Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Yue Zeyuan took Qi Ning's hand, pulled her into his arms, and had her sit sideways on his lap.

Immediately afterwards, he cupped Qi Ning's face and leaned down to kiss her lips.

“Every time I come, you ask me why I'm here. When I don't come, can you ask me why I don't come?”

"What?" Qi Ning muttered. "You were here last night and left this morning. I find it strange. Can't I ask you?"

"Oh." Yue Zeyuan pinched her cheek again, his fingertips stroking her soft face. "Even if I come here every day, what's wrong with that?"

Qi Ning snorted lightly: "This is His Majesty's palace. Of course, His Majesty can come and go as he pleases."

"As long as you know."

As Yue Zeyuan spoke, he lowered his head to kiss her again.

"No." Qi Ning quickly reached out to cover his lips. "You still haven't answered me. What happened to Yu Tao just now? Did she do something wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Zeyuan became serious.

He pulled down Qi Ning's hand that was covering his lips, and kneaded it in his hand.

"Don't you think there's something wrong with your maid?"

Qi Ning looked puzzled and asked, feigning ignorance, "What's wrong?"

“Last night, when I came over, I found her standing not far from your bed, staring at your bed for a long time, her behavior was extremely suspicious.”

When Yue Zeyuan came over last night, he was really drunk. In addition, there were only two small lamps lit in the bedroom, so the light was dim. The hairpin she was holding was hidden in her sleeve.

Therefore, Yue Zeyuan only saw Yun Jing standing there suspiciously for a long time with her back to him, and did not see the hairpin hidden in her hand.

If Yue Zeyuan had seen the hairpin in Yun Jing's hand, or the murderous intent on her face, he would have dealt with her on the spot last night.

The main reason he let her go was because she was a maid that Qi Ning had brought from the State of Chu.

Yue Zeyuan came here today to talk to Qi Ning about this matter.

He had just arrived at Yaohua Palace when Qi Ning was not there. Yun Jing was in the hall, so Yue Zeyuan wanted to interrogate her, but before he could, Qi Ning returned.

"Really?" Qi Ning pretended to ponder for a moment, "Last night I think I did hear you scolding Yu Tao."

In fact, Qi Ning knew perfectly well that Yun Jing had murderous intentions towards her last night, but she pretended not to know.

It wasn't that she didn't want to take the opportunity to deal with Yun Jing, but rather that she deliberately kept her around because she would be useful later.

Since both Chu Hanfeng and Shen Yixiao love Yun Jing to the point of obsession, controlling Yun Jing is equivalent to controlling Chu Hanfeng and Shen Yixiao.

If Yun Jing had died earlier, she wouldn't have been of much use.

“What do you mean by suspicious behavior? Yu Tao was on night watch last night. She probably wanted to tuck me in, but was afraid of waking me up, so she stood there hesitating,” Qi Ning defended Yun Jing.

"Tuck in the blanket?" Yue Zeyuan recalled the scene from last night. "I don't think it looks quite right."

"You drank too much last night. You must have seen wrong. Although Yu Tao is clumsy, she doesn't have any bad intentions. She didn't wake me up last night. It was your shout that woke me up."

Yue Zeyuan almost laughed in anger: "I was worried about you here, and you're blaming me for waking you up?"

Qi Ning tilted her chin up and said angrily, "Who told you to worry about me? If you hadn't come over late last night, I would have been asleep long ago. I couldn't get a good night's sleep because of you."

"Who said that? You clearly slept very soundly last night."

Qi Ning slapped him and said irritably, "I was just tired!"

"You'll sleep better when you're tired," Yue Zeyuan said meaningfully.

"If you say that again, I'm leaving." Qi Ning made a move to get up.

Yue Zeyuan quickly hooked his arm around her waist and pulled her back into his embrace: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

He adopted a serious expression: "I remember you said before that Yu Tao was arranged by some princess of Chu to be by your side. I have long suspected that Yu Tao was specially arranged by her to monitor you."

Yue Zeyuan was right; that was the gist of it. However, he had the wrong person. It wasn't Chu Xiyue who arranged for Yun Jing to spy on her, but rather Chu Xiyue who arranged for her to spy on Yun Jing.

Qi Ning chuckled.

"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?"

"No." Qi Ning shook her head slightly.

"I was thinking, with Yu Tao's appearance, how could she be the type to spy on people? Putting aside everything else, just take last night, did she spy on me while I slept? And even if she did spy on me, what use would it be? Trapped in the deep palace, how could she contact the people of Chu?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Zeyuan felt that what Qi Ning said was not without reason.

"You're probably overthinking it. If you're really worried, have Yulan keep a closer eye on her."

Yue Zeyuan thought so too. He really needed to keep a closer eye on that Yu Tao. He felt that there was definitely something wrong with that palace maid.

Before he could think further, Qi Ning suddenly looked at him and said, "If we're really talking about surveillance, wasn't Yulan also someone you arranged to spy on me, hmm?"

Yue Zeyuan was caught off guard by Qi Ning's sudden remark. He glanced at Qi Ning's questioning expression and his eyes darted around for a moment.

In this way, Qi Ning diverted Yue Zeyuan's attention, and he had no mind to doubt Yun Jing anymore.

Qi Ning straightened her face and said with a cold smile, "Well, I guessed right, didn't I?"

Yue Zeyuan softened his tone, his words carrying a hint of coaxing: "That was in the past. After all, you came from the State of Chu. Isn't it normal for me to be cautious and take a few extra precautions?"

"Yes, that's perfectly normal. Not only did you arrange for people to monitor me, but you also have the nerve to suspect the people around me."

Seeing that Qi Ning seemed genuinely angry, Yue Zeyuan added, "If you don't like it, you can change to Yulan. From now on, I won't have anyone watching you anymore."

During the time she was in the palace, Yulan kept a close watch on her day and night, but found nothing unusual, nor did she discover any connection between her and the Chu Kingdom. Even if she didn't have anyone watching her, there probably wouldn't be any major problems.

Qi Ning turned her face away from him: "That won't be necessary. Yulan has taken good care of me. Why would I want to replace her? If you want people to keep an eye on me, go ahead. Anyway, I haven't done anything wrong. I have nothing to hide."

Yue Zeyuan chuckled softly as he looked at her sullen expression.

He cupped her face in his hands, leaned in, and kissed her: "Okay, don't be angry anymore."

"Hmph." Qi Ning still looked unhappy.

Seeing this, Yue Zeyuan pondered for a moment and then said, "How about I take you out of the palace to play?"

Qi Ning's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"How could this be fake? You've been in the palace for a while now. I'll take you out for a stroll so you don't get bored in the palace."

Qi Ning then raised the corners of her lips and smiled, tilting her head up to ask, "So where are we going?"

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