"I am currently doing what His Majesty told me to do. You don't need to worry about me. Just focus on your duty to serve His Majesty, Emperor Xianliang."
Of course, the commander wasn't buying it. Obviously, this was not just a simple 'duty' that the Empress had to do because the Emperor told him. This was a banishment, a torturous banishment.
It didn't fit for an Empress who once ruled over them in such benevolence and grace. This was a blatant disgrace for the Empress, but they couldn't do anything since the one ordering such banishment was their own Emperor.
The Golden Emperor that the people loved.
Nobody would care about a male ger Empress who mainly worked from behind his husband back, silently supporting him through thick and thin.
