C279 The Emperor's Probes

The moment the master and servant pair walked out of the Eastern Courtyard, they saw Yan Yuan and Yan Shuo's uncle and nephew pair walking in from outside.

When Xiao Yue saw Yan Shuo at Liu Ruo Qing's side, his face had turned even paler.

Yan Shuo did not notice the change in Xiao Yue, he only looked at Liu Ruo Qing and walked towards her, "Is Ninth Aunt leaving the house?"

"That's right, this King Jing Palace is very annoying, I want to go out and take a breather."

When Liu Ruo Qing spoke, she pointed at Yan Yuan who was behind Yan Shuo and asked.

Yan Yuan retracted his gaze, and calmly turned away.

Yan Shuo laughed, and joked while pointing: "Looks like our Ninth Imperial Uncle has given Ninth Aunt a lot of pressure?"

"Does Your Majesty only now know how terrifying this imperial uncle of yours is?"

Yan Shuo had frequently been running towards the King Jing Palace before, so when Yan Shuo appeared in the King Jing Palace today, she did not encounter any accidents, and there were even places of suspicion.

"Now that Miaomiao is living in the palace, her safety has been guaranteed. The emperor probably didn't come here today to look for me, right? I'll be leaving first."

Saying that, he turned to Xiao Yue and said: "Let's go, Xiao Yue."

Just as Liu Ruo Qing was about to leave, she was obstructed by Yan Shuo's arm.

"What a coincidence, Ninth Aunt. I came here today specifically to chat with you."

"You want to chat with me?"

Liu Ruo Qing didn't think too much into it, "What's there to talk about with me? I'm not participating in matters of your imperial government, and I still have to go shopping. Don't block my way."

She and Yan Shuo had never been this courteous before, so she was naturally used to it this time.

It was just that Yan Yuan was not as simple as he thought, there was definitely something else behind Yan Shuo's sudden request to come to the Duke Palace to see Liu Ruo Qing.

In Yan Yuan's heart, inevitably, there were some unease.

Yan Shuo laughed. It was still that handsome and kind young Overlord that Liu Ruo Qing remembered.

"Ninth Aunt, this time we aren't talking about anything, we're just talking about you."

"Talking about me?"

Liu Ruo Qing looked at Yan Shuo's smiling eyes, his heart suddenly thumped uneasily.

Yan Shuo's smile, allowed her to sense that there was some hidden meaning behind it.

"Right, we'll talk about you."

Yan Shuo's smile was still on his face, but after that, he turned and said to Yan Yuan: "Royal Uncle, let's go to the study room to talk."

Although from beginning to end, Yan Shuo had been smiling, he was no different from the amiable emperor.

But on Yan Shuo's body, Liu Ruo Qing felt a trace of emotion that made her feel very uneasy.

Yan Yuan also sized Yan Shuo up without batting an eyelid. His eyes turned cold, and after muttering to himself for a few seconds, he said, "Okay."

Yan Shuo was walking in the front, Liu Ruo Qing was following behind him, that seemingly light and relaxed back made Liu Ruo Qing feel an indescribable sense of danger.

The hand at his side was suddenly caught and exerted a little strength.

Liu Ruo Qing was startled for a moment, and turned her eyes to look at the person beside him. He did not look at her, and continued to stare ahead, but that pair of large and warm hands held tightly onto her hands.

In the silence, it was as if he was telling her not to worry, This King will bear the burden for you if anything happens.

It was like what he had said to her that night in the palace.

The door to the study was closed.

The smile on Yan Shuo's face disappeared.

He looked at Liu Ruo Qing sharply, and then walked to the study room and sat down on the sandalwood chair.

"Ninth Aunt, do you know why we have come to find you?"

Liu Ruo Qing rarely saw Yan Shuo speak to her with such a serious expression, his heart uneasily thumped once.

Afterwards, he feigned a relaxed smile and said, "Your Majesty, how could I dare to guess your divine will? You should just tell me directly."

Yan Shuo stared quietly at her for a few seconds, then nodded: "Alright, I'll show you something."

Immediately after, under Liu Ruo Qing's uneasy gaze, the glimmering heartlock opened up in front of Liu Ruo Qing.

Liu Ruo Qing's expression suddenly changed. The worry she had been feeling during that night in the palace had finally come.

He never thought that the heartlock would actually be found by the Kaiser.

The moment Yan Yuan saw the heartlock in Kaiser's hands, his gaze immediately shot towards Liu Ruo Qing's face.

Although he was unclear about what had happened, the heartlock that was originally in Liu Ruo Qing's hands had mysteriously appeared in his.

The only possibility was —

The heartlock was very likely to have been seen by Yan Shuo in the imperial mausoleum.

Yan Yuan's expression did not change at all, he suppressed the surging feeling in his heart, and retracted his gaze from Liu Ruo Qing's face.

Before Liu Ruo Qing could speak, he rushed in front of her and asked, "Did the emperor find the heartlock?"

Liu Ruo Qing was startled, and looked at Yan Yuan blankly.

Seeing that he had already arrived in front of Yan Shuo, he spoke with a very relaxed tone: "Ever since that night when the assassins who barged into the Duke's Mansion took this heartlock from your Ninth Aunt, she has been depressed for a long time. Now that he has found it again, his heart should be at ease, right?"

He turned his head and looked at Liu Ruo Qing who was still in shock, and signaled her with her eyes.

Liu Ruo Qing quickly came to an understanding and hurriedly put away all of her surprise and astonishment. She quickly walked in front of Yan Shuo and took back the heartlock in his hands.

Thank you, your majesty. I was still worried about how to tell royal sister-in-law about this, but if I lose the things that my mother had left me, I was afraid that the royal sister-in-law would blame me, so I didn't dare to tell her.

She excitedly put the heartlock into her arms and ignored Yan Shuo's suspicious look. "Oh right, Your Majesty, where did you find this? The assassin who broke into the Duke's Mansion that day was found? "

Liu Ruo Qing appeared to be extremely calm. That innocent look, was something even Yan Shuo could not see a single thing that she could suspect.

After muttering to himself for a moment, Yan Shuo said: "Ninth Aunt is saying that the heartlock was taken away by the assassins who barged into the Duke's Mansion?"

Liu Ruo Qing's heart was beating very quickly, but on the surface, she appeared to be very innocent and calm.

"Yeah, that night when I was holding onto the heartlock and looking at it, it was snatched by the assassin who barged in."

Liu Ruo Qing did not dare say too much. Kaiser was not one that could be easily duped. The more she said, the more mistakes she would make, and the easier it would be for Yan Shuo to see through them.

Yan Shuo's expression had slightly eased up, but the doubt in his eyes had not diminished in the slightest.

"With Ninth Aunt's martial arts, could an assassin snatch such an important thing away?"

The corner of Liu Ruo Qing's mouth tensed, and just as she was thinking about how to answer, she was caught off guard by Yan Yuan.

"You still have the nerve to ask?"

He looked at Yan Yuan, "If it wasn't to protect Yun Jiao Rong, would she have been injured? Since she is not injured, this heartlock is naturally not something that can be snatched away. "

It had to be said that Liu Ruo Qing was incomparably grateful to Yan Yuan in her heart.