Chen Fu took the handkerchief and wiped her fingertips, then said to the visitor: "I will go now."

The imperial concubine’s sedan chair was no ordinary one compared to the previous ones.

Sitting inside, in addition to hearing the sound of the wind outside, Shen Fu also felt a little uneasy in her heart.

She always felt like there was something wrong.

But why exactly?

Shen Fu's hand fell on the armrest and tapped it, but she couldn't think of anything.

Lai thought about it for a while.

At this time, the sedan chair stopped.

The servant at the door carefully lifted the curtain and said to Chen Fu inside: "Madam, it's time."

Chen Fu looked at the Qianqing Palace so close in front of her, took a deep breath, and walked in holding the eunuch's hand.

What is rare today is that there is no one in the Qianqing Palace.

Shen Fu entered the room and looked around, but she couldn't even see the figure of His Majesty.

"Your Majesty?" Shen Fu looked around and called out tentatively.

But the room was empty, and after the words were spoken, there was still no sound.

Shen Fu couldn't help but feel puzzled.

His Majesty called her over, but there was no response.

"Long live..." Shen Fu walked towards the door tentatively, but just after taking two steps, she bumped into someone.

Chen Fu's nose hit the emperor's chest. She looked at the person so close to her and reached out to rub her aching nose.

"Your Majesty, why don't you say anything?"

It was quiet from the moment I entered the door, without even the slightest sound.

She called out many times, but the Emperor never said a word. I thought there was no one there, but I didn't expect that the Emperor was there, just not saying a word.

Shen Fu said this, holding the Emperor's hand in a somewhat coquettish manner.

Just as his fingertips grasped it, His Majesty gently raised his hand and broke free.

"What's wrong?" He looked at the empty palms in front of him.

Shen Fu looked at His Majesty's hand again and was a little stunned.

"Have I offended His Majesty in any way?" Chen Fu felt inexplicably aggrieved when she was not allowed to hold his hand.

"Afu, are you hiding anything from me?"

His Majesty lowered his head, his eyes fell deeply on Shen Fu's face, trying to see the expression on Shen Fu's face clearly.

"I don't have it." Chen Fu murmured.

His Majesty's question was somewhat puzzling.

I was fine yesterday, why are you asking me this question again out of the blue?

There was sincerity in Shen Fu's eyes.

However, these words were full of deception in Xiao Yu's eyes.

"I'll give you another chance." Xiao Yu squeezed his drooping palm tightly: "Answer me after you've made up your mind!"

"My concubine..." Chen Fu looked up at the person in front of her, her eyes full of grievance.

What on earth does His Majesty mean by these words?

He was fine yesterday and even promised her a new gift.

After just one day of not seeing each other, he had changed. I asked myself with a sullen face if I had deceived myself in some way.

All men in the world are like this.

Chen Fu clenched her palms: "How could I deceive His Majesty? If His Majesty has any evidence, just tell Afu directly."

"Why do you have to be so aggressive?"

As Shen Fu spoke, there was already a hint of grievance in her eyes.

Xiao Yuxi's hanging fingers kept trembling.

I wanted to wipe away the tears from her eyes, but after thinking it over, I held back.

"Afu, come with me."

Xiao Yu strode towards the dragon table, sat on the dragon chair, and said to the door: "Bring the person over here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of a door opening.

After a while, two guards came in, escorting someone.

Chen Fu's eyes fell on that person, and after she saw clearly who the person was, she understood everything.

"Doctor He?" Chen Fu stepped forward and stood in front of He Congzhi.

Didn’t He Congzhi already leave Kyoto? Why is he still here?

Chen Fu looked at He Congzhi's slightly embarrassed face and felt a little reluctant.

He Congzhi clearly did nothing wrong, but he had to meet such an ending.

Seeing that Chen Fu was about to leave in front of He Congzhi, Xiao Yu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, narrowed his eyes.

He quickly shouted to the people below him: "Stop!"

Seeing that Chen Fu did not leave He Congzhi's side, Xiao Yu finally let go of his clenched palms: "You still said you had no intention of lying to me!"

Shen Fu's look just now couldn't be hidden from him.

It's clear that he knows what it looks like.

But Chen Fu insisted on making excuses, saying that she knew nothing.

When Xiao Yu thought about this, he felt that the jealousy in his heart was about to burn his entire body clean.

Why?

Why is it that the woman who was betrothed to Shen Fu is him and not me?

Xiao Yu's fingers couldn't help but tighten, and the jade ring on his thumb creaked. "Afu, didn't you say you didn't hide anything from me?"

"I have not concealed anything from Your Majesty."

When Chen Fu looked at He Congzhi, she understood everything.

His Majesty has investigated He Congzhi. If this is the case, then there is nothing to hide anymore.

"But if Your Majesty is asking about the engagement between me and Doctor He, then I did hide it from Your Majesty."

She stood in the middle of the hall, speaking openly and honestly, but the words she said made Xiao Yu so angry that his heart became nervous.

It was like someone was cutting his heart with a knife.

Look what she just said?

I believed her wholeheartedly and thought that Shen Fu was not hiding anything from me.

But what did she just say?

She said confidently that she had kept this secret from him!

Xiao Yu's fingertips made a crackling sound.

"What do you think!" Xiao Yu's outstretched fingers were trembling.

Who does she think she is, saying such things? Does she think I dare not touch her?

This sentence came to his mind several times, but Xiao Yu was reluctant to say it out loud.

It seemed that His Majesty was about to lose his mind with rage.

Chen Fu then hurriedly spoke: "It's just that I, the concubine, only knew about this after Your Majesty."

As she spoke, she lifted her skirt and knelt down: "I didn't mean to hide it from Your Majesty."

Seeing Chen Fu kneeling down, Xiao Yu felt a pang of heartache in his heart.

He had never been willing to let Shen Fu kneel down before.

Even when they were just meeting each other on weekdays, Xiao Yu never asked Chen Fu to give any gift.

Looking at her kneeling in front of him with her back straight.

Xiao Yu felt heartbroken for being so useless.

"You say!" He suppressed his anger and sat down again.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Shen Fu to see what other tricks she could come up with.

"What I want to say is that what Your Majesty said is true."

Shen Fu turned her head to look at He Congzhi behind her, her eyes falling on He Congzhi's face.

He must have experienced something bad when he came here, and his face is full of scars.

But only a pair of eyes were bright. Seeing her looking at him, He Congzhi looked at her worriedly.

"He Congzhi is indeed the husband I was betrothed to since birth."

Shen Fu nodded and said lightly.

"I know and don't want to hear it." Xiao Yu's fingers tapped on the table quickly.

There was a hint of impatience between his eyebrows.

Does Shen Fu know that what she said is very annoying?

"Did you know, it is said that it was my parents who arranged this marriage for me?" When Chen Fu mentioned the word "parents", there was some nostalgia in her words.

She had no family when she was born, but her parents had made plans for her.

Although Chen Fu was not with He Congzhi.

But she knew that He Congzhi was a very good man.

"My father died after he abducted me, and I never told these words to anyone else at that time." Chen Fu knelt on the ground, trying to prove her innocence.

"My grandfather didn't even know about this, so I didn't know a word about it until Your Majesty asked me!"

Chen Fu knelt on the ground with her waist straight, and she almost raised her hand to swear.

Xiao Yu looked at her solemnly, and the expression in his eyes was better than before.

But the emotion in his eyes was still a little unhappy: "I didn't say you knew about it before."

That's not what he cares about.

But what does he care about?

Xiao Yu's fingers were tapping rapidly, he just wanted Shen Fu to explain clearly.

"Your Majesty, don't you suspect that I and He Congzhi have deceived you?"

However, Shen Fu raised her head and said to His Majesty.

Just now, His Majesty looked like he wanted to eat someone.

Don't think she doesn't know...

"I'm just doubting..." Xiao Yu tapped his forehead with his hand. He had already checked and found out that He Congzhi had been serving in the Hehuan Palace all this time.

He believed that Shen Fu was innocent, but how could he proceed?

Xiao Yu's eyes fell to the ground.

He Congzhi knelt on the ground all the time, with his head lowered: "When did you know about this? Why didn't you come and tell me?"

Chen Fu said directly: "When I found out, I went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity immediately."

It was just that His Royal Highness Prince Huan was there, and later the Queen Mother passed away.

Shen Fu didn't say it out loud.

"Afterwards, Doctor He came to see me and said he wanted to leave."

Shen Fu lowered her eyes and glanced at He Congzhi behind her.

"I just thought that since I will never see this person again, there is no need to waste my breath on him, so I didn't tell His Majesty."

Indeed, what Shen Fu said was actually somewhat about herself.

She covered up the matter with just a few words.

Shen Fu was just gambling.

What is being gambled is nothing more than the favor of His Majesty.

If she had not received grace, it would not be surprising that she would have been sentenced to death for this crime.

"I was arranged to marry you, but I was just a baby at the time and didn't know anything about it."

Chen Fu knelt on the ground, wishing she could swear right then and there: "I am like this, and I believe that Doctor He is the same."

"Your Majesty, please believe me!"

Shen Fu straightened up, her dark eyes full of calmness.

Xiao Yu's eyes swept over her and suddenly he sneered.

: "Afu, do you know what the person behind you thinks of you?"

His Majesty leaned back on the dragon chair, folded his hands together, and tightened his fingers: "He secretly hid your portrait and thinks about you day and night."

"You say you are innocent, but the person behind you has always had other thoughts about you!"