Chapter 164 Okay, okay, okay?

The room fell silent for a moment.

Three people, six eyes wide open, stared at Gui Liu.

Three faces blank!

Li Mu was the first to react.

He seemed to have been caught off guard, and he took two steps back in a flash, even changing the tone of his voice.

"Wha...what do you mean? You're saying I'm not good enough? How could I not be good enough?"

No man could stand this!

Gui Liu rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

"Who said you can't do it?"

"Then why did you say it would be a miracle if we were born at all after you took my pulse?"

Li Mu was sulking.

Gui Liu snorted irritably, "You're not incapable, but you have a problem, a big problem?"

Li Mu looked indignant and quite certain.

"I have no problem!"

Guiliu: "You've been drugged and sterilized!"

"I usually... what did you say?"

Li Mu suddenly realized what Gui Liu meant halfway through his sentence, and his voice suddenly rose.

You're saying I was given sterilization drugs?

Guiliu nodded firmly.

"That's right, the drug was put on you. No matter how hard you try, or how many tonics your wife takes, you two will never have a child."

Li Muru was struck by lightning and slumped into a chair, speechless for a long time.

After Ke'er, he and Song Yi had two more children.

Unfortunately, neither child survived.

When Song Yi miscarried her third child, the doctor said that she had damaged her uterus and would probably have difficulty conceiving again.

Song Yi was heartbroken for a long time because of this, and even tried to persuade him to take a concubine while suppressing her grief.

He absolutely refused, so Song Yi began to seek out doctors to treat her body.

Over the past four years, I don't know how many tears I've shed in secret, or how many bowls of bitter medicine I've swallowed.

But unexpectedly, the problem lay with him!

What about all the hardships Song Yi has endured over the years?

Song Yi also recalled the events of the past few years, her lips trembled, and tears fell first.

Wiping away her tears, she anxiously asked, "Who? Who drugged my husband?"

Gui Liu spread his hands.

"I don't know about that, but the person who drugged you probably didn't want you to have children."

"If the drug is administered to you, the Crown Prince's wife, the Crown Prince can find another woman to have a child with. But if the drug is administered to the Crown Prince himself, then the problem will be solved once and for all!"

Upon hearing the words "once and for all," Song Yi felt a wave of dizziness.

"Does the gentleman mean that this medicine is ineffective?"

Gui Liu tugged at his beard, remaining silent.

Song Yi's tears fell even more rapidly.

Li Mu's face also turned a little pale, and he gripped Song Yi's hand tightly.

"Don't be afraid, I've said it before, it doesn't matter whether we have a son or not, we already have Ke'er, that's enough!"

Despite saying that, Song Yi still felt very sad.

He gritted his teeth and said, "We must find out who drugged me, and we absolutely cannot let this person get away with it!"

Li Mu frowned, seemingly lost in thought.

Li Nanke remained silent, carefully examining Gui Liu with his hands behind his back.

A moment later, her face fell, and she said angrily, "The teacher is not fair."

Gui Liu:?

Li Nanke said, "The drug that my father was given, you must be able to cure it, right?"

Gui Liu rolled his eyes but didn't say anything.

Li Nanke pointed with his little hand.

"The man's eyes moved, which means he's guilty and isn't telling the truth!"

"If I had known, I wouldn't have told you about the borneol last time. You're so disloyal, I won't share any news with you in the future."

She turned away angrily.

"Oh, no, don't be so stingy."

Gui Liu reached out and grabbed her arm.

Li Nanke tilted her head, her bright eyes staring straight at him, her lips pursed and she remained silent.

Gui Liu, defeated, stomped his foot and yelled "So annoying!" with his messy, frizzy hair.

"Is it okay now that it's healed?"

Li Nanke grinned, revealing two sweet dimples.

"I knew Mr. Guiliu was a good person!"

"How do we counteract this medicine? What medicinal herbs are needed?"

Guiliu tugged at his hair, as if he had made up his mind.

He stomped his foot, yelled "So annoying!" again, and then said, "Actually, the sterilization drug your dad got... I prepared it!"

Li Nanke looked shocked.

Song Yi was so frightened that she forgot to cry.

Li Mu jumped up and pointed at Gui Liu: "Did you drug me?"

Gui Liu rolled his eyes.

"Don't accuse me of anything. I formulated the medicine, I didn't administer it to you."

"Oh dear, I used this sterilization drug when I was young, probably more than 20 years ago, just for fun."

We only prepared five or six at the time; who knew some of them would end up in your household?

Li Mu...

Who would be so kind as to mix sterilization pills for fun?

Gui Liu hummed softly.

"You should be glad this was something I concocted for fun when I was young, otherwise, with my current skill level, the sterilization drug I concoct would be absolutely incurable!"

Li Mu's lips twitched.

So, I should thank you?

Gui Liu chuckled.

"Thank you to my younger self."

Gui Liu wrote out the prescription, explained how to take the medicine, and then left.

Li Nanke had Zisu carry a lantern as she escorted Guiliu away through the side gate.

On the way, Gui Liu glanced at her.

"Little girl, ask whatever you want."

Li Nanke didn't mince words and asked directly, "Was the medicine you prescribed back then a prescription or pills?"

Gui Liu understood what she meant as soon as she heard it.

"The medicine I was given back then was a red pill, about the size of a little fingernail. If you were to take it normally, you could just swallow it with water."

However, if you want to feed it to another person without their knowledge, you can only do so through food, by adding it to snacks or meals.

Li Nanke nodded to indicate that he understood.

Thank you, sir.

After seeing Guiliu off, she went straight back to Fanghua Courtyard.

It was late at night, and Li Mu and Song Yi were wide awake. They sat in the outer room, looking at each other.

Li Nanke relayed Gui Liu's words to the two of them.

Li Mu gritted his teeth.

"Who gave me this despicable drug? Find that person and I will never let them get away with it!"

Song Yi recalled what Li Nanke had said tonight, and then thought of the several times Ke'er had given hints before.

A thought suddenly crossed my mind.

"Do you think it might be the second wife's side? They gave you a sterilization drug so that if we can't have a son, the title of Marquis will have to go to Zhenxuan."

Li Mu's face darkened.

"You mean they're after the titles?"

Song Yi nodded.

"According to Mr. Guiliu, if one wanted to administer medicine through food, the Sun family had been in charge of the household for the past few years, and the main kitchen was under her control, so it would be very easy to administer medicine."

Li Mu pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"It's not impossible. His Majesty has always valued the order of seniority, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and the principle of establishing the eldest son if there is one, and establishing the legitimate son if there is no eldest son."

Therefore, my father could only request that I be made the heir apparent, since my second brother could not be made the heir apparent. So they thought of having Zhenxuan inherit the Marquis's mansion.

Song Yi hesitated for a moment, then whispered her doubts.

"My father-in-law has always favored the second wife over the years. I don't know if he knew about this."

Li Mu's face stiffened slightly. After a moment, he lowered his eyes and held his head in his hands.

His voice trembled slightly, carrying a suppressed pain.

"We are both sons, but I don't know what's wrong with me. No matter how I perform or how hard I try, he just doesn't like me and looks down on me in every way."

When we were kids, he said I wasn't as ambitious as my second brother. Even now that I'm grown up, married, and have children, I still always favor my second brother's family.

Song Yi couldn't understand it either, but she deeply understood the pain of her parents' favoritism.

She saw another version of herself in Li Mu, and her eyes welled up with tears. She gently patted Li Mu's back.

Seeing his parents like this, Li Nanke felt very sad.

She walked over, hugged Li Mu's arm, and gently rubbed her face against him.

She said softly, "Father is good in every way. It's not Father's fault. Grandfather favors Second Uncle because he really loves Second Uncle's biological mother! Second Uncle wasn't even born to Grandmother!"