Qin Xiaoxiao was confused by Jing Heng's reaction. She was stunned for a moment and slowly retracted her hand, lowered her eyelids and stood away silently.

"I...I don't dislike you." Jing Heng realized something was wrong and explained: "There are many people here. Being too close to each other will attract gossip to you and prevent you from finding a husband."

Qin Xiaoxiao seemed to believe it, smiling and nodding: "Yes, it will hinder me from finding a husband, and it will also affect you from finding a wife."

This was obviously the truth, but it was strange to Jing Heng's ears. He looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a bad expression, and said in a tough tone: "I am a man, so there is no need to worry."

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Doesn't he want her to meddle in other people's business?"

She lowered her head and remained silent, wondering why the two of them were fine when they separated just now, but why his attitude changed so obviously after only half an hour.

Over the years, no matter how bad Jing Heng's mood was, he would never pass on his negative emotions to Qin Xiaoxiao.

Seeing her like this, Jing Heng became more and more irritable. He raised his hand and wanted to rub her head like before, but then he remembered what he had just said, and he couldn't help but look troubled and couldn't stop rubbing her head.

Qin Xiaoxiao had no idea how he was feeling, and began to think about whether he should go to the mountain stream with his two guard sisters to collect prey tomorrow, or whether he should go together as promised.

The two of them had their own thoughts and no one spoke. This was the first time this happened to them in more than ten years of knowing each other.

Shi Shi and Da Bu could see clearly and knew why their master was acting like this.

The two brothers looked at each other and saw the guilty conscience in each other's eyes. They decided to go back and beat up the talkative Scissors.

In this calm and strange atmosphere, the royal chariot that set off from the palace gate at noon finally appeared in everyone's sight. What followed was not the chariot of the palace concubines and princes, but the chariot with the logo of the Princess Protector's Palace.

carriage.

"Welcome to the Emperor, long live the Emperor!" Everyone in the palace knelt down, lowered their heads and waited breathlessly for the imperial chariot to drive into the palace.

Jing Heng knelt on one knee at the front. Before the chariot passed by, he naturally turned back to look for Qin Xiaoxiao.

Seeing her kneeling firmly two steps away from him, he looked at her right foot and whispered: "Be patient, and you can get up when the chariot passes by."

Qin Xiaoxiao's right ankle no longer hurts much, but she still needs the help of the two female guards when kneeling down. Hearing Jing Heng's words of concern, she suddenly felt a sense of grievance in her heart.

She gritted her teeth to hold back the tears that were about to burst out, and nodded randomly without saying a word.

Jing Heng knew that the little girl was hurt by his cold treatment just now, and when he saw that she didn't even want to say anything, he felt very upset. But the chariot was about to come, so he couldn't say much.

Soon, the chariot turned a corner and stopped in front of Jing Heng.

The bright yellow curtain was opened by the little eunuchs serving on both sides. Emperor Yuan He, who was over fifty but full of energy, poked his head out. The moment he saw Jing Heng, a majestic face comparable to that of an old father appeared.

With a loving smile: "A Li, get up quickly!"

"Yes, Uncle Huang!" Jingheng stood up after thanking him, subconsciously walked towards Qin Xiaoxiao, pulled her up from the ground, and asked her in a low voice if her ankle hurt. She had already forgotten all about not getting close to others.

In front of Emperor Yuan He, this random move really went beyond the rules. Emperor Yuan He didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, he was more interested in Qin Xiaoxiao who was helped up by Jing Heng. She had the same phoenix eyes as Princess Protector.
Chapter completed!