With such a serious accusation leveled against him, Deng Zhong dared not speak out of turn.
Xu Pengju pointed to the handkerchief in Deng Zhong's hand and said, "They have a past relationship, but they can't shirk it!"
It's impossible to definitively prove Su Wanwan's affair with Gu Ziyu now, but as long as they insist they have a past relationship, Su Wanwan won't be considered innocent.
Su Wanwan, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.
"Young Master Gu, when did my old handkerchief come into your possession?"
Gu Ziyu's tone softened considerably:
"It was that year when I was stealing persimmons in the palace garden and fell from a tree. Sister Wanwan lent me her handkerchief to wipe my nosebleed."
He paused, then said with a touch of sadness,
"The Empress almost beat me to death that time, but Sister Wanwan saved my life, which caused you to be bedridden for half a year."
Su Wanwan's face turned even paler as she recalled many old things she had deliberately forgotten.
It was a month after the fire at Qingning Palace, on the birthday of Empress Dowager Zhou. Many people came to the palace to offer their birthday wishes.
Gu Ziyu was only ten years old when he mischievously ran to the palace garden north of Kunning Palace to pick persimmons. Not only did he fall down, but he also angered Empress Zhang.
Princess Xiuyi died just over a month ago.
The persimmons on the tree were meant to be used for painting, as Princess Xiuyi had said before her death, but Gu Ziyu, unaware of this, destroyed them.
The pregnant Empress Zhang was furious and vented all her grief on Gu Ziyu, ordering him to be beaten with a hundred strokes of the cane.
After a hundred strokes of the cane, how could a ten-year-old boy possibly survive?
Su Wanwan was sensible from a young age and knew the important position of the Duke of Anguo's mansion in the court. How could she just watch Gu Ziyu lose his life?
She immediately knelt down and said that Gu Ziyu had been instigated by her to try to take the persimmons, and that she should share the blame for him.
This move was merely an attempt to buy time and also to bring the Empress to her senses.
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