Just a quarter of an hour ago, Zhou Sheng secretly came out of Guanju Palace and went to guard Taiji Hall.

Everything was going peacefully at first, but during the banquet a minister got drunk and started acting crazy in the main hall. The emperor was unhappy and ordered Zhou Sheng to drag the man to a side hall.

Just as Zhou Sheng pinned down the drunk minister and was about to take him away, the minister suddenly gained strength for some unknown reason and pushed Zhou Sheng to the ground.

As Zhou Sheng fell, a jade pendant fell from his arms and hit the ground with a crisp sound in full view of everyone. Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw it.

It was a bellyband, bright red and very eye-catching. The civil officials immediately looked unhappy: "You scum! You scum! How can a grown man carry such a filthy thing with him?"

The emperor was originally sitting on the dragon throne watching the fun, but soon, a golden word "Lu" appeared on his big red bellyband, which made him serious.

"Someone, come and see who this thing belongs to. How did it appear on a guard?"

The eunuchs around were very observant and walked over swiftly to pick up the bellyband and examine it.

"Your Majesty, there is a Chinese character 'Lu' embroidered on this thing."

Lu? That's such a coincidence. There is a concubine named Lu in the palace. She is the daughter of General Lu Nairen of Pingnan and the current imperial concubine.

The emperor looked at Zhou Sheng with a cold look and said sternly, "Explain to me what this word Lu means?"

It was not that Zhou Sheng felt guilty or was frightened by the emperor. In any case, he readily told the emperor about his affair with Imperial Noble Consort Lu, which was secretly behind the emperor's back.

The emperor was indeed furious, and ordered someone to call the imperial concubine to confront her on the spot.

"You are here, my beloved concubine." The emperor said in a deep and resounding voice.

"Your Majesty..." But there was no need for confrontation. The look on Lu's face when she entered the room explained everything. She had fallen into depravity and had an affair with someone!

"Bitch!" the emperor shouted.

Zhou Sheng kowtowed to Lu and pretended to be innocent and pleaded guilty: "Madam, I deserve to die!"

At first glance, one would think that the Imperial Concubine was forcing him to have an affair with her.

"You deserve to die, and you two adulterers and bitches deserve to die! Someone, put these two bitches in jail and execute them on a certain day!"

The palace banquet ended so abruptly. Lu Yanluo hid in the dark and dared not make a sound. She watched Lu being taken away.

Soon, the news of the affair between the imperial concubine and the guard spread in the palace. Although the emperor had expressly forbidden people to discuss the matter in private, he could not stop the rumors.

At night, Concubine Xian held the Seventh Prince and asked to see the Emperor outside the palace.

Although the emperor was angry with Lu, the seventh prince was his son after all, so he asked Concubine Xian to bring the child in.

The virtuous concubine knelt in front of the emperor holding the Seventh Prince in her arms, her tone full of pity: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask for mercy on behalf of the Imperial Concubine. The Seventh Prince is still young, how can he live without his mother by his side? Although the Empress... was confused for a moment, the Seventh Prince is her child after all, and for the sake of the child, she will definitely turn back from her mistakes."

"Your Majesty, please spare the Imperial Concubine for the sake of the Seventh Prince's youth."

The emperor raised his hand to interrupt Concubine Xian's words: "There is no need to plead for her. Such a despicable person is unworthy of being a mother. She is not worthy of being the mother of the Seventh Prince."

Concubine Xian sighed and said meaningfully: "Before my sister became pregnant with the Seventh Prince, she was not favored by the emperor. I guess she was lonely in the deep palace, so..."

The emperor suddenly looked intently at the baby in front of him.

All his attention was drawn to her words, "Before you became pregnant with the seventh prince."

Could it be that the Seventh Prince is not his offspring at all?

He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't listen to what Concubine Xian said afterwards, nor did he notice the calculation and gloating in her eyes.

Her son was far away in the northern border, being held captive, unable to return home and suffering torture, while a baby was being doted on and living without worries in this imperial city. Why?

She just wants to make everyone uneasy!

She deliberately brought the Seventh Prince to the Emperor at this juncture. Who knows if the child born by a self-degrading Imperial Concubine who had an affair with someone else would be the Emperor's?

The emperor could not wait any longer and brought Zhou Sheng over again, asking him harshly, "When did you become involved with Lu? Is that child yours?"

Zhou Shenggui lay on the ground, not daring to say a word, but just kept kowtowing to the emperor and apologizing for his crime.

This ambiguous look further deepened the emperor's suspicion.

As soon as the Imperial Concubine was imprisoned, the General's Mansion outside the palace received the news and hurriedly asked for a meeting outside the palace gate.

The emperor ordered the Lu family to be brought into the palace to inquire about the matter of the Seventh Prince. Unfortunately, the Lu family had no idea that Lu had an affair with a guard before, and they came to the palace only to plead for Lu.

Seeing that he could not get the answer he wanted, the emperor angrily shouted in annoyance: "Your family tradition is not right! You still have the nerve to plead for that bitch! The Lu family really gave birth to a good daughter, so leave!"

Without waiting for the Lu family to say anything, the emperor ordered their expulsion and forbidding them to enter the palace.

At night, in the clan prison.

A man in a black cloak took out a silver ingot and put it in the jailer's hand. The jailer smiled with satisfaction and said flatteringly: "Your Excellency, please hurry up. The criminal Lu was imprisoned by the order of His Majesty himself. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter."

"I know, thank you." The man in black nodded slightly, walked into the prison, stood outside the cell where Lu was, and raised his hand to lift up his hat.

"Empress." It was Lu Yanluo.

Mrs. Lu in the cell looked up at Lu Yanluo, then lay down on her side without saying a word, as if she didn't want to communicate.

Lu Yanluo sighed and said calmly, "I came here today to talk to you. Now that the matter has been exposed, what are your plans, Madam?"

"I have no plans. It's just a matter of death. Don't worry about it."

Lu Yanluo paused, a trace of anger rising in her heart: "Your Majesty, things have come to this point, don't you still not see it? I heard that Zhou Sheng accidentally left your bellyband in the Taiji Hall, which led to the exposure of the matter. Such a private thing, was it really given to him by your Majesty?"

"Let's not talk about this for now. Your Majesty, do you know that after the incident, Concubine Xian held the Seventh Prince to find Your Majesty, and she said that the Seventh Prince was not the Emperor's biological son. Your Majesty has become suspicious. It would be better if you died, but what would happen to the Seventh Prince in the future?"

"And the Lu family. The Lu family came to the palace today to plead for the queen, but His Majesty didn't listen at all and directly drove them out of the palace. How can the Lu family gain a foothold in the capital in the future? Can your father, who is far away in the frontier, return to the capital safely?"

Every word Lu Yanluo spoke was so powerful that Lu had no way to avoid it.

"My queen, the entire Lu family and the Seventh Prince will be buried with you because of your selfishness. Can you still die in peace?"