Chapter 16 - I Trust You (1/2)

Hua Qingxin hurriedly walked to the table and made some tea to cover her panic, “What’s your plan?”

“I haven’t caught the fawn yet, so I am going to set him up.” Yun Cang sat in front of the table. He looked at Hua Qingxin, resting his chin in his hand.

Hua Qingxin served him a cup of tea and avoided his eyes, “So, you will ambush him in that wood?”

Yun Cang saw her dodging eyes and anxious face clearly. He didn’t care about whether his eyes would make her uneasy and just gazed at her, nodding.

Hua Qingxin clutched her hand and lowered her head. She didn’t know where to look at, “Your Majesty… After all, he is your own brother. Just show him some mercy and give him some warnings. He will definitely understand your huge grace and feel indebted forever.”

“You don’t defend for him?”

Yun Cang was meticulous in thought, so it didn’t even take him a second to find the flaw in her words.

With such a close relationship with Prince Yunhai, when Yun Cang suspected him, it was strange for her not to defend but intercede for him instead.

His words panicked her. She thought quickly and said slowly, “I believe that Your Majesty will never wrong your own brother.”

Hua Qingxin’s face blanched as if she was an uneasy rabbit. Seeing that, Yun Cang didn’t have the heart to stump her anymore. He just grabbed her hands and forced her to look at him.

“Honey, I am going to ask you a question, and I’ll only ask it once, so you have to answer it honestly.”

Hua Qingxin looked at his serious face and nodded.

“Are you the spy of Prince Yunhai?”

His question was so straightforward that Hua Qingxin didn’t know how to respond.

To tell him the truth? Or not?

If she did, what would happen to her? What would happen to Prince Yunhai? Or to her family?

Her mind was seething with questions and struggling hard.

Yun Cang patted the back of her hand and assured her, “As long as you tell the truth, I’ll not blame you, and no one will be implicated.”

Really?

Could she buy it?

Or maybe he gave her the title and rewards only to lower her guard and make her confess…

Hua Qingxin opened her mouth slightly. She was so desperate to get it off her chest, but she after all didn’t have that much courage, “No. I’m not his spy.”

Yun Can nodded with satisfaction and continued, “So, I guess you will not have secret meetings with him anymore, will you?”