs, four junior palace maids, and eight housekeepers...

“The palaces of the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine are full of servants.

"You are the only one who is missing so many people..."

Yao Huang muttered, bit her lip, and said softly, "I still remember that Madam Bai came once and mentioned that she wanted to give the Majesty a few servants..."

Queen Mo sighed, "I am the queen. The maids and eunuchs in the entire palace, the six ministers, and the eunuch department are all slaves serving me.

“There are few people around me nowadays, and that’s because I don’t like seeing so many people.

"If my aunt has to send servants from outside the palace, what kind of nonsense would that be?

"Wouldn't that be telling everyone clearly that I, the queen, am alone and helpless, like a ghost!"

Yao Huang was startled and quickly knelt down to deny: "I am short-sighted and didn't expect this! This is not what I meant!"

"Okay, if you don't understand, just stay quiet." Aunt Han interrupted, sighed, and asked her to go out.

Yao Huang walked away with a pout.

Queen Mo then looked at Aunt Han and asked in a low voice, "Apart from you, didn't your aunt arrange anyone else?"

Aunt Han shook her head: "The imperial palace is so strict. I was able to serve the queen because of my aunt's kindness.

"Your Majesty, please do not believe what others say about confidants, family members, or your own people.

“Those sent in from outside are arrogant and ignorant, and are more likely to cause trouble.

"There are many people in this palace who want to join the Empress and work in Penglai Palace. I will go and pick a few tomorrow."

Queen Mo felt slightly relieved and looked outside again without saying anything.

Aunt Han paused, and her voice became softer: "We don't know how many things will happen tomorrow, and the queen can't be sick all the time...

"It's better to rest early."

Queen Mo lowered her eyes and looked at her hands buried in the quilt, which were still trembling slightly. After a while, she hummed and lay down.

"Don't be anxious, madam. This is just the beginning." Aunt Han came forward and pulled the curtains for her, half-knelt at the head of her bed, and whispered to comfort her, "The four kings and eight dukes have intertwined forces and are too powerful to be eliminated.

"Your Majesty has already started warning us, and sooner or later the Emperor will deal with them!

"By then, let alone Wang's family, there might only be a few people left in the entire harem..."

Queen Mo's body slowly relaxed, her face also relaxed, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.