It’s over!

How am I supposed to explain this to Liu Yu?

Cuizhu recalled, "When Young Master Liu came to deliver the indenture, the folding fan was still on your wooden ox. Later, you sent me to the Gu family. When I returned, you had already entered the palace, and the folding fan was no longer on the wooden ox."

Shen Yu recalled that she sent Cui Zhu to the Gu family, and it was Hong Yu who pushed her to the hall. It must have been Hong Yu who put away the folding fan.

"Cuizhu, come with me to find Hongyu."

Before the two even reached the main courtyard, they heard Madam Mu's pleading voice, "Master, please have mercy! Li'er had no choice. He is Bai Yehua's subordinate. How can he disobey Bai Yehua's orders?"

It turns out that Master Mu was angry because Bai Yehua carried Shen Yu into the woods. He blamed Mu Li for failing to protect Shen Yu, saying that if outsiders saw it, it would ruin Shen Yu's reputation.

Mu Li lay prone on the bench, blood seeping through his robe. Seeing the burly man swing the stick high, Chen Yu rushed towards the stick without hesitation.

The burly man swung his stick down heavily, unable to pull it back, and it was about to hit Chen Yu's shoulder when an arm protected her.

"ah!"

Shen Yu looked up and saw Liu Yu standing in front of her, grinning and gritting his teeth, looking pained.

Shen Yu was shocked that this young master who had a penchant for male concubines had actually shielded her from the blows.

"Fish, are you hurt? Let your father take a look." Master Mu pushed Liu Yu aside, helped her up, and examined her from head to toe.

Just then, Eunuch Cai arrived with the Empress's decree: Tomorrow, the eldest son of the Zuo family will marry the second daughter of the Zhang family, and Mu Chenyu is ordered to go to the Zhang residence immediately to treat Grand Tutor Zhang. Liu Yu is specially designated to escort Mu Chenyu.

To treat Grand Tutor Zhang?

Liu Yu accompanied Yu'er?

The Empress is deliberately sending the fish into the wolf's mouth!

Master Mu was furious but helpless. As a female imperial physician, Shen Yu had no choice but to obey the royal decree!

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Today is Qixi Festival, and the night market on Qingbai Street is packed with people. The carriages are struggling to move, so the group has to walk to Zhang Mansion.

Shen Yu walked in front, followed by two maids and four guards, while Liu Yu followed beside her.

As I walked, a group of people blocked my way. Upon closer inspection, I realized they were selling hairpins. On the wooden rack, rows of crystal-clear, colorful glass hairpins were displayed—lake blue, fiery red, and pale yellow…

Chen Yu paused, staring at a certain spot, as if she had found something she liked.

Liu Yu leaned closer to Chen Yu and asked, "This year, glass hairpins are all the rage in the capital. I wonder which one Yu Yu likes?"

"Don't talk back. Just follow along and don't chat with my fish."

The speaker was Liu Yu's bodyguard, with a white beard and an extraordinary air about him. This was no ordinary mansion guard, but rather Master Mu. Because Mu Li had been severely beaten, Master Mu was genuinely worried about Chen Yu and Liu Yu going out together, so he disguised himself as a bodyguard and followed them.

As Liu Yu approached Chen Yu, Master Mu grabbed Liu Yu's clothes, pulling him away from Chen Yu.

Shen Yu was a little embarrassed. How did looking at a hairpin turn into something like catching someone cheating?

Thinking of how Liu Yu took the blow to save her, she was filled with gratitude and guilt. She secretly smiled at Liu Yu, then hurriedly turned around to look ahead, where a pair of familiar figures appeared before her.

The man was tall and imposing, dressed in a purple robe; the woman was slender-waisted and curvaceous, in a red dress. In her past life, these two figures had lingered before her eyes for seventeen years; how could she not recognize them?

Bai Yehua stopped, his arm around Liu Yao'er's slender waist. He picked up a red glass hairpin and placed it in Liu Yao'er's hair, then kissed her lips.

Liu Yao'er smiled shyly, and in the blink of an eye, she met Chen Yu's gaze.

That alluring face reappeared, and the bloody scene from her past life flashed before Shen Yu's eyes: Liu Yao'er had personally severed her legs, her face covered in blood, laughing maniacally...

Thinking of Liu Yao'er's ruthlessness, she felt her legs go weak and she was about to fall, but fortunately Liu Yu caught her.

"Yuyu, what's wrong? Does your leg hurt?"

Yu'er is still an unmarried woman; how could she let Liu Yu take advantage of her? Master Mu stepped forward to help Chen Yu up, but Liu Yu refused to let go and whispered a reminder, "Master Mu, aren't you afraid that Bai Yehua will find out that you're disguised as a guard trying to sneak into the Zhang residence?"

Because of his discord with Grand Tutor Zhang, Master Mu resigned from his official post and stayed at home. If people found out that he had disguised himself and infiltrated the Zhang residence, he would surely be impeached by someone with ulterior motives.

Master Mu stepped back behind Liu Yu and looked up to see Bai Yehua embracing a glamorous woman. The woman had a seductive smile on her face and was pulling Bai Yehua's collar toward them.

Master Mu was furious, cursing Bai Yehua in his heart for secretly keeping a mistress. This must be the reason Yu'er wanted to annul the engagement. Good riddance! Yu'er is the legitimate daughter of a military family; how could she share a husband with a courtesan?

"Young Master Liu, what a coincidence!"

Liu Yao'er waved her handkerchief to greet Liu Yu, her every move exuding an air of worldliness, yet she looked down on Chen Yu with a hint of sneer:

Fool! You abandoned Bai Yehua for Liu Yu, not knowing that Liu Yu has a penchant for male concubines and desperately needs a woman to marry in order to save face for the Duke's mansion. If you marry Liu Yu, you'll be spending your life alone in an empty room.

Liu Yu ignored Liu Yao'er because Shen Yu was leaning against his right arm, and the intense pain forced him to pull Shen Yu closer to his chest.

Shen Yu's face was pale and she looked weak. Could it be that she was angered by Liu Yao'er and Bai Yehua?

Since Master Mu doesn't dare to reveal his identity, why doesn't he take a bold step and help Shen Yu provoke Bai Yehua?

He wanted to pick up Chenyu, but his right arm was immobile, so he could only hold Chenyu with his left arm.

Shen Yu still didn't dare to look at Liu Yao'er, keeping her eyes closed and leaning limply against Liu Yu.

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