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The next day.
Shen Yu finished washing and dressing early, preparing to go to the Dali Temple. She put on her veil, lowered her thin gauze, and jumped as she stepped across the threshold.
Early in the morning, she instructed Jiu'er to take the female guards to wait at the entrance of the Prince of Lu's mansion to escort Wang Baozhu to the Dali Temple to testify. Thinking that Hongyu could be exonerated today, she was naturally overjoyed and quickly arrived at the gate.
The door suddenly opened, and Jiu'er rushed in, "Miss, we didn't find Miss Baozhu."
Why?
“As soon as we stepped out, we heard that Miss Baozhu had been defiled by a villain last night. She returned to the Wang family, but they refused to open the door, so she slit her throat and died at the Wang family's door. When she was discovered, her body was already cold. I saw with my own eyes that it was indeed Miss Baozhu.”
Shocked, Shen Yu staggered and grabbed the doorframe for support, asking with difficulty, "She...she lives in the Lu Prince's mansion, how dare the villains kidnap her?"
"I heard that she left the Lu Prince's residence last night to return to the Wang family."
Shen Yu's face was deathly pale. She nodded slowly and leaned against the doorframe, remaining silent for a long time. It seemed that the Sixth Prince and Wang Baochai would rather abandon Wang Baozhu than help Hongyu.
"Miss? Are we still going to the Dali Temple? Miss Hongyu's case is about to go to trial."
"Help me... into the sedan chair."
The gates of the Dali Temple were wide open, with fences erected at the entrance. A throng of people surged forward, shouting, "For the peace of the people, catch the villains..."
"On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month last year, Zhang Jiaxing'er was defiled by a villain and then drowned herself in the river. Wang Baozhu did the same; to preserve her reputation, she slit her throat in front of her own house."
"I heard that today's case involves Prime Minister Kong and Prince Xiang accusing Zhang Hongyu of plotting to make Wang Baozhu lose her virginity to the King of the Ancient Locust Tree."
Did Wang Baozhu commit suicide because she lost her virginity to the ancient locust tree king, or because she was defiled by a villain?
Why are King Xiang and Prime Minister Kong speaking out for the Wang family?
"..."
King Xiang and Prime Minister Kong were already seated on either side of the main hall. Chen Yu stood in the center of the hall. Hearing gasps of surprise from behind her, she looked up and saw a guard carrying a corpse. Under the white cloth, an arm covered in red marks was visible. What was that glittering thing?
Last night at the Prince of Lu's residence, she personally saw Wang Baozhu wearing a gold bracelet.
She slowly approached, when suddenly she heard shouts of "Get out of the way, get out of the way..." Looking up, she saw several constables carrying a corpse over.
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