Now she had no idea what to do.
She wanted to abort the child in her belly, too. Once the child was gone, they should be able to escape this calamity by stubbornly denying everything.
She had already sent a maid to buy an abortifacient.
It would be fine. It would be fine. She mustn't panic!
Once she drank the medicine, everything would be fine!
Cai Jingwen kept reassuring herself this way.
Just then, a maid pushed open the door and ran inside, saying,
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
Right now, the last thing Cai Jingwen wanted was to hear anyone say something terrible had happened. She looked at the ill-mannered maid and snapped,
"What nonsense are you spouting?
"I am perfectly fine."
The maid dropped to her knees in fright.
"Your Highness, I know I was wrong."
Only then did Cai Jingwen ask,
"Tell me, what is it?
"If my father has sent someone again, don't bother telling me."
"Your Highness, it isn't someone sent by Lord Cai. Lord Xiao, commander of the Forbidden Army, has brought men here. General Chu is here, too, and many others besides them."
An ominous feeling rose in Cai Jingwen's heart at those words. She asked,
"Why have so many people come? Do you know the reason?"
"I don't know, Your Highness. Lord Xiao didn't say.
"Lord Xiao only asked that the Princess Consort come to the front hall."
Cai Jingwen couldn't help frowning, but remembering that her cousin was there too, she said,
"Do my hair and makeup."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Only after a quarter of an hour did Cai Jingwen make her way to the front hall.
The dense crowd startled Cai Jingwen when she arrived. The maid hadn't said there were this many people.
The front hall was