When the two of them returned to the palace, Yin Fufeng’s skirt was covered in dirt and it was seen by Yin Fufeng who was currently waiting inside the Imperial Study.
From the guard’s mouth, he knew that Hu Xiao had brought Qin Shuo out of the city. He wanted to understand more about the situation, but the guard only had three questions, he was really anxious to death.
However, he had no choice but to wait for them inside the Imperial Study.
"Cousin, sister-in-law, I’m so worried for you two. You didn’t even bring a guard, so I left alone." Yin Fufeng rolled his eyes, unconcealable worry on his face.
"What’s there to worry about? It’s not like it’s a child!" Hu Xiao was so tired that she fell on her butt and gently kneaded her slightly swollen ankle.
The pain didn’t hurt, she just wanted to rub it to ease the soreness in her feet.
Yin Fufeng stared at the two of them for a long time before asking seriously: "Cousin brother, where did you go? You didn’t encounter any danger on the way, did you?"
Unlike in the city, the outside of the city was relatively chaotic, and accidents were the most likely to happen.
"Yes, of course, you almost didn’t see us again." Hu Xiao pretended to be serious, what she said was the truth, she did not want to lie to Yin Fufeng at all.
When they were outside the city, if it wasn’t for Qin Shuo’s good show, the two of them would have fought with the black-clothed man and by then, no one would have known who was alive and who was dead.
"Really?" Yin Fufeng frowned, he glanced at Hu Xiao, and saw that she did not look like he was lying, and he was slightly shocked in his heart.
"Yes, outside the city, Xiaoxiao and I met with an assassination attempt. Yin Fufeng, I will leave this matter to you. Investigate carefully." Qin Shuo narrowed his eyes. Exactly who wanted his and Hu Xiao’s lives!
"Yes, cousin, sister-in-law. Rest assured, I will definitely give you an explanation." Yin Fufeng said firmly, he cupped his hands together and accepted the order.
There were no traces of a fight outside the city. It would be difficult to investigate this matter thoroughly.
But who was Yin Fufeng? He was the publically acknowledged little fox in the East Court.
After a while, Hu Xiao crawled up from the ground, and said while beaming: "This trip, my harvest was pretty big, so it turns out that in the eyes of ordinary people, I’m a Demon Empress!"
Hu Xiao did not care that she was called the Demon Empress by the common folk. All she had was shock and astonishment, and then, she felt that it was really funny.
"Xiao-Xiao, you can still laugh, they said that you turned into the Demon Empress, but you’re not angry at all?" Qin Shuo frowned, thinking that Ye Xiao was really magnanimous, it was fine if he was called the Demon Empress, but why did he even tease himself!
He had never met someone like this before, and Hu Xiao gave him a new experience.
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Hu Xiao smiled. She lifted the hair in front of her forehead and said, "Rather than getting angry, it would be better to think carefully about how to improve my position in the hearts of the people!"
Just as the two were chatting, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door. Hu Xiao stretched her body as she looked directly at the door, and saw Zhao Qiyan in one glance.
"This humble subject pays his respects to Your Majesty and Empress." Zhao Qiyan bowed and cupped his hands, as he said respectfully.
"There’s news so soon?" Hu Xiao asked in surprise, thinking that Yin Fufeng was well-informed, and she managed to find the location of the man in black so quickly.
In front of Qin Shuo, Zhao Qiyan did not dare to casually answer his questions.
"Your Majesty, Empress, Prime Minister Yin has instructed this humble subject to come over first and tell you that the assassins outside the city do not seem to belong to the East Court."
Right after he finished speaking, Qin Shuo suddenly squinted his eyes. If it didn’t look like a person with East Court, then who else could it be?
"Is there any evidence?" Qin Shuo immediately asked, in his heart he hoped that Yin Fufeng had captured the black clothed man.
However, to his disappointment, "Your majesty, these are only the Prime Minister Yin’s speculations."
These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Qin Shuo’s head. He thought that there was some kind of evidence, but it turned out to be Yin Fufeng’s guesses, causing him to be happy for nothing.
Zhao Qiyan paused for a moment, then continued, "Your Majesty, in this humble subject’s opinion, Prime Minister Yin would definitely not say such words out of nowhere. He definitely has his reasons, Prime Minister Yin’s guesses, have never gone wrong."
He was often with Yin Fufeng and knew very well what abilities Yin Fufeng had. Therefore, he believed in Yin Fufeng.
After hearing this, Hu Xiao also came close to say a few words, "Qin Shuo, you have to believe your cousin. Although those people have covered their faces, hearing their accents, I feel that they aren’t people of East Court."
After listening, Qin Shuo’s heart was once again filled with doubt. South Yue, North Qiang and West Frontier, which nation would they be from?
Qin Shuo’s eyes shot out two beams of light, the fog in his heart was hazy.
In that dim room, only a man in black clothes could be seen kneeling on the ground. Seven or eight people kneeled in a row.
"Useless, you can’t even recognize them? Your eyes are glued to them, right? They are the empress and emperor of East Court, almost succeeding. You guys ..." This time, the man hit him even more viciously.
The black-clothed man knelt on the ground. They did not make a sound, allowing the man’s long whip to land on their bodies.
They straightened their backs and gritted their teeth, their faces full of shame. If it weren’t for the fact that they were soft-hearted at noon, they would have completed their mission.
At this moment, they all felt regret.
"This prince is so angry that he’s about to die. You bunch of trash, watch this prince beat you to death." The man’s face was ashen, just a little bit more, and the empress of East Court died. This was such a rare opportunity, but this group of trash actually did not manage to grab it.
Why did he keep them? He could have beaten them to death.
Seeing that the man had beaten them up enough, she quickly put on a smiling face and said in a good tone, "Third Prince, please calm down. It’s not good to lose your temper, but these people are new, the empress who doesn’t know the rules and doesn’t know the East Court believed their words muddle-headedly. I hope Third Prince can give them a chance to start anew."
The West Frontier girl coaxed softly. Looking at the black clothed man’s bloody back, she shivered. What kind of hatred was this?
If they continued to fight, they would only be able to collect their corpses.
After beating them up, the Third Prince of North Qiang’s anger dissipated quite a bit, and he heard the West Frontier woman say that they were new here, the empress who did not recognize East Court. Thus, he slowly stopped what he was doing.
Then, he threw the whip on the ground, pointed it at the man in black and said, "Hmph, you guys can consider yourselves lucky this time. This prince did not kill you!"
Hearing this, the West Frontier lady heaved a sigh of relief, and patted her chest. She only saw that the Third Prince of North Qiang had turned around, and looked at her and said, "This prince has to leave first. You take care of the rest."
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