A White Shadow

When the young emperor heard that the chef was the one who made it, she didn't have much of a reaction.

Instead, she suddenly said to Lin Yi,

"Little Lin, go and give these pastries to him to try."

Lin Yi, who was feeling a little confused, suddenly heard the young emperor's voice. He was stunned for a moment before he quickly stood up from the ground.

Then, he picked up the plate of exquisite pastries on the desk and walked towards the chef.

At this moment, the chef was dumbfounded and his head was covered in cold sweat.

There was only one thought in his mind, and that was that there must be something wrong with the pastry he made.

Perhaps it tasted very bad.

He was really flustered now. He was afraid that he would be dragged out and killed,

The emperor, who sat at the table, kept staring at the chef, as if she wanted to see through him.

However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't hear his thoughts like how she could hear Lin Yi's thoughts.

After Lin Yi brought the plate of pastries to the chef, the chef came back to his senses.

He tentatively stole a glance at the young emperor. Then, he gritted his teeth and reached out to pick up a pastry before carefully putting it into his mouth.

When the pastry entered his mouth, a sweet and refreshing taste spread in his mouth.

There was confusion written all across the chef's face.

At the same time, he muttered to himself, "There's nothing wrong with the taste. It tastes the same as before."

The young emperor saw the obvious confused look on his face.

This made her frown even more.

Could it be that this guy really did not know about it? Was he putting on an act or was there something else?

Or could it be that this was indeed a mistake and that he actually didn't know that this ingredient was poisonous?

However, just as the young emperor was frowning in deep thought, Lin Yi's voice suddenly sounded in her mind.

[Hehe, this woman is really a bimbo. This chef definitely doesn't know about this. If he knew that this thing was poisonous and was summoned by you, he would probably be scared to death.]

[There are only two possibilities. Firstly, no one knows about the fact that the Seven Star Grass is poisonous. Secondly, someone used this chef…]

Hearing that, the young emperor was immediately enlightened.

It seemed that this chef did not know the truth. Someone must have used him.

Therefore, the young emperor looked at the chef again and her tone became kinder.

"How is it? Does it taste good? I like it very much. Take this pastry as a reward for you. After you leave, go to the Imperial Household Department to collect 50 taels of silver."

After hearing this, the chef, who was still feeling uneasy, immediately relaxed like a deflated ball.

At the same time, he kowtowed to the young emperor three times in a row, thanking her profusely.

The young emperor did not look at him. Instead, she waved her hand.

"Alright, you may leave."

Everything the emperor did confused Lin Yi. He really couldn't figure out what the emperor was up to.

At the same time, all his thoughts were heard by the young emperor.

However, hearing the questions in his mind, the young emperor snorted and her exquisite lips curled up into a beautiful smile.

She realized that she really liked to see this guy looking clueless.

After the chef left, the young emperor immediately called out to the old eunuch who was waiting outside.

"Go and investigate him carefully. Do it secretly."

The old eunuch who was called in immediately nodded and quickly left the study.

However, for some reason, Lin Yi felt that there was a strange smile on that wrinkled old face.

This made Lin Yi very uncomfortable.

At this moment, Lin Yi finally understood what the young emperor was thinking.

It seemed that this woman had another tactic. The reason why she let the chef go and rewarded him was because she wanted to find out who was behind him.

It seemed like this woman had some tricks up her sleeve.

Through this incident, Lin Yi also learned something. It seemed that the sinister-looking old eunuch was probably the emperor's trusted aide.

No wonder that old fellow was always so smug and arrogant.

He just did not know what that strange smile on his face meant.

It seemed that he had to be careful of that old eunuch in the future.

"Hehe, do you think that's all? You're too simple-minded."

Suddenly, just as Lin Yi was letting his imagination run wild, the young emperor said this out of the blue.

This caused Lin Yi to subconsciously look up at the young emperor.

At the same time, he was also very puzzled. Was the young emperor talking to him just now?

The reason why he had such thoughts was entirely because other than the emperor, he was the only one left in the study.

As expected, when he looked up, he saw the young emperor looking at him with a faint smile.

Before Lin Yi could ask, the young emperor suddenly waved her hand and said something that confused Lin Yi.

"Go. I want to see who is trying to harm me in the dark."

[Go?? Is this chick talking to me?? Does she want me to keep an eye on that chef?]

However, just as he was completely dumbfounded, he suddenly heard a very cold voice of a girl.

"Yes!"

Although it was just one word, Lin Yi could feel the coldness.

It was as if the voice was devoid of emotions.

More importantly, the voice did not come from the emperor.

However, no matter how Lin Yi looked around in shock, he could not find a third person.

At this moment, there was a sudden creak.

Then, the window at the back of the study opened by itself. Immediately after, Lin Yi saw a white shadow flashing out of the window…