Chapter 382
Hinting that the Twelve Constellations hidden behind her were not allowed to show up under her orders, Xia Qingge walked towards the Empress Dowager's palace in a seemingly extremely leisurely manner.

"Hey, isn't this Miss Xia? Did I read it wrong?" An extremely gentle voice came out as Xia Qingge walked towards a pavilion in a flower garden, interrupting the footsteps of the three of them.

Xia Qingge paused for a moment, then turned to look at the people in the gazebo, then lowered his head respectfully: "My daughter Xia Qingge has seen the Concubine De and Weng Zhaoyi."

"Bold, my family Weng Zhaoyi has already been conferred the title of Concubine Chen by the emperor. Not only did you call out the rank of my concubine wrongly in a white dress without rank, you even failed to follow the etiquette of a concubine when you saluted. Could it be that you deliberately made my empress look bad? "

Standing next to Weng Zhaoyi, a palace lady in a long green dress scolded her coldly. Xia Qingge slightly raised her eyes and glanced at the palace lady, and said without saying a word: "Just now this elder sister seems to have called concubine Chen Weng Zhaoyi, and my daughter-in-law just now As my sister said, she is dressed in white, and she is in a deep boudoir, and she doesn't know much about the things in the palace, but seeing her appearance and style, she should be the most capable person around the concubine Chen, why is she still making such a mistake in terms of address? Big mistake?"

After Xia Qingge finished speaking, he looked at the palace lady calmly, with a slight smile on his lips, and from the corner of his eye glanced at the concubine De who was sitting next to him and the woman in brocade who was sitting in front of the palace lady.

"You—I just because you said so—"

"Sister, how can you be so careless, so careless, how worried is your mother to let you be by your side?" Xia Qingge was nervous and stammered when she saw the maid opening her mouth, but luckily she interrupted her and continued to explain. , took a look at Weng Zhaoyi, and saw that the latter really looked at the maid next to her with displeasure because of what she said, and the latter knelt down beside Weng Zhaoyi with a plop.

"Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die, I hope the empress will forgive me for making a slip of the tongue."

"Forget it, for the sake of your first mistake, let me forgive you this time. If I let Ben Gong see you being so outspoken, don't blame Ben Gong's subordinates for being ruthless." Anger arose, but since Concubine De was here with all the outsiders, she naturally wanted to protect her shortcomings to protect her face!
"Yes, the servant will never dare again, thank you for your kindness!"

"Elder sister knowingly committed a crime, how can it be a slip of the tongue? However, the concubine Chen is as kind-hearted, virtuous and virtuous as the rumors. My slaves have mistakenly called you in front of outsiders. You can be so magnanimous. If you say something wrong without knowing anything, the imperial concubine Chen will surely forgive your daughter, right?" Xia Qingge seemed to have an innocent face, blinking her big pure eyes without any scheming, looking expectantly at Weng Zhaoyi.

Concubine De, who had been sitting on the sidelines and watching coldly, couldn't help but twitch a small smile when she saw Xia Qingge's eloquence.

Xia Qingge glanced at Concubine De indifferently, and sneered in her heart. She was indeed a woman with a deep heart. Now that she was dressed in a white dress and her weak and pale face, she looked really distressing.

If she didn't know the real cause of the fourth princess's death, it would be hard to believe that the woman in front of her who hadn't seen her for several days and seemed to have lost a lot of weight would be the vicious woman who took her own daughter's life to pave the way.

"Hehe, what Miss Xia said is right. You are often in the mansion and rarely enter the palace. I don't know that these rules in the palace are justifiable. How can I be such a fussy person?" Weng Zhaoyi maintained a friendly smile on his face. However, the pair of instant sons are as cold as the air in the cold winter, frozen three feet, making people shudder.

Xia Qingge's rebuttal not only humiliated the servants around her face to face, but also humiliated her in front of the current biggest competitor, Concubine De.

"Why did you enter the palace today?" Concubine De glanced at Weng Zhaoyi, then turned to look at Xia Qingge.

Xia Qingge nodded slightly, and said softly, "Today, Qingge is here to visit the Empress Dowager and the Concubine De. I thought I'd go directly to your Chunxi Palace to visit you after going to the Qinghua Palace, but I didn't want to meet you in the Imperial Garden by chance."

"In that case, come here and sit down!" Concubine De barely maintained a smile on her face, and beckoned.

Xia Qingge obediently walked to the vacant stone bench next to Concubine De and sat down.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to have lost a lot of weight, but what's bothering you?" Concubine De took Xia Qingge's hand affectionately and said carefully.

"Thank you for your concern. My grandmother has been ill for the past few days, and the house is temporarily under confinement. There are many things to do, but I'm just a little busy. On the contrary, my mother, you have to mourn. The deceased is dead. If you want to take care of yourself .”

"Ah!" Concubine De's eyes were red, and the tears did not fall, "Sometimes in life, there must be something, and there is always time in life, don't force it. These days, my heart is full of grief, but after all, I have accepted my fate. This child's fate should be like this. Gong also can only recite scriptures and pray for her, and only hope that she will live a safe and happy life in the next life."

"I think the fourth princess will be able to feel the mother's love for her." Xia Qingge looked up for a moment, and looked into Concubine De's eyes without blinking. The latter's eyes were dark. At the moment when she seemed to have insight into everything, her eyes, which had always been calm and deep like the sea, finally became turbulent.

Ah!Xia Qingge withdrew his gaze, and smiled with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. Are you guilty?Saying such high-sounding words, I thought she wouldn't feel guilty.

"Qiaolan, bring me the refreshments I prepared for your empress."

Since the two were not maidservants in the palace, after Xia Qingge entered the gazebo, the two of them stood outside the gazebo and waited. After Xia Qingge's order, Qiaolan walked up with a food box and respectfully Put it in front of Concubine De.

"I heard that the empress likes to eat cherries. Qing Ge has made some desserts with cherry juice. Please try them!" Xia Qingge placed a French pastry with cherry juice that she made in front of the concubine De, deliberately ignoring Weng Zhaoyi's offer. Come with a cold face.

"The pastry looks bright in color and delicate in appearance, but I have never seen it before!" Concubine De glanced at a plate of pastries placed on the porcelain plate, taking a glance at it unintentionally. But when she saw the appearance of the pastry, she was unconsciously attracted.

Several court ladies standing beside them also desperately looked at the table. After staying in the palace for so long, they had never seen such dim sum.

Xia Qingge chuckled, and used the prepared chopsticks to pick up a piece of dish for Concubine De and handed it in front of her, "This is just something I did when I had nothing to do, I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Oh? Let me try it." Concubine De took a bite of the pastry Xia Qingge handed over, and nodded, "Not bad, it tastes very sweet, Sister Weng, do you want to try it?"

(End of this chapter)

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