"That's what I said, but... Lord Chu, could you please put your gun in the right place and not be so presumptuous and rude to me?"
Xiao Lingyu's face turned slightly red as she said this out of the blue.
After all, they had been together for nearly half a year, so although she felt uncomfortable saying this, she was not shy at all.
Anyway... this is not the first or second time that the Chu thieves have been so shameless.
Well, I'm used to it.
After the little empress reminded him, Chu Yi finally realized that he had already taken his position without noticing for a moment.
This very intimate and wanton behavior seemed extremely disrespectful to the little empress wearing a dragon robe at this time and place.
Chu Yi thought it was funny, but did not take any action. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and hugged her tighter.
"Why, shy?"
"No... no..." Xiao Ling said in a low voice.
She knew Chu Zei's character very well and understood that he would not listen to her at all, and would only become more aggressive after her warning.
Chu Yi was planning to do something he shouldn't do, but at this moment, Yu Zhu hurried over from the door.
"Your Majesty, Lord Chu, the Minister of Revenue, Lord Cheng, is outside requesting an audience."
Yu Zhu's unexpected words made Chu Yi lose all other thoughts for a moment.
The raised hand just stayed there in a stalemate in the distance, feeling very unhappy.
Xiao Ling looked up at Chu Yi and saw the disappointment on his face, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.
"Let Lord Cheng in." The little empress waved her hand, but looked at Chu Yi with a very provocative look.
Chu Yi was unhappy, but didn't care.
It seemed that the little empress in his arms had escaped danger, but little did he know that she would cry and beg for mercy soon.
After receiving the reply from His Majesty, Yuzhu responded and then left quickly.
Xiao Ling propped himself up and tried to stand up from Chu Yi's legs, but just as he tried to exert force, Chu Yi held down his waist.
"Chu thief, what are you doing!"
This time it was Xiao Ling's turn to get anxious, and she raised her hand to punch him on the chest.
"Didn't you hear that Lord Cheng wanted to see me? How long do you plan to hold me?"
Chu Yi smiled and pressed the little empress's lower back, tempting her:
"Minister Cheng's visit to Your Majesty shouldn't affect Your Majesty's display of affection with me, right?"
Xiao Ling: “…”
Chu thief, you are really... shameless!
How dare you have such thoughts? Even when I meet my ministers, you want to take advantage of me. How dare you think of such a thing!
Xiao Ling panicked when he realized the Chu bandits' audacity.
She simply couldn't imagine that when Cheng Aiqing came into the imperial study, he would see herself, the emperor, sitting in the arms of the Chu thief.
The two of them were flirting with each other, looking like a loving couple.
Such a scene is probably even more absurd than those tyrant emperors hugging their concubines to attend court!
After all, she was the empress, and she was being held by her own minister.
Of course, it would be even more outrageous if the emperor himself were to discuss state affairs with the Chu thief in his arms.
In short, Xiao Ling blushed no matter how he thought about it.
"Chu thief, you are absolutely crazy! You have no shame, but I still have some! How can I face my subjects in the future if you keep doing this?"
She scolded and tried to struggle free.
But Chu Yi held her tightly, and seeing the little empress struggling, he continued impatiently:
"Your Majesty and I are legitimately married. Your Majesty doesn't want outsiders to know about your relationship with me. Do you think I'm not worthy of Your Majesty?"
"You...that's not what I meant at all!"
Xiao Ling was so angry that he wanted to die, but after struggling like this, not only did he fail to break free, but his dragon robe was wrinkled beyond recognition.
Before she could think about how to escape from the clutches of the Chu thief, she turned her head unconsciously and saw Cheng Xunyi striding in at the door of the imperial study.
Now, it’s too late for Xiao Ling to do anything else.
On the other side, Cheng Xunyi looked up and saw two people.
One is the Minister of Personnel Chu Yi. As for Chu Yi, Minister Chu is sitting on the dragon throne at this time, and the beauty in his arms is... Your Majesty?
After recognizing the two people, Cheng Xunyi was dumbfounded.
What's going on?
I just had something important to discuss with His Majesty, so how come I saw His Majesty and Minister Chu being so intimate in the Imperial Study?
He didn't understand at all, and didn't dare to speculate about the relationship between His Majesty and Minister Chu.
He was just guessing, maybe it was just like the rumors he heard from other colleagues, that their Empress was really Minister Chu's lover outside?
Thinking of this result, Cheng Xunyi was stunned and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look.
"Your Majesty..."
Facing the astonished and puzzled look of the Minister of Revenue, Xiao Ling felt uncomfortable all over and his face turned red.
At this moment, she grabbed Chu Yi's shoulders with her hands helplessly, not daring to move.
For her, such a scene was like sitting on pins and needles...
"Cheng... Lord Cheng, please stand up. No need to be so polite."
Seeing Cheng Xunyi bowing, Xiao Ling had no choice but to ask him to stand up.
At this moment, she felt a little relieved, relieved that she was sitting sideways instead of sitting face to face which was more intimate and embarrassing.
If Xiao Ling were to meet people in that sitting position, she would have wanted to die.
Cheng Xunyi also stood up politely, but still kept his head down.
"...Your Majesty, I'm here to discuss the preliminary discussions we had a while ago on commercial taxation and official system reform."
Xiao Ling forced himself to calm down and glanced at Chu Yi with a very sharp look.
"I know, Master Cheng... go on."
Hearing this, Cheng Xunyi's face showed an embarrassment:
"I have made a preliminary estimate of the expenses for the new tax law that I recently discussed with Lord Chu. Whether it's recruiting accountants from the public or adding new tax collectors to collect business taxes, these salaries will be a huge expense."
Chu Yi kept his hands on Xiao Ling's waist, making Xiao Ling a little absent-minded. He stared at him with his phoenix eyes, trying to warn him to be quiet and not to push his luck.
At this time, facing the discussion of the Minister of Revenue, I don’t know whether she took Cheng Xunyi’s words to heart.
But Cheng Xunyi paid no attention to the two of them and continued to narrate:
"Your Majesty, last year's natural disasters in Anbei and the rebellion of the Annan vassal kings cost the nation considerable resources. Officials from many regions have yet to be dispatched in a timely manner. Furthermore, if the northern Qi invades... I'm afraid the Ministry of Revenue's budget will be completely insufficient."
"The treasury is empty. If the war in the north drags on for too long, I'm afraid it will cause a chain reaction."
"I'm thinking, should we put the many policies we plan to implement this year on hold for a while?"
Although this was an explanation to Xiao Ling, the content seemed more like a question to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi hugged Xiao Ling and wanted to move his feet, but unexpectedly, a slight movement made the little empress sit closer to him.
It hit the center of the spring exactly.
This made Xiao Ling's heart tremble suddenly, her face flushed, and she quickly pinched Chu Yi's shoulder and subconsciously scolded:
"…no!"
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