Chapter 555: Do your duty

Faced with such a situation, Chi Xinian was also speechless.

According to what she thought, the conscientious butler next to Xu Zhifu would always stay at the Pingxing Yamen because that place was not a home after all and could not afford other maids and servants to serve him, so he was the only butler there.

Moreover, the support from the court had not yet arrived at that time, and Xu Zhifu was busy alone, so he always needed someone to help.

But now…

Now that the support from the imperial court has arrived, and Magistrate Xu has returned to his own house to rest, why is this housekeeper still so...responsible?

Do you have to do almost everything yourself?

But even though his heart was full of helplessness, Chi Xinian could only hibernate silently at this moment, hiding in the darkness, waiting for the conscientious butler to separate from Xu Ruxuan.

This wait took me until the middle of the night.

It wasn't until the second watch that Xu Ruxuan, who had finished handling his official duties, came out of the study, and then parted ways with the butler who had been waiting by his side at the door of the backyard.

"Huh..." Returning to his small courtyard alone with a lantern, Xu Ruxuan did not go back to the bedroom to rest immediately. Instead, he sat down on the stone bench in the small courtyard and let out a long breath.

He looked very tired, and the grooves on his face caused by sorrow were much deeper than those of his peers.

But even so, he still did not immediately return to the bed that the boy had already prepared.

Instead, he looked at the bright and bright moon on the horizon, quietly thinking about something.

He seems to have something very serious on his mind.

"Sir Xu, what is on your mind that makes you sit in your small courtyard in the middle of the night sighing and not going to sleep?" Chi Xinian hid in the dark and observed for a while. After making sure that no one was around, he slowly walked out of the dark and revealed

posture.

A female voice suddenly sounded in the quiet courtyard, and Xu Ruxuan couldn't help but tremble in fright.

He looked back in fear, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Chi Xinian's cold white face bathed in the moonlight.

"Emperor, Empress?!"

Xu Ruxuan's eyes widened in disbelief and he looked at the woman in front of him uncertainly.

Although the woman in front of her has the face of a queen, her temperament is so different from that of the day. The lively woman who was as enthusiastic as the sun in the day seems to be covered with a veil at this moment, looking cold and cold.

It’s so confusing…

What's going on with this queen...?

Xu Ruxuan looked at Chi Xinian, and the more he looked at him, the more wary he became.

But facing his wary gaze, Chi Xinian didn't care at all.

Putting the knife in her arms, she spoke again: "Let's talk, Magistrate Xu. Let's talk about what's on your mind, and also talk about the things you didn't explain clearly during the day."

"Excuse me, I don't know what your Majesty is talking about..." Xu Ruxuan originally stopped thinking because of Chi Xinian's sudden appearance, but he was surprised and confused for only a moment before he heard her mention his worries again.

He subconsciously wanted to deny it in front of outsiders: "I just dealt with official duties for a whole day and felt tired, so I sat in the yard for a while and wanted to take a breath.

"As for what happened during the day... The official has made it clear to the queen about all the suggestions that need to be made during the day. How to decide is her own business, and the official has no right to comment."

"Of course it's my business to decide, and I never thought about finding someone to tell me what to do. It's just..." Chi Xinian glanced at the people around him lightly, "Before making a decision, I also want to hear what happened to Magistrate Xu.

, a story about flooding.”
Chapter completed!