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However, the Empress isn’t one to make baseless accusations. What’s really going on here?

Meanwhile, Gu Youyou could hardly prevent herself from spouting blood upon hearing the Empress’s words.

Accusing her of seizing a common woman and using her womb to bear a child.

How could she come up with such an idea? What kind of absurdity is this?

"You’re not mistaken, are you?" The Emperor very much wanted to go inside the room to check, but he remembered his position as a Eunuch, which made it inappropriate to enter the room of his daughter-in-law who had just given birth.

The Empress spoke with absolute certainty: "It’s completely true.

How could your servant dare to fabricate such a thing?

This news came from Miss Yue Family. It is said that when Miss Yue temporarily stayed in the Crown Prince Residence, she accidentally discovered this secret.

She advised Zijin and Youyou not to do such a thing, but they not only refused to listen but also drove Miss Yue and her husband out. "

The Emperor remembered that Yue Ruxue and Yi Qiuping had moved from the Crown Prince Residence to live in the inn, but he hadn’t inquired further about the reason.

Because he knew that Jin Zijin did not like being watched over in all his affairs.

But could it be for this reason?

Gu Youyou could no longer bear it; she decided it was time to go out. If she allowed the Empress to continue slandering her, there would be no end to it.

It turns out that the news was indeed leaked by Yue Ruxue, who has a volatile temper; unfortunately, Yue Ruxue had returned to Lingnan, so finding her and settling the score was impossible.

Supported by Xiang Chun, Gu Youyou walked out from the room, her hair simply done up, and her attire plain.

Are there few in the palace who have been wronged and died because of false charges?

But she would not be one of those.

Due to her physical condition, she looked somewhat haggard, but angry, her face was tinged with red.

"Greetings to Father Emperor," she said with a slight bow.

The Emperor looked at her and said, "Dispense with the formalities, please sit."

Gu Youyou did not refuse and sat on a stool opposite the Emperor.

The Emperor asked her, "Is everything the Empress said true?"

Gu Youyou glanced at the Empress and thought how pitiful this woman was.

Jealous of others who could bear children when her own son had no heirs, she had lost her reason in jealousy. Perhaps her usual intelligence was clouded by this jealousy.

She is seizing every possible opportunity to suppress her own, probably dreaming that Zijin and she would be better off unable to have children. In that case, the struggle with King Jin would be back to the same starting line.

But her calculations were wrong.

Gu Youyou smiled at her and then turned back to the Emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, it’s not true. The child is mine, and there were others in the room who saw everything. And as for pregnancy, a huge matter like this, how could Zijin not know?"

The Empress scoffed, "I never said this was done by you alone. You’re right, you can hide a pregnancy from anyone, but not from the husband sharing your bed. So, this was something you and Jin Zijin did together."

Gu Youyou sighed and said, "You think too much. We’re not so depraved."

The Empress looked at Gu Youyou coldly and said, "Then explain who the woman in the room is?"

"A woman in the room?" The Emperor was incredibly shocked.

The Empress quickly explained to him, "Yes, there’s another woman in the room, the woman who just gave birth and is too exhausted to get up."

The Emperor signaled to his most trusted eunuch, Eunuch Wan, who immediately understood and headed into the room.

"Ah!" Gu Youyou thought to stop him but was helpless.