Arrival in Capital City 3

At the same time. 

The Northern Liang Imperial Palace.

After listening to the guard's report, Little Lizi hurried toward the imperial study. He entered with a gleeful expression and reported to the empress in a soft voice.

"Your Majesty, the State Preceptor and the Tiger guards have all returned to the Capital. The State Preceptor sent a message saying that he would enter the palace to meet Your Majesty tomorrow morning after a night of rest."

"Okay," the empress replied absent-mindedly as she was busy reviewing the memorials.

Little Lizi was elated. He said with a smile, "The State Preceptor also said that the girl that Your Majesty wants to meet has arrived in the Capital as well, and will enter the palace together with him to meet Your Majesty tomorrow morning."

The Empress' hand froze, with a brush in her grasp—something suddenly occurred to her. She raised her head and said with a faint sigh, "The one called Qi Qingyao?"