Hu Xiao was slightly stunned, as she had always wanted to escape from the position of Empress, so everything she wanted to do was as she pleased. No one had ever said these words to her before, and when she thought about what she had done in the past, Hu Xiao felt that she wasn’t really able to accept the title of Empress.

He had clearly made three agreements with Qin Shuo, but he kept on saying that Qin Shuo would not keep his promise, so how could he have kept his promise?

"I got it, you go out first."

Suddenly, he felt like he could not face anyone, even Zhi Lan felt the same way.

Seeing that, Zhi Lan did not press further, and quietly retreated, closing the door behind her. Since Hu Xiao had already said that she knew, then she must already know, so she did not need to worry about anything else.

Individuals have their own solutions.

"Sigh, Master, where did Empress go? "How come I just went out and disappeared?"

YuanBao was originally called out by someone, but who knew that upon returning, he would see his own master looking like a lost soul, after searching for a circle without seeing Empress, he asked, just now, he had heard Hu Xiao talk about the things that happened these past few days, and now that Hu Xiao was missing, Yuanbao was extremely anxious.

"Yuanbao, Empress won’t be coming back from now on. Even if she does come, I won’t be here."

As he maintained the look of Hu Xiao leaving just now, he knew that the ingot had returned. Only then did he change a little, but his slightly closed eyes were filled with fatigue.

Mo Zhu naturally saw the look in Qin Shuo’s eyes when he was about to leave, and saw what Qin Shuo had said to him.

Hu Xiao was just too similar to the woman before. Mo Zhu could not help but let himself fall in, but he forgot that Hu Xiao was not her, but Hu Xiao was the empress of East Court!

"What?" "Why?!"

After getting along with him for the past few days, Yuanbao had long gotten used to Hu Xiao, but now, his master, the Empress, was not coming back.

"It’s nothing. She’s the empress after all."

The last few words were so light that the ingot did not hear it at all. The ingot seemed to be in a bad state as it looked at Mo Zhu, and did not dare to disturb Mo Zhu anymore. It was only thinking of asking Hu Xiao sometime.

It seemed like nothing had changed overnight, but last night was the sleepless night of the three of them.

Zhao Qiyan had already made an appointment with Mo Zhu to look for Hu Xiao. Because he had other important matters with Hu Xiao yesterday, he went with Hu Xiao to look for Mo Zhu. However, there were still some unexplained changes in the well that required Hu Xiao to fix.

Originally, Mo Zhu did not want to go, but because it was a business matter, he had no choice but to go. It was just that he was probably the only one who knew the complex feelings he had along the way.

"Empress, General Zhao and Mr Mo Zhu are here."

She had long washed Hu Xiao up, but when she saw that Hu Xiao did not have her usual smiling face, Zhi Lan actually did not know whether she was right or wrong in the end.

"Well, let them wait in the hall. I’ll be there in a bit."

Instead of their usual intimacy, it caused the two of them to wait in the great hall. Zhao Qiyan did not feel that anything was amiss, Mo Zhu only let out a small sigh of relief.

"Greetings Empress."

After a while, Hu Xiao leisurely walked over, with Mo Zhu bearing the lead as he bowed. Usually, they would not bow, but seeing as Mo Zhu was acting like this, Zhao Qiyan had no choice but to bow and bow.

"It’s okay, get up. Zhi Lan, your seat."

Everything was done as if it was a matter of course, without any superfluous words, the two of them asked what Hu Xiao answered, and even if their nerves were on edge, Zhao Qiyan could sense that something was amiss.

"Yesterday, Mr Mo Zhu did not misunderstand."

Seeing that she was done with the matters at hand, Hu Xiao could not help but ask.

She thought that Mo Zhu would be slightly moved, but reality proved that Hu Xiao was overthinking it.

"It’s fine."

Just two words caused everyone present to feel a little awkward.

"Since there is nothing else, we will take our leave."

After a long time since nobody spoke, Mo Zhu took her leave. Hu Xiao was slightly stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

Everything was different now. She was already a married woman, and in this era where both men and women were inferior to each other, she could not tolerate any more.

"Empress."

However, he did not regret it in the slightest. After all, if Hu Xiao was like how the court officials from the past had looked down on him, one by one, she might even use this chance to cripple Hu Xiao. At that time, the relationship between the South Yue and the East Court would definitely be destroyed.

"No worries, I just need to rest for a bit."

Unreconciled, yes, just unreconciled, unreconciled to stay in Qin Shuo’s harem and be reared like a golden silk bird, unreconciled to let go of their soulmate just like that, unreconciled to let go of those people who clearly worshipped and believed in them.

After a while, Hu Xiao seemed to have been reborn as she turned and walked towards the Main Palace. Hu Xiao knew that Zhao Qiyan had left in a hurry just now because it was time to report to Qin Shuo.

"Your Majesty, although Empress has greatly helped you with the ditch, but at this point, Empress has already been involved in politics and the imperial harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If Your Majesty continues to refer this matter to the Empress, I’m afraid my home country will not be able to rest."

Before they even entered the main hall, they heard a voice from behind. That person’s voice was not familiar to Hu Xiao, but what that voice meant was that Hu Xiao was extremely familiar.

She had an argument with Qin Shuo yesterday, but this kind of person was willing to talk to Qin Shuo like that, maybe Qin Shuo would agree to it. Thinking about it, Hu Xiao wanted to rush in to have a good argument with the official.

Just as he was about to enter, he was stopped by Zhi Lan.

"Empress, why don’t you see how His Majesty responds?"

Hu Xiao took a glance at Zhi Lan, who had never seen Qin Shuo refute these words before, since she had only heard of them in the past.

"That’s right, your majesty. Empress is still the one who came to make peace with us. If this matter is too serious, I wonder what your intentions are."

Even Hu Xiao was a little nervous. She had wanted to treat East Court well, and had even forgotten that they were actually afraid that she was a princess of South Yue.

A guard saw Hu Xiao and was about to go forward to pay her respects, but Hu Xiao stopped him. She was currently eavesdropping, what would happen if the people inside found out?

After a moment of silence, the sounds of discussion grew louder and louder, as if they were going to be convicted.

"Your Majesty, even though the Empress was previously a princess of the South Yue, the present Empress is the empress of the East Court.

These words were said deeply in Hu Xiao’s heart, upon seeing that the person who spoke was Yin Fufeng, the smile on her face disappeared, and she changed to a serious expression and said.

Hu Xiao had never seen someone like this before, but Hu Xiao found it much more pleasing to the eye, at least much better than that Smiling Tiger.

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