Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 259 Merlin's Encounter
After Bai Shao left, the cold wind blew over from the open door, and it was about to blow out the charcoal fire in the side hall, Zhi Zi hurriedly stepped forward to close the door.

"Let it be turned on, I think the wind is not cold."

Shang Kelan came to Zhizi's side at some point, and put her hand on Zhizi's shoulder.

Zhi Zi tilted her head to look at her, and said helplessly, "Okay then, my servant will bring you a big cloak."

His Majesty hunted a silver fox from the forest two days ago, and used the fur of the silver fox to make a warm cloak for the empress. It was embroidered with purple patterns and trimmed with gold. It looked graceful and exquisite in workmanship.

And worried that his mother would be afraid of the cold, he gave her the warm jade that Wang Yifeng had contributed before.

In this way, he no longer worried about Shang Kelan being afraid of the cold.

When Zhizi came back with the cloak, Shang Kelan had already left the side hall, and went somewhere unknown.

Zhizi froze for a moment, feeling bad, quickly notified Yuan Ge, Wan Dong, and Zhi Qiu to search for Shang Kelan together.

Shang Kelan just took a cloak, took off the scarf on her head, and walked aimlessly on the road in the palace.

The withered and yellow leaves almost fall off in autumn, and only a few leaves are left hanging on the branches alone.

The roads in this palace are long and clean. The maids and servants in charge of sanitation saw Shang Kelan, and none of them were surprised. There were even those who were frightened. , for fear of getting some bad luck.

Shang Kelan looked at their fleeing backs, kept walking, but smiled.

Not long after, she came to a plum grove, where wintersweet was planted. The wintersweet hadn't bloomed yet, but there were some buds. She stretched out her hand and was about to pluck a wintersweet flower, but someone pulled the corner of her skirt suddenly.

"Sister, don't pick the flowers. These wintersweet flowers are served by the elder brother of the servant who takes care of them carefully. Your Majesty told me to take good care of these wintersweets. When the flowers bloom, he will bring the concubine Chen to enjoy them."

Shang Kelan looked down, and at her feet, a boy who was just as tall as her thigh was talking to her seriously with a baby fat face.

Look at his appearance, about six or seven years old.

Shang Kelan's eyes flickered slightly, she withdrew her hand, looked at him indifferently and said, "Since your elder brother is guarding this Merlin, why are you staying here?"

The child's eyes were black and bright, he looked up at her, and said in a soft voice: "The elder brother of the servant is going to Ximeng Palace to do business for the concubine Jia, and he will come back in the afternoon to water the garden and remove the snow."

Looking carefully, although this plum forest is close to the Central Palace, it is under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Palace.

Shang Kelan smiled, patted his face, and said, "Okay, I won't take it off."

The child breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, a soft voice came from behind Shang Kelan:

"Xiaoshan, who are you talking to? Didn't they tell you to wait for elder brother in the room?"

This voice... sounds very familiar.

A face appeared in Shang Kelan's mind, she turned around and looked, and stood opposite the visitor, but Fu Qingxi stood opposite her, her eyes showed a look of astonishment for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses and saluted Said: "The servant sees the concubine Chen!"

Shang Kelan withdrew her eyes from him, turned her gaze to the plum blossom branch aside, and said indifferently: "So you are the one who takes care of this plum grove? I don't like it very much. From today on, you don't need to take care of this plum grove." gone."

"Crack!"

With a little force, the wintersweet branch in her hand was broken, and she held it firmly in her hand.

Fu Qingxi's expression remained unchanged, and he knelt down to salute and said: "I want to tell you, Madam, this plum forest is entrusted by Your Majesty to this servant to take care of it. Your Majesty's oracle, this servant dare not disobey!"

Shang Kelan moved lightly, came to him, bent down suddenly, and leaned close to his ear, pinching his chin with her slender fingers, like a ghost, said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Wen Chun's death , it has nothing to do with you, right? Judging from the time, you just happened to take the position of the chief manager of Ximeng Palace on the day Wenchun disappeared!"

Boom!
His heart sank suddenly, and a look of shock gradually appeared in Fu Qingxi's eyes.

It was not his original intention to attack Wen Chun, after all Concubine Jia wanted to get rid of her right and left arm, he just provided some Baihuaruanjin powder.

But Fu Qingxi is also a person who has experienced wind and rain, and soon said calmly and in a low voice: "Your Majesty must have misunderstood. The Concubine Jia is just admiring the slaves."

Shang Kelan pursed her lips into a smile, her eyes flickered slightly, and said, "Next, are you going to attack Zhizi?"

If what Shang Kelan said just now could still be considered a temptation, then as soon as these words came out, Fu Qingxi was sure that there was her internal response in Ximeng Palace.

Otherwise, he didn't leak a word of what he said to Concubine Jia two days ago, so how could Concubine Chen know?
At that time, apart from him and Concubine Jia, the only people staying in the palace were Bai Shao.

And it is impossible for him and Concubine Jia to tell Concubine Chen such a thing, so Bai Shao is the only one...

Unknowingly, Fu Qingxi secretly clenched the hand in the sleeve.

On the surface, he maintained a calm posture with a somewhat stiff expression, and said: "As we all know, Miss Zhizi is the maid in charge of Xianya Palace, how dare the servant offend Miss Zhizi?"

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Shang Kelan's face suddenly disappeared. She straightened up, as if she was a little bored, and said to Fu Qingxi: "You don't admit anything, you are like a rascal, then don't hold back." Follow the road of the palace, dodge!"

Fu Qingxi lowered his head, knelt on the icy snow, and moved a few steps respectfully.

But when Shang Kelan passed by him, he suddenly blinked at the child and said: "If you are hungry, or if you have anything to do, you can come to Xianya Palace to find me."

Since this child can be called Fu Qingxi's big brother, it proves that his relationship with Fu Qingxi is extraordinary.

Xiaoshan looked at her back in surprise, and replied after a long while: "Understood, empress!"

After Shang Kelan left, Xiaoshan quickly ran up to help Fu Qingxi up, and said worriedly: "Brother, what kind of empress was that just now? Why do you still want to kneel down for her?"

Even if Fu Qingxi is not working for His Majesty, as the chief steward of Ximeng Palace, no one would dare to make him kneel down.

But just now the empress didn't say a word, and the eldest brother knelt down by himself.

Xiaoshan couldn't help thinking of how rude he was to that empress just now, and couldn't help being a little scared: Will this empress come back to settle accounts with him and punish him for a crime of disrespect?
Fu Qingxi's eyes were complicated, his face was a little ugly, he rubbed his head, and comforted him: "From now on, you don't need to come to this Merlin. If you meet that woman just now, you should stay away."

Xiaoshan looked up at him in confusion, and asked, "Why, big brother?"

"Because... she is Concubine Chen."

Ever since he chose Concubine Jia, he and Concubine Chen have been at odds with each other.

When Xiaoshan heard this, she opened her mouth wide in surprise and was speechless.

After Fu Qingxi asked him to go back, he turned around and went to Ximeng Palace.

Along the way, his fondness for Bai Shao dissipated little by little.

If he wanted to seek affairs with Concubine Jia, there would be absolutely no room for a maid like Bai Shao around her!

(End of this chapter)