Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

At that moment, Wang Xifeng immediately humbly asked what the chessboard was made of, how to place the first chess piece, what were the rules of chess, and how to win.

And so on. These and other questions sounded to Mei Ruoqin like they were not as important as those of her younger brother.

Mei Ruoqin felt more and more sympathetic towards this girl. She almost involuntarily treated her as her own little sister and began to explain to her from the beginning in a soft voice:

"According to ancient legend, Emperor Yao's son Danzhu was naughty and unruly, so Emperor Yao made chess to teach his son to become a talented person."

Wang Xifeng blinked her eyes and said, "It means that Yao's son didn't learn well, so Yao invented chess - learning chess will make him good?"

Mei Ruoqin was speechless for a moment, then smiled and said, "As a parent, we should do our best to teach our children. Besides, learning chess requires one to calm down, and secondly, one must learn to control the overall situation and proceed step by step. It is the best way to train one's character!"

Wang Xifeng thought: That may not be the case. Yingchun, the best chess player among the Jia sisters, has neither learned to control the overall situation nor to conquer cities and territories. She has only trained herself to be indifferent to everything. What's the point? !

Seeing that she was silent, Mei Ruoqin knew that she must not accept this statement. She couldn't help but laugh angrily and asked, "Why, do you even have objections to this?"

"My distant cousin... my aunt, is good at chess. But she is very cowardly. The capable people around her were gradually eliminated, but she had no reaction at all. Her favorite book in her life was "The Great Induction and Response".

"Then one moment she was engaged, and the next moment she was tortured to death by her husband's family.

"With such a temper, what's the point of learning more chess?" Wang Xifeng blurted out. Immediately, she covered her mouth with both hands, looked at Mei Ruoqin with horror, and quickly let go of her hands, whispering anxiously, "My dear sister, please don't tell anyone!"

Mei Ruoqin reluctantly pushed aside the chessboard and looked at her. After a moment, she made up her mind: "Forget it. I won't teach you this."

Turning to Mei Shu, he asked, "Did your family bring your zither?"

"I brought it. But it's that Miss Zhang... Chenghui doesn't like her very much." Mei Shu answered with his head down.

Mei Ruoqin shook her head and said, "It's okay, bring it here."

While waiting for the maid to fetch the zither, Mei Ruoqin first told Wang Xifeng the origin of the zither: "It is said in ancient times that Fuxi made a zither with silk as the string and paulownia as the body. Fuxi made it with only one string. Emperor Shun decided to make it with five strings, which represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

"Later, King Wen of Zhou added a string, and King Wu of Zhou added another string, so the zither had seven strings, and that's it."

At this moment, the zither was brought in, and Mei Ruoqin placed it on the table. Wang Xifeng stretched her neck to look at it curiously.

Mei Ruoqin pushed the body of the zither in front of her, pointed at it one by one, and said softly: "In ancient times, people compared the zither to a phoenix. This side is the phoenix head, this is the phoenix neck, shoulders, waist, and the wide part is the phoenix wings..."

Then he turned the zither over and played it for her to hear, "This is Yueshan, this is Chenglu, this hole is called Longchi, this one is called Fengzhao..."

After clicking on every part, I asked her to touch the strings.

Wang Xifeng touched it carefully and then quickly withdrew her hand.

Mei Ruoqin smiled, put the zither away, and stretched out her fingers to show her: "This fingering is called rubbing, and this is picking..."

There were two clang sounds, with different voices.

Wang Xifeng opened her eyes wide in surprise, her eyes full of eagerness to try!

Mei Ruoqin took her hand and said, "You try it!"

"Can I do it?" The smile on Wang Xifeng's face suddenly became dazzlingly bright!

Mei Ruoqin was almost dazzled by her smile. She was slightly startled and praised with a smile: "Sister is so smart and beautiful! She is still young now. I am already looking forward to the day when sister blooms."

Then he pointed at his zither and told Wang Xifeng: "Try it!"

Wang Xifeng smiled innocently, bit her lower lip, and carefully plucking the strings of the zither with her index finger.

Buzz~!

Mei Ruoqin looked at her and smiled.

Wang Xifeng became happy and reached out her hand again, this time with her middle finger.

But this time she gathered her strength, and with just one finger she plucked the string, and it broke with a snap!

Mei Shu immediately became anxious: "Cheng Hui!"

Wang Xifeng was also startled and subconsciously hid her hands behind her back!

Mei Ruoqin's face changed drastically when she saw it, and she asked, "Did you cut your hand? Bring it here quickly, let me see!"

"I, I..." Wang Xifeng was at a loss when she grabbed her hand and asked her to look through it carefully. Her eyes turned red. "I broke your piano, but you didn't blame me. You even worried about my hand..."

Mei Ruoqin checked her fingers over and over to see if they were fine, then she breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing her condition, she smiled sweetly, "It's just a string. I'll find another one and fix it.

"Besides, I don't really use it. I just brought it up to tell you about it."

"Sister Mei, you are so kind!" Wang Xifeng hugged her with red eyes, and her tears fell directly on her hands.

The tears burned Mei Ruoqin so much that she trembled.

This was the first time she was hugged by someone other than her sisters. She froze immediately, not to mention the hot tears, which made her feel at a loss.

Fortunately, the two side halls had been cleaned by now, and Mei Ruoqin took the opportunity to say goodbye.

The two of them said goodbye and returned to their respective residences.

Wang Xifeng entered the East Side Hall, looked around, stretched herself in front of the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting obediently for her first lecture, and praised with admiration:

"Look at them! Look at me!

"It's like, they are the clouds chasing the moon in the sky, and I am the donkey pulling the cart on the ground!"

The two eunuchs and two young palace maids assigned to her had learned the palace's rules of being cautious in what they said and did, so they never expected to hear such vulgar words from their new masters!

They couldn't help laughing all of a sudden, and they all lowered their heads, but they couldn't suppress the upward curves of their lips.

An'er sighed inwardly, glared at Wang Xifeng, signaling her not to talk nonsense, and helped her sit down at the top of the outer room.

Wang Xifeng glared back, "I talk like this at home, why can't I do that now that I'm in the palace? Aunt Meng didn't even forbid me from saying this or that, so why bother me?"

An'er: ...Help! What should I do if my master wants to let himself go?

"As for me, I have never been to school, but I admire scholars the most. Sister Mei Chenghui from the West Palace is a kind-hearted scholar. We live like neighbors, I respect her, she helps me, this is the best way to get along.

"You all remember what I say: I am your master, and you should obey me.

“As for the rest, I’ll say it again, I haven’t been to school, but our Wang family is a military family, so I have learned how to use fists, kicks, swords and guns.

“So, don’t mess with me.

"Otherwise, if I really raise my hand to hit someone, and if a slap doesn't knock out two teeth, then all my efforts over the years will be in vain."

Wang Xifeng rolled up her sleeves and showed her well-defined arms to the servants.

The two little palace maids looked confused and astonished.

Seeing that no one said anything, a young eunuch raised his head and smiled to curry favor, "Master, you are in good health and will have great fortune in the future! I will obey your every word!"

Wang Xifeng pursed her lips and smiled: "Well, I like to hear that. What's your name?"

"I entered the palace when I was young. I have no surname, my name is Fuguier!" The little eunuch had a round face and his teeth were visible when he smiled.

Wang Xifeng said seriously: "This is a good name! I like it!"

After asking the other three, he learned that the other eunuch was called Jingshun, and the two palace maids were called Qiaolian and Qiaogui.

I won’t mention all those trivial things.

Evening comes.

An'er and Ru'er both began to feel slightly excited.

When the lights came on, the two of them began to clean the room, asked for hot water, and urged Wang Xifeng to bathe carefully from head to toe.

Finally, everything was done by the two of them. Wang Xifeng, who had washed herself fragrantly, fell on the bed speechlessly. An'er and Ru'er waited nervously beside her, frequently looking at the door of the side hall.

"The Crown Princess has already said that there is a flood outside and the Crown Prince is very busy these days. It's obvious that he has no time to pay attention to us!"

Wang Xifeng yawned, "What's more, I'm only thirteen, but Sister Mei is already sixteen.

"Even if the prince comes back tonight and is still interested, it won't be my turn!"

After hearing this, the two maids realized that it made sense and immediately became dejected.

Wang Xifeng smiled, and lay there for a few breaths, then said in boredom: "Why is it so quiet..."

"The girl is still talking!" An'er sighed, then sat down on the footstool in front of the bed, raised his head and said, "How come I lost the black gold just by going out for fun?

"I've raised it for five years... Now that it's gone, I'm not used to fighting with the parrot."

Ru'er also came over, looked at Wang Xifeng and asked carefully: "It's okay that the black gold is lost. Why didn't you bring the parrot?"

Wang Xifeng snorted and rolled up her sleeves: "It's too annoying! Let it stay at the Wang family for a few more days!"

Wang Family...

On the first day in the palace, the three of them subconsciously stopped thinking about the Wang family.

But once we start chatting, no matter what we talk about, we can't avoid that place full of unpleasant memories.