"Arrest people? Arrest whom?"

Shen Yu got up in confusion and hurriedly walked into the courtyard, where she heard arguing outside the gate:

"My daughter is already resting and will not receive guests tonight. Please come another day."

"I am Lady Yu, personally appointed by the Emperor. How dare you, a lowly servant, obstruct me? Guards! Tie Jiu'er up!"

Shen Yu hurriedly asked Rong Momo to open the door.

In the bright firelight, Hongyu wore a light blue dress, its color pale yet exceptionally dazzling. Upon closer inspection, one could see gold thread embroidery interwoven with jade and pearls, shimmering in the firelight.

Hongyu raised her eyebrows, unable to hide her arrogance. When Songhua ascended the throne, he not only made an exception and bestowed upon her the title of a first-rank noblewoman, but also granted her wealth and honor.

She glanced at Chen Yu, then ordered, "Go in and search!"

Shen Yu was puzzled and quickly stood in front of the door, stopping the guards. She glanced at Hong Yu and asked, "Why are you searching my residence? Who gave the order?"

Hongyu raised her eyebrows and slowly said, "Two lives have been lost in the capital today, and Kang'er is missing. I request His Majesty to order a search of Qinghe County and arrest all suspects."

"Suspicious person? Who is it?"

Hongyu remained silent, then waved her hand. Two old women lifted Chenyu up and left, while the guards rushed into the courtyard.

In the backyard.

The lame man was applying medicine to Shen Lan and Chi Yan when he heard the commotion in the front yard and rushed over to check.

To his surprise, he was surrounded by guards and tied up before he even reached the front yard.

He was escorted by the guards to Hongyu, but instead of looking at her, he anxiously looked around for Chenyu's figure.

It turned out that Chen Yu was being held back by two old women behind Hong Yu, and dozens of guards holding torches stood around her.

He was very worried and wanted to break free from the guards' restraints.

Instead, the guard pressed down hard on his shoulders, forcing him to kneel.

He stood with his legs straight, refusing to kneel, but the guard kicked him hard in the back of his knees. With a "crack" sound, the wood broke, and he knelt on the ground.

Upon hearing this sound, Chen Yu was shocked. It seemed that the splint on the cripple's right leg had broken. She stomped on the feet of the two old women, broke free of her restraints, and ran towards the cripple.

She pushed aside the guards beside the cripple, squatted down to examine his leg, and sure enough, the wooden board was broken. She lifted her robe to examine the cripple's leg, and the cripple was no longer as resistant to her as before. Instead, he stared at her, his beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed, and the smile in his eyes was as gentle and doting as before.

Shen Yu's cheeks flushed. To verify whether the cripple's leg had healed, she pressed down hard on his leg. The cripple still smiled at her, seemingly without pain, indicating that the fracture had healed.

She quickly helped the lame man up. He was still standing on his left leg, with no strength in his right leg. He walked a few steps and was still limping. It seemed that there was adhesion at the fracture site!

Hongyu glanced at the two men and ordered sternly, "Arrest this man of unknown identity and send him to the Dali Temple for Judge Bao to interrogate him properly."

"yes!"

Shen Yu quickly shielded the lame man and shouted angrily, "Madam Yu knows Kang'er's whereabouts, and the yamen is also searching for Qiu Xue'er. Why do you still implicate innocent people and frame unrelated individuals?"

Slap! Hongyu slapped the armrest of the armchair, stood up abruptly and approached Chenyu, but her eyes were on the cripple.

Some time ago, when Zhang Manguan was harassing her, the cripple stepped forward to help her, and at that time she felt that the cripple was just like Liu Yu.

Back then, Liu Yu fell off a cliff and died during his exile, and King Yan did indeed find his remains and belongings.

Hongyu then denied that the lame man was Liu Yu. Even today, outside the yamen, she tried to pull Chenyu down to feign a break with her, but before Chenyu could fall, the lame man caught her.

Seeing how nervous the cripple was, she concluded that he was Liu Yu.

She yanked off the lame man's mask, revealing a handsome face with fair skin, an oval face, and delicate features. His large, almond-shaped eyes and high nose bridge exuded both beauty and aloofness.

This was Liu Yu.

Looking down, one sees a tattered piece of linen clothing!

The Empress was beheaded, and the Duke's mansion was also wiped out. Although Liu Yu's direct line of blood was not implicated, the family was already impoverished and destitute.

This is also why she brought her troops here.

Liu Yu is already down on his luck, how can he let Chen Yu keep getting entangled with him?

She is now a first-rank imperial consort and enjoys the emperor's favor. She is second only to the emperor and will naturally enjoy endless wealth and honor in the future.

She naturally had to think about Shen Yu's future and couldn't just stand by and watch her marry another down-on-his-luck man.

She slammed the face towel onto the cripple's face and angrily rebuked him, "Why would someone as down on his luck as you approach Mu Chenyu? You must have some unspeakable secret. Maybe you conspired with Qiu Xue'er to kidnap Kang'er."

Snap!

Shen Yu slapped Hong Yu across the face and warned in a low voice, "Don't make false accusations. If you insist on taking away the cripple and revealing his identity, I will fight you to the death!"

"presumptuous!"

Hongyu roared, then whispered close to Chenyu, "Sister, Hongyu is already in a high position, so naturally I don't want to see you suffer."

King Jing is now a great general, and he has feelings for you. Why don't you marry him and become a general's wife? That way, the children won't suffer.

I have already discussed this matter with the Emperor. As long as you agree, the Emperor will bestow a marriage upon you, allowing you to be on equal footing with Bao Qianqiu.

Hearing this, Shen Yu became even more furious. She took the face mask from the lame man's hand, helped him put it on, then pulled him by the hand to the front door, pointed outside, and said:

"Madam Yu, I, Mu Chenyu, will definitely find another husband and marry a woman of lower status. I will no longer be a general's wife. Please leave, Madam Yu. I, Mu Chenyu, have severed all ties with you. From now on, we will live in harmony and not interfere in my affairs!"

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