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Chapter 498 A Dream of Red Mansions - Wang Xifeng 25

Upon learning that she was arranged by Wang Ziteng to participate in the beauty contest, the clone Wang Xifeng was really helpless. Fortunately, although the clone's subjective consciousness belongs to Wang Xi, more of its subconsciousness belongs to the trader Wang Xifeng herself, and she is not so averse to entering the palace.

"Yes, yes. Wang Xifeng in Dream of the Red Chamber is an ambitious woman who likes to wield power. I, a 'modern ghost-calling bird', hate the idea of ​​entering the palace, but Wang Xifeng, an ancient woman, may not be the same."

Alas, no wonder people say that the story of "Dream of Red Mansions" is like a "ghost story". From beginning to end, there is no new life, only death. After putting myself in the shoes of the woman in the story, I realized what it means to be truly helpless.

The power of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes is too deeply intertwined to be easily separated. As long as you are in this camp, no matter how hard you struggle, you will eventually fall into destruction.

Prince Beijing was demoted to a commoner, Prince Nan'an was defeated and captured and lost his title, Rongguo Mansion was raided, Ningguo Mansion was raided, Shihou Mansion seemed not to be mentioned, but just looking at Shi Xiangyun's end, you can tell that it didn't end well either, the Xue family was gone, the Zhen family collapsed, Wang Ziteng of the Wang family died...

It seems that all the female members of the family, except Wang Xifeng who broke the law, were able to survive. But everyone knew that young women who lost the protection of their families would not have a good ending in the outside world. They would be trafficked by human traffickers, prostitutes, and even the nunnery that belonged to the monks became a place for the rich and powerful to enjoy themselves...

"Go to the palace, you have no choice!"

The clone Wang Xifeng gave up and stopped struggling. She had already completed her mission and her main body was free, so she could just deal with the rest. Given the emperor's character, he didn't kill many people in the final reckoning, and the innocent women even returned their dowries. If she had behaved herself in the palace and not made trouble, the emperor would not have taken her life.

The death of Jia Yuanchun in her previous life might have been related to her meddling in some matters. After all, apart from Jia Yuanchun, the other two concubines, Zhou and Wu, who also came to visit their parents, did not encounter any harm.

After figuring it out, time passed quickly. Before Wang Xi in the mansion could learn a few spells, the clone Wang Xifeng here had successfully passed the preliminary selection and entered the final selection.

After learning that Wang Ziteng sent his niece Wang Xifeng to participate in the beauty pageant, Prince Beijing was upset. Wang Ziteng had previously refused to marry Wang Xifeng to him as a concubine, and now he sent Wang Xifeng to the beauty pageant again, which made it clear that he looked down on him and valued the new emperor more.

In Rongguo Mansion, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were also unhappy. Both of them were unhappy because of Jia Yuanchun. Once Wang Xifeng entered the palace, not only would she have a higher starting point than Jia Yuanchun, but she would also snatch away Jia Yuanchun's support. After all, when Jia Yuanchun was the only one in the palace, even if she failed to become an imperial concubine, her relatives would still value her more. But if Wang Xifeng was elected to enter the palace, not only would the respect left for Jia Yuanchun be gone, but she would also be ridiculed a lot.

Another more important factor is the support of Wang Ziteng. Wang Ziteng is the only high-ranking official among the four major families and is Jia Yuanchun's reliance in the palace. In the current situation, even if Wang Xifeng fails to be successfully selected, as long as Wang Ziteng's attitude is there, everyone knows that Jia Yuanchun has been abandoned by Wang Ziteng.

Without Wang Ziteng as her backer, Jia Yuanchun didn't know how hard her life would be in the palace. Whenever Mrs. Wang thought of this, she couldn't help but hate Wang Ziteng.

"Brother, why do you treat me like this? Isn't my Yuanchun his niece?"

"I'm going to find my brother and ask clearly!" Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng have had a good relationship since childhood, so in his previous life, Wang Ziteng chose to support Mrs. Wang in the confrontation between Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.

Mrs. Wang now found Wang Ziteng's behavior totally unacceptable. She wanted to find Wang Ziteng and ask him for clarification. However, after she said it, she was stopped by Jia Zheng.

"Ma'am, forget it."

"My uncle has already made his decision. What will happen if you go find him?"

"Yuanchun is my uncle's niece after all. She is a cousin of the contestant. Maybe she can help Yuanchun after she is selected."

Large families value solidarity and when it does not involve their own interests, they always talk about supporting each other and achieving common prosperity. So in Jia Zheng's view, it may not be a bad thing for Wang Xifeng to really enter the palace.

But what he didn't know was that the struggle between women is different. Even if sisters marry the same man, their lives will change beyond recognition for the sake of favor and status.

Mrs. Wang didn't believe at all that Wang Xifeng would be willing to support Yuanchun if she was really selected, because if it were her, she would definitely not do that. If Yuanchun was selected, and the Wang family wrote to ask Yuanchun to support Wang Xifeng, Yuanchun would not be willing to do so.

However, only Lady Jia, who was also a woman like her, could understand Mrs. Wang's feelings. Men like Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng did not understand. In their opinion, wives and concubines should get along harmoniously. No matter whether they were legitimate sons or illegitimate sons, they were all their own children. Brothers and sisters should not fight with each other. Therefore, the same should apply to the two cousins, Jia Yuanchun and Wang Xifeng. They should be allies rather than opponents.

During the final selection, the emperor did not want to choose Wang Xifeng to enter the palace, but it must be said that Wang Xifeng's face was really beautiful, and the emperor was also a human being and he also liked beauty, so in the end he still chose her to enter the palace.

Although Wang Xifeng was sent into the palace by Wang Ziteng, she was only a niece, not a daughter, after all, so in the end she was only given the title of a noble lady. Wang Xifeng herself had no objection to this, but Wang Ziteng was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Oh, if I had known this would happen, I should have changed Feng Ge'er's name to ours a few years ago!"

The more Wang Ziteng thought about it, the more guilty he felt. He couldn't help but complain to Zhen. Zhen was also not happy. She had been with Wang Xifeng for so long that they really had a mother-daughter relationship. Seeing that Wang Xifeng could only start as a noble lady after entering the palace, she felt very distressed.

"Yes, Feng Ge'er has been in the capital for ten years. How many decades can a person have? I have long regarded her as my own daughter. I just didn't expect that the lack of a status would cause Feng Ge'er to suffer such a great loss."

The imperial edict has been issued, and there is no point in saying these things now. Soon Wang Xifeng entered the palace, and life in the palace was still as oppressive and deprived as before. Especially since the setting of "Dream of Red Mansions" is much closer to history than that of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", it is even more depressing.

Fortunately, Wang Xifeng herself was open-minded and had no intention of causing trouble again in her life. She stayed in the palace as a minor noble lady. As time went by, the emperor became less wary of her. Gradually, Wang Xifeng also gained some favor, and half a year later, she was promoted to Concubine Xi.

Jia Yuanchun was still working as a female official in the Queen's palace and had no contact with Wang Xifeng. Gradually, the people sent by the Emperor to monitor her finally confirmed that Wang Xifeng was not a spy sent into the palace by Wang Ziteng, so they could rest assured and dote on her.

So soon after, the clone Wang Xifeng became pregnant. The main body was not surprised by this. After all, the soul of "trader Wang Xifeng" accounted for a larger proportion on the clone side. As traditional women, having children is a good thing for them.