Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Chapter 162 Blood Splattered Xinzheng

The Crown Princess naturally gave respect to Wu and Mei, and ordered the kitchen to send over the guest meal, inviting the two ladies to stay for dinner.

After sending Dong out of the palace in the afternoon, Wu Liangyuan hurried to Cheng'en Hall to take over Wang Xifeng's shift.

After returning to the West Palace, Wang Xifeng took a nap first.

When I woke up at the 3 p.m. time, the East Palace was decorated with lights and lanterns, and the people in the West Hall of Yi Qiu Palace finally felt a little like the New Year.

When she finished washing and dressing, she sat down at the head of the outer room. Everyone came forward with great joy to congratulate her on her double happiness. Wang Xifeng smiled and ordered people to look at the rewards, then said:

"You have been through a lot these past few years. I have sealed up the palace here, and you have neither glory nor extra income. You even have to endure the ridicule and contempt of others, and be locked up in this small place with me for three whole years.

"Today is our first year together, and it happens to be such a troubled time.

“It’s me who got you into trouble.

"Now I am a nobody and I can't give you anything else, except for the money in this warehouse. I won't say anything, so let's just give you the reward money."

The crowd cheered loudly.

An'er smiled and handed a bag to Jing Li: "Hurry up and take it. It's so heavy."

Jing Li hurriedly took it and found it was indeed heavy.

"It's all hard work, and it's not easy for you all. Regardless of your rank, each of you will receive a big red envelope. I wish you all a prosperous new year!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and asked him to divide it, "Go ahead."

Jing Li laughed and showed the letters to Nanny Ji, Aunt Meng and Xia Shouzhong first, and then gave each of them one letter.

Qiaogui took the silver, her face shining with strange excitement, and ran to Wang Xifeng, knelt down deliberately to salute, and asked with a blushing face: "Liang Di, you mentioned that you wanted to change our names a long time ago, but you never did.

"Now that Concubine Liang is very happy, everything is starting over. I would like to ask Concubine Liang to give me a new name!"

Wang Xifeng smiled without changing her expression. She said, "Look, you still remember what I almost forgot! Okay, if you want a new name, I'll give it to you--"

After a moment's thought, he pointed to a patch of red flowers and plants and said with a smile, "That bunch of red fruits over there are beautiful. It happens to be the New Year, how about changing your name to 'Red Bean'?"

red beans?

How can she be more vulgar than Qiaogui?

Ruer was stunned.

Qiao Gui's face immediately turned red, and she knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Master, for giving me this name! From now on, I will be called Hong Dou!"

"I'm glad you like it! Come on, get up quickly." Wang Xifeng's eyes flickered and she pretended to stretch out her hand.

Hongdou stood up and returned to her corner excitedly. She stretched her head to look at Ruer's red envelope and laughed softly, "Sister Ruer, Liangdi really gave us the same amount of silver? I always thought that you and Sister An'er got more than us!"

Ruer still smiled gently, but asked her: "The master wants to change your name, only the master and I know, where did you hear it from?"

Hongdou's body stiffened and she forced a smile, "Ah? I remember the master mentioned it when he was studying!"

"I was always there to serve the master when she was studying. If she had said anything, I would have remembered it." Ru'er gently pinched her wrist, "Sister An'er told me that I have always had the problem of talking in my sleep.

"We have lived together for the past two years, but I talked in my sleep at night?"

Hongdou quickly followed up on this: "That's right! I remember that my sister once said in a dream, Cheng Hui, change your name, I won't change it, let someone else change it, etc..."

Ruer let her go, still smiling gently: "I see. It seems I should keep my mouth shut in the future."

Unexpectedly, when Qiao Lian heard that Qiao Gui had changed her name, she squeezed forward to change her name as well.

Wang Xifeng laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth: "Get out of here now! I'm so tired today, and I don't have the brains to do such a thing! Everyone has taken the money, go back to your room and hide the box first!

"I have paid the kitchen to prepare a small banquet, and you have to bring the dishes and wine yourselves.

"Jingli and Ruer are on duty today, so everyone else can get drunk!"

The crowd cheered.

At this moment, a young eunuch outside peeked in.

Xia Shouzhong saw it, signaled to Wang Xifeng, and quietly walked out.

Everyone happened to be chatting and laughing as they went to the kitchen to pick up the food, so no one noticed.

When Xia Shouzhong came in, there was no one else except Jing Li who was guarding the door and Ruer who was serving in the house.

Xia Shouzhong looked solemn, walked quickly to Wang Xifeng's side, and reported in a low voice:

"Something happened in Daming Palace!"

Wang Xifeng was startled: "What's the matter?"

"After the banquet, everyone got drunk. Suddenly, a seventh-rank official from Yunnan jumped out, knelt in the middle of the hall and kowtowed. He said that he wanted to impeach the General of National Defense for provoking border conflicts, nurturing the enemy for self-reliance, killing innocent people for claiming credit..." Xia Shouzhong's voice trembled as he spoke these charges.

Wang Xifeng narrowed her eyes slightly: "The Great General Who Protects the Nation..."

"Zhang Song, General Zhang." Xia Shouzhong said in a low voice.

Wang Xifeng nodded: "I know him. He is the only brave general who did not follow the late emperor and Your Majesty to pacify the country, but still relied on military merits to be promoted to the rank of General Protector of the Nation..."

His expression also turned serious. He sat up straight and said seriously, "Go on."

"There were too many people. Your Majesty had no choice but to ask him where the news came from and whether he had any evidence. As a result, the man took out a blood-stained shirt with these words on it.

"General Zhang is now at the border, and he only sent his deputy general back to Beijing to congratulate the new year. He can't even make an argument.

"Who knew that Prince Su was drunk and came closer to look at the blood-stained shirt, and saw a big flaw in it, so he snatched the shirt away and asked the official: The material of this blood-stained shirt is tribute satin, and ordinary soldiers cannot afford to wear it.

"But if he is a well-known general, and there is no signature on the back of the bloody shirt, then we can ask the official where it came from and who gave it to him..."

When Xia Shouzhong said this, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Wang Xifeng's expression became heavy, and she asked softly, "Is it possible that the official can't say anything, but refuses to admit that it is a slander, so..."

Having said that, he couldn't bear to say it out loud, so he frowned slightly and looked at Xia Shouzhong.

Xia Shouzhong nodded slowly: "He died by hitting his head against a pillar in the hall."

Wang Xifeng sighed, "It's really unlucky to encounter something like this in the new year."

"Prince Su was close, and he reached out and pulled off half of the man's sleeve, but he couldn't stop him." Xia Shouzhong whispered.

Wang Xifeng suddenly had an idea and asked hurriedly, "How is the emperor? Is he very angry? Where is the prince?"

"The Emperor was so angry that he fainted. Fortunately, it was only a momentary anger and he woke up soon. However, all the ceremonies during the Life-Year Festival were handed over to the Crown Prince."

Xia Shouzhong's voice became lower and lower. "My old friend in Daming Palace sent me a message, telling us to be careful. The emperor is not in good health..."

Thinking about the past life, Emperor Shengping had been the emperor for at least three years. Wang Xifeng shook her head gently: "Tell your old friend that your majesty is blessed with great fortune. Don't let him have any other thoughts and don't seek death!"

Xia Shouzhong was stunned.

"Your Majesty has been a soldier for half his life and is well versed in the art of keeping healthy. How can such a small matter defeat him? I saw it clearly in the palace last night, don't worry."

Wang Xifeng murmured one last time, a sound that only Xia Shouzhong could hear, "It's still early!"