My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

He snorted coldly. According to the rules of previous years, the third prince should enter the palace early in the morning, go to his mother's palace to chant scriptures, and fast for a day to show his filial piety.

It's already so late and the third prince has just entered the palace. It shows that his filial piety is not sincere.

When Zhao Quan heard the emperor's cold snort, he shrank his neck and retreated without leaving a trace.

The emperor watched the third prince enter Yonghua Palace, where Concubine Yi had lived before her death.

After the gate was closed, the third prince sat in the open palace and chanted scriptures.

Not long after, a man who looked like a eunuch walked in from outside and whispered something into the third prince's ear.

The third prince nodded and stood up.

Immediately, another eunuch knelt where the third prince had been before and took over his place in chanting sutras and burning paper.

The third prince followed the eunuch who had just spoken and walked out to the back hall.

As soon as they reached the back hall, the eunuch leading the way stepped aside and the third prince continued forward.

Apart from the eunuch leading the way, no one else was seen along the way.

The third prince walked to a room, pushed the door open and walked in.

The moment the door opened, the emperor saw a woman in palace dress rushing towards him.

But the door closed quickly.

The emperor's face darkened and he clenched the telescope in his hand.

The voice was low, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry: "Who lives in the back hall of Yonghua Palace?"

Zhao Quan was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered. After a moment's thought, he began to report, "Noble Lady Fu lives in the rear hall of Yonghua Palace."

The emperor pondered carefully for a long time before finally forming a vague impression: "Is she the daughter of Niu Wenliang, the commander of Yanzhou, who entered the palace in the last selection?"

Zhao Quan nodded: "Exactly."

The emperor thought of this noble lady Fu. Her appearance was not outstanding among the concubines in the palace, and her personality was not like that of a military general's daughter. Instead, she was like the daughter of a civil official. She always kept her head down, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito buzzing in your ear. Every time she buzzed, the emperor had a headache.

So he didn't like to come anymore, but for her father's sake, he made her a noble lady and sent her to Yonghua Palace.

Although he looked down on Fu Guiren, she was his woman after all. She had just been flirting with his own son. This was a great shame and humiliation for the emperor, and he felt as if he was being shamed.

The emperor tightened his fingers and his voice remained calm, but Zhao Quan inexplicably felt a murderous intent.

Suddenly his head lowered even lower and his waist bent even more.

Waiting for the emperor's words.

The emperor didn't say anything else, but kept waiting.

The telescope in his hand was held steadily.

After about two quarters of an hour, the temple door finally opened.

The third prince walked out from inside, reached the door, and stopped again.

Turn around and talk to the person inside.

A pair of hands reached out from the room, straightened the Third Prince's clothes, hooked his belt, and said something.

The third prince smiled and said a few words, then he grabbed the hand that was hooked on the belt, brought it to his mouth and kissed it, then turned and left.

The atmosphere around the emperor grew increasingly tense, and he cursed in a low voice, "You inhumane little bastard!"

Zhao Quan was about to kneel down.

After the Third Prince left for a while, Fugui came out from the inner room. She looked dignified and dressed appropriately. If it weren't for the blush on her face, she would have been a truly dignified and polite concubine.

When Fu Guiren came out and said something, the palace maid who was serving her came out from somewhere.

The emperor looked at Concubine Fu with disgust again. After seeing her being served and walked around the yard twice and then went back into the house, he moved the telescope away.

In the main hall of Yonghua Palace, the third prince knelt in his original place again, but his face showed a look of reminiscence.

The emperor clenched his fists even tighter.

After taking one last, fixed look at the Third Prince, the Emperor looked away.

The emperor lowered his hand and looked at the telescope in his hand with a dark look in his eyes.

He handed the telescope to Zhao Quan beside him and clapped his hands.

An ordinary-looking man suddenly appeared from behind. Zhao Quan watched this sudden change, but his eyes did not change at all.

He retreated respectfully, leaving the space inside to the two people.

The emperor reached out and pulled off two green ginkgo leaves from the ginkgo tree beside the open window. After rubbing them twice in his hands, he loosened his grip and the leaves fell to the ground.

The emperor raised his foot and rolled heavily on two ginkgo leaves. He ordered casually: "Have someone keep an eye on Fu Guiren and the third brother. Find out if Fu Guiren has done anything strange in the palace in the past two years."

"Also, check if there's any contact between Yanzhou Commander Niu Wenliang and the Third Brother."

"Yes!" The ordinary-looking man took the order and quickly disappeared out the window.

The emperor stood by the window for a long time. Now that no one was around, his eyes revealed his unconcealed cruelty...

Lu Zhenzhen, who was thousands of miles away, naturally had no idea that the holiday gift she gave to the emperor actually allowed the emperor to witness the third prince defiling the harem with his own eyes.

If she knew, she, well, would still give it to him!

In the next few days, the ministers in the court and the people serving the emperor in the harem all felt that the emperor was not in a good mood.

Very easy to get angry!

It was just a small matter that could be laughed off in the past, but now the emperor is dissatisfied with everyone and is finding fault with many people.

He no longer went to the harem, let alone summoned concubines.

This has never happened before.

As time went by, the empress dowager, who had been away from work for a long time, heard about this and couldn't help but call the emperor over to ask him what was wrong.

Could the emperor say anything? He just mumbled that he was troubled by the court affairs and was not in the mood, which was enough to fool the empress dowager.

But later on, it was discovered that the two concubines had been talkative in front of the empress dowager, so she found a reason to demote the two concubines.

As a result, everyone in the harem was in a state of trepidation, and no one dared to speak carelessly anymore.

For a moment, the harem was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, without any ripples.

The Fourth Princess was still thinking about the bet with her mother, but after being reminded by Concubine Xiao, she has been much more obedient in the past few days.

Feeling stuffy in the palace, he simply went to the Prince of Shu's mansion to stay for a few days.

It was not until the Mid-Autumn Festival that she was taken back to the palace by the imperial concubine.

Because the emperor was in a bad mood, everyone had a boring Mid-Autumn Festival.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Concubine Xiao did not dare to be unconventional and just followed the old rules.

Seeing that the emperor was not in a good mood, everyone didn't dare to be too happy, and the atmosphere became a little dull.

At this time, the fourth princess missed her good sister Lu Zhenzhen very much. If she were here, she would definitely not be so bored.

The emperor was not in the mood and did not sit for long. He only drank two glasses of wine, sat for a while, and then left the table early.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after he left.

Concubine Xiao chatted and laughed for a few more times, and the place became lively again.

The emperor, who had left the stage early, climbed up to the Tianguang Tower again.

During this period, the emperor was particularly fond of this small building and often stayed in it for half a day when he had nothing to do.

If there was no one living in the Tianguang Tower, the concubines in the harem would have suspected that the emperor had a mistress there.