Does he trust Liu Shimei?
Huangfu Lingyao trusted Liu Shimei. He didn't believe she was connected to the Empress or the Crown Prince. But this belief didn't prompt him to confess the truth to her now.
He hadn't forgotten that Huangfu He was still trying every means to take Liu Shimei back. Even though there had been no movements recently, who knew if they were scheming something in the shadows?
If he made a wrong move now and Liu Shimei, in her anger, chose to return to her old lover, where could he go to cry then?
His silence infuriated Mu Jiangli. "Huangfu Lingyao, if you're not sincere to Shimei, stay away from her!"
Huangfu Lingyao's face was no better, he retorted, "I haven't settled the score with you yet!"