Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

"Shu embroidery? That's not what mother likes..." The prince laughed, "This girl's mind is quick."

Qing Hai smiled and said, "After all, Meng Fan Shuang is by her side. She has been in the palace for most of her life, and she knows exactly what the Emperor and the Empress like."

"Yes, that's true. Father is used to handing over all the things he doesn't need to mother..." The prince's heart moved slightly, and he asked Qinghai again, "What has the Crown Princess prepared?"

Qinghai bowed his head respectfully: "I heard that it is the imperial farm allocated to you in the early years, the dowry farm of the Crown Princess herself, and the crops from various places where your family relatives live. Wheat, corn, sorghum in the north and rice in the south.

"In order to keep it fresh, I heard that they haven't collected all of them yet. Those who came from far away have all arrived, and those in the suburbs of Beijing will pick it up in about three days."

The prince was delighted: "This is great! This is better than any other birthday gift!"

He paused and snorted, "This is many times better than the auspicious Shoushan stone that Zuo Chunfang prepared for me!"

Qing Hai sighed and whispered, "But I heard that this idea was secretly told to the Crown Princess by the Queen's niece when she met her in the palace half a month ago."

The prince's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Back then, the Empress Dowager specially selected Mo to enter the palace for the Emperor because she was attracted by the fact that Mo's mother had many children. But the Emperor still didn't like Mo's appearance, so he was reluctant to get close to her.

Later, when she was favored, I had myself. When she was favored the second time, I had Yongning...

Now that he only has two children, his father and mother must have thought of Mo's "ability".

"Go tell the Crown Princess that I will go over there to rest tonight and visit the two children.

"Tell Mei tomorrow."

The prince lowered his head and began to read the congratulatory messages sent from various places.

Qinghai responded, waved his whisk, and signaled Changying to go to Cheng'en Hall.

Only the master and his servant were left in Lizheng Hall.

The prince looked at seven or eight congratulatory letters in a row, but he felt bored. He looked up and around, frowning, "What do you want to chew?"

"The prince's eyes are sharp!" Qinghai bowed and struggled again in his heart before whispering, "I think there may be other meanings in Wang Chenghui's words."

The prince raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"

"Wang Ziteng also knows about Qin's affairs." Qing Hai only said this and did not say anything else.

He knew that going too far was not enough.

The prince hummed, holding another congratulatory letter in his hand, and looked into the distance. After a while, he whispered, "I will ask the Crown Princess to come to the palace tomorrow to meet the Jia family who is beside my mother."

Jia Yuanchun, the female historian beside Empress Mo.

Although she was not favored by Queen Mo because of her old relationship with Concubine Zhen, she was born in a noble family, was virtuous and dignified, knew the rules and regulations, and never made mistakes.

Now, not only Queen Mo, but also the Crown Prince and Princess Yongning who often visited her, and even Prince Zhongsu, who had only been to the palace two or three times during this period, all had a liking for her.

Moreover, Jia Yuanchun’s biological uncle is Wang Ziteng.

Therefore, if one wants to completely conquer Wang Ziteng, Jia Yuanchun will play a completely different but equally important role as Wang Xifeng.

In his heart, Qinghai silently said to Wang Xifeng, "May you be blessed." Then he bowed and praised, "Master, you are wise."

When Wang Xifeng heard about this, she gave a two-word comment: "It's useless!"

Sure enough, the next day, as soon as the Crown Princess came back from Daming Palace, she took a bath, changed her clothes and went to sleep. It was not until the evening when the Crown Prince returned to the palace for dinner and the couple sat opposite each other that the Crown Princess told her husband with red eyes:

"She said that she is the concubine of the Emperor and Empress, and the favor comes from her. If there is an order, she will tell you everything she knows.

“She also said that since her uncle had returned to the south, she wouldn’t be able to see him for three years, so she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to help.

“I said it was an emergency.

"People say that if it was really urgent, the Crown Prince would have dealt with it with lightning speed long ago. Why would he go around to a little lady like her? Let me speak directly, saying that I am the master and she is the servant, and I will definitely do my best to handle the matter."

Not only did he refuse again and again, he also mocked the Crown Princess!

The prince was furious!

At that moment, he shook the Crown Princess's hand, sneered, and said, "Earlier, Wang Chenghui said that the people in their Wang family were the most two-faced and pretentious. I thought she was just blaming everyone because she had a dispute with her uncle.

"Now it seems that not only the entire Wang family, but even the Wang family's niece has learned the essence of it!"

The Crown Princess sniffed in grievance, then tactfully let go of her hands and ordered someone to check on He Ke and Tao Ge'er: "Why haven't they come yet? Their father is waiting for them to eat!"

Zhu Qing wiped his sweat helplessly: "Zitang is recuperating outside, and the wet nurses can't control the two young masters at all. I have urged them three or four times, but the two young masters are mixed together and can't be taken away or separated.

"I just heard that the prince was coming over, and he insisted on painting me a fan with lotus leaves and lotus flowers, and he closed the door so that no one could see it.

"I don't know how he painted it, but he did finish the fan, but it got all over him. He's taking a bath right now!"

The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were immediately curious and asked for the fan to be brought over first: "Let's take a look at the painting."

"Don't let him touch it. Just put it in front of Brother Tao and stare at it closely. He will scream if anyone touches it!" Zhu Qing smiled bitterly.

As he was speaking, the footsteps of children could be heard from behind, accompanied by the giggles of He Ke and Tao Ge'er: "Daddy! Mother!"

The brother and sister ran out hand in hand.

Seeing that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were already sitting at the table with a smile on their faces, He Ke quickly let go of his brother and bowed in a standard manner: "Greetings to Father and...Mother!"

Tao Ge'er threw himself into the Crown Princess's arms, holding a fan high in his hand, and proudly showed off: "I, my sister and I painted this! It's so good!"

The prince first raised his hand to let He Ke come and sit down, then he took the fan with a smile, unfolded it and looked at it carefully with the Crown Princess.

It turned out to be a painting of an ink lotus, a round lotus leaf, and two lotus flowers, one of which was in full bloom with stamens painted on it, while the other was still a bud.

Although it is not a staggered arrangement, nor does it have any charm, the flowers are stamens, the lotus leaves are pointed, and the lotus leaves are round. The brushwork is surprisingly good!

The prince was greatly amazed: "The painting is so good!" He hurriedly asked the princess which master painter she had found for the two siblings.

The Crown Princess was also surprised: "No! We are not good at painting, and we didn't arrange these——"

After a pause, he glanced at He Ke and reminded him softly with a complicated expression, "The Zhou family... has passed down calligraphy and painting from generation to generation..."

So, it was Li Liangdi who had personally taught her daughter back then.

The prince was silent for a moment.

He Ke observed her expression and quickly changed the subject: "Brother Tao, do you remember that your sister told you to only tell the queen in secret how you painted this lotus leaf?"

Tao Ge'er immediately burst into laughter and fell limp in his mother's arms.

The Crown Princess hurriedly held her son and asked quietly.

Tao Ge'er whispered in his ear.

The Crown Princess also laughed out loud.

The prince pretended to be angry. As he was drinking tea, he knocked on the table with the lid of the teacup: "How come three of the four of us knew about it, but only I was kept in the dark?"

He Ke glanced at the Crown Princess, then got up from his seat, put his arms around the Crown Prince's neck, and spoke in a low voice.

The prince spat out a mouthful of tea!