After a long silence.
Zhao Junyao barely managed a smile:
"It's nothing!"
"How could it be nothing?" Xia Ruqing's eyes suddenly welled with tears.
"You've been acting strange since last night, and now you look so unwell!"
"Are you hiding something from me?"
She suddenly remembered.
Ever since she mentioned the phrase 'how could a mother not worry about her child' last night.
He had been acting off!
"Did I say something wrong?"
"Emperor, I... I didn't mean to!"
Everyone knows that he has a poor relationship with the Empress Dowager.
Saying such things must have made him recall the sad memories of his childhood.
"Emperor, I..."
Just as Xia Ruqing was at a loss, Zhao Junyao grasped her cold hand.
"Stop overthinking, it's not your fault!"
Xia Ruqing looked at her hand held by him, then at his gradually warming face.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You must be hungry, let's eat!"
She smiled awkwardly, not daring to bring up anything else, saying as much.
