C368 (2/2)

”This concubine greets the empress, the empress is extremely fortunate!” Wei Qing quickly retracted the smile on her face, her expression solemn.

The empress stared coldly at Wei Qing, and then, her gaze slowly shifted towards Xiao Qingqian's face, which was right behind her.

Instantly, the old and the new grudges mixed together, growing like wild weeds.

Upon clearly seeing the hatred in the Empress's eyes, Xiao Qingqian uncontrollably tightened his eyebrows, and said without emotion, ”This son greets mother.”

The Empress snorted lightly, ”Prince Chu, do you know where we are?”

Xiao Qingqian did not reply.

Wei Qing interrupted, ”Empress, it's all my fault.”

She had shouldered all the responsibility. Even if the Queen wanted to punish him, the imperial edict that the Old Emperor had asked her to take charge of the Mid-Autumn Banquet would be passed down very soon. The Old Emperor would definitely stand by her side.

However, if Xiao Qingqian got scolded by the empress, the matter would become very serious.

”I am asking the Prince Chu a question, why are you interrupting?” The Queen's eyes were cold like ice, locking Wei Qing in place.

The empress had not allowed Wei Qing to rise from her seat with the gift just now. At this moment, she was truly feeling very uncomfortable.

The empress's gaze once again moved to Xiao Qingqian's face. ”Prince Chu has had a pleasant time recently, you're looking down on me even more, aren't you?”

Wei Qing was extremely anxious.

The empress was trying to make things easy for him!

Xiao Qingqian hurriedly explained, ”Imperial Mother, this son has never had such a thought.”

The empress scoffed coldly. ”Yes or no, do you think I wouldn't understand?”

Xiao Qingqian did not reply.

A while ago, because of him and Wei Qing being grounded, Xiao Hanqi's jade like image had instantly crumbled like a big building. Since she had the chance to vent her anger, she had to settle the scores one by one.

The Queen stared coldly at Wei Qing. Since she couldn't do anything to Xiao Qingqian, she would first get some interest from him.

”Wei Qing, you follow me back to the Yi Kun Palace!”

Wei Qing pursed her lips, ”Esteemed Empress, I'm afraid this isn't appropriate, right?”

The empress frowned. ”Are you blatantly defying my wishes?”

”Empress, I'll follow you to the Yi Kun Palace. That's fine, but I'm afraid it'll bring you trouble.”

Seeing Wei Qing's fearless face as she spoke her noble words, the Queen's anger grew even stronger.

”Wei Qing, do you really think that you can act unscrupulously just because you have Death-Free Token s?”

Wei Qing shook her head, her face filled with fear. ”Empress, I was really thinking for your benefit. Of course, if you insist on treating my good intentions as ill intentions, then I will follow you to the Yi Kun Palace.”

”Take Wei Qing back to the Yi Kun Palace first, find an old granny there to properly teach her the rules!”

Every word was filled with anger, as if it was squeezed out from between the gaps of his teeth.

Xiao Qingqian's eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot as he looked at Wei Qing worriedly.

Wei Qing winked at him, telling him not to worry about herself.

Since she had successfully grasped hold of Wei Qing's weakness, then she must not continue to hold on to Xiao Qingqian's weakness.

If he angered Xiao Qingqian now, it would only be detrimental to the crown prince.

Xiao Qingqian understood the look in Wei Qing's eyes just now. Seeing that the Queen had no intention to tell him more, he took his leave and went to the Tzu Ning Palace.

Just as the Queen went to the imperial study, she heard that the Old Emperor was going to hand over the Mid-Autumn Banquet to Wei Qing.

At the moment, she still did not know how much trouble Wei Qing would cause her, but she was angry at Old Emperor for being so biased.

”Your majesty, the crown prince did wrong before, but he has already repented. Why can't he just let the crown prince handle this matter?”

Wei Qing had already made a name for herself, if this matter were to succeed, wouldn't that mean that the crown prince would be completely useless?