Zu An couldn’t help but say, “Why does it have to be at night? I need to be outside of the palace after dusk.”

He already had PTSD after he and the crown princess had fallen into the same trap. He was worried that this might cause some kind of misunderstanding or trouble. Even though he had his status as an Embroidered Envoy, he couldn’t let the empress know about that.

“You’ll know exactly what it is then,” the empress said indifferently. “As for leaving the palace, you don’t need to worry.” She brought out a uniform from her drawers and said, “Leave the palace at dusk, and then change into this. Come back with this waist token. No one will know it’s you.”

Zu An’s expression was extremely strange when he looked at the familiar uniform in front of him. It was an Embroidered Envoy uniform. Of course, it belonged to the lowest-ranked bronze token envoy.

Even though he was still confused at first, he quickly calmed down. The resources...