After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

Chapter 186 : A Limited Perspective

Fry Castle was very quiet after nightfall.

There were no sounds of revelry, nor could one see people strolling idly under the moonlight.

In the guest area, a meeting room within a VIP suite.

With no one speaking for a long time, the entire room was filled with a tense atmosphere.

After revealing her biggest secret, Jiang Xinyue said nothing more.

She stood in place, wringing her hands and lowering her gaze, her heart in torment, as if waiting for an impending judgment.

At this moment, she was anxious, but not regretful.

Both her previous choice to hide the secret and her current decision to reveal it came from her true feelings.

Even if this would completely disrupt the peace in her life, she wouldn't complain.

Some things simply had to be done by someone.

What made her feel uneasy now was that she had concealed something from the Empress from the beginning.

Another key point was that she had overheard many of Shen Han's thoughts.

Although Jiang Xinyue herself was averse to Alphas, this didn't prevent her from knowing the state of an Alpha-Omega pair after completing a bond.

An Omega in such a high position as the Empress would naturally have a strong sense of possessiveness towards her Alpha.

Jiang Xinyue felt that, if she put herself in that position, she would also be very concerned about others knowing what her partner was thinking.

It felt like peeking at someone's diary.

Whether the diary contained significant matters or trivial ones, the act of peeping was immoral.

After Jiang Xinyue's final words, Gu Junwan didn't speak for a long while.

She had suspected that Jiang Xinyue was concealing something about her ability, but never imagined the truth would be like this!

Thinking back now, apart from the obvious logical gap in last year's café incident,

In fact, during the subsequent confrontation with the Yin Country spies, Jiang Xinyue's performance also had certain flaws.

However, in the first instance, the Empress hadn't let the investigators delve deeper.

And the second time was very covert, no one had noticed.

As she pondered, Gu Junwan's expression quickly became somewhat complex.

She thought of something - Shen Han was also an awakened one.

When Jiang Xinyue first joined the guard team, she had her Alpha train her for a while.

So, how many times had Jiang Xinyue used her thought-reading ability on Shen Han?

Was it active probing or passive hearing?

Jiang Xinyue wasn't wrong; Gu Junwan did indeed have a strong sense of possessiveness towards Shen Han.

If not for this, the Alpha's salary card wouldn't keep receiving deduction messages.

Although the deductions were just a little game between them,

It still clearly showed the Empress's protective attitude.

After several minutes of silence, Gu Junwan finally looked up and said, "You mentioned earlier that someone might harm me or Fry Lott. Did you hear the thoughts of awakened ones in the castle?"

"What's the current situation? You can tell me everything in detail so I can handle it with the best solution."

Hearing these words, Jiang Xinyue's eyes immediately lit up.

The Empress's response made her feel her choice was absolutely correct.

She thought to herself: The Empress is so amazing!

Those thorny issues that would give others headaches seemed to be no big problem in the Empress's eyes.

Immediately, Jiang Xinyue recounted the whole story of her investigation of the male servant.

Then, she conveyed the urgent information that needed reporting.

"Your Majesty, that awakened one pushing the food cart has accomplices. They plan to act against Little Lott before you leave the castle, as this could provoke a conflict between you and Grand Duke Fry."

"If they can't achieve this goal, after you leave, they will still secretly harm Little Lott, because his intelligence and maturity shown today pose a threat to certain factions."

At this point, Jiang Xinyue added with a bitter expression, "Fry Castle is too big. I don't know where these people's meeting point is, nor do I have the ability to find out what they've already plotted."

After finishing her report, Jiang Xinyue deliberately slowed her breathing to avoid disturbing the Empress's thoughts.

The Free Federation team faced a complex problem, fraught with danger!

Moreover, gaining the trust of the hosts on someone else's territory was not an easy task.

Jiang Xinyue really couldn't think of any good way to resolve this matter.

However, to her surprise, Gu Junwan's response came quickly and directly.

"I hear that after I arrived, Little Lott has been closely guarded by security on the seventh floor and hasn't left until now."

"Come, follow me upstairs. We'll borrow some guards to make immediate arrests. You come along during the operation and see if there are any other awakened ones near that male servant."

The Empress's words were clear, and her orders weren't difficult to understand.

But Jiang Xinyue felt as if she were listening to an incomprehensible text, standing there dumbfounded for a long time without responding.

'Directly have the castle guards make arrests? Under what authority?'

'Wait, if Little Lott follows the Federation Empress's orders to capture his own servants, wouldn't this cause problems? Shouldn't we inform Grand Duke Fry first?'

Gu Junwan naturally couldn't hear the doubts in Jiang Xinyue's mind.

Even if she could guess, she wouldn't explain them.

After all, the Empress handled important matters like deploying troops in battle.

If every decision needed explanation, she could never become a great leader.

After finishing the important matters, Gu Junwan was about to push herself up from the armrest.

But the soreness in her waist and legs made her pause, nearly falling back onto the sofa.

Thinking of Shen Han's earlier attentions, a hint of red crept up behind her pristine ears.

Seeing the Empress's soft and weak state, Jiang Xinyue's face immediately flushed and her heart raced.

At this moment, she suddenly recalled those few thoughts she had overheard from Shen Han earlier.

This experience of witnessing such a scene firsthand was exciting, but a bit too much for her heart to handle.

Jiang Xinyue didn't dare step forward to help, so she could only pretend she didn't understand anything.

Just as they were about to leave the meeting room, she suddenly spoke hesitantly, "Your Majesty, about Captain Shen's thoughts-"

Before she could finish, Gu Junwan raised an arm, interrupting her.

The Empress's phoenix eyes flickered with an indiscernible light.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she spoke in a very calm tone, "You don't need to tell me what she's thinking. Everyone has their own inner thoughts, and corners of their heart they don't want anyone to see."

"I am indeed curious, but I don't want to know, nor will I try to find out."

At this point, she turned to look at Jiang Xinyue, "I know you're unwilling to use your ability for tasks like interrogation. I respect your choice and will keep your secret."

Hearing this, Jiang Xinyue felt as if a shackle in her heart suddenly disappeared.

The Empress always kept her word; she didn't doubt for a moment that the other would go back on it.

Just as Jiang Xinyue's eyes were shining with excitement, she heard Gu Junwan add meaningfully, "Apart from necessary work situations, don't listen to her inner thoughts anymore in the future."

The "her" the Empress referred to was naturally Shen Han.

Jiang Xinyue nodded repeatedly, "I swear on my character that I will strictly follow your instructions!"

......

Seeing Gu Junwan and Jiang Xinyue finish their conversation, Shen Han and Xu Zhao immediately went to meet them.

Halfway there, the two who hadn't participated in the talk simultaneously sensed a strange atmosphere.

They couldn't quite describe it specifically, only feeling that the Empress's gaze was somewhat deep, while Jiang Xinyue looked as if a great weight had been lifted.

Shen Han: What's wrong? Does my wife seem to have something on her mind?

Xu Zhao: Huh? What did Jiang Xinyue say to Her Majesty? She actually affected Her Majesty's mood!

Gu Junwan didn't waste any more time and led everyone in the room towards the door.

Reaching the corridor, she paused and turned to Shen Han, "Captain Shen, go to the room at the end where the doctor is now and have him examine you again."

Shen Han looked pitifully at her wife, rubbed her fingers, then asked with her eyes: Can I not go? My susceptible period has already passed, there shouldn't be any problems.

The reason Gu Junwan chose to arrange this matter when all the guards were present was to prevent a certain Alpha from having the chance to refuse or make excuses.

After all, when she had just experienced pheromone disorder earlier, the castle's doctor had injected her with something.

Who knew if that suppressant contained anything else?

Matters related to the glands couldn't be taken lightly!

If conditions allowed, Gu Junwan would even want Shen Han to have a more comprehensive physical examination.

Shen Han's usually effective puppy-dog eyes tactic didn't work this time, so she had no choice but to trudge off to the doctor's area with drooping ears.

Watching their captain's reluctant figure, the guard team members maintained serious expressions on their faces, but their hearts were more lively than ever.

'Prairie dog scream! Who knew Captain Shen would act like such a submissive wife in front of the Empress!'

'Damn my lack of education, all I can say is holy crap! Did Captain Shen just pout?!'

'Holy crap! Can someone tell me, am I the only one who saw wrong?'

'It's ignorance that limits my imagination! I actually thought Captain Shen was the one holding the reins in the relationship!'

'I never expected this, I was too naive-'

Ning Xi and Ma Haoyu exchanged glances, both seeing the joy of crushing their colleagues' perceptions in each other's eyes.

Hah~ What's this? We've seen even bigger scenes than this!

This mere pouting is nothing, our captain hasn't even brought out her head-tilt killer move yet!

Jiang Xinyue discreetly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

She thought to herself: You can't even begin to understand the joy of being on the frontlines of gossip. I have so much firsthand information that I can't share, it's truly lonely at the top.

Seeing the shock in the guards' pupils, Xu Zhao lowered her gaze and pushed up her glasses, the corner of her lips curling into a barely noticeable smile.

How limited their perspective was!