The empress dowager pulled her hand

The empress dowager pulled her hand down, held it and slowly patted her hands, turned and looked at Ji Wu Jiu “blood are thicker than water, how can we break away from family so easily” then she look at Xu Cai Ren “was the person you mentioned Lu Li? He and the empress are truly cousins”

XU Cai Ren suddenly nodded “it seems like the empress and Lieutenant Lu really has a good relationship”

Ji Wu Jiu’s expression turned sour, he placed the cup in his hand down on the table, the tea in the cup could not take the action and spilled out, and some got into his hands and the table.

Xu Cai Ren stunned. And looked at the empress dowager with a scared look.

The empress dowager is not afraid of Ji Wu Jiu, who ask her to be his birth mother. She consoled Xu Cai Ren again, and towards Ji Wu Jiu she said “what are you angry about!… Wei Rong, was there something you want to say?”

Xu Cai Ren was contemplating and carefully took a peek at Ji Wu Jiu.

“Do not be afraid, just speak out, I will back you”

Ji Wu Jiu although still with a dark face, did not stop her however.

Xu Cai Ren then continued “actually… it is nothing big. Just that two nights ago, I don’t feel well, so I wanted to go to Ying Hua Hall to pray abit. But the moment I entered, I heard there was a happy conversation going on inside the hall. I got very curious, so I eavesdropped for a bit, and because I was too far, I could not tell what they were talking about, but I can tell that the voice belonged to the empress, and she called the man cousin brother, that is why I ask that question earlier”

The empress dowager’s face turned serious, “child, there is somethings that you have simply say… are you sure you saw it yourself?”

Xu Cai Ren nodded, “I did see it personally, if you do not believe me, then I will swear” she said and starts to raise her hands to swear.

The empress dowager quickly stopped her “alright alright, I believe you, but this involves the royal family’s pride, you definitely can’t tell other people” then she asked Ji Wu Jiu “emperor, what do you say?”

JI Wu Jiu stared at Xu Cai Ren for a while, making Xu Cai Ren shivered and afraid to return his stare. Hearing that the empress dowager was speaking to him, Ji Wu Jiu stood up, and answered “I would not dare to bother you, I will definitely investigate this case properly, mother please rest well, I will leave first”

Seeing that Ji Wu Jiu has left, Xu Cai Ren started to massage the empress dowager again. Her face is no longer calm like just now, she frowned and reprimanded Xu Cai Ren “when you want to act, why didn’t you inform me first, if today I did no support you, a small little Cai Ren, will never be allowed to discuss about the empress in front of the emperor”

“I am wrong! Because I was afraid of implicating you that is why….”

“What implicate, I am his birth mother, what can he do to me!”

“Yes, the emperor is a filial son, he would not do anything to you for the empress”

That sentence was pleasing, the empress dowager nodded and smiled. After a while, she got worried again “ its just that, although you said those words earlier, I do not think that the emperor will believe so easily”

“Do not worry, as long as we let the emperor see it for himself, even if he doesn’t believe he will have to believe”

***

Facts shows that the empress dowager still understands her son very well. Ji Wu Jiu rationally will not really believe what Xu Cai Ren said. Both woman that does not like Ye Zhen Zhen was putting up a show in front of him, it was very obvious that they what they wanted to do. He is not stupid, actually he is way more clever than normal people.

But although his rationality does not believe, it does not mean his feelings also does not believe. Although he can ignore, telling himself that was just gossip, but Xu Cai Ren’s words still went in straight into his mind.

In a quiet night, in a quiet hall, only one man and one woman, happy conversations… in his mind he kept replaying the scenes like it was real. Not only that, he even dubbed the scene, the woman in his mind was using a charming voice calling “cousin brother” so sweetly and lovingly.

After doing his work for a while, what he himself is thinking also he is not sure off already, then he threw his brush, and the brush rolled around on the documents, causing a streak of red lines.

“Feng You De, go to Kun Ning Palace and get me someone, I have something to ask”

Ever since the person he place at Kun Ning Palace was gotten rid of by Ye Zhen Zhen, he placed another one there again, but because Ye Zhen Zhen was very cautious, his people was not able to get close to her.

“Replying to your majesty, the empress, these few days every night will leave the palace at 7.20pm , and return at 9.50pm in the night”

“Do you know where she went?”

“I do not know”

“Alright, all can leave”

After getting everyone to leave, Ji Wu Jiu was in a daze at his sit. 7.20pm to 9.50pm, it was the time that he will not be in Kun Ning Palace. Recently he has been sleeping at Kun Ning Palace every night, originally he wanted to read his documents at Kun Ning Palace, but it was inconvenient to transfer these documents here and there, and also that Ye Zhen Zhen does not like it, so he will do his work in Yang Xin Hall and after in the night he will go back to Kun Ning Palace. That time, Ye Zhen Zhen would be in deep slumber already, her body was very warm when he held her in his arms, he will get warm very fast too, both of them will sleep like that, the feeling was very secured and nice.

Originally he thought their relationship was improving, but didn’t know what Ye Zhen Zhen was doing everynight when he was not around.

What did he do wrong? Ji Wu Jiu unconsciously grabbed on to the chair’s handle with much force. The truth is infront of him, if he wants to investigate, he definitely would be able to do so. But he was not sure if he really wanted to investigate.

After all…. What if it was real?

What can he do to her?

Thinking about it, Ji Wu Jiu’s gaze suddenly changed, and the strength of his hands increased, “pa” the item in his hands got broken into two.

***

At the same time, somewhere in the inner palace, Lieutenant Lu was looking at an embroidered pouch in his hands, and asked the eunuch in front of him “you were saying, the empress ordered me to go to Ying Hua Hall at 7.50pm to meet, and to discuss about something?”

The eunuch answered “Exactly”

Lu Li placed the pouch into his sleeves and replied “thank you, I will definitely meet her on time”

The eunuch went off. Lu Li took out the pouch and pondered. This was definitely Ye Zhen Zhen’s personally made pouch, but her behavior he was clear, normally she was very careless, for her to drop this somewhere was not weird, and to let someone find it to be used in an evil way… Furthermore Ye Zhen Zhen is not someone rash or stupid, to meet a man at night at a quiet place, something like this she would definitely not do. Even if she really needed to see him, she would also do it properly, she will either send Wang You Cai or Su Yue that level of people to convey the message, why would she send an eunuch that he didn’t know, something was not right.

Therefore, there must be some scheme behind this.

But since it involves Zhen Zhen, then no matter what he will have to go, and if someone really wanted to use the matters of male and female to accuse zhen zhen, then it is best to get rid of the person quicker.

***

After dinner, Ye Zhen Zhen rested a while, then took a book and left the palace, and only brought along Su Yue with her.

The winter night was very cold, both of them were tightly wrapped, Su Yue holding the lantern, and another hand holding Ye Zhen Zhen, and tried to convince her “Your majesty, tonight it is so cold, why not we don’t go tonight?”