The crowd started to discuss it more fiercely because of what Madam Wei said. Shen Qing’s marriage with the Wei family was spreading widely some time ago, but today, out of blue, she was pregnant. What kind of logic was this? How could a virgin girl get pregnant? Did she have an affair before marriage?
Ren Wanyun still did not move. She seemed to have lost all her strength. She only crawled to Shen Qing’s side and hugged her.
“Madam Shen, I also want to know what’s going on,” the empress said coldly.
Although Ming Qi was open-minded about the matters between men and women, getting pregnant before marriage and having an affair with someone was something that would embarrass the family. The Shen family was an influential family in Ming Qi. Although Shen Gui’s official rank was not as high as Shen Xin’s, it was not low either. The higher Shen Qing’s rank was, the worse the impact of this matter would be.
Ren Wanyun only felt bitterness and could not say a word. What could she say? That her daughter didn’t have an affair with someone but was raped? But no matter what, it was a fact that her daughter lost her virginity before marriage. She could not say it was Prince Yu’s doing. Prince Yu was a person who would not hesitate to retaliate. If she accused him, she would probably end up miserably.
“If Madam Shen doesn’t want to tell me, then Miss Shen will.” The empress’s gaze suddenly turned sharp as she instructed the palace maids beside her, “Go and wake Miss Shen up. I have something to ask her.”
Ren Wanyun was shocked, but the palace maids beside the empress had already walked forward. They were very fast, and before Ren Wanyun could stop them, the two palace maids had already woken Shen Qing up very roughly. Shen Qing’s stomach was still in pain, but she heard the empress ask coldly, “Shen Qing, who is the father of your child?”
When Shen Qing heard this, she froze. She looked at Ren Wanyun for help. In a hurry, Ren Wanyun shook her head slightly at Shen Qing and told her not to spout nonsense. As for the future, Ren Wanyun would definitely think of a way to save her.
Seeing that Ren Wanyun was shaking her head, Shen Qing did not understand what she meant, but she did not dare to spout nonsense. She stammered, “I… I…”
Shen Miao sighed and said, “Eldest Sister, you’ve committed a capital crime so you’d better confess and bring everything out in the open.”
Ren Wanyun looked at Shen Miao fiercely, wishing she could tear her mouth apart.
Shen Qing trembled, her eyes filled with fear. What Shen Miao meant was that she would not be able to escape death. At the thought of this, Shen Qing couldn’t care less and suddenly shouted, “No… No… My child is Prince Yu’s! The child in my stomach is Prince Yu’s flesh and blood!”
Prince Yu… Everyone looked at Prince Yu. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Shen Qing with a very gloomy expression.
“Qing, stop talking nonsense!” Ren Wanyun rushed over and covered Shen Qing’s mouth. However, Shen QIng could not take back what she had already said.
Shen Qing widened her eyes and stared at Prince Yu. Her thoughts were very simple. Since she was pregnant with Prince Yu’s flesh and blood, she was related to the royal family. This way, no matter what, the emperor would not execute his nephew.
Shen Miao looked at Shen Qing and found it a little funny. She could roughly guess what Shen Qing was thinking, but Shen QIng forgot that the royal family would get rid of her while keeping the child. In the harem, this method had been used countless times. Did Shen Qing really think that she could live safely with that child inside her? She would just die faster.
