Chapter 574 Shameless

Si Linglong was playing checkers with a few kids in the house. She drew a design for the checkers board and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find a craftsman to make it. They also specially took stones of various colors and rounded them to make the board. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was worried that the board would be monotonous, so they deliberately carved pictures of flowers and birds on it. It was really exquisite.

The day she brought the checkers back, she taught Xuesha, Huayan and 朏朏 how to play.

Xue Sha and Hua Yan were young and liked it almost immediately.

At first, 朏朏 was still thinking about his role as an elder, and just watched Si Linglong play with the two chess pieces. Then, as they watched, 朏朏's furry head squeezed directly onto the chessboard, and he used his paws to pull at the chess pieces of another color placed aside, subtly and tactfully expressing his intention to play too.

So now they are all having fun.

Suddenly, she vaguely heard Shu Hong's scolding voice coming from outside. Si Linglong was curious for a moment. Shu Hong had a strict personality. She often taught the palace maids under her on weekdays, but seldom scolded in public.

Just then Qinglu came in with some snacks, so she asked her,

"What happened outside? Did the little maid do something wrong and make Shuhong angry?"

When Qinglu heard her question, she opened her mouth but seemed to not know what to say. Her tangled and depressed look made Si Linglong even more curious.

If a young palace maid did something wrong, it wouldn't have caused the two senior palace maids to be treated like this.

"What happened? Tell me quickly."

"On the way back from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Shu Hong ran into Deputy Commander Dai, who told her about the cold she had caught two days ago. Although it wasn't a big deal, it was a private matter of Yuxiu Palace. If outsiders knew about it, it must be because the maids under us didn't keep a tight lid on it, so Shu Hong simply told the people under us to pay attention to it."

After all, they are all serving the Empress. If they can tell others about Shu Hong's affairs today, they can also tell others about the Empress' affairs tomorrow.

Now that our queen is favored, and the palace maids in Yuxiu Palace are new additions, they have to strictly abide by the rules of the subordinates.

Qinglu paused as if hesitating, and finally spoke after a while, "Besides this, it's also the fault of Deputy Commander Dai. He stood on the road for no reason and said nonsense in front of the palace ladies. Shuhong is almost annoyed with him."

The last sentence was guessed by Qinglu herself. After all, Shuhong never showed her emotions too much, but she was with Shuhong every day, so she had a pretty good grasp of her emotions.

Si Linglong heard this for the first time and couldn't help asking, "What's going on with Deputy Commander Dai?"

Si Linglong was busy these days, but even if she wasn't busy, there was no reason for the people under her to bother her with these things. But since they asked, Qinglu couldn't help but tell her everything.

"Since returning to the palace this time, Deputy Commander Dai has taken various opportunities to talk to Shu Hong and even sent her gifts. Shu Hong explicitly refused twice. But Deputy Commander Dai still dared to block her on the road and talk to her. I think he has no shame."

The last sentence is still full of personal emotions.

But Si Linglong also knew that although Qinglu was sometimes jumpy, she would not easily say bad things about people behind their backs, which showed that she really did not like Deputy Commander Dai.

But from what she said, it was clear that Deputy Commander Dai had ulterior motives towards her daughter Shu Hong, so she asked him in detail about what happened the previous two times.

After hearing that Dai Jiangkuan had openly tried to please Shu Hong in front of everyone twice, to the point that many palace maids couldn't hide their ambiguous expressions when they mentioned the two of them, Si Linglong immediately frowned, and the next second, she slammed the table.

"This person is really shameless!"

Xue Sha was still carefully jumping the chess pieces, but Si Linglong suddenly slapped him, causing all the chess pieces on the board to jump. He couldn't help but let out a cry and wanted to complain, but when he turned around and saw Si Linglong's expression, he immediately shut up obediently and even moved closer to her, his little fat face full of gossip.

"Who is shameless? Linglong, tell me and I will bite him for you."

Qinglu was also obviously startled.

She herself deliberately said something about Dai Jiangkuan because she didn't like him, but judging from the Empress's reaction, could it be that Dai Jiangkuan is really shameless?