Bab 607: Be able to Punish me?

Xue Yu-Yan arrived at her chamber and saw Jian Guozhi, who was waiting for her. "Where were you?" He asked and stood up from the chaise.

"I went to the kitchen. I told the chef to prepare a fruit custard for the sweet dish," Xue Yu-Yan replied.

"You could have ordered the servant for that," Jian Guozhi stated.

"I thought to go by myself," she asserted. Jian Guozhi hummed and grasped her wrist, drawing her towards him.

"I was waiting for you for twenty minutes," he said while brushing his fingers on her cheek.

"Forgive me for making you wait, Jian Ge," she lowered her eyes. He found that her mood was not right and he asked her the reason. His fingers curled under her chin and lifted her face a little.

Xue Yu-Yan did not want to tell him as it could create misunderstandings between the two brothers, but she could not either lie to him. "I met the Emperor earlier while coming here," she said.