After the two conversations with the Emperor and Empress Dowager in the palace, the rest of Bai Luochu’s morning passed by before she knew it. The sun was suspended high up in the sky and it was clearly time for lunch.

Bai Luochu had spent an entire morning exhausting a great deal of stamina and energy. Her stomach expressed its anger with loud rumbling noises. As soon as she walked out of the palace gates, she saw the coachman waiting by the door.

Bai Luochu immediately boarded the carriage and spoke, “I have made this big brother wait for a long time. It is already noon and I am hungry. Can I trouble big brother to drive back to the residence quickly?”

The coachman didn’t say anything and simply nodded before swinging the horsewhip. As the carriage rushed off at a thunderous...