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Ye Zichen walked over leisurely, if he didn't notice that her big stomach really did look like it was watching a beauty walk.

"Chenqie greets Empress."

Then, he carried the palace maid off the stage.

It was only a body that was more than a month old, so her stomach was not obvious, but looking at Xue Mier, it looked extremely similar to when she was pregnant.

From the start, he had been exempt from private, and today was not just a family banquet. She never thought that Xue Mier would actually perform so much, and upon seeing that she looked like she was about to be unable to squat, Qin Shuo coughed lightly.

Her beautiful eyes glanced at Qin Shuo, and the corner of her mouth hooked into a faint smile.

"Hur hur, you may rise."

When she said that, she heard it very clearly. It seemed that Qin Shuo was somewhat distressed towards his Imperial Concubine.

"Today, the Japanese palace just so happened to be here. Thus, it invited everyone to have a meal together on its own. Let's treat it as a family feast. There is no need to be so restrained."

Looking at Hu Xiao who was sitting upright, she wanted to laugh. She had seen Hu Xiao's condition just now, it was obvious that her family was in a terrible spot, but to have so many people sitting low like that, she had no choice but to find a way out.

Sure enough, after she finished speaking, Hu Xiao then took the opportunity to lie down on her chair. As for the lowly madame from a Venerable family, Hu Xiao felt that she couldn't care less.

When had the madams of the aristocratic families ever seen such a scene? They couldn't bear it any longer and thought that the banquet today would be extremely solemn? However, ever since they stepped into the palace, they no longer felt the majesty and luxury of the empress.

Everyone looked down on Hu Xiao in their hearts; after all, she was able to see through the great elegance of Hu Xiao with a single feast.

Imperial banquets were always luxurious, but this was the first time they had seen such a low-key banquet. No, they shouldn't be called low-key, it was simply too simple.

All the wives had different expressions. Hu Xiao acted as if she couldn't see them, and continued to smile at the crowd.

Even when everyone in the hall was flattering Xue Mier, their expressions did not change at all.

"Looks like the rumors are true, this Empress is indeed not as popular as the Imperial Consort Xue. Look at the situation, the Empress is not as popular as a imperial concubine, did you hand in the wrong name scroll?"

"That's right, I was thinking the same thing. Why don't we pass it to the imperial concubine again?"

"You're right. Let's find a chance to pass an invitation to the imperial concubine. Now that the imperial concubine is pregnant, her status at the side of the emperor will only get higher. Naturally, we have to pass an invitation."

Although the voices of the few wives were quiet, with Hu Xiao's eyesight and hearing, he was naturally able to hear them, and even Qin Shuo was naturally able to hear them.

Hearing this, his face changed again and again, but a moment later, it returned to normal.

"Your Majesty, I'm sure you've heard that. Look at me, I'm not even comparable to a concubine. I've already said before that there's no need for that. This is just a formality!"

And this was in front of her, if it was in a private place, she would not even know how to belittle Hu Xiao, the people of Sui City were still in a state of suffering, but these so called upper class noble families were just extravagant and wasteful.

He was already extremely disgusted by it, and now he even told her what he was thinking.

"Empress."

What Hu Xiao said was true, and Qin Shuo indeed had no way of refuting it. However, his current appearance was extremely sarcastic; in the end, he lost some of his royal demeanor.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, chenqie has matters to attend to. This banquet shall be hosted by Your Majesty and Imperial Consort Xue."

It didn't matter whether she did or not.

Seeing that, he did not greet them, but after saying goodbye to Zhi Lan, he brought Zhi Lan and left.

Seeing Hu Xiao taking the servant away, the ladies did not care anymore. The nice words in their mouths did not seem to be able to finish, they kept praising towards the Imperial Consort Xue.

"Cough cough, the empress was just unwell a moment ago, so she left first. Everyone, continue."

Qin Shuo bid his farewells and left with Hu Xiao.

The two people who left the place did not see the hatred that flashed past Xue Mier's eyes, but even if they saw it, they would most likely not care.

At this time, the two people who had the ability to make decisions left one after another, showing the awkwardness of Xue Mier, who had just been curried favor with by others.

Previously, she didn't pay much attention to Hu Xiao, but the madam who had been surrounding Xue Mier the entire time was also confused, and did not know whether her actions were right or wrong.

Even the empress Hu Xiao didn't know what was on her mind. She was a little angry just now, but she had always been welcoming him with a smile. If she wasn't angry, why would she have left halfway?

For a moment, everyone's thoughts changed. The simple banquet became even more dull, and in the end, it began to disperse.

Even if Qin Shuo had only delayed for a short while before chasing after him, he still could not find any trace of Hu Xiao, even the people in the courtyard could not be seen.

But it was not his courtier who was sneakily following Hu Xiao.

"I say, what is going on? The banquet has not ended, why did Empress come out together with you? "

That's right, the two who were sneakily following behind Hu Xiao were Zhao Qiyan and Zhao Qiyan.

"Did something happen at Empress's banquet? "But are they going out in their costume?"

Just as expected, before he could finish, he saw Hu Xiao and Zhi Lan easily climb up the wall and over.

However, Hu Xiao's final look at them made the two of them startled. So Hu Xiao had actually noticed the two of them? The words that came out of her mouth seemed to be, 'Don't meddle in other people's business?'

"Empress has really flipped over the wall and hid herself. If she doesn't walk through the door, what wall will she climb?! We should chase after Yin Fufeng quickly. Since it's so chaotic outside the Sui City, Empress and Miss Zhi Lan, the two weak girls, will definitely encounter danger if we go out at this time! "

After he finished speaking, Zhao Qiyan also wanted to climb up, but he failed. He glared angrily at the fundamental person who caused him to fail in climbing up the wall!

"Alright, Empress has her reasons for doing so. Let's not bother about the rest and just pretend that we did not see anything."

He grabbed Zhao Qiyan who was about to continue climbing up, and the two walked further and further away. After a while, they left the yamen.

Without the two stopping them, Hu Xiao and Zhi Lan turned and left the city.

"Empress, why don't we return? There's no need to take such a risk."

After stopping Hu Xiao who still wanted to continue walking forward, Zhi Lan had already kneeled in front of Hu Xiao.

Seeing that, Hu Xiao wanted to help Zhi Lan up, but unfortunately, Zhi Lan had already made up her mind.

"Zhi Lan, you clearly know that you can't stop me."

Helpless, Hu Xiao also kneeled in front of Zhi Lan.