Chapter 137 To Protect Her

Xu Anzi did not dare to delay. As soon as she left Xia'an Palace, she presented Jiang Lihai with a foot of white silk in a remote place, and then carried it directly to the empress's palace.

Needless to say, the Queen was shocked when she saw Jiang Lihai's blurred body.

After hearing Huo Jinchi's order, she became more panicked and angry, "What does this have to do with me? The emperor must have been deceived by a traitor. Prepare a sedan chair for me immediately. I will go to the emperor to explain!"

Xu An could not stop the empress without his guards, so he could only watch as the empress got on the sedan chair and went straight to the Tongming Palace.

On the way, the empress kept urging them, and the eunuch who was carrying the sedan chair almost jogged all the way. Xu An, who was following behind, almost ran out of breath before he could barely keep up.

The distance was such that as soon as Huo Jinchi's carriage reached the Tongming Palace, the Empress's sedan chair also arrived closely.

"emperor!"

As soon as Huo Jinchi stepped down from the imperial carriage, he heard a shout. He glanced to the side and saw that the queen had also gotten off the sedan chair and was walking quickly towards him.

After just a glance, he withdrew his gaze, turned around and stretched out his hand to Yun Qin who was still in the carriage.

Yun Qin naturally recognized the Queen's voice. As she heard the footsteps getting closer, she shook her head slightly at Huo Jinchi and said shyly, "I can walk on my own."

She is not such a hypocritical person, but since the queen is here, it is not that she cannot be hypocritical.

As expected, the Queen heard her voice. She paused slightly and stared at the thick curtain, as if she wanted to shoot Yun Qin through it.

"Come here!" Huo Jinchi could not see through Yun Qin's little thoughts, but he did not care and stretched his hand forward a little.

Yun Qin then held his hand. Originally, she just wanted to hold his hand and walk down the imperial carriage. However, it was dark and she didn't see the steps clearly. She stepped on empty air and fell directly into Huo Jinchi's arms.

She cried out in surprise, and looked up at Huo Jinchi in shock. Seeing the smile in his eyes, she wanted to say: I didn't mean it, do you believe me?

Regardless of whether Huo Jinchi believed it or not, the Queen was certain that she was acting for her on purpose!

She looked at Yun Qin sharply, and really didn't understand. The emperor obviously hated pretentious women, so why did he make such an exception for a palace maid?

Huo Jinchi didn't think Yun Qin was being pretentious. Seeing that she was blushing with embarrassment and there was no smile in her eyes, he leaned over again and picked her up.

"emperor!"

A scream rang out simultaneously from Hawking's arms and behind him.

"Your Majesty, I'd better go by myself." Yun Qin held Huo Jinchi's lapel and said in a low voice.

She wanted to piss off the empress, but she didn't intend to piss her off to death. Her eyes were already red.

Besides, if the Queen came to see the Emperor, no matter if she came to quarrel or to beg him, she would definitely show some ugly side. She didn't want to stay in the palace and make the Queen hate her even more.

"What if you fall again?" Huo Jinchi hugged Yun Qin tightly, not avoiding the Queen's gaze at all.

Knowing that he always did what he wanted, Yun Qin had no choice but to shut up and glanced coldly at the queen over Huo Jinchi's shoulder.

It has come to this, there is no reason for her to be afraid, so just watch this queen's joke today.

Seeing Yun Qin's slightly provocative look, the queen was so angry that her eyes turned red. She couldn't help but shout again, "Your Majesty!"

Huo Jinchi glanced at her and said coldly, "I am deaf. If you have anything to say, please go into the palace and talk!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about the empress's reaction and walked straight into the bedroom holding Yun Qin.

After entering the hall, Huo Jinchi did not stop, he walked into the inner hall and put Yun Qin on the couch.

He did not sit next to Yun Qin, but reached out and touched Yun Qin's slightly cold cheek, "Are you hungry? What did you eat tonight?"

"I drank the porridge." Yun Qin answered obediently, and then said: "I am not hungry, Your Majesty, it's getting late, would you like to have a midnight snack?"

Huo Jinchi nodded and rubbed her face with his fingers, "I am a little hungry. Please eat something with me later."

"good."

Seeing the two of them chatting about their daily lives as if no one was around, the queen's fingernails were about to tear her palms apart.

A palace maid is just a palace maid!

"Warm yourself up and wait for me to come over in a while." Huo Jinchi walked out of the inner hall and said to Xu An, who was still catching his breath, "Have someone make two bowls of chicken noodles."

Xu An responded and quickly left.

That’s just right. I hope he doesn’t come back to the temple later.

At this time, Huo Jinchi looked at the queen and said calmly, "Come with me."

The two of them came to the west side room and sat on the couch. He then looked at the empress coldly, "Hasn't my order been delivered? You still dare to come to me in the palace. It seems that you don't take my order to heart at all!"

"The Emperor has ordered people to come and convict me, and I must know why!" The Queen had endured this for a long time, and her voice had risen several octaves.

She glanced at Yun Qin, who was sitting in the east side room across the hall, and became even more furious. "How can I save my dignity when Your Majesty treats me like this in front of her?"

"You still have the guts to question me!" Huo Jinchi could hardly hide his anger, "What's going on with Jiang Lihai? How dare you say you don't know anything?"

When Jiang Lihai was mentioned, the queen's arrogance immediately shrank by three points. "With the relationship between him and the emperor, how could I dare to be too harsh on him? Of course, I don't know everything about him."

"What do you mean by friendship with me?" Huo Jinchi sneered, "You are his master now, not me! If you have any concerns, why did you take him away from me? Isn't it because he understands me? From the moment he agreed to you, there is no friendship between him and me!"

He continued coldly, "Don't bother talking to me about other things! Let me ask you, if you knew about this matter, should I punish you? If you didn't know, should I punish you? Or do you want me to investigate it thoroughly? By then, I'm afraid the words 'not to be strict with the emperor' in the imperial edict should be changed!"

"If the emperor wants a thorough investigation, then he should do so!" The queen glanced coldly at Dong Cijian, "I was originally unaware of this, but I don't know whether others are innocent or not!"

Yun Qin heard the Queen's words clearly across the hall. There was no one else in the hall, so she sneered without disguising.

Do you still want to bring trouble to the East at this time?

The blame for what she did was placed on Jiang Lihai and Su Yiyan, but one of them was already dead, and the other was so crazy that he was poisoned by the empress herself.

Even if Su Yiyanshou could still write, wouldn't it be better to say that she knocked Jiang Lihai unconscious than to say that he tore her clothes?

Not to mention, does Hawking really have no doubts?

He ordered the execution of Jiang Lihai in order to protect her. Would he still stand on the side of the Queen?

Rather than saying that the queen was stupid, it would be better to say that she underestimated Hawking's love for her.

Not to mention her, even Yun Qin herself had misjudged it.