Chapter 127 Appetizers

When Xu An entered the main hall, Huo Jinchi was still talking to Lord Shi.

Seeing Xu An looking over frequently, Huo Jinchi paused and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The Empress is here." Xu An had his usual smile on his face, showing no unusual expression. "She is waiting for the Emperor in the side hall."

Side Hall...

Huo Jinchi narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression became a little colder.

"Your Majesty, I think we should do as you say. Tomorrow I will give you the list of provincial governors for your review, and you can then decide on the examiners."

Lord Shi was very perceptive and immediately asked to leave.

Huo Jinchi nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, my dear."

After everyone left, Huo Jinchi stood up and walked outside, asking Xu An, "How long has it been?"

Xu An hurriedly said, "The Queen has just been in for a while."

Hawking Chi did not ask any more questions, but his steps were a little faster than before.

As soon as he entered the room and walked around the veil, he saw the emperor holding a cup and smashing it at Yun Qin. He immediately shouted, "The queen is showing off her power to me!"

The queen was stopped by this shout. She turned her head and looked over with a look of doubt in her eyes, as if she had just realized what she was doing. She quickly put down the quilt, stood up and saluted to Huo Jinchi, "Your Highness."

However, Huo Jinchi did not look at her again, but instead fixed his gaze on Yun Qin who was also bowing. After confirming that she was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and directly extended his hand to her.

When Yun Qin saw the hand stretched out in front of her, her eyes flashed slightly. When she raised her eyes again, her eyes were already filled with tears of grievance.

She placed her hand on Hawking's palm and followed his strength. Instead of just standing up, she leaned into his arms.

"Your Majesty, I was really scared to death just now."

As soon as she fell into his arms, Hawking Chi almost subconsciously stretched out his arms to hold her, lowered his eyes to watch her tears bursting out, and finally looked at the queen again.

It's just that his eyes were filled with coldness.

The queen almost bit her back teeth to pieces when she saw Yunqin's expression. She said angrily, "It was clearly she who teased me with the cold tea, and she even dared to complain to the emperor first!"

"I didn't mean to tease the Empress." Yun Qin didn't look at the Empress, but just looked up at the Emperor. "The Empress asked me to make tea. I saw that the Empress was a little angry, so I made a cup of cold tea. Who knew that the Empress would spill the tea all over me."

As she spoke, tears fell from her eyes as if they were free, making her even more adorable than the water-soaked begonias on the flower stand.

Huo Jinchi then noticed that her collar was wet and there were still tea leaves splashed on her neck. His eyes became even colder.

He didn't care whether Yun Qin was teasing the queen or not. All he thought was that it was a good thing it was a cup of cold tea, otherwise he couldn't imagine what Yun Qin looked like at this moment.

"You also know that you are a slave. You tease me like this. Shouldn't I punish you?" The queen seemed to have grasped Yunqin's sore spot and immediately said angrily.

After hearing the Queen's words, Yun Qin lowered her eyes again, and indeed a trace of hurt appeared on her face.

Although she looked like this, she couldn't help laughing in her heart.

She really had to thank the Queen for asking the Emperor for a position on her behalf, without her having to ask for it herself!

Seeing Yun Qin lowering her eyes and trying to get out of his arms, Huo Jinchi's chest stagnated. He exerted force with his hands, pulled her back into his arms, and let her lean on his chest again.

Huo Jinchi hugged Yunqin and looked at the queen coldly, "I can make a slave live a more glamorous life than a concubine, and I can also make a concubine live worse than a slave! What do you think, Queen?"

The Queen looked at Huo Jinchi with trembling eyes. Although he did not say it explicitly, could it be that she could not hear that this "concubine" was referring to herself?

She swayed, and only stood up after holding onto the hand of her maid. She looked at Yun Qin with doubt in her eyes, then looked at Huo Jinchi, feeling absurd and unbelievable. She asked in a sharp voice, "Has the emperor forgotten the disaster of Zhao Zhaoyi in the previous dynasty?"

"Do you want me to criticize our father like you?" Huo Jinchi's voice became even colder.

The Queen then realized that it was not her place to say this, and gritted her teeth slightly, "It was your fault." She looked directly at Huo Jinchi, "What about the Queen Mother? Has the Emperor ever thought about the Queen Mother before this action? Isn't it forbidden to ask the Queen Mother this question?"

Seeing the two of them tense, Yun Qin pursed her lips slightly.

She just wanted to piss off the empress, but she didn't think of dragging the queen mother into it. The queen mother herself disliked her very much and had even hit her. She didn't want to escalate the conflict with the queen mother.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This is all my fault. If the Empress wants to punish me, then do so. Your Majesty, please don't hurt the Empress Dowager's feelings because of me."

As Yun Qin spoke, she held onto Huo Jinchi's arm and tried to kneel down, but was held up by Huo Jinchi's arm.

Seeing her shaking her head slightly at him with an appearance of compromise, Huo Jinchi looked at the empress with a frown on her face, who was trying to force him to submit by holding up the banner of the empress dowager, and his expression became even colder.

The queen was so angry when she saw Yunqin's expression that she almost fell over. She pointed at Yunqin for a long time without saying a word.

Huo Jinchi lifted Yunqin up with his hands, held her hand, looked at the queen, and said coldly: "Is there anything else, Queen?"

Does this mean you want to chase her away?

The Queen's chest kept heaving as she looked at the two men standing hand in hand in front of her. Her eyes looked as if she wished she could cut Yun Qin into pieces.

The emperor's attitude was so firm that she knew she couldn't deal with the little palace maid today. She also knew that if she continued to argue with the emperor, nothing good would happen to her.

"I'll take my leave now." She could only grit her teeth and lower her head.

Huo Jinchi didn't say anything, but reached out and pulled Yun Qin into his arms again, gently wiping the tears from her face with his fingers.

The queen could only shake her sleeves vigorously and walk past the two people towards the door.

Yun Qin leaned on Huo Jinchi, looked over his shoulder, and glanced at the back of the leaving queen, with a cold light flashing in her eyes.

Today's is just an appetizer, I have a big gift for her later!

"Are you scared?" Huo Jinchi stroked her hair and asked in a low voice.

Yun Qin suppressed the coldness in her eyes, raised her head to look at Huo Jinchi, and shook her head slightly, "I'm fine."

Huo Jinchi held her face in his hands and brushed his thumb across her red eyes. "You said you were fine, but you're almost crying like a rabbit."

Yun Qin then raised her eyes and glared at him, "Your Majesty is used to making fun of me."

"I was just praising you for being so cute." Hawking smiled.

"I don't believe it."

Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, Xia Yun walked forward and whispered, "Miss, you should change your clothes first."

She was the only one who remembered that Yunqin's clothes were still wet.

After looking at Xia Yun, Yun Qin's face turned red with realization. She was so focused on the angry Queen that she forgot there were so many people watching.

Yun Qin immediately distanced herself from Huo Jinchi, looked at herself, then looked at his chest, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's time to change your clothes."

Seeing the wicked smile in her eyes, Huo Jinchi hugged her waist tightly, lowered his eyes and smiled at her, "Would you like me to change with you?"

"No, that's not necessary." Yun Qin quickly pushed his arm away and said to Xia Yun, "Aunt, take me to change clothes quickly. It's so cold."

Her pissed-off look made Huo Jinchi couldn't help laughing.

After she left, he glanced at the teacup that the Queen had placed on the low table and could not help but shake his head slightly.

Cool tea? Fortunately she could think of it...