That night, Zhao Zhang Wei didn't stay in the Empress' chambers for the whole night.
He exited the chambers even before he had his meals.
While leaving, he asked Eunuch Zhang to spread the rumor that he was not feeling well and that's why he left the Empress' chambers early.
He didn't why anyone to spread some false rumor regarding him and Yi Huiqing.
As he walked to his chambers, he remembered Yi Huiqing's shocked face when he had ended the kiss.
It was a short kiss. He didn't want to leave her. But he had to reluctantly in the end.
She was too stiff throughout the whole kiss.
Zhao Zhang Wei remembered how shocked she looked. A sigh escaped his lips. So she never knew what he felt for her.
Zhao Zhang Wei felt helpless.
He had thought that his actions had really conveyed his feelings. However, that didn't seem to be so.
Was she just being polite to him these days?
