Song Yixiao entered Qingxi Hall uneasily.

The uneasy feeling got increasingly apparent when she found that Jian Xubai was not present.

Unexpectedly, after Song Yixiao made a curtsey, the Empress Dowager didn’t look angry and instead, waved her hand amicably, saying, “Good girl, come and sit next to me.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Song Yixiao, not sure of the Empress Dowager’s intention, curtsied respectfully and sat on the embroidered chair ...