Chapter 200: Stingy, boring

The starry sky above was bright, but the garden behind the palace was a little dark. Fortunately, there were lights on everywhere, so it was not difficult to see the road.

Yun Qin walked lightly to a pavilion by the lake, sat down beside the railing, leaned against the railing, and looked at the frozen lake below.

"There are fish, sister has fish!" she shouted, and pulled Rong Xin to show her.

Under the transparent white ice surface, a red koi fish swam slowly by. Under the dim candlelight of the lantern, it seemed quite peaceful and tranquil.

"So fat..." Yun Qin pinched her face and said vaguely: "The fish in Yu Garden are fatter than me. I'm so jealous."

Rong Xin was speechless after hearing this. She realized that Aqin was actually drunk.

She tried to persuade her a few times, but Yunqin refused to leave.

Fortunately, the pavilion would be equipped with wind-proof curtains in winter. Seeing Yunqin staring at the lake and watching the fish, she let go of Yunqin's hand with peace of mind and lowered the curtains around her.

Just as Rong Xin was about to put down the last curtain, she saw a figure approaching. She was startled and was about to call for help when she saw the man's face clearly and hurriedly saluted.

Yun Qin was not aware of this at all and was still staring at the lake looking for fish.

Just then, a golden-red koi fish swam by, its tail flicking across the ice. Yun Qin excitedly reached behind her and shouted, “Sister, look, look!”

When she grabbed, she grabbed a handful of soft hair. She was immediately startled and turned her head sharply. She saw a dark figure and was so frightened that she stood up suddenly, her feet staggered, and her waist hit the railing.

Fortunately, someone quickly grabbed her. Yun Qin raised her head in a hurry and met a pair of deep eyes.

In fear, she punched the man on the shoulder and said angrily: "If you scare someone, they will kill them!"

"You can still recognize me." As the voice was spoken, a handsome face emerged from the shadows with a nonchalant look on his face.

The person who came was Hawking Chi.

He saw everything about Yun Qin slipping away from the hall. Feeling a little worried, he pretended to be drunk and was helped down by Xu An.

When he came over, he saw her staring at the lake in a trance.

He had expected Shen Danying to be pregnant, but he was not as happy as he had expected. Especially when he saw her lying on the railing looking listless, he felt uncomfortable.

Shen Danying had not slept with her as many times as she had, but he got pregnant before her. Would she be sad too?

At this moment, seeing her in his arms, angry and vivid, Hawking Chi's heart seemed to beat a little more happily.

Yun Qin looked at the enlarged face and thought: Even if you turned into ashes, I would still recognize you!

But she still had her wits about her shoulders and didn't say it out loud. She pushed him away with her hand and said perfunctorily, "Of course I recognize the emperor."

Yunqin glanced back but didn't see Rong Xin, so she knew she must have left the pavilion.

Huo Jinchi's hands remained motionless, unhappy that she was looking around while being held in his arms, so he exerted force with his hands again, making her stick closer to him.

"Be gentle!" Yun Qin patted his arm and glared at him again.

The alcohol was still in her system, and the tension in her brain had loosened, so she behaved much bolder than usual.

However, Huo Jinchi was not angry, and there was a hint of smile in his eyes. "I haven't seen the fish yet." As he said that, he took her in his arms and sat back beside the railing.

Yun Qin couldn't break free, so she stopped struggling. She picked up the fish, turned her head and looked at the lake, muttering unhappily, "It ran away a long time ago."

"Why is the emperor here? Aren't you going to accompany Shen Danying?"

Just at this moment Xu An came in holding a charcoal brazier. When he heard this, he wanted to bury his head in his shirt.

Xi Daying is really unhappy because Shen Daying is pregnant...

Seeing Xu An like this, Huo Jinchi knew what he was thinking.

But he understood that Yunqin said this not because she was jealous, but because she blamed him for coming and scaring away her fish.

He waved his hand to let Xu An leave, then reached out and pinched her face, "Thank you for worrying about you!" After pinching, he raised his hand and used his large bearskin cloak to wrap Yun Qin in his arms.

Yun Qin's ears were filled with the rustling sound of his cloak, and she didn't quite hear what he said. Surrounded by warmth, she spontaneously leaned into his arms and said, "I haven't congratulated the emperor yet."

The warm wind made her yawn slightly, and the smell of alcohol dissipated, and she became more talkative. "Last time I saw her vomiting violently, I didn't think about other things, but it turns out that she is pregnant."

Hawking smelled the aroma of fruit wine and looked at her flushed cheeks before he realized that she seemed drunk.

Her vague voice made him laugh: "Drunk cat..."

But Yun Qin's next words made him unable to laugh.

She said with a nasal tone: "Your Majesty, are you going to write a letter to tell General Shen? He will definitely be happy to know."

"Why don't you write to him yourself?" Huo Jinchi gritted his teeth and looked down at her.

Yun Qin also raised her eyes and looked at him after hearing the voice. She stared at him for a while and suddenly tutted softly, "Stingy guy."

Huo Jinchi was so angry that he laughed. He raised his hand and pinched her face. "Say it again?"

"I can tell you ten thousand times that the emperor is also a stingy person." She hid in his arms, still shouting, "Stingy person, so boring!"

"Yunqin!"

Huo Jinchi seemed annoyed, but his voice was full of smiles when he called her name, and he did not forget to hold her tightly with one hand, fearing that she would fall.

After laughing for a while, he kissed the tip of her slightly cool nose.

Yun Qin blinked, sat up straight, looked at Huo Jinchi, and asked in a low voice: "Why doesn't the emperor accompany Shen Danying?"

Huo Jinchi didn't answer, but just looked at her quietly.

Yun Qin was also looking at him. She raised her hands and placed them on his neck, her fingers slowly running across the collar of his neck.

Her moist eyes were slightly blurred, her face was rosy, her body was filled with the scent of flowers and fruits, her red lips were slightly parted, and she looked lively and fragrant.

"Your Majesty will accompany me tonight..."

Before she could finish her words, the rest was swallowed up by those hot lips.

Some people were too impatient and didn't hear the second half of her sentence.

"...I will be Lady Liu from now on, right?"

When Su Yiyan was pregnant, Huo Jinchi used Lady Liu as a shield. Yunqin thought that she, like Lady Liu, would be Shen Danying's shield in the future.

She didn't ask, but the kiss on her lips seemed to give her the answer.

Hawking kissed her eagerly but did not touch her clothes.

She was drunk and caught cold easily.

After a long while, he finally let go of the hand that was holding her face, kissed her eyes affectionately, and whispered, "I promise you."

Yun Qin's mind was hazy and she had no idea what he meant, so she just nodded randomly.

Listening to the sound coming out of the pavilion, Xu An stared at the brick seams under his feet. At that extremely difficult moment, he finally saw the curtain move.

Huo Jinchi walked out of the pavilion holding Yun Qin.

Rong Xin also breathed a sigh of relief. Before she could ask, she heard the emperor order, "Send her directly back to Yanning Palace."

"Yes." Rong Xin responded quickly, but Huo Jinchi did not let go of her hand. Instead, he carried her out.

Rong Xin could only hurry to catch up.

The group turned around the corridor and met an unexpected person.

"Your Majesty, I pay you my respects."

The man raised his head, revealing a face somewhat similar to Hawking's and a gray eye.