Jia Xu was an elusive prospect; Guo Jia was the trusted confidant he could rely on now.
He had to be clear about which mattered more.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty. I know what I'm doing."
Guo Jia nodded, then hesitated briefly before asking, "Your Majesty, how have you been getting along with Noble Lady Zhen lately?"
He was not trying to pry into the Son of Heaven's private affairs.
Rather, he wanted to analyze what sort of person this daughter of the Zhen Clan was through the details of her everyday interactions with Liu Xie.
"Her?"
Zhen Mi's figure surfaced in Liu Xie's mind.
He and Zhen Mi were already sharing a bed, and they had done everything they were supposed to do. Everything had developed quite normally.
As for how they got along day to day... calling them a loving couple would certainly be a stretch. They could only be described as treating each other with the courtesy of guests. Zhen Mi was very respectful toward him, and very docile and obedient.
After recalling their time together lately, Liu Xie said, "Quite normally. There's nothing unusual."
"Apart from attending Us in bed and paying her morning and evening respects, she doesn't disturb Us. She mostly stays in her own bedchamber, or reads and paints in the Imperial Garden."
The biggest effect Zhen Mi had brought about was making him move his meetings with Guo Jia from the Imperial Garden to the Bedchamber.
"That is good, then."
Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief at this. Although this daughter of the Zhen Clan had been sent into the palace to win over her clan, he had genuinely worried that she might harbor ill intentions.
It seemed now that he had been overthinking things.
Chapter 91: After years of diligent work,