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Since he no longer had to worry about Hu Xiao, Zhao Qiyan was extremely happy. With regards to Yin Fufeng's painless strength that was hitting him, Zhao Qiyan felt that he could ignore it.

"Zhao Qiyan, are you worrying about the Empress, or is it that you're worried about the Empress's personal maid, Zhi Lan?"

Seeing that Zhao Qiyan was still looking at his arrogant and smug look, Yin Fufeng spoke. Sure enough, Zhao Qiyan who was smiling just now suddenly looked extremely good as he held his breath.

Sensing Yin Fufeng's meaning, Zhao Qiyan resisted the urge to stare at Yin Fufeng.

"Of course it's the Empress!"

After that, Zhao Qiyan left in a huff, and did not look like he was going to bother with Yin Fufeng anymore.

Yin Fufeng saw that his good friend had originally come to find him to support Hu Xiao, but now that he had left alone, ignoring his previous gloomy mood, he smiled and followed.

They had been waiting in the main hall for a long time, but they had not seen the empress or the emperor, so they were all suspicious of each other.

"The Emperor and the Empress have arrived."

Everyone followed his order and kneeled on the ground, shouting loudly, "Long live the Emperor, long live the Empress!"

This was the first time that Hu Xiao saw so many people greeting him at such a close distance. She was a little nervous.

Qin Shuo, who was holding onto Hu Xiao, naturally felt the muscular man in Hu Xiao's palm, and soothingly patted the back of Hu Xiao's hand. Qin Shuo then sat upright and looked at the person who was kneeling on the ground.

"Flatten your body and give yourself a seat."

"Thank you, your majesty. Thank you, Empress."

He then stood up in an orderly manner and placed himself in the same position as before.

"I heard that all the ministers and imperial concubines were very concerned about the empress. The empress was sent to another place to be treated because of her unwell Liuzhou City. She should be here to meet all of you."

Qin Shuo changed his usual icy face and said while smiling.

Seeing that, Hu Xiao tried her best to reveal a smile, but in her heart, she shouted to herself that she must not lose face again!

"That's right. When this humble subject heard that Empress was sick, I was terrified. Now that the Empress has recovered, it's practically the fortune of her East Court."

Hu Xiao looked at the person who spoke just now, and tried to recall his name, but he could not. He could only feel a sense of helplessness.

"Thank you for your concern, Master Lee. I am doing well too, so naturally, I will not be able to leave everyone's care."

After thinking for a long time, Hu Xiao could only vaguely remember this person's surname, but could not remember anything else, but it was enough to only remember one surname. After hearing that, Qin Shuo glanced at Hu Xiao with praise.

Qin Shuo and the various ministers were happily chatting with each other, Qin Shuo was slightly jealous, he had never seen Hu Xiao laughing and chatting with him like this, every time they met, it would always be a mess, but it did not look too bad now.

In Qin Shuo's eyes, this scene looked pretty good, but in Xue Mier's eyes, she was extremely jealous, the harem must not interfere too much with the government, thus Xue Mier did not dare to say anything despite being filled with suspicions.

The empress could speak to her courtiers like this with the backing of the emperor, but if she said anything more, the official might take her place. Her position as imperial concubine would almost come to an end.

She secretly held onto a few chairs, but Xue Mier's smile did not decrease as she watched the scene unfold, Hu Xiao had naturally seen Xue Mier's appearance, but she never thought that Xue Mier would actually be able to endure so much, but Xue Mier actually did not cause him any trouble, and Hu Xiao was too lazy to bother with her.

"Okay, there will still be time in the future. I have matters to attend to with the Queen. You two can leave first."

Seeing that, Qin Shuo laughed.

Hearing that, the people who were talking animatedly stopped and bowed and left, but they did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Qin Shuo.

Seeing that, Hu Xiao heaved a sigh of relief, she had been focusing fully, afraid that she said something that she could not take back, and it finally ended.

"Mier."

Wen Fuchen, who had just left, walked together with Xue Mier.

"Cousin."

Just now, the two of them had tolerated Wen Fuchen in their eyes, and from the look of it, Xue Mier knew her purpose for coming here, so she nodded at Qin Shuo, who was thinking the same thing.

Xue Mier had never gotten news of Hu Xiao, she thought that she would never come back, but now it looked like she was overthinking it. However, Xue Mier had to admit that Hu Xiao really knew how to hide herself, even with so many top-notch assassins, she couldn't find him!

But now that Hu Xiao had returned, no one could blame her for her viciousness.

Just by looking at the two of them, she could already guess what they were thinking. If others knew, they would not be able to find any evidence, so Xue Mier immediately turned and left.

I'll go take a look at Soong Xuan. This girl has followed me along with the Southern Patrol, so I haven't met her as the Empress. I'll be leaving first.

Hu Xiao looked at Qin Shuo's expression and was greatly shocked. She only bid farewell to Qin Shuo before leaving, causing Qin Shuo to laugh bitterly as he did not know whether to laugh or cry. had only taken a glance at the direct descendant of the Soong Family and stirred up some trouble later on, if not for the fact that Hu Xiao had taken off herself and arranged for him to come here, Qin Shuo would not have been able to tolerate this person for a long time.

His personality was too similar to Hu Xiao's. It was enough to have Hu Xiao as unique in the palace, but if there was another one, Qin Shuo would feel that his harem was filled with miasma.

"Miss, Empress is here."

Inside Soong Xuan's room, a servant girl hurriedly said to Soong Xuan who was still seated on the bed.

Soong Xuan was startled. Empress? When did Hu Xiao regain her identity? Just as she was hesitating whether she should go forward to welcome her, the servant girl beside him suddenly became anxious.

"What should we do, Miss? Empress isn't here to interrogate us, right? One Imperial Consort Xue is not enough, but now there is another Empress. Young miss, what should we do? "

That's right, she had forgotten that these people who accompanied her had never seen Hu Xiao before. In their view, the fact that His Majesty had asked her to follow along with his Southern Patrol was something she loved, and it was understandable for Empress to come and scold her.

"Miss, how can we quickly go out and welcome the Empress?"

Seeing Soong Xuan still sitting on the bed, the female servant became even more anxious, but why was Soong Xuan just standing there dumbstruck? If Hu Xiao continued to scold her, it would be a huge loss, and she was thinking if she should go up and shake Soong Xuan awake, then she would hear Hu Xiao's voice.

"There's no need. I've already entered by myself."

Before waiting for the man to come out, Hu Xiao directly walked in and the two of them quickly knelt down.