Quick Wear: The Crazy Boss Only Loves the Cold Host

The news that Jiang Qing's personal maid Chun Lan had returned to Qingle Palace soon reached Lin Shao's ears. He knew that this was Jiang Qing acting according to his plan.

The next day, after attending court, he reported to the emperor and proposed hunting on the winter solstice.

In previous years, the emperor would choose autumn for hunting after divination to find an auspicious day. However, this year was an eventful autumn. In the autumn with flying maple leaves, the Jiang Kingdom was destroyed, and now the Chu family ruled the world.

But hunting has always been a royal tradition and a means to stabilize the regime.

Although he didn't know what method Jiang Qing used to make Chu Yan willing to place his confidant back by her side, he was sure that Chu Yan should have a lot of interest in Jiang Qing now, and he wanted to help Jiang Qing add fuel to the fire.

So that night Meng Kuo sneaked into Jiang Qing's bedroom again, scaring Chun Lan.

"Brother Meng, why are you here?"

The last time Jiang Qing ordered Meng Kuo to find Chun Lan, she knew that the princess had been trying to find a way to rescue her from prison.

Jiang Qing was practicing calligraphy in the side hall at this time. Only Chun Lan was in the main hall helping her organize the gold hairpins and silver jewelry she would wear tomorrow.

Meng Kuo briefly stated his purpose, and Chun Lan went to the side hall to call Jiang Qing back.

"See Princess."

Jiang Qing sighed slightly as he approached, "Meng Kuo, you don't have to bow to me when you come here in the future."

"Princess, the rules cannot be crossed."

"You also know that the rules cannot be crossed?" Jiang Qing raised an eyebrow, "Meng Kuo, remember your identity. You are the secret guard that my father left for me."

"Not Lord Lin's...messenger."

Meng Kuo was obviously stunned where he was. This time Jiang Qing approached and helped him up, and he did not hide.

"Meng Kuo, don't forget your duties. You should only obey me. Do you understand?"

This was the first time Meng Kuo dared to look up at Jiang Qing's face. That beautiful face was reflected in his pupils.

Jiang Qing changed her address in front of him and no longer called herself "this palace".

After just a few moments, he lowered his head again and said, "Princess, it is Meng Kuo who is stupid!"

Jiang Qing then sat back on the couch in the main hall with satisfaction and adjusted his clothes slightly.

"What did Lord Lin say?"

"Lord Lin hopes that the princess will be able to participate in the winter hunt in the near future."

Hearing this, Jiang Qing knew that Lin Shaoding thought that she had used some seductive means to make Chu Yan interested in her. Since ancient times, people have always described enchanting concubines as the birthplace of incompetent rulers, and he thought that Chu Yan was that incompetent ruler.

She took a deep breath and said nothing.

Meng Kuo had no choice but to lower his head and stand there.

After a long while, Jiang Qing smiled softly, "Meng Kuo, you must protect me well when the time comes."

Meng Kuo was stunned for a moment before he accepted the order and left.

Jiang Qing felt that Lin Shao's plan was too risky, but he agreed to it anyway.

The next day she sent Chun Lan to convey her request to see the Regent, but Chu Yan was busy with something and refused to see her.

So Jiang Qing ignored the previous imperial edict and rushed to the outside of the imperial study in a big way to ask to see Chu Yan.

This should have been done a long time ago. In any case, Jiang Qing's current status would not make it easy for him to die for violating any palace regulations.

Is she only allowed to walk around in the harem?

She just wanted to be able to move freely in the entire palace.

The guards outside the imperial study stopped her, and she just asked someone to tell him, "I can discuss the cooperation with the Regent in more detail, but the Regent is unwilling to do me the honor?"

So Jiang Qing walked into the imperial study openly.

Chu Yan sat in the main seat and reviewed the memorials submitted by the ministers during the morning court session without even glancing at Jiang Qing.

"It's really hard to meet the Regent."

Chu Yan didn't even raise his head. "Princess Changning dared to disobey the emperor's order. What's so difficult about wanting to see me?"

"The Emperor's order..." Jiang Qing stepped forward lightly, only a table away from Chu Yan, "Does the Regent really want to discuss the Emperor's order with me?"

The two people who should have been separated by a blood feud were now living in the same room peacefully, and she did not hide her sarcasm at all.

Chu Yan finally put down the cinnabar pen in his hand, placed it slowly on the desk, and then looked up at her.

"What's the matter?"

"Did the Regent not sleep well yesterday?"

In fact, Jiang Qing just asked this question out of habit when he saw the dark circles under Chu Yan's eyes, but he never thought that this question made Chu Yan's face even colder.

"Princess Changning, you have overstepped your bounds."

She smiled awkwardly and sat upright on the chair in front of her.

"It shouldn't be difficult for the Regent to arrange for me to participate in the hunt, right?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan gave her a cold look without saying anything. He then picked up the cinnabar pen and began to review the memorials.

"If I don't go, does the Regent not want to get any evidence against Lord Lin?"

The cinnabar pen never stopped, and he wrote fluently.

"The Regent is not tempted by this? Then I can only...try to use your beauty."

After saying that, Jiang Qing stretched out his snow-white hand to touch Chu Yan's wrist holding the pen. The cinnabar handwriting left on the memorial suddenly became darker. The delicate hand just stayed a few centimeters away from Chu Yan's wrist when his other hand grabbed her wrist.

The next second, Jiang Qing's hand was thrown back with some heavy force.

Their skin touched for only a moment.

"pain..."

Jiang Qing covered her wrist which was shaken off, tears quickly gathering in her eyes.

Chu Yan's body stiffened. He coughed twice, as if he realized that he had gone too far. His tone was warmer than before, "Princess Changning should not do such inexplicable stupid things."

"I will make arrangements for the hunt. Princess Changning, please go back."

Having achieved her goal, Jiang Qing quickly wiped away her tears and stood up to leave.

Of course, she didn't have such advanced skills as shedding tears anytime and anywhere, but Jiang Qing's body was really delicate and tender. She felt that Chu Yan didn't use much strength just now, but she felt very strong pain in her body. Physiological tears burst out all of a sudden, which just hit the mark of Chu Yan's reluctance to bully the weak.

However, Chu Yan in the imperial study was stunned again. The fingertips that had just tightly gripped Jiang Qing's wrist left behind a very subtle scent of Epiphyllum.

He knew very well that this was not the smell left by the sachets he placed there on a daily basis, but the smell of Jiang Qing.

Why does Jiang Qing have this smell?

The hand clenched into a fist again, and the fingertips were squeezed red like blood.

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After making sure that he was able to go hunting, Jiang Qing lay quietly in the palace for a few days.

In order to cater to her character in this world, she has been working really hard in front of others. Now that many things are arranged, she can finally have a good rest.

But after only two days of rest, Empress Dowager Shu sent a message to ask her why she had not paid her respects in the past few days and whether she was unwell.

Jiang Qing had no choice but to adjust his state and get up from the beauty bed to pay his respects to Empress Dowager Shu.

Chu Ziang had been waiting in Empress Dowager Shu's palace long before. When he saw Jiang Qing, he immediately smiled childishly, his joy evident on his face.

"Your Highness, I have met your Majesty. Your Highness, I have met your Majesty."

"No need to be so polite, Changning."

With Xiao Qi's help, Jiang Qing chatted with Empress Dowager Shu about family matters. Chu Ziang came up to her, pulled up her skirt, and whispered to her, "Sister Changning."

Jiang Qing is indeed not very old. She reached the age of 15 and is now 17 years old. She does not want to find a husband or move out of the palace to live in the princess's mansion, so she lives in the palace with her mother.

She has never left the palace in her life, and now Jiang Qing wants to live another life for her.

Jiang Qing stopped talking with Empress Dowager Shu, turned around with a cold expression, comparable to Chu Yan's.

"Your Majesty, don't call Changning like that."

"But am I not the emperor? Is it not okay for me to call you that?"

Chu Ziang looked at her with bright eyes.

"If the emperor keeps calling Changning like this, Changning may die soon."

Chu Ziang's young face revealed a seriousness that did not belong to his age.

"Sister Changning, are you feeling unwell? I will call the imperial physician for you."

Jiang Qing hurriedly tried to stop him upon hearing this, but Chu Ziang refused to listen and stubbornly ordered someone to call the imperial physician.

Jiang Qing couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, but he couldn't do anything about this young emperor.

Everyone waited and waited, but the imperial physician never came. Instead, Chu Yan, who was shivering all over, came.

As soon as he came in, he said coldly: "Princess Changning is really capable. It's not enough for her to usurp the throne of this king. Do you want to usurp the throne of the emperor?"