After a while, he frowned slightly, as if he remembered something.

"What are you doing wandering around the harem in the middle of the night?"

Li Chengfeng lowered his eyes, hiding the cold light in them. He said in an inexplicable tone, "To answer Big Brother, a servant brought the news of my father's passing. I was deeply saddened and entered the palace late at night. I felt the presence of dragon energy here. I didn't expect it to be Big Brother..."

His thoughts raced, and he could only make up an excuse.

"You don't know how to behave when you're alive, and you're still pretending after you die..."

Li Chenghao glanced at his good-for-nothing brother with a contemptuous tone.

After being complimented by Li Chengfeng and feeling that he was having a great dream, he forgot his original doubts!

Just as he was about to continue speaking, he was interrupted by a gentle voice behind him.

"Hao'er, who are you talking to?"

Concubine Liu was dressed in gorgeous clothes and walked slowly, surrounded by palace maids, with just the right amount of concern on her face.

"Mother." Li Chenghao was stunned, then immediately suppressed the anger on his face and said, "It's the third brother, he..."

Before he could finish his words, Concubine Liu had already walked in front of Li Chengfeng. Her eyes swept over him and finally landed on his muddy hands. Her brows furrowed slightly.

"Third Prince, it's so late. Why are you coming to this main gate instead of staying in your own palace?"

"Also, what's wrong with your hand?"

Concubine Liu's tone was gentle, but it carried a certain dignity of a mother of the country.

Li Chengfeng secretly said in his heart, "Not good", this poisonous concubine is not as easy to fool as his elder brother. If she becomes suspicious, it will be difficult to resolve it peacefully.

His heart was in turmoil, but he remained calm, put his hands behind his back, and said in a feigned sadness, "Mother, I... I just wanted to come and see Father..."

"Father?" Concubine Liu looked at him with a half-smile. "Everyone in this palace knows that your relationship with the Emperor is the coldest. Now that the Emperor has passed away, you suddenly come and say you want to see him. What's going on? Are you trying to show off to someone?"

Li Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat. Something was wrong!