"If she spoke, wouldn't she admit that she had investigated Xiao Qinqin's whereabouts in the past?"
But if she didn't speak, how could she defend Gu Youyou?
The Empress thought for a long while, then whispered to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, Doctor Gu said that she bought the jade pendant. It seems it might have ended up among the common people and was inadvertently bought by Doctor Gu. Sister Xiao has been dead for over twenty years; Youyou wasn't even born then."
That was the only way she could remind the Emperor and clear Gu Youyou from any connection with Xiao Qinqin. Whether Gu Youyou could pass this trial set by the Emperor depended on her own fate.
The Emperor seemed not to hear the Empress's words and only stared at Gu Youyou.
Gu Youyou, head bowed, did not look at them, thoughts racing in her mind.
How could she save herself without implicating Jin Zijin?
