In the empty room, the two looked at each other.

After a moment, Chu Rui spoke first: "Who are you? I see that the girl's skills are not weak. I wonder what you are doing here?"

Lu Yanluo bowed and said, "Sorry to bother you. I was just curious about this bedroom during the day, so I came to take a look when I had nothing to do."

Chu Rui smiled, put down his guard, walked leisurely to a chair beside him and sat down, poured a cup of tea, raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Since you are here, make yourself comfortable. Miss, are you interested in sitting down and having a cup of tea?"

Lu Yanluo gently closed her head, walked over and sat down, then took a sip from the teacup: "Excellent pre-rain Longjing tea. Young Master lives here and can drink such good tea. It seems that I really came to the right place this time."

Chu Rui smiled, his words full of nostalgia: "This is the first time in five years that someone has accompanied me to drink tea and chat. It is indeed more refreshing than being alone."

Chu Rui is quite proficient in the tea ceremony, and his words are like the breeze blowing through the willows, making people feel relaxed and happy. Unconsciously, the two of them were talking about the past and present over the tea ceremony, and for a moment Lu Yanluo even forgot the time.

Outside the window, Xiao Ran knocked gently on the window, climbed in, walked anxiously to Lu Yanluo's side, and said, "Princess, follow me quickly, Zhong Xiu has entered the palace and must come to see you!"

Lu Yanluo's face turned cold, and she stood up and asked, "What the hell is she going to do?"

The two were so busy talking that no one noticed the sudden change in Chu Xuan's expression on the other side.

Chu Rui then frowned and stood up, asking, "Do you know Zhong Xiu?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ran looked at Chu Rui and said inexplicably, "Of course I know her. Zhong Xiu is our concubine in the Yewang Mansion."

"What did you say! Concubine?! When did she become the Night King's concubine!" Chu Rui's calm expression was no longer there. He took a step forward and asked in disbelief.

Lu Yanluo looked at Chu Rui with a bit of surprise. Was it surprising that Zhong Xiu was the Night King's concubine? Could it be that Chu Rui didn't know that Zhong Xiu had married into the Night King's mansion?

Not only that, the nervousness in Chu Rui's words made Lu Yanluo even more suspicious.

Xiao Ran didn't notice Chu Rui's mood changes. Thinking about what happened after Zhong Xiu entered the palace, she couldn't help but complain: "What's so surprising about this? It is said that in the early years, Concubine Zhong was deeply in love with our prince. Now that she has entered the Ye Palace, her long-cherished wish has come true. She is so proud! She has been thinking about scheming against our princess and competing for our favor all day long! It's really annoying!"

"Okay, Xiaoran!" Lu Yanluo looked at Chu Rui who was so shocked and at a loss, and stopped Xiaoran from saying the next thing.

"Sir, could it be that you know Concubine Zhong in our mansion?" Lu Yanluo asked while looking at Chu Rui inquiringly.

But Chu Rui looked distraught and he didn't speak after waiting for a long time. Thinking of Zhong Xiu who was still waiting in the palace, Lu Yanluo suppressed her doubts and said goodbye and left.

Lu Yanluo followed Xiao Ran all the way back to the side hall. When they opened the door, they found that the emperor in the main hall and Concubine Lin in Zhaoren Palace were both sitting in the main seats.

Standing below was Zhong Xiu with a serious look on his face.

The sound of Lu Yanluo's footsteps entering the room reached Zhong Xiu's ears, and he immediately turned around and asked, "Where did the princess go when she was not resting in the palace at night?"

Zhong Xiu attacked directly, pointing the finger at Lu Yanluo.

Lu Yanluo walked into the hall without changing her expression, without even looking at Zhong Xiu, and bowed to the head of the hall: "Greetings, Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine."

When Zhong Xiu saw that Lu Yanluo ignored him, he suddenly became furious and refused to give up.

"Where did the princess go? Why didn't you dare tell His Majesty and His Majesty in person?"

As soon as Zhong Xiu finished speaking, Lu Yanluo, who had just been calm, immediately changed her expression and sternly rebuked, "How dare you! Concubine Zhong, as a concubine of the Night Palace, you actually dared to interrogate me in front of His Majesty and the Queen. Do you think you can do whatever you want because of the love of the Royal Concubine! I warn you, the Royal Concubine is in charge of all the affairs of the harem, and she dislikes lawless people like you the most. Do you want to embarrass the Night Palace here?"

Lu Yanluo's words immediately dispelled Concubine Lin's idea of ​​speaking for Zhong Xiu. If she spoke for Zhong Xiu again at this moment, wouldn't she be considered unreasonable?

Concubine Lin was so angry that her teeth were itching, but the emperor was right beside her, so she had to pretend to be generous and decent. She was almost hurt from holding it in.

"You two serve the Night King together, so you can't be so confrontational." Concubine Lin could only say a few words of comfort indifferently.

Zhong Xiu’s eyes widened as he glared at Lu Yanluo. After a moment, he sneered and fell to his knees.

"Your Majesty, Madam, Zhaohe has something to report. Five years ago, Prince Chu Rui of Chang'an performed witchcraft in the palace with the intention of murdering Your Majesty. Later, Your Majesty discovered him and imprisoned him in the palace. Everyone knows about this."

Zhong Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Yanluo provocatively: "It's just that everyone doesn't know that when Chu Rui was practicing witchcraft, I was hiding in the dark. At that time, I clearly saw that there was a girl standing next to Chang'an King Chu Rui. I was still young at that time, and I didn't understand what Chang'an King was doing at the time, let alone who that girl was."

Zhong Xiu looked directly at Lu Yanluo and said confidently, "I just remembered now that the girl was you, the princess in front of me. When Chu Rui was practicing witchcraft, Lu Yanluo was by his side! And the two of them seemed to have a very close relationship."

When Chu Rui was mentioned, the emperor immediately frowned, obviously suspicious of Lu Yanluo.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiu began to add the final fuel to the fire.

"Everyone in the entire capital knows that when Princess Ye first entered the palace, she was not favored by the prince and was exiled to the other courtyard for many years. But it just happened to be such a coincidence that when Prince Chang'an got into trouble, the princess was not in the palace but in the other courtyard. What's even more coincidental is that the princess is pregnant."

Zhong Xiu glanced at Lu Yanluo and whispered the last sentence: "Chu Yuan's birthday happened to be exactly ten months after Chu Rui's accident. Sister Princess, why are there so many coincidences?"

Lu Yanluo looked at Zhong Xiu expressionlessly, neither making excuses nor admitting anything. She looked at Zhong Xiu as if he were a clown.

Zhong Xiu's words were like thunder in the sky. The emperor stared at Lu Yanluo and said, "Princess, how do you want to explain this?"

Lu Yanluo sneered: "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. I have nothing to say. I hope Concubine Zhong can produce evidence."

Zhong Xiu snorted: "National Master, why don't you tell our princess why I think Chu Yuan is not our prince's biological son."

The Imperial Master walked to the middle, bowed his head and said, "I roughly estimated Chu Yuan's birth date and horoscope, and there is no relationship between him and King Ye as father and daughter."