The Minister Wen no longer held any hope, he sat on the ground in a dejected manner, Yin Fufeng brought the information he found out, and happily went to see Qin Shuo.

After some discussion, Qin Shuo passed down the order to punish the few officials, the newly formulated order was rejected by Hu Xiao.

"No, we cannot let the Minister Wen off so easily." Hu Xiao crossed her arms in front of her chest and said in a firm voice, that group of pitiful girls came here to take the examination, not to suffer from the shock. Minister Wen’s way of doing things, according to the modern way of speaking, was already a crime.

Why would the Minister Wen plan this after all? Just punish him a little, and after a while, he would be able to sleep peacefully again.

What about the frightened women, then, should they not be getting the money they deserve for the loss of their minds?

Every time she thought about what Minister Wen had done, Hu Xiao would become angry, so she did not want to let him go that easily.

"Xiao-Xiao, what do you want to do? There is already a punishment on the imperial edict." Qin Shuo frowned, he did not understand what Hu Xiao was trying to do.

Hu Xiao looked at her lover mysteriously. She pouted and said angrily: "The matter of Minister Wen manipulating the assassin caused all the women in the inn to be extremely frightened. Shouldn’t Minister Wen take out a sum of money to pacify them?"

Hu Xiao felt that her request was extremely reasonable. She felt that if she didn’t do this, she would be sorry to the girl who took the exam.

"Cousin, I think what sister-in-law says is reasonable. Get Minister Wen to take out a sum of money and treat it as their ... What mental damage? " Yin Fufeng repeated what he said just now, just like what Hu Xiao said.

Although he had never heard of the term "mental loss fee", he could vaguely guess its meaning from Hu Xiao’s words.

Yin Fufeng, if I were to accept you as my disciple, I would definitely accept you as my disciple. Hu Xiao jumped in excitement, as if she had found a good friend.

Under the strong request of the two, Qin Shuo could only follow their words and redraw the imperial edict.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. The exam which had been going on for three days had finally ended. After three days of intense struggle, the examinees heaved a sigh of relief.

When they came out of the examination hall, they found out that Hu Xiao had done everything for them. Their hearts were moved to the extreme, even the citizens of the city changed their views of the empress after learning the truth.

"I always thought that the princess of South Yue wasn’t worthy to be the empress of our East Court, but now it seems that this position should belong to none other than her. Look at how diligently she is towards the women of our East Court, not only did she personally go to the inn to protect them, she even exposed the culprit behind all of this.

In the teahouse, everyone gathered to discuss this matter. These people slowly changed their opinion of the woman who was taking the exam.

"Heh, I’m different from you. I’ve always thought very highly of her. See, her results are out now, right? She’s really the emperor’s good wife."

On the way, he heard all of their praises to Hu Xiao, to her good character and her unafraid spirit.

Not mentioning the common folk, even the scholars were all gathered together to praise Hu Xiao.

"Indeed, a man can never give in to his enemy. The Empress is truly wise." He took a sip of his tea and said, "You have courage, too. You have courage and wisdom that I can’t even begin to match."

"Brother Li is right. When I go back, I must write a poem to praise the Empress."

They exchanged their praise one after another, praising Hu Xiao’s virtues. As for the main character Hu Xiao, she was currently in the palace looking over the exam papers.

"Empress, you’ve been watching all afternoon. Rest for a while!" Zhi Lan said with a pained heart. She kept her head down and looked at the square of words on the paper. She had been reading for almost an entire day.

Other than eating, she had never stood up. She just sat there, which was bad for her health.

"It doesn’t matter. I’m busy for the next two days. I’m here to pick talent for the country. It doesn’t matter if you work hard." Hu Xiao shrugged her shoulders and said with a smile.

She carefully looked at the graceful writing on the paper, feeling extremely excited. It was just as she had said; a woman was not one bit inferior to a man.

Hu Xiao acted as if she had discovered a new continent as she was in an excited state the whole afternoon.

"Empress, you read so many papers by yourself. Aren’t you tired? Why don’t you let the ministers of the court share some of your burden?" Zhi Lan frowned and said. If she could read, she would definitely take some responsibility for Hu Xiao.

"No need, no need. This is not something to be careless about. For the exam that I’m holding, it makes sense for me to take it as a test paper. Besides, I’m almost done reading through it. Have you kept the exam papers that I just handed you?"

Hu Xiao grinned as she glanced at Zhi Lan. She had chosen the papers that she had passed to Zhi Lan carefully, all of them were people that she thought were useful to the country and were the talents that she needed.

Just as Hu Xiao finished reading the exam papers and turned to look out the window, she realized that the sun had already set. She stretched lazily, not feeling the least bit tired.

At this time, Qin Shuo happened to be standing in front of the door.

He made a "hush" gesture, preventing others from going in to report to Hu Xiao.

By the time Hu Xiao noticed him, he had already been standing outside the door for fifteen minutes.

"Hey, Qin Shuo, why are you here, why aren’t you saying anything when you’re here, why are you standing outside, quickly come in!" Hu Xiao was in a great mood, so she stood up and welcomed Qin Shuo.

"Have you eaten? Do you want to eat together? " Hu Xiao turned his eyes slightly and invited them with a smile.

Her words made it clear that she had just finished her work and hadn’t had dinner yet.

"Not yet. Coincidentally, we can eat together." Actually, Qin Shuo had already eaten, but he was unwilling to reject Hu Xiao’s invitation.

Ancient man Yun "ate without speaking a word", but in East Court, there was no such rule.

"Xiao-Xiao, you have been busy for more than a month. You have finally finished your work on the Imperial examinations. How about I take you out of the palace and have a good rest?" Qin Shuo asked tentatively, afraid that Hu Xiao would reject him.

Going out of the palace? That’s a good idea!

Hearing his words, Hu Xiao smiled, she then agreed, "Alright, I will listen to you, it’s been a while since I last played outside."

Since Qin Shuo is so interested, Hu Xiao thought, I can’t disturb his interest.

"Great, it’s a deal. When do you want to go out?" Qin Shuo was extremely excited, he put down his chopsticks and quickly asked.

"Whatever, I’m free. I’ll listen to you." It was rare for Hu Xiao to be so obedient, which made him extremely happy.

"Alright, we’ll go tomorrow. Listen to me and enjoy yourself." Qin Shuo really wanted to hug Hu Xiao and kiss him fiercely.

He liked Hu Xiao’s obedient look. No, it should be said that he liked Hu Xiao’s look as well.

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