One touch and one silence

Liu Yue knelt on the ground respectfully and told everything he had noticed.

In fact, she concealed a little. Although she saw the Seventh Prince taking those people's hands every time, her reason told her that it was just a trick of the prince, but she could not find any substantial evidence to prove otherwise.

Liu Yue knelt there respectfully, with his head lowered, a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

When the emperor heard Liu Yue say this, he suddenly thought of the day when he made a deal with Xiao Qi.

When he raised his arm that day, Xiao Qi did stare at his hand for a few seconds.

But what about the prince? When did the prince read it?

The emperor raised his head and glanced at the secret guard on the ground, his expression thoughtful.

"Alright, I understand. Go on and protect His Highness the Seventh Prince!"

"Yes!"

Liu Yue responded respectfully and left the imperial study.

The emperor watched her leave the palace and asked, "Qin Feng, do you think what she said is true?"

Suddenly, a man in black knelt on the ground in front of the emperor, extremely respectful.

"Your Majesty, Deputy Commander Liu will never betray you! And he will never lie." His voice was firm and resounding.

"Then how do you think the Seventh Prince saw the Crown Prince?"

"I can't quite imagine what happened that day!" the emperor sighed.

The secret guard kneeling on the ground was sweating profusely and felt a little flustered. This was...

"To answer your Majesty's question, compared to the Seventh Prince who met the Crown Prince in the East Palace that day, the Seventh Prince went to the East Palace first and then came to your Majesty's study. I'm afraid that the Seventh Prince had already calculated for the Crown Prince in front of the study."

"And that day, the two of them came in the same sedan chair."

Qin Feng's voice was very clear, telling the emperor that the Seventh Prince first went to the East Palace, and then they came to the Imperial Study together in a sedan chair.

There is plenty of time in between.

The emperor listened to Qin Feng's voice and gradually recalled what happened that day.

Thinking back to the last time at the hunting ground in the palace, the seventh brother suddenly praised that person for his beautiful hands.

Only then did the emperor realize that it was probably not because she saw that she had an Adam's apple, but because she figured out that she was a man!

When the emperor thought of what happened that day, there was something indescribable in his eyes.

Qin Feng knelt on the ground, vaguely feeling that the aura of the superior was changing.

He was kneeling on the ground, his body straighter, with a faint trace of sweat on his face.

"Okay! Go down!" Following the emperor's order, Qin Feng instantly disappeared in the imperial study.

The emperor sat alone in a chair, thinking about recent events, and finally left the imperial study with a heavy heart.

The emperor, who was originally planning to visit the empress, suddenly remembered that he had not visited the imperial concubine for some time, so he turned around and headed towards the imperial concubine's palace.

When the emperor arrived, he saw the imperial concubine already standing at the door waiting for him.

He glanced at the imperial concubine and suddenly realized that the woman in front of him had lost a lot of weight.

"I have met your Majesty!"

Cheng Yueqing, supported by the nanny, saluted the emperor, and the emperor quickly stepped forward and helped the imperial concubine up. His tone was full of concern: "Yueqing, how come you are so thin? Are you feeling unwell?"

He turned to the maids beside the imperial concubine and scolded them, "How did you serve the master? When the master was not feeling well, why didn't you ask the imperial physician? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

When Nanny, Meixiang and others heard the emperor's angry voice, they were so scared that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"It's my fault! Your Majesty, please punish me!"

"Your Majesty, they have been very dedicated to me. It's just that the weather has been too hot recently and my appetite is not very good! That's why I asked them not to disturb you!"

The imperial concubine spoke coquettishly to the emperor with a smile on her face, and the emperor's expression eased a lot.

"Get up! If you do it again, I will chop off your heads!"

After saying that, he followed the imperial concubine's words and asked them to get up and follow the imperial concubine into her bedroom.

Cheng Yueqing was happy that the emperor was coming. As soon as the emperor arrived, he got angry with the people around her, which made her unhappy, but she didn't show it on her face.

The two of them sat on the couch in front of the window. The maid served them tea and snacks, and then the emperor took the concubine's hand and sat on the couch together.

"I have been too busy these days, so I neglected you."

The emperor's words were tinged with guilt.

Cheng Yueqing smiled tenderly, "I understand, that's why I didn't ask anyone to disturb Your Majesty."

The imperial concubine's gentleness, thoughtfulness and understanding made the emperor feel even more guilty.

"My dear one understands me."

The two of them chatted for a while, and the people below had already brought dinner to the dining room.

The imperial concubine took the emperor to the dining hall to eat. He saw that the imperial concubine put down her bowl and chopsticks after eating only a few bites.

The maid beside the imperial concubine brought her a teacup for her to rinse her mouth. The emperor inadvertently noticed that the maid looked familiar.

"Isn't this person the maidservant of the Eighth Prince? How did she come to you?"

The imperial concubine didn't understand why the emperor, who was fine, would suddenly ask a maid.

She raised her eyes and glanced at him. Wasn't this the person she asked the nanny to bring here before? Why was it her today?

The imperial concubine's smile remained unchanged. "Your Majesty, you are talking about her! I accidentally saw that this maid was pleasing to the eye, so I asked the Eighth Prince for her. Your Majesty, don't worry, I have given one back to His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince."

The emperor now understood who the maid in front of him was.

The emperor no longer had the appetite to eat, so he chatted with the imperial concubine for a while. After the imperial concubine went to wash up, the emperor was left alone in the bedroom.

As soon as the imperial concubine left, a maid brought tea over. The emperor didn't pay much attention to it. He was indeed a little thirsty, so he took two sips.

Who would have thought that the maid didn't go out, but just stared at him infatuatedly.

The emperor suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse in his body. The maid's appearance seemed particularly attractive under the light. The faint fragrance from the woman's body eroded his mind. For a moment, he agreed with what the imperial concubine had said before.

It was indeed quite pleasing. He waved at Yuexiang. Yuexiang hid the excitement in her eyes and obediently let the emperor pull her to the bed.

After the imperial concubine finished washing up, before she even reached the door, she saw the people at the door kneeling on the ground in fear.

I was still a little confused when I suddenly heard a voice coming from inside.

The imperial concubine staggered a bit, and with the support of Nanny and Meixiang, she did not lose her composure in public.

Cheng Yueqing didn't know how long she had been standing there. She smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Mammy, do you think all men are like this?"

Tears streamed down her face and she felt the taste of blood in her mouth.

"My Queen!" The nanny looked at her master worriedly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Let's go! I am a sensible person, so I won't disturb your majesty from having fun!"

Although the imperial concubine said this, her back still showed how desolate she looked.

The nanny gave Meixiang a look and asked her to go and see who dared to betray the imperial concubine.

Meixiang let go of the hand that was supporting the imperial concubine and stepped back.

"Your Majesty, you..."

The nanny looked at the imperial concubine's haggard face, which became even paler, and felt very distressed.

The queen has just discovered that her closest relative killed her child, and now His Majesty has slapped her in the face in public. How can the lady bear this?

"Madam, there's no need to say anything! I should have known this a long time ago."