"What is the price of losing the bet? Minister Wen shouldn’t have forgotten, right? It doesn’t matter if you forget. I have plenty of ways to make you remember." Hu Xiao glared at Minister Wen with his scarlet eyes. This damned old man had gone against her time and time again, she had long hated him for it.

Yin Fufeng smiled as he came to Hu Xiao’s side, and said seriously: "Empress, what you said is right. Minister Wen is old, it doesn’t matter if you don’t remember.

Yin Fufeng smiled merrily, as if he was happy to serve Hu Xiao. He did not say that out of flattery, but because he wanted to sing the same tune as Hu Xiao and cause the Minister Wen to be in an awkward situation.

Other than Minister Wen, the other officials did not look too good either. Minister Wen had lost the bet, and when the matter was brought up again, it was not only their Minister Wen that lost their face, but their men’s as well.

The next day, Qin Shuo did not care about whether Minister Wen and the others objected. He officially issued his royal decree.

Hearing this, Hu Xiao became extremely excited, she was jumping and jumping in her Bedchamber. With Qin Shuo here, she officially gave the order, and even if Minister Wen was against it, it was not his turn to overturn Qin Shuo’s decision.

"Zhi Lan, if you are interested, you can also take the exam." Hu Xiao held Zhi Lan’s hand and giggled.

Zhi Lan had never considered this question before, she thought, she’s just a servant, how could she participate in the examinations and become an official?!

"Niangniang, this servant is only a boorish person, how can I compare with the brilliant and talented young misses of the family?" Zhi Lan shrugged her shoulders and continued to criticize herself.

After she finished listening, Hu Xiao straightened Zhi Lan’s body and said meaningfully: "It’s okay, Zhi Lan, people have to have a goal when they live, you can’t follow me around for the rest of your life."

The issue of the Imperial Examinations had already been decided. The next step was to solve the problem of the Imperial Examinations.

Hu Xiao thought for a long time and finally decided to find Mo Zhu. She felt that she and Mo Zhu could get along, their thoughts would often be the same, and since Mo Zhu was experienced and knowledgeable, he could more or less give her some useful suggestions.

It was just like the South Yue from before. If not for Black Bamboo’s reminder, the offering ceremony in South Yue would not have been completed so perfectly.

"Mo Zhu, I’ve come to disturb you again." Hu Xiao walked to the pavilion and chuckled. The pavilion was surrounded by a shallow pool of water, and Mo Zhu liked to sit there.

Over time, when Hu Xiao came looking for Mo Zhu, she directly went to the pavilion.

In private, he rarely bowed to Hu Xiao. This was specifically allowed by Hu Xiao, as Hu Xiao was the only unscrupulous person, she had never liked these kinds of etiquette.

"Did you hear the news? Qin Shuo has already issued an imperial edict, and the female examination will officially begin in a month. I came to find you, because I want to discuss the test with you." Hu Xiao sat in front of him rudely as he poured himself a cup of tea and gulped it down.

Mo Zhu nodded. "Do you have any ideas?"

"This is the first female examination of East Court, I think ..."

Hu Xiao spoke out her thoughts. Mo Zhu interrupted him from time to time, and the two of them started to discuss.

Just then, when Qin Shuo had just finished dealing with his political affairs, he thought of Hu Xiao. He had not seen his smile for a long time, if he did not look for this woman, wouldn’t she come to look for him?!

"Ah Qi, where is the Queen now?" Qin Shuo yawned, and continued to read the reports for half a day, he was a little tired.

"Back to the emperor’s words, the Imperial Concubine’s house is in this morning’s Military Advisor’s house." Ah Qi cupped his hands and replied respectfully. He had always been familiar with the whereabouts of everyone in the palace.

To where Mo Zhu was? At this moment, Qin Shuo’s face darkened. He thought to himself, why is Xiaoxiao so restless, she’ll be together with Lu Yin one moment, with Mo Zhu the next!

While she was working diligently in Imperial Study, she instead ran over to another man’s house.

Qin Shuo was jealous, thinking that he was not in Hu Xiao’s heart. They had only been back for a few days, and both of them were busy with their own things, unable to sit down and chat properly.

When he was free, he would always think of Hu Xiao, but as for Hu Xiao, he never thought of him!

Thinking up to here, Qin Shuo’s anger surged, and he threw the Wolf’s Hair that was tightly grasped in his hand onto the ground. He still couldn’t calm down.

"Your majesty, do you need this subordinate to recall the Empress to her palace?" Ah Qi braced himself and said. At this time, he was not able to stand, so he asked Qin Shuo for his thoughts.

Qin Shuo scoffed, and did not say a word.

Minister Wen was angered by Hu Xiao, when she returned home, she became sick. She was a high ranking official in the imperial court, so she was experienced and capable, but she lost to a woman. How could she take it lying down?

So what if she lost? Hu Xiao kept on bringing up old stories, which infuriated him to death.

After Xue Mier found out that his cousin had fallen ill, she immediately sent someone to visit him. When palace maid returned, she told Xue Mier about the situation in Minister Wen.

"How is my cousin?" Xue Mier asked anxiously. She had heard that her cousin had been stopped by Hu Xiao at the entrance of the palace.

The palace maid didn’t have time to catch her breath, and immediately said, "Empress, Lord Shang Shu’s condition isn’t too good. He was sick from the Queen’s anger, and is currently recuperating in the palace."

palace maid especially emphasized about the matter of Minister Wen getting sick from anger. When Xue Mier heard this, she did not feel too much about it.

"Does cousin have any instructions?" Xue Mier frowned, and asked casually.

palace maid looked left and right, seeing that there was no one around, she said secretly, "Empress, Master wants you to spread the rumours of the Queen’s impending meeting."

The palace maid’s voice was very soft, Xue Mier rolled her eyes, and started spreading rumors? freewēbnoveℓ.com

How could she dare disobey her cousin!?

Xue Mier took action, and in the next moment, the rumor about Hu Xiao being in the middle of the discussion started to spread.

At the same time, Hu Xiao and Mo Zhu had already discussed the topic of the competition. She was in a great mood as she hummed a small tune to herself along the way.

She was so immersed in her conversation with Mo Zhu that she had completely forgotten about Qin Shuo’s feelings.

What she was infatuated with was not the voice of Mo Zhu, but the interest in the conversation, as well as the results of the discussion. Now that the question had been decided, she no longer needed to worry about this matter.

When she returned to the palace, she immediately ordered someone to grind them down and spread out a piece of Xuan paper. She was in high spirits as she carefully wrote out the questions that were swirling in her mind.

Halfway through writing, the door opened by someone, she did not even raise her head, she knew that it was Qin Shuo, and continued to do her own thing.

Unexpectedly, seeing her like this, Qin Shuo’s already unhappy mood became even worse. Since she had come, she actually could not even be bothered to respond.

I heard that when she was with Mo Zhu, she talked a lot.

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