When Yuliu returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, it was already noon, and at this time, in the dormitory.

Shang Kelan was cooking a plum plant by the window, and the room was very quiet.

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, but I saw Yuliu hurriedly come to Shang Kelan and kneel down, and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave has something to report!" ”

After Shang Kelan dusted off the snow on the plums, she waved her hand to the palace maids.

The palace maids immediately bowed and retreated, and closed the door.

Shang Kelan turned around, lowered her eyes and looked at Yuliu and said, "Get up and talk." ”

"Yes, sissy."

Yuliu got up, handed the receipt hidden in his sleeve to Shang Kelan with a solemn expression, and said: "Niangniang, when the slave maid went to the sect workshop, I saw that the people from Ximeng Palace took Chen Zhaoyi away, and this receipt was found by the slave maid from Chen Zhaoyi's purse. ”

"And the slave maid also inquired that the day before the fire in Xianya Palace, Chen Zhaoyi's personal palace maid calligraphy and painting, and a woman in a black cloak went to the imperial dining room to buy a lot of wine privately, and the slave maid thought that this matter was very important, so she hurriedly reported the matter to Niangniang and asked Niangniang to deal with it."

After patiently listening to Yuliu's words, Shang Kelan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then she put the receipt away.

"Hongu understands, you can step down."

Yuliu was stunned for a moment, thinking that Shang Kelan would be angry, scared, and would give an order for her to investigate thoroughly, but she didn't expect Shang Kelan to be unexpectedly calm.

Seeing Yuliu standing still, Shang Kelan looked at her with some confusion and said, "Why don't you leave?" Didn't you say to step down? ”

Shang Kelan's temper was a little uncertain, and Yuliu didn't dare to touch her brow, so she had to say, "Yes, Niangniang." ”

It's just that she was just about to leave the dormitory, but she was suddenly pulled by someone.

Yuliu was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look, and saw Shang Kelan holding her hand, handing her a white and soft handkerchief, and said: "There is cold sweat on my forehead, don't take the risk to inquire about too important news in the future, there are not many people around the palace, and there are ...... Thank you for saving Hongu's life last night. ”

Shang Kelan lowered her eyes and said, her expression was calm, and after handing her the handkerchief, she came to the window again and pruned the plum.

Yuliu involuntarily clenched her handkerchief, but her heart trembled, as if someone had touched the soft place in her heart.

For so many years, she has long been accustomed to serving others, and no master has ever treated her as an equal like Shang Kelan.

No one had ever said thank you to herself, and this was the first time Yuliu had heard someone say that to her.

Unexpectedly, Yuliu likes this feeling very much.

Her eyes were slightly warm, and she bowed her head and saluted, "Thank you for your concern." ”

This sentence of thanks is true, and this sentence of the master is also true.

After Yuliu left, Shang Kelan put down her scissors and looked at the receipt in her hand with a cold expression.

She pinched the receipt with a little more force in her fingertips, and her skin and flesh turned white.

Zhao Kexi ...... Did you let the calligraphy and paintings buy wine just to burn the palace to death in the Xianya Palace? ”

After she muttered in a low voice, in her memory, the scene of Zhao Kexi's cruel words to her before was revealed again.

"You slut, I won't let you go!"

Zhao Kexi's appearance when she said this sentence viciously appeared in Shang Kelan's mind, and then, her eyes darkened, and she put the receipt in her sleeve.

At this moment, Fupp walked in respectfully.

"The slave sees Concubine Chen, Qi Niangniang, the slave has found out, the periphery of the palace wall of Xianya Palace was poured with spirits, someone deliberately set fire, I don't know who sealed the mouths of those servants in the Internal Affairs Office, and the Internal Affairs Office blamed the reason for the fire in Xianya Palace on the palace maid who kept vigil in the kitchen that night, and the palace maid had become a guilty lamb and was beheaded."

After coming out of the cold palace, Fu Pu went to the Internal Affairs Office to investigate in depth, and only then did he delay some time, otherwise he would have returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace in the morning. 1234

After listening to Fupu's words, Shang Kelan said: "No need to check, this matter is over." ”

Fu Pu was startled, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Shang Kelan: "Niangniang, why is this?" Do you already know the real culprit? ”

As soon as the words fell, he felt that he was a little too talkative.

This harem wants to put Shang Kelan to death, who else can there be besides Concubine Jia?

The contradiction between the two of them was in Fupu's eyes, and for a while, Fupu quickly bowed his head and said: "Niangniang forgives her sins, it's a slave who is too talkative." ”

Shang Kelan bent down to help him up, and said, "Manager Fu, you don't have to be polite to this palace, you have also helped this palace a lot, and over there in the cold palace, Gardenia and Zhiqiu will bother you to take care of it." ”

Fupu hesitated: "Niangniang, why don't you just send them out of the palace?" ”

"They...... Will be back. ”

Gardenia's personality Shang Kelan understands that Zhiqiu has no relatives and no reason outside, and he is friendly with Gardenia and himself, so it is absolutely impossible to leave the palace.

After Shang Kelan said such a sentence indifferently, she said: "Your Majesty is about to go to the imperial study, you can go and take care of it, you don't need to watch it here in the palace." ”

Seeing that Shang Kelan didn't want to say more, Fu Pu respectfully withdrew.

And the slaves and maids who served Shang Kelan in the dormitory were also sent out by her, and she continued to prune her plums alone in front of the window, and no one knew what she was thinking at the moment.

……

Changle Palace.

Zhao Kexi didn't even have time to change his clothes, so when he returned to the dormitory, he threw the purse in his hand into the incense burner.

Watching the incense burner being burned to ashes little by little, she breathed a sigh of relief, now that the only evidence that could connect her with Xianya Palace was gone.

Shushu followed, looked at her worriedly, and said, "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Kexi took her hand, looked at her tightly and said: "That purse contains the receipt of the palace and you buying wine from the imperial dining room, if people pick it up and expose it, the palace will definitely be killed by Concubine Chen!" ”

Hearing this, the calligraphy and painting were taken aback, and subconsciously looked at the incense burner.

But then, Zhao Kexi shook her and asked, "How many people died in Xianya Palace last night?" What is Concubine Chen's injuries? ”

The calligraphy and painting did not dare to slack off, and replied: "Niangniang, the slave maid heard that after Concubine Chen's maid witnessed her personal palace maid being stoned to death last night, she went crazy to His Majesty in the Palace of Heart Cultivation, and then heard the people in the Palace of Heart Cultivation say that Concubine Chen Niangniang was stimulated and had a demonic barrier. ”

"Demonic barriers? Really? Isn't she stupid? ”

Zhao Kexi's eyes lit up, he said happily, and then got up and said: "Go and prepare hot water, this palace is going to bathe and change clothes, and tomorrow I will go to see if that Concubine Chen is crazy!" ”

The calligraphy and painting lowered his head, his eyes flashed slightly, and said, "Yes, Niangniang." ”

After the calligraphy and painting retreated, Zhao Kexi sat back in front of the dresser and dressed himself quietly, and the woman in the mirror looked more delicate and beautiful after a while.

……

The dynamics of the harem are different, indifferent and difficult to understand such as Concubine Chen, ruthless as Concubine Jia, and Chen Zhaoyi, who thinks she is a praying mantis catching cicadas.

The cold wind is bleak, the cold palace, and the Qingqiu courtyard.

I don't know how long it took, but when Gardenia opened her eyes and woke up, it was already afternoon.

"Zhiqiu, wake up!"

She saw Zhiqiu lying on her side, so she gently pushed Zhiqiu.

Zhiqiu opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw that Gardenia was fine, he was suddenly surprised: "Great, Gardenia, you ......"

Before the words fell, Gardenia said to her with a solemn expression: "Zhiqiu, do you have any silver?" I'm going out of the palace! ”