Chapter 349

The Young Emperor was spending more and more time asleep, and Jun Xiaochen was returning to the sleeping quarters earlier and earlier each day. Xu Junjun asked about the whereabouts of the Patriarch of the Shen Clan every single day, her entire demeanor etched with unease. She was so preoccupied that she failed to notice that the way Jun Xiaochen looked at her was subtly different from before. Over the past few days, whenever he spoke to her, the conversation would, intentionally or not, drift toward the Xu family. During these moments, she was usually buried in her medicinal preparations, giving him distracted, perfunctory answers to whatever he asked. Often, she didn't even pay attention to what she was saying, whether it was true or false, or if she had let slip something she shouldn't have. "Sister Xu, can we have hot pot today?"