Qin Yining followed the Empress up the red stairs. When no one was looking, he quickly glanced at Qiu Lu.
Qiu Lu was stunned at first, then she understood and stopped. She retreated without leaving a trace. When everyone had entered the main hall, she turned and walked quickly to the Chuihua Gate. She first went to find the four "boxers" that Qin Huaiyuan had arranged.
Qin Yining personally brought tea to Li Yanyan. He smiled and said, "There are only some Longjing tea here before the rain. It can't be compared to the tea before the rain. Please don't mind."
Li Yanyan took the plain white teacup and put it on the square table beside her. Her right hand, which was wearing a golden armor, picked up the lid of the teacup and played with it. Her eyes, which were full of hostility, fell on Qin Yining.
"It seems that you are living well here. Didn't you come to pray for the country's cultivation? Why don't you focus on cultivation? Why do you have the mind to care whether this tea is before the rain or before the rain? "
Qin Yining's smile faded. He said gently, "Even cultivation needs to survive. If drinking tea can affect cultivation, I'm afraid that people outside the cultivation world would have banned tea a long time ago. Does the Empress think that cultivators shouldn't drink tea? "
"You have a glib tongue." The Empress's hand that was playing with the lid loosened. The white porcelain lid fell on the teacup with a "ding" sound. A few drops of tea splashed on the back of the Empress's hand.
"The tea is too hot. I am not like Zhenren Xuansu who has immortal flesh and bones. I can't protect the fate of the country, so I don't have the ability to protect myself. I can't drink such hot tea like you."
Qin Yining's eyes turned cold.
The tea was the perfect temperature to drink.
It seemed that the Empress really hated her to the bone.
Qin Yining's smile was still on his face, but he had put away his initial respectful attitude.
She could see that even if she gave in, the Empress's impression of her would not change. Then she had no need to show weakness.
She was not a soft persimmon that could be easily beaten. She was the daughter of the Family Qin. She would not be looked down upon by others.
"Your Majesty is right." Qin Yining's voice was gentle, but her words were full of sarcasm. "This subject's daughter doesn't know much about the way of tea, but I didn't expect that the tea I brewed would be so unpalatable. It seems that people of different statuses should do the things of different statuses. Brewing tea should still be left to the servant girls. "Turning around, she instructed Ji Yun," Go brew tea for Niangniang again. "
Ji Yun smiled and agreed, then went to make tea again.
Li Yanyan's face was ashen.
What did he mean? Was Qin Yining scolding her for failing to appreciate his kindness, or was he scolding her for not being worthy of his position?
Li Yanyan's face turned completely cold.
Where did she get the guts to be so arrogant? Wasn't it all because of the emperor's favor?!
"This consort only said that the tea was too hot and you dare to not serve me? It seems that not only do you not know the way of tea, you have also forgotten the rules. "
"Your Majesty is right. In this servant's opinion, Daoist Xuansu hasn't been home for long and hasn't had time to learn the rules." Head Eunuch Liu Bao said with a smile, "In the past, it was rumored that Daoist Xuansu and Little Wang Ye of the Da Zhou Dynasty were a couple. Little Wang Ye called Daoist Xuansu's mother mother-in-law in public and even gave her such a large and valuable garden! If she was a woman with rules, would she accept such a large garden from a man? "
"Yes, but it's just that it's pleasing to the eye." Nanny Li sneered, "She's not a daughter of a noble family who grew up with her parents. What kind of background can Your Majesty expect from her?"
Hearing this, Li Yanyan burst out laughing and asked curiously, "Are you still in contact with Prince Zhongshun now?"
Asking a question that she already knew the answer to was clearly taking the opportunity to ridicule Qin Yining and poke at his heart. No matter how close they were in the past, if they contacted each other now, it would be treason. Moreover, Qin Yining had been forced to cultivate. Although they could get married in a fire house, it was still not good for a woman and a man to contact each other.
Qin Yining smiled, "It seems that Your Majesty came today with the intention of strolling around the main hall. It's just that this subject's daughter was praying for blessings and asking the heavens and exhausted her mind. Now that I'm not feeling well, I'm afraid I can't accompany Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please do as you wish. "
After saying this, Qin Yining bowed to Li Yanyan and went upstairs.
Ji Yun also put down the tray and followed closely behind.
Li Yanyan finally couldn't bear it anymore and slammed the table, standing up, "Qin Yining! Stop right there for this consort! "
Qin Yining stopped and didn't turn back, "Does Your Majesty have any other orders?"
"You're so arrogant, isn't it because you have the emperor's support? You're cultivating here, yet you still don't forget to seduce the emperor. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the heavens? "
Qin Yining turned back and looked calmly at Li Yanyan.
However, Li Yanyan couldn't help but be stunned by her icy gaze.
"Your Majesty, you're still a daughter of a noble family. You know everything in your heart, so why do you have to make things so ugly and ruin your status as the empress?"
Such a casual sentence, but to Li Yanyan, it was like a huge mountain was pressing down on her.
She did know that it was the emperor's one-sided love for Qin Yining. And if Qin Yining had wanted to be the empress in the past, she wouldn't have had anything to do with it now.
However, how could she be reconciled to seeing her husband constantly thinking about Qin Yining? It was understandable that the emperor favored Gu Chang. After all, Gu Chang was the emperor's concubine and could be considered a concubine.
But what was Qin Yining? To put it bluntly, she was an outside concubine at most!
As the main wife, she could allow her husband to sleep with a concubine, but she couldn't allow her husband to have an outside concubine!
"Didn't you say that ben gong shouldn't ruin the status of the empress?" Li Yanyan gritted her teeth and said, "Someone, someone from the Qin Clan has offended ben gong and offended her superiors. Capture her for ben gong."
"Yes." There were a few palace attendants that the empress had brought with her who were skilled in martial arts. They went forward to capture Qin Yining.
Ji Yun immediately stood in front of Qin Yining and pushed the palace attendants aside. She scolded: "This is a place granted by the emperor for cultivation. If Your Majesty the Empress wants to do anything, please think twice."
Li Yanyan, who was in a fit of anger, couldn't bear to hear someone use the emperor's status to suppress her.
Hearing Ji Yun's words, Li Yanyan wasn't afraid. Instead, she became even more jealous.
"Good! You actually dared to connive with your maidservant to teach this consort a lesson in public! Men, seize them all!"
The moment the empress finished speaking, the guards she had brought with her were about to charge in, but they were stopped by the "boxer" that Qiu Lu had called over and the imperial guards that had been ordered to guard this place.
The guards from both sides faced each other with swords drawn.
Inside the hall, Ji Yun stood in front of Qin Yining, neither giving way to the empress.
Qin Yining coldly said: "I didn't think that the imperial family would bully the weak like this. Today, Your Majesty the Empress wants to accuse me of a crime and arrest me. Is it because of a personal grudge, or does your Li Clan have the intention to commit treason? "
"You're slandering me!" Li Yanyan was anxious. This accusation was too heavy. How could their Li Clan bear it!
"If your Li Clan doesn't have the intention to commit treason, why does Your Majesty the Empress look like she wants to tear me to pieces today? Did Your Majesty forget that I came here to cultivate? Your Majesty hurt me. Could it be that you don't care about the fate of the nation? "
Li Yanyan's heart skipped a beat. Her heart that had been unable to calm down due to her jealousy finally calmed down.
Seeing her dumbstruck, Qin Yining sneered: "Your Majesty the Empress, the brain is a good thing. Remember to bring it with you the next time you go out." After saying this, he ignored Li Yanyan and turned to go upstairs.
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