The empress said indifferently, “Your majesty speaks too seriously. This humble wife’s loyalty to you is without equal. How could I dare to carry a grudge?”

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat when she said that, because she could feel the thing that had been shot into her earlier seemingly about to flow out. No matter how shrewd she was, saying such words to Zhao Han in this situation still made her feel a bit embarrassed.

Zhao Han harrumphed in response, clearly a bit unhappy about her attitude. However, when he noticed her brief frown, he still asked out of concern, “What is it? Your body seems to be uncomfortable. Should this emperor call over the imperial physician?”

“There is no need. This humble wife is not uncomfortable at all right now. On the contrary, I feel better than ever before,” the empress replied. She felt a trembling from her very soul as she recalled what had just happened.

At first, when she heard that Zhao Han was coming, she had been utterly horrified....