Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 488

Zeng Rou was also unconscious due to her injuries.

"Your Majesty, General Zeng is requesting an audience outside."

Murong Yu coldly replied, "I won't see you."

The assassins are all dead. Whether they were acting under orders is impossible to verify, but Gong Shu's words are enough to show that Zeng Rou is the most suspicious.

"General Zeng, you should go back! Young Master Pei has not yet woken up, and the Emperor is too busy to see you," said Eunuch Fu.

What do you mean Pei Shang hasn't woken up?

It's clearly because Yun Xiyue hasn't woken up. If the Emperor is truly worried about Pei Shang, he should be watching over Pei Shang, not Yun Xiyue.

But now Gong Shu's words have made people suspicious of Zeng Rou.

Does the Emperor's deliberate refusal to see me indicate that he also has suspicions?

General Zeng felt worried, but dared not say anything more.

The next day, Zeng Rou woke up first. She dragged her weak body to find Murong Yu, "Brother Yu..."

Upon entering, he saw Murong Yu carefully wiping Yun Xiyue's sweat, taking care of her all night and not even wanting to look at her.

He saw this woman trying to kill him, so why is he still taking care of her like this?

Zeng Rou was jealous and resentful. "Brother Yu... Yun Xiyue is trying to kill me."

"Ah Yue, if someone wants to kill you, it must be because you've done something too outrageous." Murong Yu didn't even glance at her.

Zeng Xiao, who had come with her, couldn't tolerate this any longer. "Your Majesty, I know you like Yun Xiyue, but you can't be so biased! We both saw that Yun Xiyue hurt Rou'er, and she wanted to kill Rou'er. Do you still want to protect her?"

"Summon Miss Gong Liu to come here." Murong Yu raised his eyes and glanced indifferently at the brother and sister.

General Zeng also came with Gong Shu.

"Your Majesty." General Zeng originally intended to wait for Yun Xiyue to wake up before coming, but he did not expect his daughter to be so impatient.

Zeng Rou felt that she should seize the opportunity before Yun Xiyue woke up and quickly convict her.

"General Zeng, please have a seat!" Although Murong Yu was annoyed by Zeng Rou, he had always held General Zeng in high esteem.

He offered someone a seat.

General Zeng felt sorry for his daughter, but he gave her his seat.

Murong Yu then had another chair brought over for him. "General Zeng, please sit down."

"This old minister thanks Your Majesty." General Zeng was flattered and even more certain that the emperor did not suspect that the Zeng family were spies.

He has a clear conscience; the Zeng family would never do such a thing as colluding with the enemy and betraying the country.

There's nothing to worry about. Just sit down and listen to what Gong Shu and Zeng Rou have to say.

Gong Shu recounted everything that had happened in the cave, then glared at Zeng Rou, "I've heard that General Zeng Rou is the number one female general of the Great Xia Dynasty, so she must be very skilled. I just didn't expect that General Zeng Rou couldn't even kill two little assassins, and that she needed weak women like me and Sister Xi Yue to protect her."

“Miss Gong Shu, you’ve misunderstood. I was really injured that day and couldn’t save anyone,” Zeng Rou said with a look of shame.

"I know you won't believe me, but it's true. I'm not only injured, but also poisoned."

"Even if I take the antidote pill, I still won't be able to use my martial arts and internal energy. If you don't believe me, you can ask Doctor Liu to explain."

The military doctor, Liu, was summoned. "Your Majesty," he reported, "General Zeng Rou has indeed been given a drug that temporarily deprives her of martial arts skills and internal energy. The effects of the drug have not yet worn off."

Gong Shu frowned. "Impossible. Sister Xiyue took her pulse and only said she was poisoned. That's when her brother brought her to us."

Zeng Xiao said, "I only knew that Rou'er was poisoned, but I didn't know that she was also given a drug that caused her to lose her internal energy. Besides, Yun Xiyue didn't say that Rou'er wasn't given this kind of drug!"