Chapter 346 "I'll Give It All to You"

As soon as she entered the hall, Yun Qin saw Huo Jinchi standing by the window.

Obviously, he had heard what had just happened outside the hall, including what Yun Qin said.

In front of him, Yun Qin had already stopped smiling and bowed.

Before she could lean over, Huo Jinchi held her up and said, "Where is your aggressive attitude just now? Why are you so obedient now that you are in front of me?"

This is just short of saying that she is pretending.

Yun Qin's face fell, and she said in a coquettish voice: "I already regret it very much, and I am very scared. Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me."

She pulled Huo Jinchi's sleeve and said, "I am doing this for the emperor. If they file a memorial to accuse me again, you must protect me!"

Huo Jinchi was clear in his mind. She criticized them outside because, firstly, they had submitted memorials many times and made the woman bear a grudge against them. Secondly, it was because the words of Zhuguogong just now stepped on her little fox tail!

Although he knew that her words were three-tenths true and seven-tenths false, Huo Jinchi still couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. Looking at her pretending to be pitiful, he gently tapped her nose and said, "Okay, I will definitely protect you!"

As he spoke, he glanced out the window and saw that someone had already resigned from the position and left. He couldn't help but smile, "I'm afraid they don't have the face to file a complaint against you anymore. Even if they see you in the future, they will probably avoid you."

Yun Qin followed his line of sight, took a look, and couldn't help but snorted, "If it weren't for the fact that I have something important to tell the Emperor, I would have scolded them all away!"

"Look how powerful you are!" Huo Jinchi's face was full of admiration.

Yun Qin smiled at him, "I have been holding these words in my heart for too long. Who allowed them to bully the emperor like this?"

Thinking of her lion-like look just now, Huo Jinchi couldn't help laughing, thinking she was really cute. "Then I have to thank Xi Zhaoyi very much."

"Your Majesty is making fun of me again!" Yun Qin glared at her and pulled his arm inside. "Don't talk about this. I have something more important to tell Your Majesty!"

Huo Jinchi let her pull him to the couch and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I asked Kong Cainv where the old lady was hiding." Yun Qin finished speaking in one breath, then she relaxed her breath and continued, "I had suspected that there was a secret passage in the palace before. One reason was that she was so elusive, and the other was that Rong Xin said that she seemed to be covered in mud."

"When the two are combined, the answer is obvious." She glanced at Huo Jinchi, "I think the emperor must have thought of it a long time ago."

Seeing her cunning look, Huo Jinchi couldn't help but smile again, and then said: "I have thought of it. However, the water system under the palace is well-developed, and there are natural holes everywhere. Although there are maps of secret passages drawn by predecessors, they are not detailed."

Yun Qin knew this, nodded perfunctorily, and continued: "So I used this to blast Kong, but I didn't expect that the entrance to the secret passage hidden by the nanny would be blown out of her mouth!"

"It's right where Rong Xin met her, in the dry well next to the lotus pond!"

After hearing this, Huo Jinchi's eyes immediately flashed with a dark light, and then he said loudly: "Xu An!"

Xu An, who was outside, heard the noise and walked in immediately.

Huo Jinchi had also walked to the desk, quickly wrote a note and stuffed it into a bamboo tube, then handed it to Xu An, "Send it to the Wude Envoy, quickly."

"I'll send someone right away!"

Huo Jinchi nodded and watched him leave, then his gaze turned to Yun Qin, who had poured him a cup of tea and was sipping it.

She said it lightly, but as someone who had dealt with many people sent to the Kong family, Huo Jinchi knew that it was not easy to pry open Kong's mouth.

Whether it was the debate with the ministers just now or dealing with others, her ability was no less than that of the capable ministers.

No wonder she was never willing to stay in the harem.

Was it really wrong of me to force her to stay?

Yun Qin put down the teacup and found that Huo Jinchi was staring at her seriously, and Yun Qin paused.

Here it comes again, here it comes again. Didn't I just secretly drink a cup of tea? Is it necessary for him to look at me with such a heart-breaking look?

Yun Qin immediately opened the cup again, poured a cup of tea, and personally brought it to Huo Jinchi.

"Your Majesty has worked hard today, please have a cup of tea."

But she didn't expect that Huo Jinchi didn't take her tea, but hugged her directly.

If Yun Qin hadn't reacted quickly and opened her hands in time to move the teacup aside, the cup of tea would have been poured onto the chests of both of them.

Even so, Yun Qin was a little annoyed and almost called him a psychopath.

Before she opened her mouth, she heard Huo Jinchi whisper in her ear: "Aqin, whatever you want, as long as I have it and can give it to you, I will give it to you."

Yun Qin was startled by this, but she smiled and put the teacup on the desk. "Your Majesty must keep his word."

"My word is my bond."

Yun Qin chuckled and said, "I need a stone table for playing chess under my ginkgo tree. I see the pavilion in Yu Garden where the emperor often sits. That stone table is just right. I heard that the late emperor ordered skilled craftsmen to make it for the emperor. The chessboard on it is inlaid with a piece of jade. The emperor will not be reluctant to part with it, right?"

Hearing her say this, Huo Jinchi let go of her slightly and looked down at her, but unlike her, there was no smile in his eyes.

He didn't believe that Yun Qin didn't understand what he really meant, but she still only asked him for some unimportant personal belongings. If she really didn't understand, then it was because she didn't want to understand.

Yunqin understood, but what did she want?

Status, power, or the heart of an emperor?

She didn't want any of them. All of these combined wouldn't make her happier than a stone table inlaid with Xiuyan jade.

"Your Majesty is reluctant to let it go?" She asked with a smile, looking up.

Huo Jinchi took a deep breath, as if suppressing something, and then said, "I will have them deliver the table to your palace in the next few days."

"Then I would like to thank the emperor for giving me up!" Yun Qin's eyes were slightly curved, and it was obvious that she was very happy.

Hawking took another breath and then sighed heavily.

Forget it, as long as she is happy, everything is fine.

He then picked up the teacup that Yun Qin handed over, took a sip and said, "I also want to thank Empress Zhaoyi, whether it's you helping me vent my anger or this cup of tea."

"Your Majesty, why are you so polite all of a sudden?" Yun Qin glared at him again, "I feel a little embarrassed now."

Seeing this deliberately tweaked look, Huo Jinchi's eyes regained a hint of smile.

She always finds a way to make him happy.

By this time, most of the ministers outside had already left, but Duke Zhuguo and his son were still there, and they looked like they were determined to fight the emperor to the end.

Huo Jinchi called Xu An in again, "Pass on my order to send the Duke of Zhuguo and his son to the temporary palace to visit the Queen Mother."

Then, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Yun Qin, "Tell them that I agreed to this because Empress Zhaoyi interceded for them. They must remember Empress Zhaoyi's kindness."

After hearing this, Yun Qin couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Damaged or he is more damaged...