Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child

Deng Yuchuan took a deep breath, trying to calm down.

"Now, I've told you all I know.

Shouldn't you also tell me, how did you meet Li Niang? "

Xiao Juan said truthfully: "The people who really saw Li Niang were Niaoyou and Xiao Hai. When I saw Li Niang, she was already a corpse."

Curly is still in a coma, unable to speak for the time being, so she can only let Ling Hai do it for her.

When Ling Hai saw Li Niang, Ling Hai was also there. As a bystander, he could hear the conversation between Li Niang and Li Niang clearly.

He repeated those words verbatim.

After Deng Yuchuan listened carefully, he felt more and more uncomfortable.

His younger sister is already gray-haired, but she has to sell red bean soup alone in the temple. One can imagine how hard she has been through these years.

She is the daughter of the Deng family's heirloom, and since she was a child, she has never touched the sun and spring water. She was supposed to be pampered and raised by gold and jade, but she ended up like this.

How could Deng Yuchuan accept this?

He suppressed the grief in his heart and asked.

"How did Li Niang die?"

Xiao Juan: "Her body was salvaged from the Yu River. After inspection, she died of drowning. There were four stab wounds on her body before she died."

Luo Pingsha added: "There are scars on her face and body, all of which are old scars. Judging from the color of the scars, it has been at least forty years."

In other words, the scars on Li Niang's body were there before she left Deng's house.

Deng Yuchuan clutched his cane tightly, gritted his teeth and said authentically.

"Who killed her?"

Xiao Juan: "We are still investigating Li Niang's case. Li Niang left us a clue before she died."

After finishing speaking, he bent down, stretched out his hand to hold her curly left hand, and lifted her sleeve up, revealing the jade bracelet on her wrist.

In order to prevent the bracelet from being lost or damaged, Niaoyou always wears the bracelet on her hand, and will not take it off easily.

Deng Yuchuan stood up and walked over with a cane.

He carefully looked at the bracelet by the dim candlelight.

"I have never seen this bracelet in the mansion, it should not belong to the Deng family."

Xiao Juan explained: "It was originally an offering in the palace and was given to Concubine Meng by the late emperor, but it finally appeared in Li Niang's hands."

Hearing him mention Concubine Meng, Deng Yuchuan immediately thought of it.

"In Li Niang's last letter to my family before she disappeared, Concubine Meng was mentioned.

She said that Concubine Meng was going to hold a flower viewing party in Beijing and invited many noble ladies from aristocratic families.

Li Niang and Luo Niang also received invitations, and that year's draft was about to start.

They plan to go to Beijing to take part in elective courses, and drop by the Flower Appreciation Fair. "

Deng Yuchuan paused when he said this, and explained in a slightly lower voice.

"Luo Niang is the boudoir name of the Empress Dowager, Li Niang's full name is Deng Yuli, and the Empress Dowager's full name is Deng Yuluo."

Xiao Juan had a speculation in his mind. After the Deng sisters went to Yujing, they met Concubine Meng at the flower viewing party. Maybe it was at that time that Concubine Meng gave her pair of bracelets to the two sisters. .

After Li Niang left Deng's house, she was still wearing the jade bracelet.

After she gave birth to the child and gave the child to the old couple of the Feng family, she left the bracelet to the child as a souvenir.

That child should be Feng Lianghan. When he grew up, he married a bride and gave the bracelet to his wife, Xie Shi.

This can explain why Mrs. Xie has that bracelet in her hand.

Seeing Xiao Juan's thoughtful expression, Deng Yuchuan asked.

"Did His Royal Highness think of anything?"

Xiao Juan hesitated for a moment, but in the end he finally spoke out his guess.

"These are all my conjectures, without actual evidence, so they may not be true."

Deng Yuchuan believed his guess about seven or eight percent, and then asked.

"I don't know where Li Niang's child is now?"

Xiao Juan said in a deep voice: "The whole family of Feng's family has been silenced, even the fetus in Xie's womb has not been spared."

As if struck by lightning, Deng Yuchuan's eyes turned black, and his body shook twice involuntarily, as if he was about to fall down in the next moment.

Xiao Juan stretched out his hand to help him.

Deng Yuchuan hurriedly supported the crutches to stabilize his figure, and then waved to Xiao Juan, expressing that he didn't need help.

His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and it took him a long time to force out a sound through his teeth.

"Who did it?"

Xiao Juan: "We are still investigating the case, and we still don't know who the real culprit is."

Deng Yuchuan's eyes were flushed, and his voice trembled: "Is that Deng Yuluo?"

He didn't even call out his honorific title, he just called the Empress Dowager by her boudoir name.

Xiao Juan said cautiously: "There is no evidence, so it cannot be confirmed."

Deng Yuchuan: "In other words, Deng Yuluo is very suspicious, right?"

Xiao Juan nodded slightly, giving an affirmative answer.

Deng Yuchuan kept exerting force on the fingers holding the cane, and the knuckles were faintly white.

Hate filled his chest.

"I knew it was her! I knew it was her!"

Xiao Juan reminded: "Everything is just speculation, lacking substantial evidence, in case we guess wrong..."

Deng Yuchuan interrupted him.

"It's impossible to guess wrong, it must be Deng Yuluo!

She hated Li Niang since she was a child, and often robbed Li Niang of her things.

When I was young, I felt that she was still young, so I didn't take the conflict between her and Li Niang to heart.

I think it will be fine when they grow up.

Unexpectedly, Deng Yuluo actually got worse,

He bullied Li Niang when I was not at home, forcing Li Niang to leave her hometown.

Now even Li Niang's children are not spared.

Snake, scorpion, and venomous woman, die badly! "

Xiao Juan: "We must have solid evidence before we can convict the Queen Mother."

Deng Yuchuan said without hesitation.

"I will follow you to Yujing, as long as I can see Li Niang's body, I can confirm Li Niang's identity.

When the time comes, I will bring Li Niang's body into the palace to confront the Queen Mother face to face, to see what she has to say! "

Xiao Juan: "If she persists and refuses to admit it..."

Deng Yuchuan: "Then I will die with her! Even if she dies, I will drag her to hell with her and let her make amends for Li Niang!"

Xiao Juan wanted to persuade him again, but Deng Yuchuan was determined.

"I'll ask someone to arrange a room for you to rest, and we will set off for Yujing tomorrow morning."

After Deng Yuchuan finished speaking, he walked out on crutches.

His back seems to be more stooped than before, and his whole body has become older.

The death of his own sister had dealt him a great blow.

Soon a steward walked in, and he said respectfully.

"His Royal Highness, please follow me."

Xiao Juan had no choice but to hug Niao Niao, followed by Luo Pingsha and Ling Hai, and the group of four were taken to the guest room to rest for now.

It was not until dawn the next day that Yu Niao woke up.

She opened her eyes and found herself lying on an unfamiliar bed. She immediately sat up and looked around vigilantly.

Xiao Juan came over with her clothes.

"How are you feeling? Is there anything uncomfortable?"

When Yu Niaoyou saw him, she immediately relaxed.

"I'm fine, where is this?"

Xiao Juan: "This is the Deng family."

Then he gave a general account of what happened last night.