"Ha!" Shen Yu couldn't help but sneer inwardly, then felt a surge of joy. If she was the murderer who killed Prince Hong, wouldn't Liu Yu be exonerated? She hurriedly asked, "Is Liu Yu innocent?"
"Hmph! You can't even protect yourself, yet you're still thinking about him? He killed Bai Yehua, and although he was spared the death penalty, he had to atone for his crime by performing meritorious service. The government exiled him two thousand miles away for three years. He was already on his way before you came in, and the cell where he was imprisoned is right across the street."
Hearing the Empress say this, Shen Yu's nose tingled and her eyes welled up with tears. Exchanging her life for Liu Yu's could be considered as repaying Liu Yu's kindness.
At this moment, the imperial physician replied, "Your Majesty, it is a pregnancy pulse."
Upon hearing this news, the Empress remained calm and composed. With a wave of her hand, a maidservant carrying a small bowl walked into the iron cage.
In fact, the Empress had already learned from the Princess Consort of Hong that the woman who had slept with Liu Yu was Shen Yu. Therefore, she arranged for Nianzhu to infiltrate the Mu family to monitor Shen Yu, and if she was pregnant, she must be eliminated. The Empress's actions served two purposes: first, to eliminate the direct descendants of the Liu family, and second, to find a virtuous and capable wife for the Prince Heng.
Therefore, the Empress explicitly forbade the Princess Consort of Hong from revealing the matter of Liu Yu and Chen Yu to anyone. If questioned by the Lord, she was told to say that they were beggars found on the street.
However, the net of justice is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it. The Empress was unaware that... Shen Yu had already learned the truth through the little fish pendant; Lord He had also deduced the truth, but he did not report it to the Emperor, nor did he dare to reveal it, all to protect Shen Yu's innocence.
When Chen Yu smelled the scent of Dugu grass, she realized that the Empress wanted to get rid of the child in her womb. Needless to say, the two old nannies around Princess Hong must have told her the truth, and the Empress already knew that the child in her womb was Liu Yu's.
It seems she is doomed.
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