The voice outside the door really was a bit too cute and lovely. Zu An felt heat stir within him when he heard it. However, he quickly calmed himself down and said, “Please come in.”

The door quickly opened. A woman dressed in an empress’ splendid attire walked in. It was apparent that she had to use her status as the Fiend Empress to convince the masses.

A look of surprise flickered through Zu An’s eyes when he saw the Second Empress close the door behind her.

The Second Empress said gently, “My status is special, so it would be difficult to avoid gossip if we were seen in the same room together.”

Zu An nodded to express his understanding of her reasoning. However, he thought inwardly, A woman and a man are alone in the middle of the night… If you close the door, won’t people be even more suspicious?

“Has your highness finished dealing with everything?” he asked curiously. The young prince had been chosen as the next Fiend Emperor, so the entire Imperial Palace was busy preparing for the official ceremony the next day. The young prince was still too little and needed his mother to take care of everything, so she definitely had to...