Back at the Empress' palace, the scene returned to normal.
"-ing that -" The head physician suddenly paused, "I thought you said the Emperor wasn't here." He harshly whispered, grabbing Xiao Ruo's arm in a panic.
"He's not." Xiao Ruo said with a frown as she shook his hand off, "He went to the main hall."
The head physician blinked in confusion, "If he's not here, then who is that then?" He whispered in annoyance, pointing at the bed. Xiao Ruo blinked at him, and even though she thought the head physician must have finally lost his mind from lack of stress, she still turned around to "check", and then almost jumped out of her skin when there was indeed someone else there, although she could not see the face because the person was sprawled over Lei Xing's legs, over the blanket.
Xiao Ruo was dumbfounded, "I - huh?"
