Lord Qin was still a little dazed when he was sent out by Eunuch Cao.

"Eunuch Cao, what do you think the emperor means by this?"

Eunuch Cao walked beside him and said with a smile, "The Emperor wants to see if the virtuous concubine has any accomplices. But you, Lord Qin, have guarded the prison so tightly that even if there were accomplices, they wouldn't dare come."

"I see!"

No wonder they didn't lock up the virtuous concubine in the secret cell. It turned out that they wanted to play the long game and catch a bigger fish.

After returning to the Sky Prison, Lord Qin found a reasonable reason to restore the Sky Prison, which was originally heavily guarded, to its original state.

at the same time.

Deng Feng paid close attention to every move here.

He originally wanted to bring the virtuous concubine out secretly, but the prison was heavily guarded and no outsiders were allowed to approach.

He didn't know how the virtuous concubine was doing now, and he had no way of finding out any information.

"You know what? I heard that the virtuous concubine is being tortured in the prison and is almost going crazy. She keeps clamoring to see the emperor. In my opinion, she will definitely be dead soon."

"I don't know what she was thinking. She actually dared to murder the emperor."

Two palace maids in uniform palace costumes were talking to each other. They looked up and noticed Deng Feng in front of them. They were so scared that their faces turned pale.

"Meet Commander Deng."

Not sure whether Deng Feng heard it or not, the two of them secretly glanced at him, and seeing that he looked normal, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Deng Feng nodded, narrowed his eyes, and warned: "Don't talk about the master's affairs again in the future. I will pretend that I didn't hear it today."

After the two hurried away, Deng Feng tightened his grip on his sword and quickened his pace towards the prison.

In order to avoid being discovered and arousing suspicion, he just watched from afar, trying to find out something about the virtuous concubine.

"Sir Deng, why are you here?" Minister Zhang stepped forward with a smile and bowed.

Deng Feng retracted his gaze and smiled, "Check around. There are so many nobles in the palace, I'm afraid something might go wrong."

Minister Zhang didn't think much of it. "With Lord Deng here, even the bad guys wouldn't dare to break into the palace."

After a few compliments, Minister Zhang thought about other things and turned around to leave.

"Minister Zhang, why has the prison suddenly become so lax?" Deng Feng asked tentatively.

"Oh, the weather is getting colder, and there's nothing to worry about inside. Lord Qin wants everyone to take a break. It's okay to relax a little anyway."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Deng Feng dispelled his doubts and turned to leave.

......

Yu Yiluo was still worried that the Third Prince would be brainwashed by Yang Xin, the time-traveling girl, when he returned.

The conversation between Concubine Li and Aunt Zhang rang in my ears.

"Your Majesty, the virtuous concubine has been imprisoned for several days, and the Emperor hasn't expressed his attitude on how to deal with her. I just came back from outside and heard that the guards in the prison have relaxed."

Concubine Li stroked her sleeve with one hand, picked up the pen and carefully wrote the last word, then slowly put down the pen and picked up the words on the rice paper to look at them carefully.

She spoke slowly, "How can we guess what the Emperor is thinking? This time, Concubine Xian is in great danger."

Entering that place and letting the Ministry of Justice conduct an investigation is the best attitude.

[That's right. The tyrant now suspects that Concubine Xian has the intention to restore Yulou Kingdom. He has imprisoned Concubine Xian like this, probably hoping to play the long game and lure out a group of Concubine Xian's accomplices.]

Concubine Li raised her eyebrows. She knew that Concubine Xian was the princess of Yulou Kingdom, and she also knew that Concubine Xian was not as simple as she seemed.

But I didn't expect that she actually wanted to restore Yulou Kingdom. What's the difference between this and a rebel?

Before she could recover from her surprise, Yu Yiluo's inner voice continued.

Tyrant's performance was pretty good. When he finds out the big fish he caught is Deng Feng, his expression will be quite interesting. I'm looking forward to it.

Deng Feng?

Concubine Li paused slightly while holding the tea, the commander of the imperial guards.

Could he be the man that Luo'er mentioned, the one who had an affair with Concubine Xian, and the biological father of the Third Prince?

"My Lady, what's wrong?"

Hua Rui called out softly, "Is the tea cold? I'll go change it."

Concubine Li shook her head gently, "No need."

[The tea isn't cold, but the concubine's tea is probably cold.]

Just as I finished complaining about Concubine Xian in my heart, the Emperor walked in with Eunuch Cao.

He helped Concubine Li to stand up and paid her respects, then looked up and noticed the dry ink words that Concubine Li had placed on the table.

He walked up, picked it up, looked at it for a long time, and praised it with a smile.

"I didn't know before that you, Concubine Li, have such beautiful handwriting."

[There's a lot you don't know. My beautiful mother not only has beautiful calligraphy, but she can also paint, play the piano, and cook deliciously.]

emperor:"……"

When will Luo'er praise him like this?

Concubine Li pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. Are you here to take Luo'er out for fun?"

The emperor put down the beautiful calligraphy in his hand, glanced at the little guy on the bed, and nodded.

He was now somewhat glad that the Minister of Justice did not bring Luo'er with him when he questioned him, otherwise Luo'er would have definitely taken the opportunity to plot against him in her mind.

In fact, he didn't know that he had been arranged just now.

......

Yu Yiluo was carried out of Concubine Li's bedroom. She frowned slightly and sighed in her heart.

[I really want to grow up quickly. My small body has no rights at all. I have no way of knowing what's going on with the male protagonist and the time-traveling girl.]

The emperor was actually glad that she hadn't grown up. She was just a small little girl, and he could take her away regardless of whether you were willing or not.

Just as I was thinking about it, a pleasant singing voice rang out.

The emperor raised his eyebrows and motioned Eunuch Cao to go over and see who it was.

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought here."

The visitor was wearing a pink gauze dress and had her hair tied up in an exquisite bun. She was about twenty years old. When she saw the emperor, she stepped forward and saluted in a clear voice.

[Tsk tsk tsk, you prefer style over warmth. Aren't you cold wearing so little?]

"Were you singing just now?"

Concubine Rou nodded shyly, "Your Majesty, it is you, my concubine."

The emperor often went to Concubine Li's place and never went to the harem, so she could only pretend to meet him by chance here.

"You sing well," the emperor said, motioning her to stand up. He mercilessly exposed her trick. "Next time, you should try something a little more creative. You either sing or dance wherever I pass by. There's nothing original about it."

The smile on Roupin's face froze. Her heart sank when she heard that. She pursed her lips and said, "I just happened to be here."

The emperor glanced at her gauze skirt and snorted coldly.

"You're singing outside dressed like this, and I happened to see you. Do you think I'm stupid? Since you like it so much, just sing here until dark."

After saying that, he walked away without paying any attention to Roupin's slightly resentful look.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Eunuch Cao spoke cautiously, "I have already told the ladies that you don't like this, but there is nothing I can do if they don't listen."

It's hard to say whether Concubine Rou really didn't know or was pretending to be ignorant. After the other concubines found out, no one deliberately created chance encounters to bother the emperor, but she still had to run into him.

Isn't Concubine Rou the Queen's cousin? Why did she suddenly appear here? Did the Queen get desperate and ask her to compete for her favor?

The emperor narrowed his eyes and asked, "Eunuch Cao, what is the relationship between Concubine Rou and the Empress?"