Chapter 336 Human Nature
The two of them talked and unknowingly walked to the palace gate. After getting on the carriage, Ji Yunshu still frowned.
What happened tonight was reasonable enough to frame the Queen.
Framing her seems a bit far-fetched no matter how you look at it.
She was about to ask Zhao Shen, but before she could open her mouth, Zhao Shen had already pulled her into his arms and coaxed her softly, "Don't be afraid."
Ji Yunshu was caught off guard by this sudden incident, but he didn't feel that scared.
Being coaxed by Zhao Shen like this, the little bit of uneasiness in her heart disappeared, and she smiled and said: "Well, I'm not afraid with you here."
Zhao Shen was relieved to see that she was still calm. "It was my negligence. On days like this, accidents are easy to happen in the palace. I should have been following you closely. Fortunately, you were alert."
Ji Yunshu didn't think he had done anything wrong: "How can I blame you? The Queen called me, are you going to the harem with me?"
Speaking of this, she recalled Zhao Shen's unusual behavior at the banquet. "What's more, you were so indifferent to me. Even if I had doubts, I wouldn't dare to tell you."
"When did I ignore you?"
Zhao Shen felt that he was wronged. He was just in a bad mood at that time and didn't want to say more.
Ji Yunshu asked directly: "When Xiao Kun and I returned from our meeting, were you jealous?"
Zhao Shen: “…”
After a moment of silence, he said, "This is human nature, right? If you see me standing with another woman..."
Before he could finish, Ji Yunshu covered his mouth with his hand: "You're right, this is human nature."
When Zhao Shen saw her like this, the depression that had suddenly accumulated in his chest when he saw Ji Yunshu and Xiao Kun standing by the pool dissipated.
He kissed Ji Yunshu's palm before pulling her hand away from his lips: "Stay away from Xiao Kun from now on."
Ji Yunshu nodded in agreement: "I know, his mind is unfathomable, and I don't know what he's planning. How dare I get close to him?"
Zhao Shen didn't expect her to say that. His eyes were somewhat deep as he asked, "You should know that he has actually helped you a lot, especially this time. He asked Yin Shu to protect you and saved you several times. Aren't you touched?"
Ji Yunshu knew that such a question should not be answered casually. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I thanked him. He said it was to thank me for my previous reminder. You also paid him a reward. So what did you give him?"
"It's just a matter of mutual benefit." Zhao Shen stared at Ji Yunshu without blinking, not allowing her to evade the important point. "You should know that he's not helping you for these high-sounding reasons."
Ji Yunshu also looked straight at him: "I only discovered his feelings tonight. After thinking carefully, I think he might like the little girl who saved him in the palace."
They all knew it wasn't her.
Zhao Shen looked at the sober person in front of him and felt a little dazed.
He actually knew that Xiao Kun's unusual attention to Ji Yunshu had started a long time ago.
He had helped them more than they knew.
Ji Yunshu continued, "He knows better than anyone that the daughter of the Ji family can't possibly marry the prince of a vassal state. That's why he never showed it before. As for now, I don't think he has any intention of making it clear, so let's just pretend he doesn't know."
Ji Yunshu vaguely understood why Xiao Kun was the final winner in the book.
In order to seize the throne, Prince Yong sent the young boy to the capital as a hostage, killing his mother and Ji Yunshu, who had saved him and was hidden in his heart.
He has lost so much, why can't the throne be his?
Zhao Shen nodded: "That's what you said."
There was actually nothing much to say about this topic, so the two of them just talked about it tacitly.
Ji Yunshu asked about what happened before: "You haven't told me what happened tonight. Why did those people frame me?"
Zhao Shen took a sip of tea and said, "Daxia and Mobei haven't had a major conflict in a few years. Mobei is quite powerful now. Why do you think they would take the initiative to seek peace?"
Ji Yunshu was stunned: "You said this matter is related to Mobei?"
"No matter what Mobei wants to do, they can't avoid the Ji family. It's difficult for them to defeat your father and brother on the battlefield, so they naturally have to find other ways."
Ji Yunshu hadn't thought of it before, but now that he was thinking along his lines, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
"Are they trying to use me to alienate the relationship between my father and the emperor?"
Murdering the royal heir is a capital crime.
Even if the emperor would not issue an order to convict and execute her, since the other party had set up this trap, they would definitely find a way to force her to death.
It would not be difficult to make the emperor no longer trust the Ji family by making some moves at that time.
Zhao Shen looked at her and smiled. "Although this plan isn't foolproof, it's actually quite thorough. After all, Xuanzheng Hall is where the Emperor works, so it's normal for the Empress to summon you there. I guess no one expected you to refuse, right?"
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but laugh. "They know I have a good relationship with the Queen, and they chose a place that wouldn't arouse suspicion. Naturally, there's no reason for me not to go. Unfortunately, I've been on guard today and don't want to risk even the slightest suspicion."
At this point, she sighed again, "What a pity for the Queen."
Zhao Shen embraced her and said, "Don't feel sorry. The Emperor will protect the Empress."
Ji Yunshu said angrily, "If he hadn't left Ning Huanyi in the palace, none of this mess would have happened. If he can't even protect the queen, then this emperor is too cowardly."
Zhao Shen laughed and said, "You are relying on the emperor's good temper to speak so recklessly. Even if the emperor doesn't keep Ning Huanyi, those people will still do whatever they want."
Ji Yunshu glared at him: "So, you think Ning Huanyi is innocent in what happened today?"
Seeing her unfriendly expression, Zhao Shen quickly coaxed her, "Of course not. Although she is also a victim, since she is involved, she is definitely not innocent. This matter must be related to her."
Ji Yunshu's heart skipped a beat when he thought of the time when he met Ning Huanyi. She smiled and said that this was his fate anyway.
"What on earth does she want to do?"
Ning Huanyi is a person who is really hard to understand.
Zhao Shen reached out and stroked her furrowed brows, comforting her: "Don't worry, if you can't figure it out, just wait until she wakes up and ask her."
Ji Yunshu held his hand that was moving restlessly between her eyebrows and said, "Didn't the imperial physician say that she might not wake up?"
The carriage stopped. Zhao Shen opened the door, looked out at the dark night, and said softly, "She will definitely wake up."
Ji Yunshu also felt that Ning Huanyi would definitely wake up.
People like her would never really gamble with their lives for anything.
After all, when people die, everything is gone.
"If it's really related to her, she won't tell the truth. The emperor can't make it public that the child in her belly is not his. This matter is really difficult to handle."
Zhao Shen carried her out of the carriage: "Don't worry, didn't Madam say before that she would go to bed as soon as she got home today?"
Ji Yunshu: "The Emperor asked you to investigate the case. Isn't that why I'm worried about you? Looking at you, could it be that you've already made some progress?"
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