The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

After the matter of Concubine Liu was temporarily settled, Gu Shijin had time to recall what happened in the Imperial Garden that day.

Gu Shijin called everyone else out, leaving only Xingzhu alone.

"Xingzhu, when Concubine Liu got into trouble that day and we met Concubine De, how many people were there around her?" Gu Shijin put down the book in his hand and asked.

Several days had passed since the incident. Xing Zhu thought for a while before replying, "My lady, I remember that there were two people following Concubine De, a palace maid and a eunuch."

Gu Shijin's memory is the same.

but……

Following Concubine De of Yufu Palace were two palace maids.

Xingzhu also remembered after Gu Shijin's reminder.

"My lady, the one following Concubine De in Yufu Palace is Ding Dong and another palace maid I haven't seen before."

Now that I think about it, the direction that Concubine De came from that day was wrong. Concubine De's Yonghe Palace and Gu Shijin's Ningyu Pavilion were in completely two different directions, and the two people should not have met halfway anyway.

Moreover, the direction from which Concubine De came seemed to be from the Yufu Palace.

Concubine De...

Could the person who attacked Concubine Liu that day be Concubine De, who had always been law-abiding and childless in the palace?

……

Chengqian Palace.

Su Deyuan was reporting to Lu Junze what he had investigated in the past few days.

On the surface, Lu Junze has been asking Su Deyuan to investigate the cause of Concubine Liu's premature death.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that when Concubine Liu was pregnant, Concubine Zhou and Concubine Rou often went to the Biyun Garden in the Yufu Palace."

"And during the time when Your Majesty went on the spring hunt, Concubine Rou had been secretly giving Concubine Liu a certain medicine."

"Have you found out what medicine it is?" Lu Junze asked.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Rou is very careful, and I didn't find anything."

"Did you find out where the medicine came from?"

"Your Majesty," Su Deyuan looked up at Lu Junze and said carefully, "Your Majesty, the medicine came from outside the palace. I found out that the young eunuch seemed to have some relationship with Fengyi Palace."

Su Deyuan was worthy of being the chief eunuch. Even though he was not in the palace during those days, he investigated the matter thoroughly.

Lu Junze had already known what Su Deyuan had found out. He had already had someone replace the medicine that Concubine Liu had given Concubine Rou, so the medicine would not cause any harm to Concubine Liu's body.

But why did Concubine Liu still suffer heavy bleeding in the end?

Maybe it’s not because of the queen, but there are other reasons.

Lu Junze did use Concubine Liu to set up a trap, hoping to reveal those people hiding in the dark in the harem.

So he asked Song Jibai to prescribe medicine for Concubine Liu to change her pulse, so that the concubines in the harem would mistakenly believe that Concubine Liu was pregnant with a boy, but he always sent people to guard Concubine Liu.

Ever since the purse incident, Lu Junze started setting up a scheme to control every move around Concubine Liu.

The result was as expected. The queen revealed many flaws, allowing him to follow the clues and catch many of them. Lu Junze did not attack now, but he wanted to completely crush the queen and the prime minister's party in one fell swoop.

Since she wasn't the queen, it could have been that Concubine Liu had already been attacked before Lu Junze made his plan.

When will this harem be quiet?

"Go and convey the imperial decree. Concubine Rou is suspected of plotting to murder the royal heir. She will be demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace." Lu Junze said coldly.

There is solid evidence that Concubine Rou plotted to murder the crown prince, and neither the former court nor the harem can say anything more.

Lu Junze had long been impatient with the women in the harem. They were always making small moves and treating him like a blind man. The ones he was dealing with now were the ones who were the most excited.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Lu Junze thought about the fact that there would be a talent show this year, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

The draft was originally held every three years, and this draft should have been held last year, but there was a drought in the south last year and Lu Junze didn't want to participate, so it was postponed for a year.

This year, the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Dowager both came to question him, and he could no longer refuse.

The main reason was that there were too few healthy princes in his harem, and the huge Great Xia Dynasty needed an heir.

The muddy water in the harem is getting muddier and muddier.

The person behind Ming Jieyushi has not been fully uncovered yet, and the queen is eager to have a child.

Lu Junze sometimes felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was only 25 years old, in the prime of his life, but the concubines in the harem acted as if they were about to die.

"Your Majesty, someone from the Jingshifang has arrived."

"come in."

Lu Junze looked at the green-headed cards on the plate. Because he had dealt with several concubines recently, there were fewer green-headed cards. However, Lu Junze didn't like the remaining ones. Only Concubine Jin made him happy.

"Go down." Lu Junze flipped over Gu Shijin's green card and said.

"Yes, the slave will leave."

Walking out of Chengqian Palace, Zheng Dahai looked at the plate with green cards and smiled. He knew it.

No one knows what kind of love potion Concubine Jin gave to the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Dowager, but they all protected her.

Even the empress dowager, who had never cared about the affairs of the harem, proposed promotion for the first time.

Before going to Ningyu Pavilion, Lu Junze went to Cining Palace first.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." Lu Junze knelt on one knee and saluted.

Lu Junze has never lacked these proper manners.

"Your Majesty, please get up."

The Queen Mother was reading Buddhist scriptures and was a little surprised to see Lu Junze: "Why did the Emperor come here at this time?"

"Come and see the Empress Dowager."

Although the Queen Mother was the successor of the previous emperor and not Lu Junze's biological mother, the relationship between the two was not bad. After all, the death of Lu Junze's mother had nothing to do with her, and Lu Junze would not hate a woman for no reason.

"The emperor is thoughtful."

The relationship between the two was not bad, but not close enough to chat with each other, and it started to feel awkward after sitting there for a while.

Lu Junze spoke to ease the situation and said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for the matter concerning Concubine Jin."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "I have seen that Concubine Jin is a good child. The Emperor likes her, and I am relieved."

At first, the Emperor came to her and asked her to promote Gu Shijin to the position of Concubine Zhen in the name of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager felt a little uneasy, fearing that Concubine Zhen was a seductress who could seduce the Emperor.

Although the emperor is not her biological son, she sincerely hopes that the Great Xia Dynasty will be peaceful and prosperous.

The Queen Mother never thought of letting her son become the Emperor. She knew her son well and knew that he was only interested in traveling and had no talent or desire to rule the country.

Lu Junze managed the empire very well, treated himself and Yu'er very well, and gave them all the honorable positions they deserved. The empress dowager had nothing to be dissatisfied with.

"My Queen Mother, I have been trying to clean up the harem recently. If necessary, I will need your help in managing the affairs of the harem."

The Queen Mother is no longer in charge of things, but her methods are still there. If you were to say who Lu Junze trusts the most in the harem, it must be the Queen Mother.

When the late emperor passed away, he gave the empress dowager a secret guard, who was different from the shadow guards around Lu Junze. Lu Junze didn't know about this.

But after Lu Junze ascended the throne, the Queen Mother handed over the control of this shadow guard to Lu Junze.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will take good care of the harem."