Yao Ji then stood up, nodded to Quande, and then withdrew.
Yao Ji did not return to her palace, but went to the Queen's Qifeng Palace.
After dismissing the palace people, the queen asked straight to the point: "Did your father test you?"
Knowing that Emperor Qing must have the Queen's ears and eyes, Yao Ji was not curious that the Queen would know about this, so she nodded and said with a solemn look: "Yes, I should know... (To be continued)"