Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 555 Due Diligence
Faced with such a situation, Chi Xinian was also speechless.

According to what she thought, the conscientious butler next to Xu Zhifu would always be there when he was in Pingxing Yamen, because that place was not a home after all, and he couldn't afford other servants to serve him, so he was the only butler.

Besides, at that time, the support from the imperial court had not yet arrived, and Xu Zhifu was busy all by himself, so he needed someone to help him.

but now…

Now that the support from the imperial court has arrived, and the prefect Xu has returned to rest at his own mansion, why is the butler still so...responsible?

Almost everything, you have to do it yourself?
But even though his heart was full of helplessness, Chi Xinian could only dormant silently at this moment, hiding in the dark, waiting for the responsible butler to separate from Xu Ruxuan.

This waited until the middle of the night.

It wasn't until after the second watch that Xu Ruxuan, who had finished handling his official duties, came out of the study, and then parted ways at the gate of the backyard with the butler who had been by his side and waited on him.

"Huh..." Carrying the lamp and returning to his small courtyard alone, Xu Ruxuan did not go back to the bedroom to rest immediately, but sat down on the stone bench in the small courtyard and let out a long breath.

He looked very tired, and the grooves on his face due to sorrow were much deeper than those of his peers.

But even so, he still didn't immediately return to the couch that the servant had already laid out.

Instead, he looked at the bright and bright moon in the sky, quietly thinking about something.

He seemed to have a lot on his mind.

"Master Xu, what is on your mind that deserves you to sit in your small courtyard in the middle of the night and sigh, not to go to sleep?" Chi Xinian hid in the dark and observed for a while, making sure that no one was around, and then slowly walked out from the dark, revealing posture.

A female voice suddenly sounded in the quiet courtyard, and Xu Ruxuan couldn't help but shiver with fright.

He looked back in fear, and in the blink of an eye, he saw Chi Xinian's cold white face bathed in the full moonlight.

"Emperor, empress?!"

Xu Ruxuan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he looked at the woman in front of him uncertainly.

Although the woman in front of her had the queen's face on her face, her demeanor was much different from that of the day.The fresh and lively woman who was as enthusiastic as the scorching sun during the day seemed to be covered with a layer of veil at the moment, so clear and cold that one couldn't see her thoughts...

This empress...what's the situation?
When Xu Ruxuan looked at Chi Xinian, he became more and more wary.

But facing his wary gaze, Chi Xinian didn't care.

Putting the knife in her arms, she spoke again: "Let's talk, Prefect Xu. Talk about your worries, and talk about those things you didn't understand during the day."

"Your Majesty, I don't know what your mother is talking about..." Xu Ruxuan originally lost his thoughts because of Chi Xinian's sudden appearance, but after a moment of surprise, he heard her bring up his own concerns again.

He subconsciously wanted to deny it in front of outsiders: "The lower official just dealt with official duties all day and felt tired, so he just sat in the yard for a while to take a breath.

"As for Bairi's matter... Bairi's subordinates have already made clear with the empress all the suggestions that should be said. How to make a decision is the empress's own business, and the subordinate officials have no right to comment."

"How to make a decision is of course my business, and I never thought about finding someone who can tell me what to do. It's just..." Chi Xinian glanced at the people around him lightly, "Before making a decision, I still want to hear about Xu Zhifu's body. , a story about a flood."

(End of this chapter)