Chapter 2389 No, you are not innocent
Shu Yu paused, turned to look at the cell next door.
A pair of hands were gripping the cell door. A disheveled woman called out to her. When she turned around, she quickly and happily brushed her hair aside, revealing her thin and haggard face, and said urgently, "Princess, Princess, do you still remember me?"
Shu Yu narrowed her eyes, while the officer beside her frowned and said, "What's all the noise about..."
Shu Yu raised her hand, and the official immediately fell silent.
"Cheng Jiatong?"
"Yes, it's me. Your Highness has a good memory." Cheng Jiatong gave her a fawning smile.
Shu Yu then took a few steps forward, stood in front of her, and looked her up and down.
It seems she has suffered a lot during this time. When I saw her at the beginning of last year, she was a spirited and arrogant young lady from a wealthy family, surrounded by jewels and hairpins.
Now he's so thin that the veins on the back of his hands are bulging, and there are scars on his face, making him look extremely disheveled.
She shifted her gaze slightly to the side and saw that there was another woman in the same cell as Cheng Jiatong. The woman looked up and was none other than He Fang, who had dragged Kang Shuxian and the others into this mess.
He Fang glanced at Shu Yu but said nothing, her expression calm. She must have been well aware of her fate, hence her composure, and she even tidied herself up neatly in the prison cell.
"...Princess, I am innocent. I knew nothing about those things. I've never even heard of rebels or black markets. I'm just like those other girls; I was implicated. Please, Princess, save me."
Shu Yu withdrew her gaze and looked at Cheng Jiatong, who was crying miserably. She finally spoke, "Whether you are innocent or not, whether you know those things or not, is not important. You are the daughter of the Cheng family. Your father and your brother are all helping the rebels. No one in the Cheng family can escape responsibility."
Cheng Jiatong opened her mouth, "But, but..."
"The benefits your father and brothers brought to them by doing things for them made the Cheng family rich, powerful and influential in Changjin Prefecture. You enjoyed these benefits and even abused them to act arrogantly. So you are not innocent."
"I didn't, I didn't, sob sob..." Cheng Jiatong cried out, collapsing to the ground.
Shu Yu looked down at her, without a trace of sympathy in her eyes. Cheng Jiatong wanted to ruin Meng Han's reputation because she had taken a liking to Gan Rui, and she wanted to find some fun on the road to threaten Wei Qin into signing a contract of servitude. She was always beating and scolding her.
She was adept at these things. Would she dare to do them if she weren't married?
Shu Yu didn't look at her, but turned her head to look at the cell on the other side.
Coincidentally, she saw Madam Shu and her eldest daughter, who were also imprisoned here.
On second thought, it makes sense. Qingxuan County is where the black market is located, and that's where most people are arrested. Key figures like Shu Feng and Cheng Wenbao are held separately, but their families are mostly imprisoned here. And because so many people are arrested, there are often many people in one cell.
The guards at the Qingxuan County prison were also the most stringent.
Madam Shu and her daughter looked very unwell, and when they saw Shu Yu, they wanted to bury their heads in their hands.
Shu Yu smiled. Cheng Jiatong might not know anything, but the mother and daughter were definitely aware of the situation, and their beheading was not unjust.
Fortunately, Wu played a significant role in their arrest and was considered a meritorious contributor, thus successfully divorcing Shu Feng.
(End of this chapter)
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