C25

"No, not even General Zhao. The Prefecture Overseer recognized General Zhao the moment the Empress and General Zhao entered the yamen."

The shadow guard also had a whole new level of respect for the empress. Originally, the shadow guard was very dissatisfied with being transferred to the empress's side to protect her in secret, but after a day, the shadow guard held the empress in high esteem.

"General Zhao?"

"After helping out in the restaurant, the empress and General Zhao got to know each other."

Qin Shuo let the shadow guard go.

Imperial Concubine Xue saw that Qin Shuo was not paying attention, and knew that he had messed up Qin Shuo's heartstrings, so she was jealous of him. Although Imperial Concubine Xue had been a little envious of him after hearing that he was out on a day trip, she was only jealous of him in the blink of an eye.

Jealousy was clearly outside the palace, but it was always taken care of by His Majesty. It was always taken care of by His Majesty.

If he found out that Imperial Concubine Xue hated him for so long, he would definitely regret it.

"General Wei, please inform the younger relatives of the Supreme Court, take over the case of the Prefect, investigate thoroughly the yamen, and arrest the merchant who made a move on the empress." General Wei, please inform the younger relatives of the Supreme Court, take over the case of the Prefect, investigate thoroughly, and arrest the merchant who made a move on the empress.

Qin Shuo gave it some thought before giving the order.

The empress may have been unreasonable, but she represented the dignity of the East Court and could not be tainted in the slightest. If those troublesome citizens dared to offend her, she naturally had to treat them well on behalf of the empress.

"Your Majesty, the empress has returned to the palace."

The court came to report.

"Imperial Concubine Xue, I still have some matters to take care of. You can return to the palace first."

Qin Shuo looked at Imperial Concubine Xue and said.

"Okay."

Naturally, Imperial Concubine Xue knew who she wanted to meet. Although she was jealous, she didn't dare to openly defy the Holy Will.

"Empress Xuan has come to see Gu."

Hu Xiaoxiao was stopped on her way back to her own bedroom. Looking at the eunuch in front of her, she knew that this was Qin Shuo's personal eunuch.

"Is Eunuch Wei busy?"

As long as it wasn't directed at him, he would never be stingy with his good temper.

"Reporting to the empress, His Majesty knew that you had returned to the palace, so he sent me to bring the empress to see His Majesty."

Eunuch Wei had a good impression of Hu Xiao. Although Hu Xiaoru was the empress, he rarely put on airs. Although Hu Xiao did not have many opportunities to announce the decree, just a few times was enough for the people around the imperial power to see it clearly.

Hu Xiao was very clear on the purpose of this visit. Honestly speaking, Hu Xiao didn't want to see Qin Shuo, but who told him to put on airs.

"The reason why I was able to leave the palace without being bestowed upon me by Your Majesty is to properly express my gratitude. Eunuch Wei, let's go. "

This was the trouble of the ancient world. He missed modern phones very much. If there was a phone right now, he could just call to say hello. He still had to travel far away to another place. It was truly tormenting.

In the past, Hu Xiaoxiao was very respectful to the old palace and thought that the wisdom of the ancient people was very outstanding. Without all kinds of modern machines, he was able to build this huge palace bit by bit with just his own hands.

Although this palace is not the Beijing Forbidden City that is known to modern people, but it does look as good as the Forbidden City in the eyes of a laughingstock.

However, this time, Hu Xiaoxiao really wanted to scold the person who designed this place. Why would he want to design this great palace? Wasn't it tiring to walk around inside? She rarely allowed the eunuchs to carry the palanquin, so she had to walk by herself.

Amidst the curses and laughter, they quickly arrived.

"Esteemed Empress, His Majesty has been waiting inside for a long time. This lowly one has stopped."

Hu Xiao nodded, turned around and walked in.

When Qin Shuo came in, he was pretending to be dealing with official matters. He really didn't want his queen to see him doing nothing. For some reason, Qin Shuo felt like doing nothing would always be laughed at by him.

However, Qin Shuo was overthinking things. At the moment, Hu Xiao had no intention of bickering with Qin Shuo. After playing around for a day, he had even entered and left the mansion. He only wanted to return to Qin Shuo early and go back to rest.

"Your servant greets Your Majesty. Your Majesty, Jin An."

Although he was unwilling, but he still had a lot of manners, so Qin Shuo couldn't find any faults.

"Stand up. Is the empress happy to go out for a day?"

Although Qin Shuo had long heard of Hu Xiao's actions outside the palace from the shadow guard, he still wanted to know Hu Xiao's thoughts.

"Many thanks to Your Majesty for giving me a concubine to leave the palace. The outside world is much freer. How about all sorts of restrictions within the palace? It's just that the people of the world outside the palace are all complicated …"

The people's hearts were complicated, but Hu Xiaoxiao spoke tactfully, and Qin Shuo smiled.

"I have been careless. I heard that today, two of my court officials were strolling with the empress?"

"Yes, His Majesty sent someone to follow Chenqie?"

Hu Xiaoxiao was slightly dissatisfied. Someone was following him. Hu Xiao already knew from the time he left the palace that this person was from Qin Shuo? If he knew about his actions and words, why would he bother calling him over?

"Why does the empress have to be so harsh? I'm just the empress's safety, but the empress doesn't have much time to come to the East Court, so I don't know that the imperial harem cannot be too intimate with the officials of the imperial court. The empress has crossed the line today."

Qin Shuo was dissatisfied with this. Although he knew what kind of people Yin Fu Feng and Zhao Qi Yan were, the empress was his wife after all. Being too close to other men made him feel uncomfortable, not to mention the master of the East Court.

"Does Your Majesty think that chenqie is intentionally getting close to the two sirs?"

Hu Xiao was dissatisfied, Qin Shuo was too kind and did not have a good impression of Qin Shuo. He wanted to leave the palace as soon as possible, not to mention that Qin Shuo was treating him like this.

Since it was someone from the Qin Shuo faction, why didn't he make a move when he was being harassed?

The shadow guard had intended to be completely loyal to Hu Xiaoxiao, but who knew that Hu Xiaoxiao would already be extremely dissatisfied with him after their first encounter.

"Regardless of whether I am or not, the Empress is in fact with the two court officials today."

At this point, Hu Xiao no longer wanted to continue the conversation with Qin Shuo, and his tone had lost all of its initial faint gratitude.

"A few days ago, His Majesty thought so, so let's forget about it. I don't want to explain anything."

The way he laughed made Qin Shuo unhappy.

"What does the empress mean by this?"

"There's no meaning. I still have some matters to settle. Chenqie will take her leave first. That's right, chenqie will be arranging a palace maid to stay in my palace."

With that, Hu Xiaoxiao didn't wait for Qin Shuo's reply and turned to leave.

He just knew that he was at odds with Qin Shuo, so he didn't say anything and just started quarrelling. This way, it would be better if they were less common in the future, but it was time for the trip to the Li Palace to begin.

No one had ever left so impolitely in front of Qin Shuo before. The fire in Qin Shuo's heart immediately soared. He, the Queen, was great.

At this point, Qin Shuo had long forgotten that many of his first times had been given to Hu Xiaoxiao. For example, the first time he had been beaten by a consort, the first time he had let go of his position to make peace …

If it were in the past, Qin Shuo would have been furious with Hu Xiao's rudeness. He would have ripped him into pieces, but Hu Xiao himself was immobile, and it was hard to say how angry he was.