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

At the end of the conversation, Steward Huo took another deep look at Xu Zhifu: "As long as you can prove your loyalty to the imperial court, it may not be an unacceptable way to help the queen to suppress the bandits."

"Are you persuading me to cooperate with the Queen in suppressing the bandits?" Xu Ruxuan frowned slightly, and there was still some disbelief deep in his eyes.

This person...how could he be persuaded to cooperate with the suppression of the bandits?
Listening to their conversation, others may find it difficult to find something wrong, and they will only think that the butler is thinking about him.However, as a party, as a party who knows the details of the other party...Xu Ruxuan had to be shocked by the other party's persuasion.

This person is a member of the water bandits. He heard that the imperial court was going to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Not only did he have no intention of stopping them, but he even advised them to let them come here...

Xu Ruxuan subconsciously felt that the other party's move was fraudulent.

But without waiting for him to say anything, Housekeeper Huo preemptively said again: "Maybe some miscellaneous fish have sneaked in, and the mansion needs to be searched again. The villain has to continue to arrange manpower to investigate. Since there is nothing wrong with the adults...then please Rest early.

"It's almost three o'clock now, if you want to help the Empress catch the bandits, you have to be busy tomorrow.

"Have a rest, the villain will leave."

After saying that, Housekeeper Huo bowed respectfully to Xu Ruxuan, then slowly stepped back a few steps, and finally left the main courtyard in big strides.

After he left, Xu Ruxuan wanted to turn around and talk to Chi Xinian.

However, as soon as he moved, Chi Xinian, who was hiding in the dark, stopped him in a low voice: "Don't move!"

She could feel that the housekeeper Huo hadn't gone away after leaving the small courtyard. His footsteps, which were as light as a feather, disappeared completely not long after leaving the courtyard.

Chi Xinian suspected that this person probably didn't fully believe Xu Ruxuan's words, and was currently hiding outside the courtyard for an interview.

During the confrontation just now, although Xu Ruxuan tried his best to hide his discomfort, it is estimated that with the sensitivity of the opponent, it is not a problem to see some flaws.

If he suspects that Xu Ruxuan is not telling the truth, and thinks that Xu Ruxuan's mental disorder is not due to conversations during the day, but because of a meeting with someone at night...

Then it is only natural for him to wait outside and wait for others to relax their vigilance and fall into the trap.

This man is indeed thoughtful.

It's a pity that he miscalculated Chi Xinian's strength and prudence.

She didn't immediately relax and show up just because the person left, but listened carefully to the sound of footsteps and calculated the person's current seat.

Chi Xinian held his breath and focused all his attention on his surroundings.

The tranquility of the night gave her a great boost.

In the absence of noise interference, relying on her ability, she was still able to determine the opponent's movement.

That person is still hiding outside the courtyard.

Time passed bit by bit, Chi Xinian didn't move at all, Huo Butler, who was secretly lurking outside the courtyard, was silent for a long time, and finally let go of his heart slowly.

He thought maybe he was just being overwhelmed.

Maybe, what Xu Ruxuan said was the truth, and he was still sitting in the courtyard in the middle of the night with his clothes on, just because the pressure from both the court and the water bandits was too great?
After listening for a while, after confirming that there was no second person in Xu Ruxuanyuan, Housekeeper Huo raised his foot again and left the place with a lamp.

The footsteps sounded again and became weaker and weaker. Chi Xinian was finally able to relax his tense body and leaned out from the flowers.

"Huh... finally left." Chi Xinian leaned on the railing and climbed over the flowers, patted the dust, and sat down next to Xu Ruxuan again.