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Your Majesty, Gu Youyou’s actions are deserving of death, you certainly cannot let her off lightly."

Gu Youyou greatly admires the Empress’s various logics; she has surpassed even Sherlock Holmes.

The way she talks about it, as if she saw it with her own eyes.

The Emperor looked at Gu Youyou and asked, "What do you have to say? Can you defend yourself?"

Gu Youyou bowed and said, "Father Emperor, I naturally need to defend myself.

As you have seen, I indeed hid a pregnant woman at home, but she is not the person from whom I intended to have a child through surrogacy.

She is a business friend of mine who, due to some difficulties, did not want others to know she was pregnant, so she asked for my help.

As for the cries last night, it was indeed her who suffered.

To avoid suspicion, she always stayed in the room with little movement, so her labor was slow, taking an entire night.

My child started being born after she finished, and I gave birth quickly, within less than half an hour.

Both children were born on the same day, purely by coincidence. "

The Empress scoffed and looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor said indifferently to Gu Youyou, "These are just your verbal statements, not enough to prove that you did not use a surrogate."

"Do we need to do a blood test then?" Gu Youyou replied with a light smile, "Such a small child, Father Emperor surely wouldn’t bear it, but I wonder what Mother thinks?"

"I..." The Empress glared fiercely at Gu Youyou. She was convinced Gu Youyou had used a surrogate and was about to suggest a blood test, but Gu Youyou had taken the initiative.

Having said that, how could she admit willingness now?

The Emperor, as the grandparent, wouldn’t bear it, oh, but I, as the grandmother, would?

How would that look to others?

The Empress felt as if she had swallowed a fly, stifling her discomfort; Gu Youyou was truly formidable.

The Emperor waved his hand and said, "No worries, let’s wait a bit longer. I have sent someone to the Imperial Medical Bureau. When the Imperial Physicians arrive, we will discuss further."

The Empress sighed in relief, deviously looking at Gu Youyou, thinking: Once the Imperial Physician comes, whether you have given birth will be clear. Let’s see how you explain yourself then.

Just don’t claim to be a doctor yourself and staunchly refuse the Imperial Physician’s examination.

Earlier when Gu Youyou was pregnant, the Empress had summoned an Imperial Physician to the Crown Prince Residence to confirm, but Gu Youyou refused by claiming she was a doctor herself.

Now, the Empress thought more and more about the trickery involved here.

If you were really pregnant, why wouldn’t you let the Imperial Physician check for a safe pulse?

To her surprise, Gu Youyou also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the Emperor’s statement.

Thank goodness the Emperor is prudent, calling for the Imperial Physicians.

Let’s wait then, and see what the Imperial Physician has to say, right?

A eunuch proclaimed the decree at the Emperor’s side, and naturally, the Imperial Physicians did not dare to delay and soon arrived.

A great group of old men carrying medicine boxes crowded into the room, making Gu Youyou’s room seem small.

The Emperor didn’t say anything to the Imperial Physicians but directly asked them to examine Gu Youyou.

"First examine the pulse of the wife of the Crown Prince,"

Gu Youyou sat in a chair, generously extending her hand.

The Imperial Physicians had no idea what had happened; wasn’t the wife of the Crown Prince a doctor herself? She did not lack qualified doctors around her, why call all the doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau?

Could it be that the wife of the Crown Prince had some major issue? Had she contracted a terminal illness?

But looking at Gu Youyou, she did not seem like someone with a terminal disease.

"Give her a good examination, you must be thorough," the Empress said from the side.