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After Xiu Luan left, the palace returned to its previous quiet state. Qiao Qiao's face was still filled with embarrassment. Now that she was alone with Yan Mo Chen, she didn't know what to say.

"That …" She slowly opened her mouth. After all, she hadn't slept the entire night, so she was feeling rather sleepy.

"What's wrong?" Yan Mo Chen lifted his handsome, sword-like eyebrows and looked at Qiao Qiao with a smile.

"I didn't sleep last night, so I'm a little sleepy …" His eyes were clear, as if he was hinting Yan Mo Chen that it was time for you to leave.

"It just so happens that I didn't sleep last night. Why don't you and I take a seat together?" Yan Mo Chen looked as if he agreed, and pulled Qiao Qiao's arm, who was still on the bed, towards the inner hall.

"No, that's not what I meant. What I meant was …" Qiao Qiao was still speechless and said carefully, "I like to sleep alone."

Yan Mo Chen frowned, as if he was thinking about something. He suddenly laughed slowly, and his grip on Qiao Qiao's hand tightened.

"Then you probably won't like it anymore." He smiled brightly.

Qiao Qiao's eyes were still wide open as he suddenly thought back to that night. This fellow said that he would not touch her, but instead firmly pressed her down while she was sleeping. Just based on this, she would love to sleep alone for her entire life!

"Let's go, my lady. It's time to make up for the wedding night." Yan Mo Chen chuckled secretly. He immediately turned around and carried Qiao Qiao once more. Without caring about the rejection and panic in her eyes, he walked towards the bed.

"The empress has arrived ~"

A sound was heard from the entrance of the palace, causing Yan Mo Chen, who was heading for his bed, to stiffen. Yan Mo Chen's impatient eyes were fixed on the sound.

Qiao Qiao could still see that Yan Mo Chen's mood had turned sour. However, the empress's arrival had solved a huge problem for her. She was worrying about how to get rid of this irritating fellow!

"Put me down!" Qiao Qiao who was in Yan Mo Chen's embrace said anxiously as he saw Qin Wanyin step into the hall.

Yan Mo Chen did not respond, but with the posture of a princess, he walked towards the entrance of the inner hall.

"Put me down first!" Qiao Qiao was still afraid that she would be able to see through his intentions. Her body continued to jump and she tried to jump out from Yan Mo Chen's bosom.

Unfortunately, Yan Mo Chen's broad and strong hands tightly bound her body, and in the end she could not move even a muscle in his embrace.

An extremely friendly smile hung on Qin Wanyin's lips as she entered the outer hall with a slight raise of her head. When she saw that Yan Mo Chen was still walking out with Qiao, her smile froze on her face.

"Chenqie pays her respects to Your Majesty, and greets Sister Qiao …" Qin Wanyin was also very generous and decent. After a short moment, she immediately recovered and politely bowed.

"What are you doing here?" Yan Mo Yu's face was expressionless. He did not even say a word as he stood up, and spoke with a cold face.

Qiao Qiao could not help but be speechless in his arms. In front of a beautiful woman, this fellow did not hold back when speaking!

She didn't expect that the emperor would treat her like this. She was, after all, the empress he personally sealed yesterday, and not only had she been left alone in her bridal chamber, she had even come today to express her goodwill to her concubine. She had actually seen him flaunting his power in front of her with his concubine, and he really hadn't treated her as his wife!

"Chenqie …" "Chenqie is only here to pay her respects to Big Sister Qiao. After all, I've just arrived and am not too familiar with her. I hope that Big Sister Qiao will take care of her." Qin Wanyin bowed and said in a low voice.

In the past when the imperial palace had no empress, Ran Fei controlled the Phoenix Seal and replaced the imperial harem. But now that she was the empress, the emperor didn't have the slightest intention of returning the Phoenix Seal to her.

"Right." Yan Mo Chen replied indifferently, he then lowered his head, and looked at Qiao Qiao who was in his embrace, and asked lovingly, "My beloved concubine, is there anything else you need to say?"

According to common sense, Qin Wanyin was the empress. As a concubine, she should have gone to the Phoenix Maiden Palace to pay respects to the empress, but now that the empress had condescended to personally come and express her goodwill, he actually asked if she had anything else to say to the empress?

It was already hard enough for her to endure having a soft, insidious Yu Zihui in the imperial harem. If another empress were to appear and view her as an enemy, how would she live her life in the future?!

As she thought about it, she looked at Yan Mo Chen grumpily. Her voice was low and cold.

"Put me down!"

Yan Mo Chen smiled slowly and answered obediently, "Alright."

Qin Wanyin's expression was stiff. She was actually a little envious of the emperor's deep affection for her. Even though this was the case in her heart, there was still a smile of envy on her face.

Qiao once again emerged from Yan Mo Chen's bosom. He walked forward leisurely, bowed his body, and said:

"Chenqie greets the empress."

Qin Wanyin hurried forward and helped Qiao to get up. With a gentle face, she said, "Big sister doesn't need to be so polite. This little sister came to the palace for the first time, and I still need to ask big sister to take care of her."

"You're the empress, and Japan agreed to let me pay you a visit today. I didn't expect the empress to come visit personally."

Qiao Qiao still had an apologetic look on her face. It was just that she didn't want to make an enemy of Qin Wanyin since there was no conflict between them. If it was just because of a single Yan Mo Chen, then it really wasn't worth it for the two of them to fight each other.

"Sister Qiao is too polite. It is only right for you to come and see me."

Seeing that Qiao was still speaking like that, Qin Wanyin had a new opinion of this woman who was rumored to be the bane of the world. She had thought that this esteemed consort Ran would be the kind of girl who liked to bully others.

Qiao Qiao's eyes still flashed. She suddenly let out a laugh and walked to the center of the hall. She took something out of the drawer and stuffed it into Qin Wanyin's hand. She said:

"In the past, when there was no empress in this imperial palace, I was given the control of the Phoenix Seal. Now that the empress has been appointed, it's time for me to return the treasure to its rightful owner."

Qin Wanyin's body froze. She didn't expect that Qiao Yifan would hand over the Phoenix Seal to her on his own accord!

"Sister Qiao, you have experience, little sister doesn't understand anything. It's better to let you manage the harem." Qin Wanyin evaded.

"It's the Empress's business to be in control of the Phoenix Seal, it's yours after all." Qiao Qiao continued to smile. He didn't accept Qin Wanyin's evasion and only gave her a gentle smile.

"Then little sister will thank Sister Qiao for her care." Qin Wangyin didn't continue to shirk away. She kept the phoenix imprint away and had a new position in her heart towards this concubine. "This concubine won't disturb the emperor and elder sister any longer. This concubine will take her leave now."

Once she said that, Qin Wanyin took small steps towards the door.

Qiao Qiao continued to look at Qin Wanyin's departing back and smiled slowly. After all, it was easier to win her heart over by returning the Phoenix Seal. Moreover, she wasn't willing to do such a troublesome thing like replacing the imperial harem.

"Ran Er …" Yan Mo who stood behind Joe still opened his lips and called out gently.

Qiao once again turned around and looked at Yan Mo Chen apologetically.

"You won't blame me for taking the initiative to return the Phoenix Seal, will you?"

"That won't happen. That Phoenix Seal is yours to begin with. You can give it to whoever you wish." Yan Mo Chen said with a face of obedience, "Then would you still blame me for not telling you?"

"Nothing can change the result, can't it?" Joe raised his eyebrows.

Ever since she entered the palace, she couldn't help but want to find out the truth. But now, even she didn't understand why she had stayed in this large cage.

Was it really because of him?

Her watery eyes constantly sized up Yan Mo Chen, but she was smiling faintly in her heart. Was she still the first female emperor to have feelings for the Regent?

Even she couldn't see it clearly anymore …

Just as she was in a trance, a warm embrace tightly wrapped around her. Her face slightly blushed as she saw Yan Mo Chen rubbing his chin on her shoulder. It was unknown how much time had passed before he finally spoke.

"I have promised you before, I will definitely do it. Ran Er, give me time, the person beside me can only be you …"

Qiao Qiao still lowered his head and relaxed his brows. Between his brows was a trace of warmth that was beyond his expectations.

It seemed that he hadn't felt this comfortable in a long time.

At this time, after Qin Wanyin left the Palace, she held the heavy phoenix imprint in her hand, but her heart was at ease for a while. She had thought that the concubine she was going to face would be a woman with extremely deep thoughts and ruthless methods.

"Empress, that consort Ran is clearly making things difficult for the Empress!" On the other hand, Zi Su stood behind her and spoke with a resentful expression.

"Zi Su, don't be rude. Sister Qiao, you have to return the Phoenix Seal to me personally. He's still a good person." Qin Wanyin scolded softly.

"Miss, you were too kind that you were fooled by her appearance. Look and see, which concubine in the imperial concubine doesn't pay respects to the empress? Not only didn't she go, she made you look for her personally!" Zi Su pouted. She was feeling indignant for her mistress.

"Well, maybe it's because Sister Qiao was delayed this morning!" Qin Wanyin didn't get angry. She only smiled and said.

"Esteemed Empress, you're still speaking up for her? Your servant thinks so. She's purposely not paying respects to you, so you should go watch her and the emperor fall in love!" Zi Su turned her head around in annoyance.

"Yesterday was the wedding day between the imperial concubine and the emperor, and the emperor actually met her at the Palace. Think about it, didn't she purposely bully the imperial concubine?"

Qin Wanyin lowered her head. She didn't care about anything else, but on the day of the wedding, she didn't even see the groom's face. She felt a bit wronged.

"Esteemed Empress, if this servant wants to see, then this consort has an extremely profound mindset. She is purposefully making a show of giving you a phoenix imprint in front of the Emperor!" Zi Su added on.

The corner of Qin Wanyin's mouth twitched helplessly. She looked at the resentful little girl beside her who kept mumbling to herself and smiled in her heart. This little girl grew up with her since childhood. Her temper was gentle, but she didn't seem like her at all.

"Empress, did you really take this servant's words seriously?!" Zi Su pouted in anger when she saw her mistress looking so lost in thought. The emperor really wasn't in a hurry to kill the eunuchs.

"Alright, alright, I'm listening, I'm listening …" Qin Wanyin could only helplessly agree.

"Empress, let me tell you, she must be …"

Qin Wanyin's and her servant's voices grew farther and farther away until they could only hear the sound of a person complaining in purple gradually disappearing. Only then did the black figure slowly walk out from behind the bushes.