Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

The prince was silent.

But he moved his fingers, signaling Wang Xifeng to stand up.

Although Wang Xifeng was crying, she saw everything the prince did. She choked up, kowtowed again, and stood up.

After a long while, the prince finally said, "Many people are watching the actions of the East Palace."

Wang Xifeng choked on her voice.

That's true...

The one in front of him was a disfavored prince. In order to avoid suspicion, he had no friends in official positions, no close friends among the royal family, let alone unnoticed hands?

The emperor is old now, and he has only been the crown prince for five years, so his foundation is still shallow. If he is involved in this matter at this time and is discovered and reported to the emperor, no matter how he argues, he will be the one in the wrong.

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes twice before leaning forward and asking in a low voice, "Can't you tell the Emperor?"

The prince was stunned and turned to look at her: "If I report this to my father, it would be like selling out your Wang family and your Jia family!"

Wang Xifeng stood up straight, blinked her eyes, and said seriously: "They took the wrong road. If they could pull back one step earlier, they would fall into a shallower pit.

"In short, in my opinion, even if we put our families together, we don't have the ability to complete this matter perfectly. Not to mention, we can only rely on those dandy men in the Jia family!

"If this were made public now, we might be able to catch the person who instigated this, and the two governments would save a few lives!"

The prince listened to these naive words, chuckled, shook his head, and said, "If this matter gets to the ears of the emperor, the person behind this will never be found out."

Wang Xifeng tilted her head: "What should we do? Otherwise... since Old Qin Ye is the construction official, he has been involved in various projects, so he must have been greedy...

"Investigate him? And then send him to exile in a remote area?"

"If they really go to the border, I will be out of reach." The prince pondered for a moment, "But, your idea is indeed a good one..."

As he was speaking, Qinghai outside the palace shouted, "Your Highness, the bird's nest porridge has arrived. Have I brought it in?"

"Come on." The prince responded, and then said to Wang Xifeng, "Okay. You don't need to serve this porridge anymore."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng hurried down from the high platform and stood below to bow deeply: "God has mercy on me and allowed me to meet such a kind and gracious prince as Your Highness! How lucky I am!"

"Well, I accept this flattery." Before the prince finished his words, Wu Jin slid away from the couch and ran to Wang Xifeng's feet.

The prince immediately laughed in anger: "You are an ungrateful beast!"

Wang Xifeng quickly knelt down on her knees, hugged Wu Jin tightly in her arms, and pleaded: "Although this cat is not human, it is also my beloved pet that I have raised for five years...

"Please allow me to explain the whole story to the Crown Princess and bring Wu Jin back to the East Palace of Yi Qiu."

The prince stared at the black cat that turned around and buried its head in Wang Xifeng's arms, snorted, and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it. You can take it back. I will tell the Crown Princess."

"Oh, and Wang Ziteng submitted his farewell letter today, and the emperor asked me to consider whether to keep him to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

"What do you think?"

Wang Xifeng blinked her eyes and said, "My family is all in mourning. We can't have banquets or have fun, nor can we wear red and green and go to lively places to laugh heartily.

“No matter how thick-skinned my second uncle is, if he stays, he can only kowtow and chant scriptures to pray for the emperor’s birthday.

"But if that's the case, there's no need to stay in the capital. There's no place where you can't kowtow and pray.

"If the two sides were to argue, the emperor, my second uncle, all the relatives, and the officials in charge of the ceremonies would all be in trouble. Why bother?

"Besides, it's so hot today, it would be better to let my grandmother rest in peace as soon as possible and reunite with my grandfather.

"What do you think?"

This series of words was polite, well-founded and sincere.

The prince nodded in satisfaction: "Well, if that's the case, I will allow him to leave soon."

Qinghai came in quickly with Changying. One of them quickly collected the porridge and side dishes, while the other brought up the bird's nest porridge and a plate of mung bean cakes, a plate of chrysanthemum cakes, a plate of osmanthus cakes and a plate of glutinous rice cakes.

Wang Xifeng was standing below watching everything, and couldn't help but point at the dish and interject, "Mung beans and chrysanthemums are cold in nature, and your highness's stomach is empty, so eat less of these two."

The prince glared at Qing Hai and said, "You are worse than a thirteen-year-old girl!"

Qinghai bent his waist and smiled.

Chang Ying knelt down quickly and said, "I went to the kitchen and saw these four dishes. I didn't know which one the prince liked, so I packed some of each.

"Next time, I will definitely learn some medical knowledge and pharmacology, and serve the prince well."

The prince glared at Qing Hai again: "Now you are so powerful that you can order people around!"

Qinghai smiled bitterly and continued to bow.

Wang Xifeng blushed and fled with the black gold in her arms.

Looking at her nimble and graceful back, the prince ate half a bowl of porridge and said softly, "What a smart person..."

Qinghai was stunned.

The prince then glanced at Changying.

Seeing that Chang Ying had already collected the porridge and side dishes, Qing Hai waved his whisk to order him to leave, and then he approached the prince and asked, "Wang Chenghui, are you acting safely?"

The prince nodded affirmatively: "I am very good at going with the flow."

This is high praise.

"I only heard her crying. It seems that her temper is quite different from that when she was practicing martial arts." Qinghai frowned.

The prince finished a bowl of porridge in one breath, motioned him to get another bowl, and said with a smile:

“That’s how clever she is.

"Everyone knows that she practices martial arts. The first time she entered Cheng'en Palace, she almost beat up Li Liangdi's maid... The concubines and palace maids who want to take advantage of her have to think carefully. If they really reach out, will they be able to beat her back with a punch?

"But when she came to me, firstly, her status was that of a concubine; secondly, her family had done something wrong and she was in the wrong; thirdly, no matter what, she was just a thirteen-year-old girl. No matter how smart she was, she could not be as experienced as an adult man like me.

"So, it is a timid, plain-faced little face that can calm my anger better—"

The prince finished the second bowl of porridge while talking and put down the bowl.

When he wanted to continue, a scene suddenly flashed through his mind.

A little girl of eight or nine years old was rolling like a mud monkey. She was knocked down from a tree by a bamboo pole. Her foot twisted when she landed on the ground. The little girl's face twisted in pain and she sat on the ground hugging her legs.

There were several children's voices nearby, all clapping and laughing: "Your parents don't want you anymore! No one cares even if you're dying of pain! Oh oh! You deserve it!"

The prince was stunned.

He subconsciously reached out and touched his calf.

When he was thirteen, his younger brother took a small wooden sword and chopped off an imperial censor who had argued with his father. Afterwards, his father and mother treated his younger brother like a treasure, and he himself became a wooden decoration.

In order to compete for favor with his younger brother, he studied very hard under the guidance of his elder brother, the Crown Prince's teachers.

Later, I accidentally broke my leg while practicing horseback archery...

That's how they mocked me back then.

"Qinghai, go check what Wang Chenghui experienced in the Wang family after Wang Zifu left Beijing?" The prince hesitated for a moment, "Did he break any bones?"

Qing Hai was startled and lowered his head quickly: "Yes! I will check it out immediately!"