Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

“At first, I was a senior fellow student of Jingshun!

"It's just that he was more talented than me, so he was chosen after three or two years. I have mediocre talent, and I was originally planning to be a gatekeeper in the hall in the future.

"Who knew that Jingshun would make a mistake with the master, so he had to exchange the servant for him."

Jing Li frankly reported his and Jingshun's background.

Wang Xifeng nodded with satisfaction: "Which Li?"

"Li Shu... Li means common people." Jing Li crossed his arms and said proudly, "The names of the forty people who started practicing martial arts first were all given by the prince himself."

Wang Xifeng was immediately annoyed: "That means you don't want me to change it."

"Of course not." Jing Li said hurriedly, "The inner court said that from today on, I am Cheng Hui's slave. If Cheng Hui doesn't want me anymore, I will be sent to the border army to be a slave to the armored men!

"Master, if you feel that my name is not easy to pronounce, or if it does not match my sisters and brothers, then please give me a new name!"

Wang Xifeng waved her hand and said, "That's enough. The prince cares about the world, and your name is a warning to me - don't let your personal interests disrupt His Highness's plan to settle the world.

"If you work diligently for me, I will live peacefully in the palace.

"We are a good match."

Overnight, the Eastern Palace, which seemed to be peaceful except for the replacement of a eunuch, was in turmoil again.

The prince just felt exhausted.

Mo Chenghui didn't even leave the Daming Palace before being left behind by Empress Mo to "keep her company." The Mo family didn't have the nerve to send another daughter to the East Palace so soon.

While Empress Mo was annoyed at her natal family's failure to live up to expectations, she suddenly put the blame on Jia Yuanchun, thinking that it was her bad idea that caused her natal family to lose face in front of her son.

As a result, Jia Yuanchun, who had just received a reward, suddenly had a lot of mending jobs to do, and several gentlemen serving as officials in the court from the Rong and Ning mansions suddenly became disliked by many censors.

This incident forced the Rong family to think of ways to bring their son-in-law Lin, who was an official in another place, back to the Lantai Temple in the capital to help ward off this evil trend.

This is another story, don't mention it.

But just after returning to the East Palace, he heard that Zitang found an excuse to bring people from the two palaces to Cheng'en Palace, which almost hurt Heke and Tao Ge'er. Jingshun, whom he had placed in the East Palace of Yi Qiu, had to take action, and the news was discovered by Wang Xifeng.

The prince's back teeth were almost broken.

"How can they stop?!"

Qinghai wiped the cold sweat in fear.

The prince has only these two children. If they were all killed today because of that silly girl's negligence, not to mention the court officials, even the common people would have less respect for them. I wonder how many nonsense they would make up about the prince's family being in turmoil and the prince's authority being weakened!

"Your Highness, I estimate that everyone in the palace will know about this matter by tomorrow morning at the latest. You have to prepare early." Qinghai reminded in a low voice.

The prince closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Please ask Madam Duan to come back."

Qinghai's eyes opened wide in an instant!

Duan, Aunt Duan...

Qinghai felt his heart tremble!

In the afternoon of the next day, three tutoring aunts were suddenly sent out from the Daming Palace, one for each of Wu Liangyuan, Mei Liangyuan and Geng Chenghui; and two nannies, one for each of Prince Duan and Princess Heke.

The Crown Princess looked at the two maids standing in front of her with their backs straight and the three aunts dressed in palace dresses with their eyes downcast. Her fingernails, dyed with bright red nail polish, almost pierced through her sleeves. "How can I let my father and mother worry so much? Quickly give the maids and aunts seats."

Nanny Weng, with a round face and a smile, took a step forward and said, "We dare not. Thank you, Crown Princess, for the invitation to sit on the throne.

"We servants were originally the Empress Dowager's servants. Your Majesty is kind and has kept us here until now.

“Over the years, some of the old slaves have been circulating in the six bureaus, some have been serving in front of the emperor, and some have been looking after the young princes and royal family members for the deceased concubines.

"Now, His Majesty and the Queen have sent us to the East Palace out of their grace in order to find a place for us to spend the rest of our lives.

"I will serve Prince Duan in the future. As for the palace maids and eunuchs around the Prince, as well as their food, clothing, housing and transportation, I will follow the example of how Your Majesty raised the young princes in the past and make good arrangements.

"This Madam Ji once served the young Princess Yongning. Your Majesty specially assigned her to Princess Heke.

“These three aunts are clearly named Zhang, Xiao, and Zhai. They were selected by the Queen and bestowed upon Wu Liangyuan, Mei Liangyuan, and Geng Chenghui.

"The Queen said that she was given the title of tutor because Wang Chenghui didn't study. Now it seems that whether you study or not, it's better to have a tutor to supervise you while serving in the palace."

The Crown Princess could no longer hold back her smile, and she spoke with a hint of anger: "How can my mother be so partial? Why don't you give me an aunt to teach me?

“The East Palace has been in trouble time and again, and it all comes down to my poor discipline.

"It would be great if an aunt could come and teach me so that I can get rid of the root cause!"

Nanny Weng did not back down, and did not even feel embarrassed, but smiled calmly and said, "Prince Duan is still young, and it will take at least six or seven years for him to have his own palace.

"For the past six or seven years, since I have been serving the prince, I have naturally been in the same room with the Crown Princess all the time.

“If the Crown Princess has something to ask, I once served the Empress Dowager for five years, and later headed the Shangyi Bureau for ten years. Meng Fanshuang was just my apprentice.

"Don't worry, I will be able to serve you, Crown Princess."

The Crown Princess's face flashed with shame and anger, but after two or three breaths, she calmed down and said lightly: "It turns out that my mother took my face into consideration, so she gave Tao, who just turned one year old, a nanny."

Nanny Weng responded, "The Queen is very concerned about the Crown Princess. Everything she does is for the good of the Crown Princess. You will know it in the future."

The Crown Princess sneered barely noticeably, and then impatiently ordered people to take them to their respective places. She also smiled and told Zitang, who had been slapped twice and had swollen cheeks, to:

"This is the blessing you get from being a clerk!

"You go with me and settle down. From now on, you will help Nanny serve the prince!

"If you make any more mistakes, I will sell you and your entire family!"

Zitang lowered her head with tears in her eyes and timidly asked Nanny Weng to follow her.

But Nanny Weng refused to leave. She frowned at Zitang's face and said, "There are also rules for punishing slaves in the palace. Not hitting them in the face is the most important rule.

"If the Crown Princess really dislikes this servant, just go back to the inner chamber and learn the rules.

"With a face like this, if I scare the little prince or princess, or disgust the crown prince, wouldn't that be extremely disrespectful?

"It seems that the Emperor and the Empress are right in their discussion. The Crown Princess is still too soft-hearted."