Although the Emperor was unaware of this news, Consort Wan had known about it for a long time.
Initially, the Crown Prince was with the Emperor. After Sheng Jingyu entered the palace, the Emperor summoned him privately and released the Crown Prince from the palace.
It was Consort Wan who abducted him midway, preventing him from getting involved in the matter.
Lu Wanying was suspected of having a miscarriage. Su Wenyuan went there with a doctor, and Sheng Jingyu entered the palace at the same time. Even without thinking, it was obvious that there was a connection between these events.
Consort Wan's first thought was to get rid of this matter.
The day it was confirmed that Lu Wanying was pregnant, Consort Wan was trying to find a way to get Lu Wanying out of the house without anyone knowing.
Or you could tell the Emperor directly that as long as it's kept secret and outsiders don't know, it's not a big deal.
But she had to find an opportunity to speak to the Emperor. She hadn't found an opportunity yet, but she gave Su Lin'er an opportunity to make her move.
The doctor is right outside the general's mansion; if Su Wenyuan wants to investigate, this matter cannot be kept secret.
The only way forward is to get the Crown Prince to deny it. After all, Lu Wanying has a history of making things up. If we insist that she is framing him, then the Crown Prince will have nothing to do with it.
But fearing the crown prince would object, she forcibly detained him.
Only after the imperial decree was issued did she tell the Crown Prince the truth.
"Lu Guanfeng should be beheaded and his head displayed to the public. The rest of them should be exiled. Su Wenyuan is guarding the General's Mansion with a doctor. Lu Wanying's pregnancy cannot be kept secret. You must protect yourself!" Consort Wan urged.
Sheng Yuanhe angrily said, "Why didn't you say so sooner? If I had gone earlier..."
"You should have gone there earlier! Everyone knows the child is yours, and countless people in the court will impeach you. You're not even married yet!" Consort Wan was practically shouting herself hoarse.
The Sheng Yuanhe of the past would never have been so muddle-headed.
If the Emperor had known earlier that he was so mentally unstable, why would he have made him the Crown Prince?
"No, the child can't be harmed. I'm going right now." The Crown Prince strode out.
Consort Wan chased after her, and when she finally caught up, she slapped her across the face.
"I told you you can't admit it! She has to admit it herself. If you want to save her, you can figure something out while she's in exile." Consort Wan glared angrily.
The slap was quite forceful; Consort Wan's hand was numb from the impact.
Sheng Yuanhe also knew that there was no solution to this problem. Ever since Lu Wanying became pregnant, unless he could be ruthless, his reputation would be ruined.
Seeing that he had regained consciousness, Consort Wan breathed a sigh of relief.
If Sheng Yuanhe continues to be this stupid, she will have to find someone to exorcise the evil spirits from him.
"You should leave the palace right now. Su Wenyuan is going to make a big deal out of this. You need to refute her in front of her. As long as you don't admit it, she'll be the one who's being framed, and your father will definitely stand up for you," Consort Wan suggested.
Sheng Yuanhe is, after all, the Crown Prince. Even if he did it, as long as he doesn't admit it, the Emperor will definitely side with him. The Emperor doesn't want to see the reputation of the Crown Prince tarnished.
Sheng Yuanhe nodded to indicate that he understood and left the palace.
After the imperial edict was read aloud, the first part listed Lu Guanfeng's crimes, and only then did it mention the Lu family members.
It was just a matter of a single sentence; his family was exiled to the north.
Now no one cared about the doctor anymore. Soldiers stormed in, took away the crying and making a scene, and first took them to the prison to be put in shackles.
Lu Wanying struggled frantically, but no one could get close to her.
Su Lin'er laughed and said, "Don't struggle anymore. The imperial decree has been issued, so you don't need to see any doctors anymore."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Lu Wanying shouted, "Who dares to touch me? I'm pregnant, and it's the Crown Prince's child, a royal heir!"
With just one sentence, the surroundings fell completely silent.
Su Lin'er's eyes were filled with hatred, and she was about to tear the handkerchief in her hand to shreds.
The guesses were different from what Lu Wanying herself admitted.
Madam Chen struggled free from the soldier's grasp and excitedly ran to Lu Wanying's side, asking, "Really? You're pregnant?"
She didn't even want to know the cause and effect; she just wanted to know if this matter could rescue her family.
"You're talking nonsense again!" Sheng Jingyu came out from behind.
Su Wenyuan then said, "Are you going to slander the Crown Prince now?"
They did not, as Consort Wan had hoped, make a big fuss about the matter and keep pressing it.
On the contrary, they are doing their best to cover up for the crown prince.
Lu Wanying cried out with tears streaming down her face, "If you don't believe me, isn't there a doctor here? Let him take my pulse. I accidentally ate a sip of soup today and started having abdominal pain, but I feel much better now. The baby should be fine!"
Su Lin'er was even more furious. Such a big bowl of soup, and she only drank one sip?
If I had drunk a few more sips, I definitely would have lost the baby.
Lu Liang grabbed a doctor and asked him to take Lu Wanying's pulse.
After taking her pulse, the doctor dared not speak, and turned to look at Su Wenyuan's face.
"It's okay, just tell the truth."
With Su Wenyuan's consent, the doctor dared to give his conclusion: it was a pregnancy pulse, but it seemed that she had taken blood-activating medicine and there were signs of miscarriage. She needed to rest well now.
Lu Wanying breathed a sigh of relief, her whole body trembling with joy.
Others were happy for her too; could this be considered a glimmer of hope after a period of despair?
Su Lin'er said, "Getting pregnant without being married or engaged, what else does it prove besides that you're promiscuous?"
These words embarrassed Lu Wanying. Madam Chen clung to this lifeline and said, "Never mind whether she's virtuous or not, she's carrying the Crown Prince's child. Do you dare touch her?"
“You say so, so it is? Has the Crown Prince admitted it?” Su Wenyuan retorted, but her voice was weak and feeble.
Only when her momentum weakens will the Lu family become even more arrogant.
"Then we'll wait here for the Crown Prince to arrive!"
"You'll know when the Crown Prince arrives."
Sheng Jingyu sighed and said, "Go to the palace and invite the imperial physician. Leave two maids to take care of Miss Lu. Take the rest of you away. If this is false, you will have to add another charge against you."
The Lu family refused to leave and were eventually forcibly dragged to prison.
Even if the Crown Prince admits to this, it has nothing to do with them.
The entire general's mansion wasn't left to Lu Wanying; only one courtyard was partitioned off for her, and the rest of the courtyards still needed to be searched.
By the time Sheng Yuanhe arrived, everyone had already left.
Throughout the entire affair, Sheng Jingyu and Su Wenyuan were both thinking of the Crown Prince's best interests, and no one could find fault with them.
"What did you do to Wanying?" Sheng Yuanhe's eyes were slightly red, as if he had just been crying.
Su Wenyuan scoffed, "Your Highness is not satisfied with the doctor's care?"
First of all, it's as if the two of them are bullying someone; who did they learn this skill of spreading rumors from?
However, seeing Sheng Yuanhe like this, Su Wenyuan was a little moved; he was quite devoted.
Unexpectedly, Sheng Yuanhe's next words immediately changed Su Wenyuan's mind.
When Sheng Yuanhe learned that they hadn't made things difficult for Lu Wanying, his anger was stuck in his chest, and he couldn't vent it.
Then he asked, "You hired a doctor to take care of the child? You didn't believe her when she said the child was mine, did you? This is slander!"
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