As expected, Min Sezhui didn't realise she had said anything out of the ordinary.
Chu Yun's heart thumped violently inside his chest. He cast his eyes around the Pearl courtyard. Hua Nanyi was walking the perimeter, pretending to be a bored servant told by her master to keep herself occupied while he had a private conversation, and pretending not to be keeping an eye out on any threat.
The shade of the scholar tree above the little stone table, as well as the garden pagoda, obscured Chu Yun's view of the window to the King's office. He had no idea if he was watching them now but at least he knew he couldn't hear them.
Even so, he kept his voice low as he asked, "Have you told that to his Majesty?"
She frowned and shook her head. "A lot of people find Bailiu beautiful, only the King doesn't seem to care about him. I don't talk about him," she pushed one of the white stones across the wooden board. "It makes him angry."
