After Jun Zechen finished reviewing all the memorials in his study, he slowly raised his head and looked out the window at the sky. The rosy clouds in the sky were as gorgeous as brocade.

Before I knew it, it was already this time.

He stretched his slightly stiff body, stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

The steps were steady yet a little anxious.

As soon as I stepped into the bedroom, a palace maid from Yude Hall came out of the bedroom.

"Your servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The maid quickly bowed and saluted, with awe in her voice.

Jun Zechen nodded slightly and walked straight in without looking around.

At a glance, the bed was empty, and the beauty was no longer there.

"Where's the concubine?"

Jun Zechen's brows slightly frowned, his face darkened, and his voice unconsciously rose a few degrees.

"Your Highness, the concubine just said that she was weak and had no appetite, and she has returned to Shuining Palace."

The palace maid at the door had been waiting at the door of the bedroom since she saw the prince coming. When she heard the prince's question, she immediately walked in quickly and answered respectfully, keeping her head lowered and not daring to look directly at the prince.

Jun Zechen sat on the bed, his face changing from gloomy to bright, his emotions difficult to understand.

Is he being petty again?

Because I didn't accompany her in the afternoon?

But I just told her when I left that we would have dinner together in the evening, so why did you suddenly go back to Shuening Palace?

Jun Zechen was full of doubts.

He raised his eyes and looked at the palace maid, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts.

"The concubine has been resting in the bedroom this afternoon. Has she done anything wrong?"

"Your Highness, the concubine woke up half an hour ago and seemed to like the flowers on your bedside. She even asked me to bring a small basin of water. Then she sat on the bedside and fiddled with the orchid."

The maid lowered her head and answered respectfully.

I can still recall the scene at that time.

The concubine looked really beautiful.

She had just woken up, wearing a light gauze dress, her cloud-like hair casually tied to one side, with a few strands of hair hanging beside her cheek.

Her slender jade fingers lightly dipped into the water, and water droplets sparkled on the fingertips, as crystal clear as pearls. Then the concubine lazily and casually touched her wet fingers to the cymbidium in the vase.

The posture is charming and attractive, and the flower beauty is even more beautiful.

No wonder His Highness likes such a beauty. He even lets the concubine rest in his bedroom, an honor that the Crown Princess has never had before.

After recalling it, the maid straightened her expression.

She continued, "The concubine doesn't like other people in the bedroom. When she was fiddling with Huilan, the servants all left. A quarter of an hour ago, the concubine suddenly felt a little unwell, so she returned to the Shuining Palace."

She paused, then added: "The concubine looked a little pale at the time, and she looked uncomfortable, and her steps were a little flustered."

After hearing this, Jun Zechen turned his head to look at Huilan at the head of the bed, his eyes filled with indescribable complex emotions.

She...found out?

"You all step back."

Jun Zechen spoke in a cold voice and did not say much.

After everyone left, Jun Zechen shifted his gaze to Huilan. There were drops of water on the petals, and there seemed to be traces of water on the long leaves as if they had been run by fingers.

The water droplets on the leaves are shaky, as if they will fall at any time.

But Jun Zechen's gaze did not stay on the flowers for too long. Instead, he moved his gaze downward and stared at a delicate pattern in the middle of the vase.

He reached out his hand and touched it gently.

Wet.

Jun Zechen's eyes became darker, like a bottomless cold pond.

Then he pressed the mechanism, and the secret letters inside were left intact. Jun Zechen took out all the secret letters again, without even changing the order.

Did she restore it on purpose? Did she not want him to know that she had read these secret letters?

Jun Zechen took out several secret letters related to the Su family. When he turned to the last page, he found water stains on it.

Is this... a tear?

Jun Zechen had a complicated expression and he tightened his grip on the letter paper.

Are you crying?

Isn't that quite courageous? Since you saw it all, why didn't you confront him?

What was she thinking when she saw these letters?

Fear?

Jun Zechen never had women living in his bedroom, and his Yude Hall was guarded by secret guards every day. He protected his place very strictly.

However, the East Palace's study would summon some ministers from time to time, so Jun Zechen would put some secret letters in the bedroom.

Unexpectedly, the first time I let her in to rest, she was discovered.

This is a smart move.

Sometimes Jun Zechen thought she was stupid, because in a place like the palace, disguise was the most necessary, but she never concealed her emotions, including her vanity and scheming. She was honest and fearless.

He thought she was smart because she was a talented woman who could appreciate poetry with him and a chess friend who was on par with him. Now he had discovered another advantage of hers: she was very meticulous.

To Jun Zechen, the closer something is to his eyes, the less deliberate it is. So Jun Zechen simply put such a confidential letter in plain sight, which would not arouse suspicion.

But I didn't expect that this little girl had such sharp eyes.

Jun Zechen also has a headache about the Su family.

Ever since he found out that he couldn't bear to be kind to her, Jun Zechen has hinted to the Su family many times, but that old fox Su Hongyu has been trying to mediate with him and has not shown any attitude.

Originally, Jun Zechen thought that if Su Hongyu still hindered him from unifying the surrounding countries after he ascended the throne, he would directly strip him of his power. For Su Jingyao's sake, he could give him a title as a token of favor.

However, when these secret letters were written, the treatment of the Su family was not what we think now. It would be much more cruel.

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