76 Churning Thoughts (1/2)

The Empress Dowager watched in stunned silence as her son allowed the other person to cluck and huff at him like henpecked Chicken.

She again took a closer look at the boy.

Ah!

She hadn't noticed earlier but he seemed to be wearing clothes stitched by The Imperial Seamstresses.

Ah!

Why did her son give this unknown child so much freedom?

From Empress Dowager was standing, it looked like her son was almost leaning all of his weight on that boy's shoulder.

Ah!

They were standing so close to each other.

Ah!

It almost looked like they were sharing body warmth.

This...This position was far, far too intimate to be used between casual friends.

His Majesty's body language was far more relaxed as compared to the rigid stance he would usually take when anybody tried to encroach upon his personal space.

Even couples who had married for long wouldn't necessarily be so carefree around each other.

Quite frankly, she was starting to worry about her son.

A shock of lightning struck, and she stood there dumbly.

However, now wasn't the time to ask questions and put her son in a difficult spot.

No.

Right now, she needed to gather accurate information, look at it from a third-person perspective, analyse it and if her fears turned out to be true, then and only then would she start asking questions and demanding answers from His Majesty.

With that thought, she composed herself.

First things first, her son wasn't harmed by the dagger hastily thrown by Ning Fu.

Ah!

Ning Fu had been one of the few ones who had gone to the hollow at The Kumbh Mountains for The Rain Ritual.

He must have seen the interactions between His Majesty and this new interloper.

Giving it some further thought, she decided to start her enquiries from Ning Fu himself.

With her Imperial mask firmly in place, she spoke, ”Ah! Your Majesty, Ajia was thinking that since Your Excellency haven't been harmed - thankfully, Ajia will see to the punishment of Unit Commander. What does Your Majesty think?”

Her son looked at her with his own mask of politeness for a few seconds, turned to look at the kneeling Ning Fu and gave an almost hesitant nod.

He also spoke haltingly, ”Zhen doesn't blame Unit Commander for what just happened here. Mohou, don't make things too difficult for beloved official.”

Ah!

Even now, her child was worried about the well-being of others.

Ai...ai...why can't he see that his own mother is more worried about him.

Oh! It wasn't that she was against him loving someone of the same gender.