The two of them play-wrestled for a bit, then Zu An grabbed her hands and said, “I want to make a trip out of the palace. Do you have any ideas?”
He had his identity as an Embroidered Envoy too, so it wasn’t impossible for him to leave. However, the emperor knew about all of his identities, so that wouldn’t work.

  “Nope,” the empress said without hesitation.

  Zu An became upset. “Come on, you’re a freaking empress! You can’t even send a single person out of the palace?”
“Even i..