Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 484: The emperor’s treasure.

Chapter 484: The emperor’s treasure.

"You should have known to whose house you were sending your maid because she made quite the ruckus in front of their house. Since I cannot apologize for this offense on your behalf it will be better for you to apologize to them and promise that nothing like this will ever happen again. Little lady Chi owns a television network after all, I would hate to see the name of our royal family out there together with the words rude, haughty, arrogant." The emperor spoke slowly, taking his time to mention all ways in which the royal family could be referred to. Freedom of speech was granted in the empire after all and the newspapers and televisions could certainly report what they wanted.

Lord knows he had ripped up many papers that plastered his beloved daughter all over while calling her entitled, ill mannered and a spoiled princess.

The crown princess stood up and bowed before the emperor with her arms folded as if to portray meekness. "I will apologize." she said.

Even if she said this, her eyes portrayed unwillingness, she was extremely reluctant to apologize to them it seemed. No matter what the emperor said, the crown princess saw them as nothing more than commoners that were beneath her.

"I apologize for the actions of my maid, I will punish her as soon as she returns to the palace." Her eyes moved from the old madam to Chi Lian, and when they did , a small hint of malice appeared in them. It was just one brief second but they all noticed it.

"Your maid will not be returning any time soon." Jun Muyang said and he looked at the crown princess daringly. "She offended my wife and grandmother, I am especially not very nice to the people who offend my wife."

"I..." the princess held back as if she was choking, "I am sorry for not teaching her better, she deserves to be punished, you can do with her as you please."

There was no sincerity in her apology so Chi Lian chose not to respond. She picked up the small cup of tea and sipped it slowly. The old madam too, did the same.

"You can leave us now crown princess, the empress will be discussing some things with you. I simply wanted to ask you a few questions and understand what happened." The emperor dismissed her with a wave of his hand, there was nothing left for him to hear.

The princess bowed before the emperor and then she walked away stiffly, as she did, the emperor watched her, he rotated the cup of tea that was sitting on the table in front of him slowly. He was contemplating something, nobody knew what it was but they could all guess that it was related to the crown princess. Chi Lian wondered if the crown princess was stupid or she had something that was backing up her careless, lacking and poor attitude before the emperor. If she did not rethink her behavior then things would end well for her.

"Little lady Chi, do you like the cookies?" the emperor suddenly asked.

"Yes, they are quite delicious." she replied.

"The almonds came from you," he said. "If I were to give you that one tree of Da Hong Pao which is owned by the national agriculture research institute, do you think you will be able to make a miracle happen?"

"The Yan family....." Muyang said and he stopped.

"Exactly, sometimes lessons must be learned." the emperor replied to Muyang. "What do you say little lady Chi? I have heard that you managed to cultivate a dying rare plant which came from the rain forest. It’s one of the main ingredients in your nutro, I do so enjoy it. One cup every two days, satisfies some of my cravings."

Chi Lian thought in her mind, this was a rare tea which could bring in money moreover if it could somehow mutate in the virtual farm then she would have a new type of tea for her shop. She was also already aware of the this tribute tea being one of the things that increased the influence of the Yan family, taking it away would bring them down a little. Of course, she was very willing to cultivate it. "It will be my honor your majesty, however I do not know if the institute will be willing to give up the tree. I have to personally plant and tend to it. I will be comfortable doing that from home, away from prying eyes."

"The tree will be delivered to you, I am counting on you more than you know. I have kept you for so long, we should go to the royal treasury, I should fulfill the promise I made to you."

The emperor got down from his throne and led the way, Chi Lian stuffed the two cookies left on her plate into her hand and she stood up to follow. Whoever did the baking in the royal palace was better than their chef. These were some tasty almond cookies.

"Here," Muyang showed her three cookies, "I saved them for you."

"Aww," she said with a smile. "Hubby,"

"Behave you two, why are you acting as if we have no food at home?" the old madam whispered and looked them in disapproval.

Looking at the cookies sadly, Chi Lian put them down on the small plate and she cleaned her hands. Then they followed behind the royal guards to the treasury.

"Strictly stick to the list, don’t be too greedy for things that are not yours." the emperor reminded her.

"Yes your majesty." she smiled like a greedy little minx, her head was craning over the shoulders of the royal guards to take a look at the vaulted treasury. She was even rubbing her hands like a thief or plunderer that was preparing to execute a theft.

Her actions were all seen by the emperor who recalled minister Su describing her as a treasure and money loving menace. "Little lady Chi, try not not to break my things, when you are finished the guards will escort you all to the main gates. I hope to see you soon Muyang, we have much to discuss." the emperor said these as his last words and he left.

The vault doors leading to the entrance of the treasury were similar to those of a bank. The vault required the emperor’s fingerprints, a scan of his eye and a password which he personally entered before leaving. Three rotating cameras were watching the vault itself. It was protected by royal guards who were armed and alert.

"Floor sensors, sleeping gas, lasers, hidden mechanisms in the wall, a steel tube below. They really went all out to protect the things in here." T4 commented. "I bet if you wanted to we could easily get in here and sweep up all the treasures."

"You are not a thief system, don’t be so greedy."

Ding! she heard the mechanical sound in her head. She would have welcomed the sound normally but under these circumstances she was extremely unwilling. She had come to a treasure trove, had not yet set foot inside and the system was issuing a mission right at this moment. She could guess what the mission was going to be and she was extremely unwilling.

"No," she said in her mind, "No, no no noooo." she screamed and she looked at Muyang with sadness in her eyes.