Reborn Empress: The World Originally Belonged to Her

The two were chatting when the Grand Tutor returned from the palace and saw Leng Xiucheng and Xu Jinxin meeting. The Grand Tutor's expression changed.

The Grand Tutor walked directly to Xu Jinxin, shielding Leng Xiucheng behind him. He scrutinized Xu Jinxin from head to toe, a cold glint in his eyes. "Miss Xu, do you not know the principle of propriety between men and women? Moreover, Miss Xu is unmarried. If others were to see this, it would ruin your reputation. I urge Miss Xu to be more mindful of this in the future..."

Xu Jinxin understood that this person who had undergone abdominal surgery was not very capable. Despite her inner pain, she could only nod and look after Xu Jinxin.

"Thank you for your guidance, Grand Tutor."

Leng Xiucheng felt a dull ache in his heart. He never expected his father to dislike Xu Jinxin so much. Xu Jinxin turned to leave, but Leng Xiucheng tried to follow her, only to be stopped by his father.

Mo Yun happened to see this scene clearly while passing by. He couldn't help but sneer, "What a tragic couple!" In the end, Mo Yun returned to the princess's residence.

"Did you find anything out during your investigation? If so, you must tell me everything."

Qin Yu was asking Mo Yun a question when Mo Yun looked up at her with a half-smile. Had Mo Yun encountered something good?

"Your Highness, your investigation today did not yield any results, but you did witness a performance, and I believe Your Highness will find it very interesting."

Qin Yu was very interested in the play, and she had been thinking about it carefully. But at this moment, she was very curious and asked Mo Yun what kind of play it was.

Mo Yun then told Qin Yu that Leng Xiucheng and Xu Jinxin had met, but Leng Xiucheng's father had a lot of opinions about Xu Jinxin.

More importantly, tomorrow is the day when the envoy from the neighboring country will come to pay tribute. I wonder how the arrangements are going. Afterwards, Qin Yu gave Mo Yun a letter and asked Mo Yun to deliver it to the National Protection Army.

General Su received Qin Yu's letter, opened it, and immediately summoned everyone. He selected a small group to hide among them, while another small group watched from the city gate. The rest of the people remained hidden inside.

On the other hand, when Cheng Qixia learned of this, she was in a state of shock.

Cheng Qixia hadn't expected Qin Yu to make such a grand spectacle this time. More importantly, he had also sent these people to observe and patrol at the city gate.

However, this also demonstrates how seriously Qin Yu takes this matter.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that this matter was actually quite important. If anything went wrong on the way, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Your Highness, I would like to know if His Majesty has invited Your Highness to attend the tribute mission tomorrow, as Your Highness is, after all, an official of the court."

"As far as I am concerned, I don't care much about these things. Besides, if I don't go, I'll be happy to have some peace and quiet. Why should I make myself suffer because of those complicated rules?"

But before he could finish speaking, the palace eunuchs had already arrived. One eunuch shouted, "His Majesty's decree!"

Sure enough, this was a reference to Cao Cao, who had already arrived. Cheng Qixia was speechless. Upon arriving, Cheng Qixia knelt on the ground and began to read the emperor's writings.

In no time, the eunuch informed Cheng Qixia that he had been invited to a banquet the next day. Cheng Qixia had no intention of attending, but upon receiving this news, she could not escape it.

"Your humble servant obeys the decree and will certainly arrive tomorrow."

After the eunuch left, Cheng Qixia sat down in a chair, picked up a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp. She then sighed silently.

Cheng Qixia's advisors were indeed a little puzzled. Shouldn't Cheng Qixia be happy? After all, inviting Cheng Qixia to this banquet meant that they valued her.

"My intuition tells me what I will definitely do at the banquet, and that's why I don't want to participate."

"But Your Highness, His Majesty has already invited you to participate, so Your Highness has no other choice, right? Since you're here, you might as well make the best of it."

Cheng Qixia felt that the strategist's words made a lot of sense. In that case, she would attend such a banquet tomorrow. There was also an even more important matter: what kind of tribute would the envoys from the neighboring country present at this banquet? For some reason, Cheng Qixia was looking forward to it.

Qin Yanling stayed in the palace. She learned that the Minister of War was ill. More importantly, the Minister of War's son had been kicked out of the princess's residence by Qin Yu.

Everyone was shocked in that instant, wondering what Kong Hong had done to anger Qin Yu so much.

In the end, Qin Yanling sent people to investigate thoroughly. It seemed that after Qin Yu imprisoned Kong Hong and released him, Kong Hong began to curse Qin Yu as a poisonous woman.

So that's why Qin Yu kicked him out of the princess's residence. If it were him, he would definitely do the same. It's all Kong Hong's own fault. Who can he blame? However, since the Minister of War is sick, as a monarch, he naturally has to go and see him.

He then had a sedan chair prepared outside and personally went to the residence of the Minister of War. Upon learning that Qin Yanling had come, the Minister of War was so frightened that he immediately lay back down on his bed.

The Minister of War never expected that the emperor of a nation would condescend to come to a place like his.

The Minister of War then pretended to be sickly.

"Your Majesty, please do not come near me. Please keep a certain distance from me, for I am afraid that my illness may be contagious to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yanling declared that he was strong and healthy and would not be infected. He then walked up to the Minister of War, whose face was extremely pale and who was coughing from time to time, indeed looking like he was sick.

"You can have someone come and see what the doctor says."

"Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to check on him. He will be fine after a period of rest."