Hearing that there was a possibility that the other party was Xue Mier, how could Zhao Qiyan dare to be careless? He immediately went to take a look.

It really was her!

"Empress, wake up. Why are you here?" Zhao Qiyan lightly slapped Xue Mier’s face, and worriedly asked, "Didn’t Xue Mier return to the Imperial City halfway? Why would she appear here?"

Furthermore, his entire body was covered with wounds, making it difficult for him to recover!

Hearing the voice of the other party, Xue Mier gradually became conscious. She blinked her eyes, and when she clearly saw that the person in front of her was Zhao Qiyan, she immediately spoke in a hoarse voice: "Zhao Qiyan, there’s a problem with the rations ... The Minister Wen had tampered with the rations, and also ... And they even planted spies beside Hu Xiao. "

Xue Mier spent a great deal of effort to finish speaking. In order to escape from the other party’s pursuit, she had to hide as far as she could, to the point that she had no food left.

It was a good thing that she met Zhao Qiyan now. After she told this matter to Zhao Qiyan, she slowly heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Zhao Qiyan, remember to tell Hu Xiao about what I said. I’m really tired, so I’m going to sleep for a while." After saying that, Xue Mier closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that, Zhao Qiyan turned his head to look at his followers, and said seriously: "What you all heard just now, not a single word is allowed to be leaked out, even news of Imperial Consort Xue’s return, must not be spread out to anyone."

"Yes, General Zhao. We will obey your commands." Everyone spoke out at the same time. Although they didn’t know what Zhao Qiyan wanted to do, they knew that Zhao Qiyan was a loyal and patriotic general. He wouldn’t do anything to harm their East Court.

Zhao Weiyan brought Xue Mier back to the camp secretly, coincidentally, Hu Xiao just returned from a battle. This time, she had lost, and from start to finish, she had a sullen look on her face.

After Zhao Qiyan settled Xue Mier down, he came to see Hu Xiao.

He opened his mouth and said, "Empress, Imperial Consort Xue has returned. She also brought news that someone had tampered with the food, and the person who tampered with the food is Minister Wen."

Zhao Qiyan said in all seriousness, repeating what he said before Xue Mier passed out.

Hearing that, Hu Xiao was surprised, she could not help but open her mouth wide, thinking, Minister Wen is Xue Mier’s elder cousin, and the two of them are relatives, would Xue Mier really end her marriage?

This didn’t seem very believable!

What was Xue Mier’s goal? Or perhaps, what was she doing?

Hu Xiao made a big question mark in her heart. Xue Mier’s identity was too suspicious, and not long ago, she had mentioned that she wanted to go back and be separated from Qin Shuo. It had only been a few days, and she had returned again.

"Zhao Qiyan, think about it, could this be the Minister Wen’s plan?" "When Minister Wen found out that Xue Mier had returned to the Imperial City, he had a crooked idea and wanted Xue Mier to help him with some work. And what Xue Mier said just now might be a part of her plan with the Minister Wen."

How could Zhao Qiyan think so much? He shrugged and said, "Esteemed Empress, you should ask Imperial Consort Xue yourself for this matter. I feel that Imperial Consort Xue’s words are quite sincere, and not at all like she’s lying."

He was a military man, he listened to what was said, especially what was said by women, and he always thought he was right.

That made sense, she would have to ask Xue Mier personally. Thinking about it, Hu Xiao indeed followed Zhao Qiyan to look for Xue Mier.

Xue Mier’s face was filled with exhaustion, she fell asleep, but quickly woke up. The few days of being hunted had left a lingering fear in her heart, there were several times where she almost died miserably under her blade.

When she saw Hu Xiao, Xue Mier barely squeezed out a smile on her face, "Hu Xiao, I didn’t return ..." Imperial City.

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Hu Xiao in a hurry, "Xue Mier, don’t speak for now. Let me ask you, what is the purpose of compiling these things?"

Faced with Hu Xiao’s questioning, Xue Mier’s heart turned cold. The reason she escaped back with her life was so she could tell Hu Xiao what she saw so that Hu Xiao could prepare ahead of time.

However, Hu Xiao suspected that her motive was not pure, and suspected that she had a motive.

"Hu Xiao, what do you mean by that?" Xue Mier frowned and asked, stifled.

She lifted the blanket that was covering her, and looked straight into Hu Xiao’s eyes.

"Minister Wen is your cousin. Will you exterminate your relatives?" Hu Xiao replied with a cold gaze. She knew very well who Xue Mier was.

She would never believe that Xue Mier’s personality had suddenly changed.

She would rather believe that Xue Mier was still standing on the Minister Wen’s side.

Xue Mier was so angry by her words that she took a deep breath and said: "Hu Xiao, you don’t need to suspect anyone, you don’t need to suspect anyone. Since you chose to use me, why are you still suspecting me?"

Xue Mier also had dignity, and she hoped that she would receive the respect of others.

However, Hu Xiao suspecting her made her feel ashamed.

Hu Xiao was silent, she did not say a word, the matter was too big, so after weighing the pros and cons, she would rather Xue Mier was joking, and lying to her.

"Hu Xiao, if you don’t believe me, throw me out." Xue Mier was extremely angry in her heart, she added, "I saw with my own eyes that they killed the food official and even changed into the food officer’s clothes.

Xue Mier gritted her teeth as she said this. After being hunted down for a few days and unable to come back to comfort her, it was bad luck that she still needed to be suspected.

What made Hu Xiao curious was how Xue Mier was able to escape the pursuit of the killer!

As a weak girl, it couldn’t be that the killer let her go, right? What other purpose did the killer have?

She narrowed her eyes and stared at Xue Mier for a long time. Just as she was about to leave, she said: "Zhao Qiyan, keep an eye on Xue Mier. Keep a close eye on her for a while, don’t let her run away."

In the end, Hu Xiao still did not trust Xue Mier. After hearing what was said, Xue Mier covered herself with the blanket again.

After Zhi Lan heard this, she came over to ask Zhao Qiyan about the whole thing.

Zhao Qiyan was already very annoyed in his heart. When he saw Zhi Lan, he originally wanted to talk about love with her, but Zhi Lan had immediately asked about Xue Mier.

"Could it be that in your eyes, the Imperial Consort Xue is the most important?" Zhao Qiyan had originally wanted to take a walk with Zhi Lan, but he was rejected by him, so his mood was extremely poor.

Hearing that, Zhi Lan felt confused, she just wanted to ask about Xue Mier’s matters, if Zhao Qiyan did not say it, she would drag him down, why would he throw a tantrum at her?

"Zhao Qiyan, are you crazy!" Zhi Lan rolled her eyes, "I came to ask about Imperial Consort Xue, if you don’t want to say it, then forget it."

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