Jing Zhe came out and followed the road to the palace.
Logically speaking, the court session should have ended long ago, and Murong Xi should have returned by now. However, Jing Zhe thought again that perhaps Murong Xi and Emperor An had something to discuss in court, but rather something to discuss privately after the court session, which was why he was late.
However, Jing Zhe didn't care, since being late was entirely beneficial to him.
However, after arriving at the palace gate, Jing Zhe did not approach it, but instead hid in the alley directly opposite the palace gate and watched from a distance.
What Zhu Xinning thought of, Jing Zhe also thought of.
Su Mochen left the palace early in the morning to see Murong Xi, and then accompanied her to the palace for court. Given her temperament, she would most likely have come out with Murong Xi.
Therefore, Jing Zhe could not show himself and had to observe secretly first. If the two of them really left the palace together, he would then think of other ideas!
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Murong Xi came out of the palace. To Jing Zhe's surprise and delight, Su Mochen did not leave the palace with her; only the guard general Sui Shouren accompanied her.
Outside the palace gates, a carriage was already waiting, seemingly to escort Murong Xi back.
Jing Zhe was overjoyed. After observing for a while and confirming that Su Mochen would not appear outside the palace gate again, he went out.
At this moment, Sui Shouren was already sitting in the carriage, ready to depart.
"Hey, what brings President Jing here?"
Since Jing Zhe was "punished" and unable to attend court, Sui Shouren and the court officials had not seen him for some time. To be honest, everyone missed him very much, especially the scene of him and Bai Qingyuan bickering—or rather, Jing Zhe unilaterally bickering with Bai Qingyuan. It had become a beautiful sight in the court.
Sui Shouren was somewhat surprised to see Jing Zhe.
"So it's General Sui! I was just on my way to court when I realized that His Majesty has forbidden me from attending court, so I'm heading back!"
Jing Zhe said casually.
"..."
Sui Shouren was speechless. It was past noon, and he was still coming to court?
Dude, even if you're lying, at least try to be a little more professional, okay? You're treating me like an idiot!
Based on Sui Shouren's understanding of Jing Zhe, he certainly wouldn't do something so foolish. There must be something going on with him being here.
What is it?
When Sui Shouren thought of Murong Xi in the carriage and the scene of Su Mochen and Murong Xi confronting each other in the palace a few days ago, he immediately realized that he had come for her!
However, he did not expose him, but simply gave an awkward but polite smile.
"hehe."
Jing Zhe didn't care, but asked, "General Sui, what are you planning to do outside the palace?"
"That's right. Empress Yueyao just finished discussing things with His Majesty, and His Majesty ordered me to escort the Empress back!"
Sui Shouren said.
"I see. Then I won't bother General Sui any longer..."
"???"
Sui Shouren was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and some doubt arose: Could it be that he was wrong? Wasn't he here for Empress Yueyao?
"President Jing, then I will escort the Empress back."
Sui Shouren got into the car and was about to leave when Jing Zhe coughed twice, and Murong Xi, who had been silent in the car, suddenly spoke up.
"President Jing, are you planning to go home or to the newspaper office?"
He emphasized the word "newspaper" and immediately replied, "Your Majesty, there are still some matters at the newspaper that require my attention."
"That's perfect."
Murong Xi leaned out of the carriage and said softly, "I still have some questions about certain aspects of the newspaper's operations, and I was planning to ask President Jing when I got back. Since it's such a coincidence, how about I go to the newspaper office with President Jing?"
"OK!"
"..."
Listening to the seemingly normal conversation between the two, Sui Shouren felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Then I'll escort President Jing and the Empress to the newspaper office together."
"Thank you, General Sui, but there's no need. I've been sitting in the palace for half a day, and now I'd like to take a walk."
"The newspaper office isn't far from here; it won't take long to walk there. General Sui, please go back and get busy!"
Jing Zhe also offered his advice.
"Alright...then I'll take my leave!"
Sui Shouren greeted Jing Zhe and then pulled the carriage back, still thinking about what was wrong along the way.
...
After Sui Shouren left, Jing Zhe said, "Your Majesty, shall we go to the newspaper office to learn something?"
"Alright, President Jing, please lead the way!"
As they spoke, the two looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
Since they were outside the palace, although there weren't many people on the street, there were still pedestrians coming and going, so the two of them couldn't do anything out of line and walked forward side by side.
"Why are you suddenly attending court?"
"This one..."
Murong Xi thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "I've learned so much from you these past few days, so I should tell His Majesty about it to show our sincerity in cooperating. Otherwise, he might think we don't value this!"
"I see."
Seeing that Jing Zhe nodded without doubt, Murong Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
"I heard my senior sister went into the palace with you this morning? Why didn't she come out with you?"
Based on Jing Zhe's understanding of Su Mochen, he was still very curious.
"I don't know either, maybe something's wrong with her."
Murong Xi lowered her head and said softly. In a corner where Jing Zhe couldn't see, her eyelids twitched slightly, and her expression was somewhat lonely. However, this was only for a moment. When she looked up again, that loneliness had disappeared, replaced by a bright and cheerful smile.
Jing Zhe did not notice anything unusual about Murong Xi and continued walking with her. Since the newspaper office was not too far from the palace, they arrived in no time.
Because the last issue of the newspaper had been published and a celebration banquet was to be held that evening, all the newspaper staff gathered at the office, tidying up their belongings and cleaning the office, as they would not be able to return until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
When Jing Zhe entered, he saw everyone busily cleaning, including the editor-in-chief Chen Jiannan in the lobby on the first floor.
"President Jing!"
Xiong San first spotted Jing Zhe and called out.
Jing Zhe nodded: "I brought Empress Yueyao over to take a look. You all continue with your work! Once we're done, we'll go to Wenxiang Residence together!"
"good!"
No one suspected anything and continued cleaning.
So Jing Zhe led Murong Xi upstairs.
As soon as they entered the private room where the romantic scene had taken place the day before, before they could even close the door, Jing Zhe embraced Murong Xi's slender waist.
"close the door…"
Murong Xi let out a soft cry, then broke free from Jing Zhe's embrace, went over and closed the door. When she came back, she took the initiative to hug Jing Zhe and then responded passionately and breathlessly.
Her response even surpassed Jing Zhe's, and in moments, the two were rolling around on the bed…
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