"Empress, why are you looking like that—?" Emperor Yongning asked.
The Empress stammered, "No, no, Your Majesty must have seen wrong."
The Empress withdrew a little, no longer staring at Jun Ning with a murderous look. Instead, she changed her tactic, gesturing behind Emperor Yongning's back with a killing gesture directed at Jun Ning.
A slicing motion, like slitting a throat.
But how could Jun Ning be easily frightened?
He was not supposed to speak, yet he insisted on speaking, so rebellious!
Without hesitation, Jun Ning relayed everything he had overheard and seen when he stumbled upon the Empress's nephew abusing the servants at midnight, completely overlooking the Empress's threatening gesture, reciting it all verbatim to Emperor Yongning. After hearing this, Emperor Yongning already had a vague suspicion in his heart and cast a sidelong glance at the Empress.
"Xiao Lizi, go to Jiaofang Palace and invite the Empress's nephew to see me."
