Lin Jiuqing woke up a little later than usual because he slept too soundly last night.

Yingyue helped Lin Jiuqing get up while she was worried and hesitated to speak.

After everything was packed up, Lin Jiuqing asked, "What's wrong? You look absent-minded. Do you have anything to say?"

Yingyue pursed her lips and then said softly, "Your Majesty, His Majesty came back last night."

Lin Jiuqing raised his eyebrows, but there was no surprise in his eyes, as if he had expected Mo Xiao to come back.

"What's wrong? Has His Majesty made things difficult for you?"

"That's not the case..." Yingyue stammered, and finally closed her eyes and told the foolish thing she did last night when she tried to lie to His Majesty but failed and was exposed. "Your Majesty, I didn't mean it. I just..."

Lin Jiuqing burst out laughing and interrupted Yingyue's words.

Yingyue looked at Lin Jiuqing in a daze. She didn't know how Lin Jiuqing could laugh when it was such a serious matter.

If this happened to other concubines, they would have knelt at the gate of Yinghua Palace to apologize.

Lin Jiuqing smiled and rubbed his cheeks, then said to Yingyue: "I know, you are also thinking about me, afraid that His Majesty will really be angry with me."

Yingyue said stubbornly, "I was wrong... Madam, His Majesty seems to be really angry."

She reached out and scratched her head: "It's because I'm stupid. I can't even do such a small thing. Instead, I made things worse and angered Your Majesty."

Seeing her like this, Lin Jiuqing quickly said, "Don't blame yourself, you are doing this for my own good."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Lin Jiuqing ate her meal first and took her medicine as usual. After completing the whole process, the time was almost up. She said calmly, "Go outside and ask if the emperor has left the court yet?"

Yingyue agreed, and after a while she came back and said, "There are people guarding the gate of Yinghua Palace. I don't know how long they have been guarding. When they saw me, their eyes turned red, as if they saw a savior."

Lin Jiuqing raised the corners of his lips and asked, "What did they say?"

"They didn't say anything, they just asked about the Majesty's situation in a roundabout way," Yingyue said softly, "I didn't tell them."

"They said that His Majesty had just finished court and was heading to Yinghua Palace."

Lin Jiuqing hummed and said, "I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some soup. You can personally deliver it to Yinghua Palace for me."

Yingyue was stunned: "This...I just made His Majesty angry last night, and I'm afraid he won't like me."

Lin Jiuqing said, "It's okay, just go. Tell His Majesty that I'm worried that he might get sick. If His Majesty doesn't accept it, I'll have to deliver it myself."

Yingyue said quickly: "Yes, I will go right away."

Yingyue was feeling uneasy. As soon as she arrived at the gate of Yinghua Palace, she saw the chief eunuch pacing around the door with a sad face.

Yingyue was puzzled: "Eunuch, why aren't you serving in there?"

When the chief eunuch saw Yingyue, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh, my aunt, I have been waiting for you to come."

Yingyue was startled: "My father-in-law, are you waiting for me for something?"

The chief eunuch smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. What are you doing here, young lady? But what instructions does the Imperial Concubine Chen have?"

Yingyue said groggily, "The Queen asked me to bring some soup to His Majesty."

The chief eunuch took the food box and said, "This is great. Your Majesty just didn't have breakfast. This soup comes at the perfect time."