He wholeheartedly obeyed the Emperor's decree, wishing to spend the rest of his life with Chenyu in the Jingwang Mausoleum. However, he suffered from sleepless nights, fearing that Liu Yu would take Chenyu away.
Now that Liu Yu is dead, he should be overjoyed, but hearing Shen Yu's heart-wrenching cries, his heart felt as if it had been ripped open by a sharp blade, and he was in unbearable pain.
He wanted to rush into the room to comfort Chenyu, but instead he heard Hongyu's voice.
“Sister Yu, Bai Yejing is not afraid of smallpox or the Empress for you, and he is even willing to give up his official position and salary. Yan Wang advised you to marry Bai Yejing, and so did I.”
Bai Yejing listened intently, waiting for Chenyu's response, but he never heard a sound.
Chen Yu shook her head, tears streaming down her face. She had once vowed at Putuo Temple that she would marry no one but Liu Yu in this life. Now, after enduring hardships, she had finally escaped from the Bai family and regained her freedom. Even though Liu Yu was gone, she was willing to remain alone for the rest of her life.
She walked heavily to the bed, lay down fully clothed, her hands gently stroking her abdomen, silently thinking of Yu Lang.
In fact, the baby in her womb was perfectly healthy.
That day, she vomited up the herb *Dugu*. The Empress, fearing she was up to something, added an abortifacient to her dinner. Fortunately, the old woman next door intervened and switched her dinner with hers. But what kind of drug did the old woman give her? She not only suffered unbearable abdominal pain and persistent rectal bleeding, but also contracted a smallpox-like illness.
Now that she and Bai Yejing have both recovered, it's time for them to separate, lest gossip continue to fester and delay Bai Yejing's marriage.
She sat up, and Hongyu handed her a letter. "Sister Yu, do you know who the woman who slept with Brother Yu is? If we don't find her soon, I'm afraid things will turn out badly."
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