GS 64: Reunited

As Yan Xiaohan finished putting Lady Xue into order on his toes, Changzhi received news about it on his heels. He was thunderingly mad, then ordered someone to call the former into the palace, intending to dole him out a severe scolding.

He, in the hull of an outer official, had actually killed the Emperor’s favored concubine right under his nose, when her father was still a fellow official of the same Court as him. No matter which side one looked at that from, Yan Xiaohan had definitely played with fire this time around. Even so, he wasn’t the tiniest bit fearful, and he entered the palace unperturbed, called out ‘Long Live Your Majesty,’ then dutifully bowed to the Emperor.