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"Alright, if it really is like this, then I am powerless as well."

Qin Feng only felt a chill from her feet all the way to her heart.

Maybe she, Qin Feng, would never be able to become Xuanyuan Zhiling's only woman in her entire life.

"Qin Feng, you are already a queen, you should consider things more related to your country."

As Xuanyuan Zhiling spoke, there was an additional trace of coldness and seriousness in his expression, causing Qin Feng's heart to throb in pain.

"Yes, I am the empress now. Everything should be prioritized by you and your entire Phantom Fire Kingdom."

After Qin Feng finished speaking, she turned and left, walking step by step with firm steps, with no intention of turning back.

"Qin Feng, I hope you can keep your promise."

Xuanyuan Zhiling stood behind Qin Feng, and his expression carried a little coldness.

On this day, as Qin Feng was taking a nap in the bedchamber, a shadow suddenly flashed outside the window of her own room. This shadow immediately aroused Qin Feng's vigilance. Originally, Qin Feng was bored out of her mind, but at this moment, she stared outside the window with a pair of sharp eyes.

"Qin Chen? There are people outside the window.

As Qin Feng said this, his expression grew a little colder and more serious. She looked out the window at the sun, and saw that it was only dusk, yet this fellow dared to openly lurk within the Imperial Palace.

"Yes, Empress. Qin Chen will immediately go and investigate."

Qin Chen had an extremely serious expression on her face as she listened to the voices of the palace. However, there was not a single sound, and Qin Feng knew that this person was definitely not an ordinary person, and in the daytime, she was actually able to enter the palace without being discovered. Instead, she was able to leave no traces behind.

Qin Feng sighed lightly, and picked up the teacup on the table to sip. She was too nervous just now, and her mouth was parched.

"Strange, Qin Chen has been gone for so long, why hasn't she come back yet?"

Qin Feng muttered and began to worry about Qin Feng's safety. Because Qin Chen had already been gone for a while.

"The servant girl from empress will be back soon. She followed me and I only punished her a little."

Suddenly, a voice that did not belong to Qin Feng appeared in the room. Qin Feng was startled, her gaze quickly sweeping across her bedchamber, and realized that someone was standing next to the screen without him knowing.

As this person stood in the shadows, the sunlight outside the window was no longer enough to clearly see his face, but the contours of his face still left a deep impression on Qin Feng.

"Who are you?!"

Qin Feng stood up, frowning as she stared at the man with such a imposing figure.

"Where did you get my maidservant?!"

Qin Feng frowned even more. She knew that the man in front of him was not simple.

"And how did you get in?"

The man in front of her smiled. He looked a bit bookish and gentle.

"Empress, this young master only said one sentence after entering the room, but you've already asked me so many questions. Which one do you want me to answer first?"

Although the man called Qin Feng the Empress respectfully, his tone didn't contain any reverence.

"How dare you!? If I ask you a question, you can answer it honestly!"

Qin Feng was slightly startled, and a complicated expression quickly flashed across her eyes.

"This little one doesn't dare, but I was surprised that you could enter so easily."

The man sneered, his smile carrying traces of pride.

This expression infuriated Qin Feng, causing him to clench her fists as she stared coldly at the man in front of him.

"You haven't answered my question."

Qin Feng said with a cold face, her expression even uglier than before.

"This lowly one came only to see the empress's appearance, I didn't expect …"

The man smiled faintly with a complicated expression on his face.

"What?" Is this empress very disappointing to you? "

Qin Feng's brows furrowed even more. She was even more curious about this man's identity.

"No, this young master is very surprised. I never thought that the current empress would be such a devastatingly beautiful woman."

When the man said till here, his eyes seemed to inadvertently size up Qin Feng.

"Then can you tell me now? Who exactly are you? "

This man wore a white robe and held a fan in her hand. She looked like a pink-faced scholar, but Qin Feng knew that his skills were extremely high.

"A few days ago, my father was imprisoned because of an order from the empress. Now, empress should know who I am, right?"

When Qin Feng heard this, she looked up and down at this man. His father, General Baiwei, was extremely mighty, but he never thought that he would have such a gentle son.

"You are the son of General Song You?"

Qin Feng said indifferently, she had already roughly guessed the man's intentions, it was no more than begging for mercy on Song You's behalf, or even coming over to threaten her, to release him.

"That's right, I am Song Mingzhi, the son of General Hundred Might, Song You."

Saying this, Song Mingzhi smiled faintly, and a trace of calculation flashed past his eyes.

"You're here to plead for your father, aren't you?"

Qin Feng's face instantly turned cold, and already had a bit of disgust towards the Song Mingzhi in front of him.

Hearing Qin Feng's words, Song Mingzhi smiled faintly and walked out from the shadows. That handsome face was exposed to Qin Feng's eyes.

His eyes were bright, and even though the person standing in front of him was the empress, he was still walking leisurely.

"If I'm really here to plead on behalf of my father, then I don't need to take such a huge risk and sneak in, right?"

Song Mingzhi let out a light laugh, and looked at Qin Feng with eyes that had an additional tinge of affection.

"Then why did you infiltrate my bedchamber?"

Qin Feng coldly raised the corner of her mouth. This Song Mingzhi was not simple, to actually not come to plead for mercy.

Song Mingzhi heard and laughed, closing the fan in his hand, he looked at Qin Feng's face in a blink of an eye.

"I am only here to take a look at your honor, empress. I just want to know what kind of Queen she is, to be able to cause the entire imperial court to tremble in fear."

"Humph, you've seen it for yourself. It should be my turn now, right?"

Qin Feng let out a cold snort, and a trace of coldness could be seen in her expression.

"What does empress want to do with this lowly person? This little one is also really curious. "

As he said till here, a hint of complex emotions appeared between Song Mingzhi's brows, but his pair of starry eyes still stared fixedly at Qin Feng.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door as the guards approached the empress's quarters.

"It seems that I don't have to deal with you. Naturally, there will be people to deal with you."

Qin Feng laughed softly, but the coldness between her brows made people shiver.

Song Mingzhi seemed to have realized something as he nimbly jumped out of the window. He tenaciously furrowed his brows, and did not chase out.

"The assassin ran away. How were you, empress?"

The imperial guards shouted loudly upon entering the room, making Qin Feng a little unhappy.

"His Majesty drove here!"

Xuanyuan Zhiling came over, and the moment he entered the door, he looked around for Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng, are you alright? Where's the assassin? "

Xuanyuan Zhiling nervously sized Qin Feng up from head to toe, checking to see if Qin Feng was injured.

If Qin Feng was really injured, even if Xuanyuan Zhiling had to search all over the place, she would definitely find that damnable assassin and tear him into ten thousand pieces.

"He's not an assassin, but more like a lunatic."

Qin Feng sighed helplessly, and turned to walk back to the bed with a calm and composed demeanor.

Xuanyuan Zhiling stood behind Qin Feng and furrowed his brows, carefully sizing him up.

"Are you sure you're okay? Then what did that assassin do to you? "

Xuanyuan Zhiling became even more nervous because he felt that this matter was not a simple assassination attempt.

"He said that he is the son of General Hundred Might, Song Mingzhi."

Qin Feng said indifferently, she did not seem to be deep in thought, this Song Mingzhi was truly unfathomable, she risked her life to come to the palace just to see?

"Someone, capture Song Mingzhi for me right now!"

Xuanyuan Zhiling frowned, a tinge of killing intent appearing between his brows.

The imperial guards all stepped out of the empress's bedchamber to capture Song Mingzhi.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to catch him. When he came in, no one would notice him, let alone escape."

Qin Feng smiled faintly and sat on the bed, continuing to taste the good Dragon Well in her teacup.

"How do you know Zhen won't be able to catch him?"

Xuanyuan Zhiling's brows knitted even more tightly. Qin Feng's words just now made him feel a little unhappy.

"Then we'll see."

Qin Feng spoke in a leisurely manner, but at this time, the sound of someone's footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

"Qin Chen, I told you to go out and investigate the situation, why are you only just back now? Where did you go? "

Seeing that Qin Chen had returned, Qin Feng's face was in a sorry state, and as a result, she asked with some heartache.

Qin Chen gasped for breath, there were some leaves on her head, it looked like she just came out from the bushes.

"Qin Chen, how did you end up in such a sorry state?"

Qin Chen gasped for breath as she wanted to say something, but she was unable to do so.

Qin Feng made a face, and the palace maid poured a cup of tea for him. Only after Qin Chen drank it all in large gulps did she barely manage to speak.

"That damned thief actually tied me to a tree in the imperial garden, causing me to become like this."

Qin Chen said angrily, as though she was still thinking about how she was tied up just now, and she was still so angry right now, she couldn't take it anymore.

"Your martial arts is so high yet you're still tied up by him? It seems like this person is truly not simple, and it seems like he had thoroughly investigated this palace's customs. He knows that this palace's imperial garden does not allow anyone to enter, so he tied you up there.

Qin Feng thought passionately for a while, and a burst of coldness quickly flashed through her expression.

"empress is right, this person is not simple, everything has been planned."

Qin Chen said as she fiercely clenched her fists.

At this time, the imperial guard who had gone out to arrest Song Mingzhi came in from outside, his head lowered as he walked in front of Xuanyuan Zhiling.

"Did you catch him?"

Xuanyuan Zhiling coldly asked. Seeing Xuanyuan Zhiling's dark and cold face, even the guards who were experts in martial arts did not dare to breathe loudly.

"Reporting to your majesty, we haven't found the person yet. We've already searched the entire imperial city, but we still couldn't find his whereabouts. We request for punishment from your majesty."

The commander of the imperial guards said with a slightly trembling voice.

"You bunch of useless fellows, you can't even find such a person."

Xuanyuan Zhiling's expression immediately darkened. As he looked at the imperial guards in front of him, his expression grew more and more unsightly.

"Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"No need, you can leave now. Next time, if you let the thieves in so easily, I'll definitely move your heads."

Xuanyuan Zhiling said with a gloomy face, immediately scaring the imperial guards out of their wits.