Chapter 315 Seeing Through

That night.

At nightfall, the wind suddenly blew outside, making the leaves outside the window rustle, covering up the cicadas' chirping and frogs' croaking at night.

The lanterns in the corridor kept shaking, causing the shadows of the trees cast into the room to shake as well, like ghosts.

Yun Qin, who was reading a book, was annoyed. She slammed the book in her hand onto the low table and raised her upper body to close the window.

As soon as he leaned out, he saw Hawking Chi who had already walked to the gate of the hall.

"Your Majesty?" she cried out.

Hearing the sound, Hawking looked over and saw that half of her body was leaning out of the windowsill.

He took a few quick steps, stretched out his hand to catch her leaning body, and said unhappily: "What are you trying to do? Is it dangerous?"

The swinging lights in the corridor shone on his face, flickering and making his eyes flicker along with them, looking unusually affectionate at times.

Yun Qin felt inexplicably frightened when she saw this, and she retracted her hand.

Seeing Hawking Chi outside still maintaining the same posture with his hands hanging in the air, he realized that his reaction was a bit too big.

She quickly smiled and said, "Is Your Majesty going to talk to me like this?"

Hawking Chi still looked nonchalant, holding the two windows with his hands, with a look of doubt in his eyes, "Am I so scary?"

"No way." Yun Qin pointed at the shadow of the tree behind him, "It's just that the wind is a little scary today."

Huo Jinchi glanced at the swaying tree shadows, then looked at her uncertainly for a while before saying, "Wait."

Then he closed the window for her.

Yun Qin, who was sitting on the couch, immediately lost her smile and stroked her chest with her hand.

I really saw a ghost just now.

There was no time to think about it, as Hawking Chi walked in from outside and Yun Qin quickly stood up and saluted.

Before he could stand up, Huo Jinchi came over and pushed him back. His eyes fell on the book on the low table, "What are you reading?"

Yun Qin sat back down and reached out to turn the book over so that the cover was facing up.

"It's a travelogue, not a storybook!" She almost held it up in front of Huo Jinchi to let him read it.

She is a serious person!

Seeing her slightly smug look, Huo Jinchi raised his lips slightly and tapped her nose, "Don't let me catch you next time."

Yun Qin wrinkled her nose slightly and didn't respond.

After Huo Jinchi sat down, Yun Qin asked, "Where did the emperor come from?"

After looking at her, Huo Jinchi said, "Ci'an Palace."

Having said that, Yun Qin asked, "Is the Empress Dowager feeling better?"

"Same old." Huo Jinchi knew in his heart that Yun Qin didn't really care about the Queen Mother. She should even be happy if something happened to the Queen Mother.

She had already suffered a lot of injustices, and Hawking Chi had let her down a lot, so naturally he would not ask anything of her.

She is my mother, so I have to bear the consequences of what she has done.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Yun Qin was too lazy to ask more, so she asked, "Your Majesty, is your dinner ready?"

Hawking Chi opened his mouth again, his voice becoming somewhat harsh, "Not yet."

Yun Qin had expected the Queen Mother to behave like that, but she looked surprised and said, "It's already this late, why haven't you eaten yet?"

She stood up and shouted outside, "Someone, ask the kitchen to prepare some food."

"Just keep it simple." Huo Jinchi added with a smile.

Outside, Xu An had already informed Rong Xin, and the kitchen was also ready.

Dan Xue came in and answered, then gave orders in an orderly manner.

Dinner was prepared quickly and Hawking Chi ate a simple meal.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Rong Xin and the others prepared hot water, made the bed, and left the main hall.

Yun Qin had already finished washing up and was leaning on the soft couch in the inner hall, yawning while reading a book.

When Huo Jinchi came out of the bathroom, Yun Qin also put down the book, stood up and prepared to go to bed.

But Huo Jinchi had no intention of sleeping yet. He walked over, took her hand, and sat back on the couch.

Seeing that he had something to say, Yun Qin yawned again, leaned on his shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you have anything to say to me?"

Hawking stroked her long hair and nodded, but said nothing.

"Is it about the eldest prince?"

Yunqin knew that when Huo Jinchi talked about his personal matters, he had to "warm up" first, so she threw out the topic to get him started.

"Yes," he said, "I have ordered people to monitor the eldest prince, but so far there has been no sign of the old lady."

Yun Qin still insisted on what she said before, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be too anxious. Perhaps Rong Xin was really mistaken, and the old nanny was not spying on the eldest prince?"

"But I asked people to look around the palace, but couldn't find an old lady." Huo Jinchi lowered his eyes and looked at her.

Yun Qin showed a natural surprise, and then asked doubtfully: "Could it be that Rong Xin really saw it wrong?"

But he was extremely shocked in his heart. The people sent by the emperor were naturally the Wude Envoys. They were all experts in spying, but how could they not find the old lady?

Could it be that her joke came true and the old lady was actually someone pretending to be her?

Rong Xin’s pursuit last time had already alarmed the enemy, and the man probably wouldn’t come out again in the short term. This made the situation a bit tricky.

She was lost in thought, noticing that the look in Hawking Chi's eyes when he looked at her was somewhat profound.

"Although I didn't find the person, I found out that someone was secretly inquiring about an old lady." He suddenly spoke.

These words instantly brought Yunqin back to her senses. She did not panic, but smiled coquettishly at him, "Oh no, the emperor found out."

Although she said "Oh no", her expression was full of confidence.

Ever since the emperor wanted to investigate, she never thought she could hide it from him. Even if Xiao Shunzi was careful, there were only a few people who knew everything about the palace, and the probability of asking the same person was very high.

If someone had only revealed a few words, it would have been strange if Hawking Chi had not suspected her.

"Your Majesty, please listen to my excuses. No, listen to me explain it to you clearly."

Yun Qin did not explain what happened, but only expressed her own thoughts. "I was curious and worried about the eldest prince, so I asked my subordinates to find out. Now, this has conflicted with the emperor's people."

Huo Jinchi naturally did not doubt her intentions, but since she was unwilling to explain everything from the beginning, he did not ask any more questions.

But I still can't help feeling a little sad in my heart.

He looked at her for a long time before whispering, "When will you believe me?"

The smile on Yunqin's face froze slightly.

Huo Jinchi stroked her cheek with his fingers. "Do you think I don't understand? You are worried that this is a trap set for you, and you are afraid that if I investigate, I will eventually find out about you."

"You are still afraid that I won't believe you. Instead of counting on me, you might as well figure it out yourself first."

These words revealed all of Yun Qin's thoughts, leaving her speechless.

However, Huo Jinchi did not want to let her go so easily, and continued: "I thought that after going through so many things, you and I should have some tacit understanding."