After dinner, Hongzhou and Wukuzha returned to the main courtyard to rest. They were not affected by the arrival of a woman who came to repay a debt of gratitude. After a few days, Hongzhou forgot about the woman who had come to the mansion.

On this day, as usual, after returning to the mansion, Hongzhou went directly to his study to continue dealing with the unfinished government affairs.

However, as fate would have it, after Hongzhou returned to the mansion, the steward gave the letter from the gatehouse to Hongzhou's personal servant.

This time, the letter was addressed to Hongzhou himself, just like the previous one. After reading this letter, Hongzhou's heart, which had finally calmed down in recent days, became even more agitated. Upon seeing these words, the turmoil in his heart became even more difficult to quell.

When Hongzhou first saw the letter, he wanted to have the servant take it away and dispose of it, but he couldn't suppress his doubts and took the letter.

The letter clearly stated the time and place of his birth, as well as the events that occurred at that time, which made Hongzhou even more puzzled.

In the letter, he mentioned that he and Hongli were twins, born together at the altar. At that time, there was a severe drought, and the emperor was praying for rain. The current empress, Consort Xi, was six months pregnant at the time, and it was rumored that she was carrying a demon child, which caused the drought. Fortunately, it rained when Consort Xi gave birth to her two children at the altar.

Upon reading this, Hongzhou's doubts, which had been lingering in his mind for several days, resurfaced. Although the letter mentioned events that had occurred several years ago, there was one thing that had never been mentioned: why he was now being raised by the Geng family and why the Emperor had issued a gag order forbidding anyone from mentioning it.

Thinking about this, Hongzhou was still completely clueless. From this letter, he had no idea who wrote it, how much of what was said in the letter was true or false, or what the writer's true intentions were.

So Hongzhou turned to the servant standing to the side and said, "Go and call the steward."

"Yes." After a while, the steward followed the servant in.

When Hongzhou saw the steward arrive, he waved the letter in his hand and immediately asked, "Where did this letter come from?"

The steward glanced at the letter from Hongzhou, pondered for a moment, and replied, "This servant doesn't know either. These letters were all taken from the gatekeeper."

Upon hearing the steward's words, Hongzhou immediately said, "Then go and investigate to see who sent this letter."

"Yes, this old servant will go and call over a few gatekeepers to inquire."

However, after several gatekeepers were summoned to Hongzhou and questioned, they found that none of them knew who had given the letter; they only knew that the letter had been slipped through the crack in the door.

Hearing the gatekeepers' reply, Hongzhou's irritation deepened, and he angrily said, "You all remember this: from now on, every letter must be properly registered with the name and origin. Otherwise, just tear it up and throw it out. Don't bring it in again to get in my way."

Upon hearing Hongzhou's stern words, his steward and several gatekeepers were all startled and hurriedly knelt down, saying, "We know we were wrong. Please forgive us, Your Highness. We will definitely keep a proper record of the origins of these letters in the future."

Hearing their reaction, Hongzhou assumed the letter's origin was lost and waved his hand impatiently, dismissing them.