"Your Majesty, you're back?" Yan Hongjun bowed to Murong.
Murong nodded slightly and asked, "Has anything come up lately?"
Hearing this, Yan Hongjun immediately took out a spirit slip and answered, "This is the report the chief asked me to deliver to you."
"Mm." Murong raised a hand, and the spirit slip flew into her grasp.
Yan Hongjun continued, "Also, Tianling heard that you had returned and wants to take leave to come back for a visit."
Murong paused, then nodded faintly. "Have her and Afeng both come back."
"Understood. I'll contact them right away." Yan Hongjun promptly accepted the order and went to use the mirror system to contact Song Tianling and Gao Feng.
After he left, Murong looked over Ouyang Zhen's report.
Nothing else had happened during the alliance ceremony. It had concluded smoothly.
After reading it, Murong set it aside and began reviewing the spirit slips Yan Hongjun had delivered.
After a while, Zhou Hao came to find her. However, he did not disturb her work. He merely stayed quietly by her side, holding the Starry Sky Egg as he studied it.
About three days later, Song Tianling and Gao Feng returned. Led by Yan Hongjun, they came to see Murong.
"Your Majesty, I'm back!" The moment Song Tianling saw Murong, she burst into delighted laughter.
Seeing her about to walk over, Gao Feng immediately grabbed the back of her collar. "Don't be so rash. Where's your sense of propriety?"
"Hehe, it's fine." Watching their little antics, Murong chuckled and waved a hand.
Song Tianling then turned her gaze to Zhou Hao and grinned. "You must be Zhou Hao.
Let me tell you, I was the one who taught Your Majesty all her courting techniques for chasing you."
Gao Feng helplessly covered his face.
Zhou Hao gave