But the palace was a place where secrets could not be kept, and within just a few days, everyone knew who the child was.
A child of a fourth-ranked Prefect actually came to live in the palace, which made many people dissatisfied. Even their own children, the offspring of Capital City officials, had never resided in the palace, nor had they garnered the Emperor's attention.
There were also many speculations as to why the Emperor had brought Ye Zi'an's child to the palace.
Was it because the Emperor favored the Third Prince? So much so that he was also fond of anyone connected to Ye Zi'an?
There was an even more outrageous rumor; it was said that Ye Zi'an was the Emperor's son, making this child the Emperor's grandson.
No matter the conjecture, nor the truth behind it, Lele suffered the consequences in the palace.
