Chapter 164 "Telepathy"
The side hall soon fell into silence.
Yun Qin could only hear Huo Jinchi's shallow breathing. His body temperature was high and there was a charcoal fire burning in the room. Yun Qin was sweating a little. Her fingers unconsciously picked at the pattern on his collar.
Isn't he hot?
"Stop picking." Huo Jinchi finally let her go and looked down at her fingertips. "Does your finger not hurt anymore?"
Yun Qin glanced at her fingertips, which were still slightly red, and shook her head at him, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
When I was with Su Yiyan in the past, I had gone through a lot of hardships, so this little thing was nothing.
Hawking pinched her fingers and felt that sometimes she was so coquettish that it was annoying, and sometimes she was not coquettish enough, which was also annoying.
"It really doesn't hurt?"
Yun Qin blinked, immediately softened her tone, and nodded, "It hurts."
"Just pretending." Huo Jinchi tapped her nose and said unhappily.
Yun Qin looked up at him. If her character today was a "troublemaker", then his main character would be a "split personality".
"What are you complaining about me again?" Huo Jinchi tapped her nose again.
Yun Qin shook her head quickly, then said carefully: "Your Majesty is not angry with me anymore, right?"
"You dare to ask now?" Hawking Chi snorted coldly.
Yun Qin lowered her eyes again, grasped the hem of his clothes, and whispered, "I dare not, but the emperor didn't leave, did he?"
"Humph, I've never seen you being so arrogant because of your favor."
Yun Qin couldn't help but smile, looked at him, and leaned into his arms, "I know that the emperor loves me."
"Hmph." Hawking Chi snorted softly, then stretched out his arms and held her in his arms.
Having cried and made a fuss before, Yun Qin realized that now was the time to speak a few truths while the atmosphere was right.
She hooked Huo Jinchi's sleeve and whispered, "I am afraid of the emperor, many people, and the various rules in the palace. It is inevitable that I will say something unpleasant, so please don't be angry, Your Majesty."
Huo Jinchi was not angry at all. He stroked her hair and hugged her for a while before whispering, "How many candied fruits did you eat today?"
Are you so good at coaxing people?
Yun Qin glared at him, but in her heart she couldn't help but scold him for being cunning.
Is this a matter of whether it is candied or not?
She wanted to move out of Tongming Palace. He knew it clearly, but he still refused to give in.
He even said that she was pretending, but it was obvious that he was the one who was the best at pretending!
"Tell me, what's the matter that you called me here?" Huo Jinchi looked at her expression and asked with a smile in his eyes.
Yun Qin's eyes flickered. Of course she couldn't mention moving out at this moment, otherwise it would seem too purposeful.
"It's something." She used her fingers to twist Huo Jinchi's sleeves again, "Your Majesty, can you stay and have dinner with me?"
Hawking found her pretending to be shy funny and couldn't help pinching her cheek.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
Then Xu An's voice came from behind the curtain, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother sent someone to say that the Empress has also been invited for dinner, and asked you to go over early."
When he mentioned the Queen, Huo Jinchi immediately remembered that today was the fifteenth.
On the fifteenth day of every month, according to the rules, the emperor should rest in the harem, but to him, this rule was just a formality.
No wonder the Queen Mother suddenly asked him to have dinner in Ninghe Palace. It turned out that this was her idea.
Yun Qin naturally reacted and understood why the Queen Mother personally stepped in to help bring them together.
Although the emperor seldom visited the empress's place often before, he would go there once or twice every one or two months. But it has been almost three months, and the emperor has not stayed in the empress's palace even once.
She often heard rumors in Tongming Palace, so it was no wonder that the Queen Mother and the Empress were so anxious.
Yun Qin was still sneering in her heart when she saw Huo Jinchi looking over at her.
Her scalp tightened, and she suddenly remembered that she had just asked him to stay for dinner, and she immediately felt uncomfortable.
He must not stay.
It would be fine on other days, but today is the fifteenth, and just the two words "rules" are enough to make her drink a pot of wine.
But Hawking looked into her eyes and said, "I promise you."
Yun Qin's pupils shrank slightly, and she heard him say to Xu An, "Just say that I'm busy and I won't go to Ninghe Palace for dinner."
"Yes." Xu An responded.
Didn't he know that if he didn't go, the Queen Mother and the Empress would skin her alive?
Shocked, Yun Qin looked a little dazed.
But she quickly controlled her expression.
How could the emperor not know? He obviously did this on purpose.
If the previous ban only made her vaguely suspicious, now it completely confirmed her thoughts.
The emperor is just using her as a gun and a target.
The Queen Mother is the Emperor's biological mother, and the Fang family behind her is his uncle's family. It is inconvenient for Huo Jinchi to take action against them, so he needs a gun to weaken the Queen Mother's influence in the harem.
There aren't many people in the harem now, but when the selection comes next year, the competition in the harem will only get more intense, and we need a target to focus on in order to balance the forces of all parties.
But she has no foundation, so she has no connection with any forces.
Whether it's a gun or a target, they are both the best candidates.
Yun Qin didn't have too many feelings in her mind, but instead felt like a huge rock in her heart had finally fallen to the ground.
Because she has always believed that all gifts have been secretly marked with prices.
This was Hawking's favoritism and love, and she had no choice but to accept the price he offered.
After all, Yun Qin had already figured it out long ago that it would be better to be the emperor's ally.
She smiled again, looked at Huo Jinchi with bright eyes, and said with a smile: "The emperor really loves me the most."
Huo Jinchi noticed the changes in her expression and knew that she had understood what he meant.
He knew that promises were the most useless things, but at this moment he still couldn't help but caressing her face and said solemnly: "I will protect you."
After hearing this, Yun Qin just smiled at him and said, "Then I will ask someone to prepare dinner."
"What would the emperor like to eat?" She leaned on Huo Jinchi's chest, the smile on her face full of pure happiness.
Huo Jinchi looked at her for a while, but couldn't see any unnecessary emotions on her face, so he couldn't help but call her name.
"Yunqin."
Seeing that he was insistent on getting an answer, Yun Qin was actually a little confused.
He should know that such words are unnecessary and she won't believe them.
Just like Shen Che, the emperor gave him power and sent him to the west, regardless of life or death.
Whether she can defeat these people in the harem depends not only on the emperor but also on herself.
Life or death does not matter...
Yun Qin had always suppressed her ambitions in front of the emperor, trying her best to follow his arrangements and not asking for anything.
But now that he said this, she can let go.
He just had to rest assured that as long as she was in the harem, she would ensure that anyone who dared to provoke her would not have a peaceful life!
And she will definitely live longer than Hawking Chi, and it would be best if she could become the empress dowager.
"I believe in Your Majesty."
Yun Qin had made up her mind, and her expression was full of trust.
Of course, the relationship between superiors and subordinates must be maintained well.
Huo Jinchi looked at her for a while, and finally confirmed that she and he were in sync, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
He hugged her tightly and whispered, "I only trust you."