After Liu Xie finished handling the matter and arranged for Ma Dai and his party, it was almost late at night.

Liu Xie was sitting on a bed, and Queen Fu Shou behind him gently stroked his back. She also seemed to notice that Liu Xie seemed a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty, are you worried about something?" Fu Shou asked with concern.

As Dong Guiren was pregnant, Liu Xie ordered Dong Guiren to raise the fetus in peace in the harem, and the responsibility of taking care of Liu Xie fell entirely on Queen Fushou.

And Fu Shou also knew that Liu Xie was busy every day, and he was a big man, so she took care of Liu Xie very wholeheartedly.

Liu Xie felt warm in his heart when he heard Fu Shou's question.

Although it was said that Fu Shou was the queen left behind by his body, Fu Shou was very considerate to him, so Liu Xie had no intention of changing her queen.

After hearing Fu Shou's words, Liu Xie didn't want to add any trouble to Fu Shou, so he smiled and shook his head at Fu Shou.

"Queen, these are just court matters, you don't have to worry about it," Liu Xie said with a smile.

When Fu Shou heard this, she did not ask any further questions. She knew that the current emperor was a male ruler. What he disliked the most was interfering in politics in the harem.

However, as a wife, she still said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say anything about court matters, but I still want to remind you that your Majesty is a rich man, so you should take good care of yourself."

"There are so many civil servants, military generals and wise ministers above the court. Your Majesty can leave some matters to them."

"The queen is right, I understand." Liu Xie listened to Fu Shou's concerned words and nodded silently.

Just when Liu Xie was about to let Fu Shou go to bed together, Ji Huai's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have something to report to Your Majesty."

The word "go to bed" came to Liu Xie's lips, but he swallowed it back.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xie said in a somewhat unkind tone.

As soon as he heard the Emperor's unkind tone, Ji Huai felt a chill in his back. He had a very clear feeling about Liu Xie's momentum.

In the beginning, when he first came to Luoyang, Liu Xie was very gentle in dealing with people. However, as the territory controlled by the big man became larger and larger, Liu Xie became more and more powerful.

As a close minister of the emperor, he also knew that the emperor was already on the verge of rage after the news of General Ma Teng's murder came. In addition, outside the city today, Ma Chao contradicted the emperor, which made the emperor restless all day.

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There is a possibility of an outbreak at any time. But now, what I have to report happens to be Ma Chao's matter.

But the problem is that it is impossible not to report it. He cannot make decisions with Liu Xie. If Liu Xie knows that he has made decisions with the emperor, then he will definitely not get any good results.

He was in a dilemma, no matter what he chose, it was not the best way, but Ji Huai had no choice.

"Your Majesty, General Ma Chao is waiting outside the palace gate and wants to meet Your Majesty." Ji Huai could only say bravely.

"Hmph! What, is he planning to force the palace?" Liu Xie said with some dissatisfaction.

Although Liu Xie's tone was very calm when he said this, Ji Huai felt that the matter was more serious.

Ji Huai felt that if he didn't defend Ma Chao, he even thought that Ma Chao might be killed this time. So, Ji Huai could only bite the bullet and explain to Ma Chao: "Your Majesty, please look at General Ma Chao.

He didn't mean that, he just knelt outside the palace gate and didn't say anything."

"Kneeling? Didn't say anything? Then let him kneel! When he gets tired of kneeling, he will leave naturally."

"What should you do? Go ahead!" Liu Xie said impatiently.

When Ji Huai heard what Liu Xie said, he immediately knew that Liu Xie was still angry at this moment, and said silently in his heart: "General Meng Qi, our family has helped you, but the emperor is still angry.

There is nothing we can do.”

Ji Huai quickly apologized and retreated.

At this time in the room, Queen Fushou seemed to have heard something. She looked at Liu Xie strangely. In her impression, Liu Xie was unlikely to do this to his ministers.

"Your Majesty, who are you?" Fu Shou asked with some uncertainty.

Liu Xie looked at Fu Shou's hesitant expression, and reached out his hand to rub Fu Shou's forehead.

"Queen, don't worry. I know what I'm doing. Although Ma Chao is a powerful general, he has a bad personality and is easily irritable."

"If he is like this, I have no choice but to leave the army in his hands and let him avenge his father."

Hearing what Liu Xie said, the smart Fu Shou understood what Liu Xie was thinking.

She could tell from Liu Xie's words just now that Liu Xie planned to re-employ Ma Chao, but Ma Chao had character flaws, and Liu Xie was trying to polish Ma Chao.

After thinking about it, Fu Shou also knew that the remaining matters were not matters that she, the queen, could interfere with.

"Since Your Majesty has his own plans, I will not say anything more."

"Well, Queen, don't worry, I have my own plan for this matter. Now, it's time for us to go to bed." Liu Xie paused after saying this.

Fu Shou also understood what Liu Xie meant, but he lowered his head in shame.

After Ji Huai came out of Liu Xie's palace, he felt that he was really in trouble.

Although Ma Chao did not ask him to bring a message to the emperor or anything, he just knelt there. But as Ji Huai was a close official of Liu Xie, he had to take care of it.

So he had the courage to ask Liu Xie, but was scolded by Liu Xie.

At this time, Ji Huai was still a little worried about Ma Chao, so he could only order other chamberlains to stay outside the palace while he ran towards the palace gate alone.

When he came to the palace gate, he found that Ma Chao was still kneeling there without even moving.

Seeing this scene, Ji Huai felt a pang in his heart. He felt sorry for this young man. His father had just died, and he seemed to have fallen out of favor in front of His Majesty.

Ji Huai walked slowly to Ma Chao and said to Ma Chao: "General Meng Qi, Your Majesty has rested. Do you think you should go back home first? Wait until His Majesty wakes up, and then I can report to the General?"

Ji Huai persuaded him with good words, but after Ma Chao heard it, he had no reaction at all. His face was neither sad nor happy, and there was no change in his expression at all. He just stared at the palace gate firmly.

Ji Huai still didn't give up and tried to persuade Ma Chao a few more times, but Ma Chao remained unmoved. Ji Huai was also a little angry at the moment.

You can say that you are also a close minister of the emperor. I told you so softly, but you didn’t react at all? Do you look down on yourself?

As a result, Ji Huai was also a little angry and didn't want to persuade him anymore. He straightened up and went back to the palace.

But as soon as he took a few steps, a cold wind blew by, making Ji Huai shiver involuntarily. Only then did he notice that it was already autumn.

It was still a bit cold in the autumn night, and he was suddenly worried that Ma Chao would be frozen just kneeling outside the palace gate, so Ji Huai called over to a forbidden soldier guarding the palace gate.
Chapter completed!