Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

After the morning court session the next day, Emperor Chongzhao asked Changying to pass on his order: "Your Majesty has ordered that Prince Jing, Prince Yong, Prince Shen, Prince Xiaoyao, Prince Leshan, Prince Beijing, Duke Xining, Duke Dongping, and the Prince Consorts of Yongning and Yongchang be granted tea tasting in the Purple Palace."

The expressions of all the people in the court changed as they heard the decree.

Especially Prince Consort Yongchang, who had just been reprimanded by Emperor Chongzhao two days ago, stroked his beard desperately with an extremely ugly look on his face.

However, Pan Xun, the Prince Consort of Yongning, heard the decree and followed the King of Yong, talking and laughing in low voices, and went there happily.

In the main hall of Zichen Palace, tea and snacks have been prepared.

There were several people, young and old, and everyone was accommodating each other, so they naturally did not walk fast. Just as they turned the corner, they saw a person with a silver-red dress fluttering in the wind as they walked into the Purple Palace.

Then, the angry voice of Emperor Chongzhao was heard: "Wang family! This is the previous dynasty! What are the rules of your Wang family? How dare you break in here!?"

Everyone's pace suddenly slowed down.

The Northern King looked back and forth, his face full of hesitation: "Where is the eunuch who delivered the decree just now? Why did he abandon us halfway?"

Prince Consort Yongning smiled and told him, "We walked fast and just entered the Purple Palace.

"The woman who was talking inside was the one who just followed his footsteps in.

"There were too many of us, so we walked slowly and couldn't keep up. Don't blame them."

"We have been in and out of this palace for many years, and we can't lose you!

"——What's wrong, Northern King? Are you afraid that it's unsafe in the imperial palace?

"Or are you afraid that His Majesty will use the cup-smashing as a signal, and five hundred swordsmen will rush out from both sides and chop us all into minced meat?"

King Yong teased him with a crooked mouth.

But when these words were spoken, not only Prince Beijing, but everyone around him turned pale.

Prince Consort Yongning hurriedly pulled Prince Yong and said, "Eleventh Brother, if the Emperor hears you joking like this, I'm afraid he will punish you by not allowing you to drink for three months!"

King Yong chuckled, "Okay, I won't say anything and I won't laugh anymore!"

A few people were talking and laughing in low voices as they slowly walked towards the entrance of the Purple Palace. They all pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the commotion inside.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't know the rules. The Wang family has never dreamed of having a daughter enter the palace as a concubine, so they have never taught me how to disregard etiquette and call a horse a zebra!"

Although the female voice inside had a crying tone, it was still charming and crisp, and even had a hint of metal and stone!

Prince Yong raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice: "I remember that this is the Wang from the East Palace, who was given the title of Liang Di by my father and later promoted to Gui Fei?"

"Your Highness has good ears." Prince Consort Yongning simply said perfunctorily, but refused to say anything further.

Although he had heard Wang speak at the New Year's Eve banquet, her voice was not like that.

There was grief, anger, accusation, and grievance in this voice, which made people want to defend her.

Amitabha, you shouldn’t have this emotion!

Prince Beijing also heard it at this time. His heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously slowed down his pace.

Wang was given the title of Imperial Concubine and assisted in the management of the six palaces. She also saved the life of the retired emperor and assisted Concubine Xu in presiding over the burial of Concubine Zhen...

Could it be that those cowards in the Jia family dragged the Wang family into this and implicated her?

Prince Beijing couldn't help but feel a little gloating.

Originally, she is the daughter of the Wang family, so the ones who should follow her should be the retired emperor, the deposed crown prince, and the four kings and eight dukes!

She was determined to seek refuge with the emperor!

What now?

She worked so hard that she even forced her own father to serve as an official for the new emperor, but she was still implicated? !

In the hall, the roar of Emperor Chongzhao was heard, interrupting everyone's different thoughts:

"Wang! If I give you respect, you will still be a noble concubine; if I follow the law, you would have been sent to the inner temple for questioning long ago!

"Don't waste my grace and become arrogant because of my favor!"

The woman's voice followed with tears: "Your Majesty! Did the Wang family follow the Zhen and Jia families to form a clique and plot against the law? My father has been away from Beijing for more than ten years. How did he know?

“If my second uncle and I were involved, Zhen Shi would never be caught in the Nanfu, let alone anything else!

"My second uncle will not leave Beijing easily!"

With a crisp sound!

Then there was the sound of the teacup lid rolling on the ground!

"Wang! How dare you!" Emperor Chongzhao was furious and shouted, "Take her away..."

Chang Ying's voice sounded at the right time, trying his best to persuade: "Your Majesty, calm down, calm down!

"The princess is still in the palace, Lin is still accompanying His Royal Highness Prince Duan to study, there are still several people in the six palaces whose pregnancies are unknown, and the queen is still sick..."

Emperor Chongzhao panted and yelled, "Get out! Go back to your Yinyu Palace! You are under house arrest!"

"Your Majesty does not believe in the innocence of my family. I will die here rather than leave!"

The woman cried.

Emperor Chongzhao slammed the table vigorously, but was no longer able to speak.

Chang Ying's voice sounded again, but he was advising the imperial concubine: "Your Highness, you are too anxious.

"It's just that those people from the Jia family got anxious and started making random accusations. Your Majesty didn't say he was going to arrest anyone, so why did you believe everything you heard?

"Besides, those spineless people in the Jia family are all very cunning! In addition to the Wang family, there are also your old relatives, the Shi family and the Xue family, they didn't let them go!

"But aren't the first and second masters of the Xue family gone? How can they be colluding? Isn't this just nonsense!?

“Even if they say that your families are related by marriage, they all have a connection!

"You don't know - they bit someone else!"

The woman's voice was quivering with doubt: "Who else did they bite? Apart from a few relatives, who else could have followed them to do such a head-losing thing?"

"Oh my!" The eunuch stamped his feet anxiously, followed by an inaudible whisper.

Emperor Chongzhao, before the two of them finished whispering, suddenly spoke again: "Changying, I asked you to pass on the message, but did you do it? And you are here to gossip openly?!"

The eunuch was startled, and he uttered "oh oh" twice, apologizing profusely: "I have passed it on, I have explained it clearly.

“But the princes were waiting for each other and chatting as they slowly walked over. I think it’s only two steps away, and we should be there by now!

"I will go and greet them!"

The footsteps came quickly towards the palace gate.

Bei Wang and others heard clearly what happened inside.

However, it is not a good idea to openly listen to the emperor's advice.

Several people looked at each other.

Prince Consort Yongning had stood beside the guard at the door without him noticing. He raised his hand and quietly stuffed a purse into the guard's waist: "We walked slowly and kept His Majesty waiting for so long. We are really ashamed."

The guard glanced at him, put his hand on his waist, stuffed the purse inside a little more, and bowed to them with a smile:

"It's okay. Didn't His Majesty urge you? Since you princes have arrived early, why don't you wait a while?"

At this moment, Chang Ying opened the palace door and saw everyone. He was startled and hurriedly stepped out, but turned around and closed the palace door, smiling:

"Ah, my Lord, you are sweating so much. You should stop for a while and let the sweat cool down. Otherwise, if you go in now, uh, ahem, it will be bad manners in front of the king!"