"My servant has asked around, and the Emperor has neither issued a confinement order nor pursued the matter further."
The palace attendant's words left both of them stunned. The Third Prince, Zhou Yongze, was the most bewildered. "Father didn't punish him at all?! How is that possible? Was anyone in the Imperial Study at the time? Go and find out what he said immediately!"
Noble Consort Zhang, equally blindsided by this outcome, frowned in deep thought before saying, "This matter is our only chance. My son, you must insist that it was one of Zhou Qiming’s people. You cannot waver."
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