"Quick, give me a seat." Then he said to the palace attendants on the side.

"Yes." The palace attendant responded.

I quickly went to get a chair.

"Thank you, empress." Qin Xiaoyao saluted again, then went to sit down on the chair.

Empress Jia was smiling the whole time.

"Your Majesty and I are very curious about Aiqing. That's why we summoned Aiqing before going to court. Do you mind, Aiqing?" he said.

"Your Majesty's words are serious. It is a blessing for me to be summoned by the Emperor and Your Majesty." Qin Xiaoyao responded.

Empress Jia smiled and nodded, satisfied with Qin Xiaoyao's answer.

"Ai Qing is from Zhao County, Hua'an Prefecture?" Suddenly, Empress Jia asked.

Qin Xiaoyao's expression froze.

"Return to your Majesty, that's right." He replied. At the same time, an alarm bell rose in his heart.

If Empress Jia could ask this question, she must have already checked her out.

The Second Prince was able to find out the identity of her husband-in-law before, can Empress Jia do the same?

Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoyao couldn't help but pinch his fingers and became wary.

Empress Jia smiled when she saw Qin Xiaoyao's reaction.

"Don't be nervous, Aiqing. Your Majesty and I are just curious about what kind of place and what kind of family can cultivate a person like Aiqing."

"Who else is in Aiqing's family? Who do you study under?" Queen Jia continued to ask, looking like a curious child.

Qin Xiaoyao didn't dare to be careless and raised his hand to Empress Jia.

"Go back to my mother-in-law. There are four people in my mother's family including my father, brother, sister-in-law and nephew. My husband's family includes my husband, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law."

"As for Wei Chen's martial arts, they were taught by a traveling Taoist."

"Master calls himself 'Crazy Old Taoist'. After teaching Wei Chen martial arts for a while, he left. Perhaps because of the poor relationship between master and apprentice, Wei Chen has never seen the master again in these years." After saying that, Qin Xiaoyao still showed his face.

There was a look of regret.

This rhetoric is consistent with what she told the second prince before, and it will not change again in the future.

Jia Hou listened and nodded. When he heard "Crazy Old Taoist", he even remembered it intentionally.

"Ai Qing, you've actually married someone before?" Suddenly, Empress Jia asked again.

He saw Qin Xiaoyao looking at him.

Empress Jia smiled and said: "I am a little curious. What kind of family is so open-minded that they allow their female relatives to join the army and go to the battlefield?"

Qin Xiaoyao's heart sank.

He quickly stood up and bowed to Empress Jia.

"Wei Chen joined the army by chance, and his family didn't know about it," he explained.

In this era, although there was no rule prohibiting women from joining the army, it was true that no woman could do this.

It is not unreasonable for Empress Jia to use this as a reason to punish her.

Empress Jia smiled and waved to Qin Xiaoyao.

"I don't intend to accuse you, so don't be nervous and sit down."

Qin Xiaoyao sat back worriedly.

"I am just curious, why did you join the army? After all, there are not many women in this world who are so courageous." At this point, Empress Jia's tone was already filled with sadness.

The emperor on the side glanced at Queen Jia and finally chose to continue drinking tea.

His queen has the strongest ambition among women.

This time it's rare to meet someone who is as strong as her, and it's normal to want to chat more with them.

A flash of hesitation flashed in Qin Xiaoyao's eyes...

Seeing that Empress Jia was staring at her, she said after a moment: "To be honest with you, Wei Chen joined the army - actually to find Wei Chen's husband."

This powerful man is so powerful that I'm afraid I can't hide her affairs from her.

So, simply, it's better to tell the truth.

"Oh?" Empress Jia's eyes became even more interesting.

At the same time, the emperor on the side also looked at Qin Xiaoyao.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Qin Xiaoyao's face.

Immediately, he told the story of Song Que being captured as a young man and then chasing him out of Lingquan Town.

"What Wei Chen originally wanted to do was actually go to the King of Huaiyin and ask him to help find my husband. But on the way, he encountered Liao soldiers chasing the common people."

"In a moment of anger, he killed the group of Liao soldiers. Then he gathered a few people and set off together."

"Unexpectedly, after arriving in Huanghua Town, I unexpectedly learned that the Liao soldiers had hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and baggage in Huanghua Town."

"Thinking it was just a matter of convenience, he and a few of his men burned the Liao army's food and grass."

"As a result, we caught up with the soldiers of King Huaiyin and came to attack Huanghua Town."

"By chance, we stayed in Huanghua Town to help defend the city."

The emperor and empress listened with great interest.

Especially the emperor admired Qin Xiaoyao's behavior of traveling thousands of miles to save her husband.

"I heard that Aiqing also killed many Liao generals in Huanghua Town?" Queen Jia continued to ask.

"Yes." Qin Xiaoyao responded.

"After we captured Huanghua Town, many Liao troops came back to retaliate."

"And we don't have many people. Attacking the enemy's commander is the fastest way to win."

"Xiao Yuan's grandson Xiao Tu was accidentally killed by a minister at that time."

The reason why the word "manslaughter" is used is because Qin Xiaoyao felt that if she had known Xiao Tu's identity earlier, she would not have killed him so recklessly.

It was because she killed Xiao Tu and was afraid of being retaliated by Xiao Yuan that she changed her attitude and completely surrendered to the second prince. Then she got to where she is today step by step.

Although, she does not regret the result.

But if she had the choice, she felt that she would most likely not choose this path.

Empress Jia's eyes fluctuated slightly as she thought of something.

"So, Ai Qing was the King of Huaiyin who was afraid of being retaliated by Xiao Yuan, and then completely surrendered to him?" he asked.

If so, it would make sense.

After all, King Huaiyin had a close relationship with her when he went to Lingquan Town. But she never had any intention of following him.

What a coincidence.

The person whom King Huaiyin valued, her husband-in-law was arrested not long after he left.

Later, in order to ask for help, people had no choice but to take the initiative to seek him out.

And by chance, he mistakenly killed the only grandson of the Liao army coach, forcing him to completely surrender to him.

I have to say that King Huaiyin is really lucky.

Qin Xiaoyao nodded without even looking at Empress Jia.

I felt that by saying this, Empress Jia might be able to treat her and King Huaiyin more separately.

After all, she really didn't want to offend Empress Jia, but she couldn't afford to offend her.

Sure enough, Empress Jia looked at Qin Xiaoyao with a gentler look.

"There's actually nothing to worry about."

"Xiao Tu led the Liao people to invade the Jin Dynasty. As Aiqing is a citizen of the Jin Dynasty, there is no fault in killing him."

"It's the same even if he is Xiao Yuan's grandson."

"No matter how strong and domineering Xiao Yuan is, he can't influence the situation of our Jin Dynasty."

Of course he said this because Xiao Yuan was dead and Daliao had been defeated.

Otherwise, the Jin Dynasty would have negotiated peace with the Liao Dynasty in a decadent situation.

Sacrificing an unknown folk woman to appease the anger of the Liao General and the Queen Mother was nothing to the imperial court.

But, then again.

The woman in front of me was able to single-handedly kill Xiao Yuan and change the situation of the Jin-Liao war, which was amazing.

"Your Majesty, it's clear." Qin Xiaoyao rushed to Empress Jia and cupped her hands.

Empress Jia smiled and continued: "But it's a good thing."


Chapter completed!