章 210: Lovely Returns

Lei Xing nodded and then asked, "But...If it wasn't on Chen You's order, then why would the maid drug me?"

The Emperor knit his brows in thought for a bit, glanced at her and responded, "I assume it was a rather convoluted plot. If my feelings for you waned, then they - well, she would have had better access to me to carry out her plans...It seems she was rather dissatisfied with Chen You and your suspicious nature made you a difficult candidate to be used as a pawn."

"Suspicious nature? I don't have a suspicious nature..." Lei Xing mumbled with a frown.

"You doubt people quite a bit...perhaps you even doubt your own self as well." The Emperor insightfully responded and then he raised a hand to her cheek and added, "It's not a bad thing...I'm like that too, most of the time." He said as he brought her face closer to kiss her lips, Lei Xing held his arm, stopping him in his tracks and asked, "But then why not just kill me?"