A moment later, the nanny reported to Consort Kong, "Your Highness, Miss Hongyu's knee is indeed injured."
Everyone was speechless.
Songhua was also filled with shame and felt even more pity for Hongyu. He quickly instructed the maids in the mansion to take Hongyu to change her clothes.
Hongyu has turned the tide and escaped the infamy of seducing Songhua Gongzi.
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Half an hour later.
Hongyu rode in Songhua's sedan chair back to Furong Garden. The sedan chair swayed back and forth, and under the oil-paper umbrella was a little face with a smile that couldn't hide her happiness.
People on the street dared not point and gossip about her anymore. After all, Consort Kong had confirmed that Hongyu had not seduced Songhua, and had even arranged for Hongyu to become a godparent to the Prince of Xiang's family. Now, who would dare to talk about Hongyu?
Hongyu knew that Consort Kong's actions were simply to thwart her improper thoughts about Songhua. It didn't matter; she could simply visit the child at Prince Xiang's residence as his aunt and see Songhua frequently.
In the blink of an eye, the sedan chair stopped at the entrance of Furong Garden. Prince Yan hurriedly came forward to greet him, "Yu'er, Kang'er is sick. Would you like to go back and see him?"
The Prince of Yan sent her to visit Kang'er? Isn't he afraid Qiu Shuang'er will get angry?
This Qiu Shuang'er is quite arrogant and domineering. Originally, General Qiu had an illegitimate daughter named Qiu Xue'er. General Qiu brought Qiu Xue'er back to the Qiu family, wanting to register her as a concubine. Qiu Shuang'er refused, so Qiu Xue'er had no choice but to become Qiu Shuang'er's personal maid and follow her into the Yan Prince's mansion.
Unexpectedly, on the second day after their marriage, whether by design or not, the Prince of Yan brought Qiu Xue'er into his bedchamber to serve him, and afterwards claimed that he mistook her for Qiu Shuang'er.
Qiu Shuang'er was consumed by jealousy and that very night ordered the steward to sell Qiu Xue'er.
Qiu Shuang'er is heartless and ungrateful to her own sister, and even more so to Hongyu. Her plan to send Hongyu back to visit the child is to use Hongyu to contribute to the grand cause of the Yan Prince's mansion.
Hongyu naturally guessed that the weasel's New Year's greeting to the chicken was not well-intentioned, but she was not yet strong enough to confront the Yan Prince's Mansion, so she could only obey orders.
Upon arriving at the Yan Prince's residence, it was already dark. A woman was pacing anxiously at the entrance. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Shen Yu.
With a cold expression, Yan Wang asked softly, "What is it?"
Shen Yu frowned, her eyes filled with worry. After leaving Consort Kong's tent, she went to the thatched hut outside the city and found the cripple. The cripple refused to leave the hut and wouldn't let her touch him. Seeing the increasingly severe abscess, she had no choice but to ask Old Li to treat the cripple.
She bowed to King Yan before speaking, "King Yan, Chen Yu has encountered a difficult and incurable disease, and has come to ask Elder Li for help."
Yan Wang frowned slightly, startled: How did Chen Yu know that Elder Li was here?
Since he moved to this remote Dongsheng Village, he has been secretly going to the mass grave to collect corpses. Under the pretext of saving lives, he invited Old Li to come and save some martial arts masters.
In addition, he would also arrest and torture the confidants of other princes, obtaining a great deal of secret information. For example, after learning that the Empress and the Emperor's brother-in-law had been beheaded, Prince Heng stopped training his troops and spent his days in a drunken stupor; Prince Li had dealings with enemy countries on the northern border...
This morning, Qiu Shuang'er received a letter from General Qiu, saying that the Guli tribe and the Dili tribe on the western frontier were fighting. If she could win over the Guli tribe through a marriage alliance, she could occupy the Dili tribe and expand her country's territory.
If that's the case, it would be a great achievement, and the emperor would surely be pleased.
Therefore, King Yan accepted General Qiu's proposal, but who should be sent for the marriage alliance? Qiu Shuang'er chose Hongyu, and King Yan agreed. So, he hurriedly summoned Hongyu to discuss the marriage alliance.
Seeing Mu Chenyu blocking the door, King Yan was annoyed and said in a deep voice, "Where did this Elder Li come from? I've never heard of him before. I have important matters to attend to, so please excuse me."
Shen Yu blocked the doorway and refused to back down, saying directly, "A few days ago, I came to the Yan Prince's residence to look for my child. I clearly saw Elder Li, so why isn't he here? If he's not here, where did he go? I hope the Yan Prince can tell me."
"Naturally, they went to the deep mountains and forests to gather medicinal herbs."
Seeing that King Yan refused to hand over Elder Li, Chen Yu was extremely anxious. The lame man's condition was worsening, and she feared that if it dragged on any longer, he would lose his life. Why would King Yan refuse to hand over Elder Li? He must have some unspeakable secret.
So she frowned and said coldly, "Before leaving Beijing, Old Li told me that he would definitely return before Qingming Festival. Now, ten months have passed and he still hasn't come back."
At this time, someone in the capital has contracted an infectious disease. If it breaks out, only Elder Li may be able to cure it.
Since Elder Li is not in Prince Yan's residence, for the sake of the people's safety, Shen Yu has no choice but to request the Emperor to order a search for Elder Li. Shen Yu will now proceed to the palace to take her leave!
Seeing Chen Yu turn and leave, Hong Yu shouted, "Wait!" Then she pulled Yan Wang aside and whispered:
“Your Highness, I have obtained reliable information. The officials have discovered that the abandoned body was treated before its death. If someone finds Elder Li in Your Highness’s residence, the matter of harboring righteous heroes will likely be exposed. Your Highness should let Elder Li leave now. Elder Li has already submitted to you and will naturally not leak the secret. As for how to explain to Chen Yu, just say that Elder Li came to examine Kang’er.”
Upon hearing this, King Yan found it reasonable and agreed with Hongyu.
Hongyu followed Yan Wang to a bedroom, where she saw Qiu Shuang'er sitting by the bed. Upon closer inspection, she saw that Kang'er was fast asleep, his chubby cheeks were rosy and glowing, his round little belly was rising and falling smoothly as he breathed, and his plump little hand was being held by Qiu Shuang'er.
Once she was sure Kang'er was safe, she quickly left the bedroom to avoid making Qiu Shuang'er jealous and implicating Kang'er.
Upon entering the hall, Qiu Shuang'er slowly walked over, pulled Yan Wang to take a seat, and after they sat down, she calmly pointed to the seat to the side, "Sister Hongyu, sit down and talk."
Hongyu sat down, her eyes lowered to hide her grief and indignation. The seat of honor in this hall once belonged to her and Prince Yan, but now it was occupied by Qiushuang'er and Prince Yan.
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