Chapter 194 Dam Burst

a long time.

The charcoal stove that once emitted a bright flame now only had some residual charcoal left, struggling to flash a little scarlet.

But the temperature in the hall did not seem to drop.

Instead, it was hotter and wetter than before.

But compared to the calmness just now, there were some hoarse sobs.

In this cold weather, Yun Qin was sweating all over. Someone gently brushed away the sweat-soaked hair on her forehead, revealing her cheeks that were still flushed.

She unconsciously hooked her hand around the belt of the person in front of her, but was gently held by a pair of big hands.

He kissed her tear-soaked eyelashes, stretched out his hands to hold her still trembling body in his arms, carried her all the way to the inner hall, and put her on the bed.

Leaving the warm embrace, Yun Qin subconsciously grabbed Huo Jinchi's clothes, and finally lifted her eyelashes that were sticky with tears and slightly opened her eyes.

Huo Jinchi gently stroked his face, his voice was unusually gentle, "I won't leave."

When she regained consciousness, Yun Qin saw Huo Jinchi in front of her, fully dressed except for his collar which was messed up by her, and she couldn't help but secretly hate him.

Thinking of herself being pushed onto the desk by him, helpless, Yun Qin pursed her lips and wanted to cry again.

“It’s really a bully.”

She held it in for a long time before uttering something. She turned around and hugged the quilt, no longer pulling at Huo Jinchi's collar.

Huo Jinchi knew he was wronged, but he couldn't help but contact her. He lowered his head and kissed her on the top of her head. His voice was hoarse and he said, "In the daytime, in Yu's study again. I just don't want to wrong you."

Yun Qin, who had her back to Huo Jinchi, suddenly widened her eyes, turned around, and couldn't help but stretch out her leg to kick him.

"I, I, it's obviously the emperor and you... aren't..." She was so angry that she was a little incoherent, and said in a hoarse voice: "I don't want to have anything to do with the emperor!"

It sounded as if she was angry with Hawking Chi for not following through!

Huo Jinchi held her smooth and slender calves that were sticking out of the quilt, pulled the quilt over them, and said in a hoarse voice, "Be careful not to catch a cold."

Yun Qin finally reacted, kicked her legs again, kicked his hand away, and wrapped herself tightly with the quilt again.

Hawking's throat rolled and he looked away, "It's not convenient here. I'll have someone bring some water to wipe it for you."

He asked someone to bring in some water and cleaned the hall at the same time.

Thinking of the chaos in the palace, Yun Qin wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She remembered how "upright" he was the first time she hooked Hawking's belt in his study.

When did this bastard become what he is now?

What a sin, what a sin! Should she burn more incense in front of the Bodhisattva?

This is just a temporary resting place for Hawking Chi. There are no heavy curtains here, only a layer of gauze curtain.

Huo Jinchi just asked them to put the things outside the curtain and let them go. Just like before, he wiped Yun Qin's body personally.

In the process, Yunqin inevitably cried again.

When Huo Jinchi covered her with the quilt again, Yun Qin didn't even have the strength to kick him. She buried herself in the quilt and chose to close her eyes and not look at him.

"You take a nap." Huo Jinchi whispered in her ear, "I'll call you at lunch time."

Yun Qin didn't move or say anything, and he didn't care. He chuckled softly, then lifted the curtain and walked out.

Outside, Xu An was waiting here holding a bright yellow suit. When he saw Huo Jinchi come out, he immediately lowered his head and went forward to change his clothes.

Huo Jinchi glanced at him and said calmly, "Send the two green-glazed porcelain bottles in the palace to Yanning Palace."

He glanced at it tenderly and said, "Add a few more clothes."

"yes."

Xu An didn't want to ask about the clothes because he had just found a few jade buttons in the palace, which had obviously fallen off the clothes.

He was just a little helpless.

He obviously hoped that Xi would agree to come and make the emperor happy, but why did the emperor end up losing two porcelain vases? Those porcelain vases were rare treasures and had been in the royal treasury for who knows how many generations.

He had never seen anyone more wasteful than his own emperor.

If one day, the emperor moves all his private treasury to the Yanning Palace, then as the former chief steward, he might as well go to the Yanning Palace and ask for a job!

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Xi agreed to leave Fengyi Palace and went directly to Tongming Palace. The news that he never came out after entering spread quickly throughout the harem.

The Empress was lying on the big kang by the window, trimming the plum blossoms that the palace maids had brought her.

After Lan Ying finished speaking, she couldn't help but look at her and said sarcastically, "Now they are happy. Xi Aying is right. They don't even consider their own abilities. Do they really think that if the emperor is not sad, they will step into their palace?"

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had said something she shouldn't have said, and quickly pursed her lips.

This time the queen did not reprimand her, but snipped off a branch with a pair of scissors and said calmly, "There are only a few people like you in the palace, and now one of them is gone, so you've become arrogant."

Lan Ying was delighted and became a little bolder. She asked, "Your Majesty, this is a really good idea. Let them fight over it. We can just sit back and watch them fight each other."

The emperor did not respond to her words, and even became distracted by the red plum blossoms in front of him. She gently pinched the tender plum petals with her fingertips and said in a trance: "Lan Ying, if I ask the emperor to let me plant a white plum tree in the yard, will he agree?"

Lanying came to the empress's side before she entered the palace, and she was confused when she heard such words.

"It's just a white plum tree. If Your Majesty wants it, just ask Shanglin Garden to bring it over. Why do you have to ask the Emperor for it?"

Her words brought the queen back to her senses. She glanced at Lanying and remembered that the people around her who knew about these things had already been silenced.

"I was just saying it casually." She smiled faintly, but her eyes contained a warning, "Just pretend you didn't hear it."

Lanying is not very smart, but she has the advantage of being obedient.

After hearing what the queen said, she nodded immediately, "Yes, I will pretend I have never heard of it."

The queen smiled with relief.

"There is one more thing." Lan Ying patted her head and said quickly, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother sent someone to bring some warm and nourishing herbs, saying that you can see if there is anything that the little princess can use and send it to Yu."

She knew that it was the Empress Dowager urging her own queen to go to the front.

Everyone in the palace only focused on Xi Aying, saying that she had never been to Yuqian, but they ignored the fact that her queen had never been to Yuqian either.

"My lady, would you like me to pick a few?"

The queen continued to play with the red plum blossoms in front of her, and didn't seem to care about the matter at all. When she heard her question, she just perfunctorily said, "No hurry."

Lanying did not try to persuade him any further, but she felt that her own queen seemed to be different from before.