Chapter 119 Unintentional

In the palace.

At this time, the morning court had just ended, and because of the disaster victims in the city, the court was arguing again.

Some people thought that with so many disaster victims in the city, there would be chaos and an easy outbreak of disease, which would threaten the safety of the imperial city, and that they should all be driven out of the city.

Others felt that the most urgent task was to quickly resettle these disaster victims in order to truly consolidate the safety of the imperial city.

The two sides were arguing fiercely, but Hawking Chi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, could only sneer at the sound of the argument.

He knew very well that these people were playing a trick on him, trying to use the problems of the disaster victims to blur his vision and make it impossible for him to find out where the disaster relief supplies had gone.

Hawking was too lazy to listen any longer and left the court in a hurry.

After the court was dismissed, these people still refused to stop and chased to the Tongming Palace, demanding to see the emperor.

He was stopped by Xu An outside the palace.

"My Lords, the Emperor has said that he will not see anyone today, so please go back."

Seeing that they were reluctant to leave, Xu An said, "You adults, please be considerate of the emperor. His Majesty has not had a full night's sleep recently. He has already gone to bed. If there is anything, we can discuss it in the morning court tomorrow."

After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other and left the Tongming Hall.

Xu An stood at the door of the palace and watched them leave. Then he looked inside the palace with a wry smile on his face.

As his line of sight followed, the scenes inside the hall appeared one by one: the copper stove with burning incense, the fluttering curtains, and the empty dragon throne at the top.

Even in the inner hall, there was no one.

At this time, Huo Jinchi, who had "already rested", had already walked out of the palace gate and went straight to the porridge stall in the outer city.

He was accompanied by Xiao Dezi and two Wude envoys dressed as servants. He traveled lightly and no one noticed him.

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Inside the porridge stall.

Yunqin has recovered a little from the brink of collapse and is talking to Ajing.

They were more worried about each other than themselves.

One was worried about whether her daily life was inconvenient, the other was worried about whether her life in the palace was going smoothly, and even more worried that she would do something irrational because of herself.

"Aqin, I'm doing fine now. The people around me and Nanny Ruan take good care of me. I often go out to drink tea and listen to music. These are the days I never dared to imagine before."

Ah Jing held Yun Qin's hand, opened her slightly hollow eyes, and tried hard to look at her face, "I can live such a good life, all because of the silver jewelry you gave me. Ah Qin, you have done enough for me, please don't do stupid things for me again!"

Yun Qin's eyes became red again when she heard this. "But isn't it because of me that you have suffered all this?"

"Why is it all because of you?" Ah Jing shook her head in disapproval. "This is all caused by the person who poisoned me! Moreover, with a master like Lady Su, if it weren't for you, Sister Rong Xin and I would probably be left with nothing."

While the two were talking, Huo Jinchi had already approached the porridge shed. The guards saw the token in Wudeshi's hand, glanced at Huo Jinchi, and thought he was just the leader of Wudeshisi, so they didn't dare to stop them.

Along the way, Huo Jinchi saw clearly that this area had the most disaster victims, but was also the most orderly, which showed that the rumors about Yun Qin were indeed true.

The victims trusted her very much.

Now that he saw it with his own eyes, besides feeling distressed, Huo Jinchi admired Yun Qin even more and wanted to meet her even more.

But after looking around, I didn't see anyone, so I walked to the back of the porridge stall. I heard someone talking inside and paused for a moment.

As an emperor, he naturally had no habit of eavesdropping on other people's affairs. He turned around and was about to leave.

But I heard a crying female voice, "Because of this, I can't let her go!"

Little maid?

Huo Jinchi immediately recognized Yun Qin's voice and raised his eyebrows slightly. Who was she talking to? Who could she not let go?

The conversation between the two continued amidst the crackling sound of the firewood in the stove.

"Ah Qin, you are smarter than me and Sister Rong Xin. Don't you know the interests involved? She hid it so deeply that even the emperor and the empress have no clue. How can you investigate? For the sake of these two eyes, are you going to sacrifice yourself?"

"Why can't we investigate?" Yun Qin's voice was icy. "There are only a few people in the palace, and even fewer suspects. As long as..."

Before she finished, she was interrupted by Ah Jing, who said excitedly, "Ah Qin, what do I need you to do to listen to my advice? I may not be smart, but I'm not stupid. You gave me the chance to leave the palace. Do you really want me to feel guilty and restless for the rest of my life?"

Yun Qin saw that her emotions were fluctuating too much, so she could only comfort her quickly, "Okay, okay, don't be so excited. It's not like I didn't listen to you. I'm listening. Just talk slowly, talk slowly."

Ah Jing's mood was calmed down, but Huo Jinchi's face turned completely dark on the other side of the straw mat.

What does it mean to give her the chance to leave the palace?

Was she the one that Nanny Ruan had chosen?

Huo Jinchi was such a sharp person that with this clue, all of Yun Qin's previous behaviors were explained.

He thought that her half-hearted approach was a delaying tactic.

He was temporarily stabilized and fortunately left the palace with the help of Nanny Ruan!

What a good plan! What a good plan!

The belated slap in the face made Hawking Chi a little angry.

Reason told him that he couldn't get angry now. If he did, he would be mad with shame. He was the emperor, and that would be too disgraceful.

But he was indeed very angry now, and the anger kept licking his nerves. The little remaining rationality was not enough to calm him down.

After hearing this, Hawking felt that this was enough, so he stepped back and stopped listening to the two sisters' next private conversation.

Isn't it enough to know that she never had him in her heart?

He was so angry that his chest hurt, and he didn't notice that Xiao Dezi beside him was observing his expression.

When Xiao Dezi heard the conversation inside, he knew something was wrong.

Seeing Huo Jinchi's face so ugly, he was even more alert. If Huo Jinchi had not stepped back in the end, he would have wanted to speak up to remind Yun Qin.

Who knows if their next conversation will involve more secrets.

Yunqin and Ajing in the porridge stall didn't say anything else afterwards, mainly because Yunqin didn't want to say anything more to irritate Ajing.

He just told her about his life in the palace to reassure her.

Although the two had endless things to talk about, Yunqin still had to distribute porridge and was also worried about Ajing's safety, so she let her leave.

"I will come again in the next few days, and you can come to see me again."

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow to bring you something delicious."

Yun Qin sent A Jing away and stood there in a daze for a while. When she turned around, she saw the emperor standing not far behind her.

She was extremely shocked, and her pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Once again, she successfully encountered a ghost in broad daylight!