Gu Jiangli's words almost confirmed that Lan Shuang had intentionally sent the soup.

If Lan Shuang didn't know there was something wrong with the soup, why would she insist that Lan Shuang make her drink it?

After saying that, she added, "What should I do? I've already drunk the soup. Will I be unable to bear children for the Prince?"

Gu Jiangli covered her mouth in surprise, a smile almost spilling from her lips.

Prince Yu clenched his fists in anger and, suppressing his voice, immediately sent someone to fetch a doctor.

At this moment, the concubines seemed to have found help, and they crowded around Gu Jiangli to ask him with concern:

"What? The young princess also sent you soup? We thought the young princess was only doing this to us concubines."

"Yes, everyone thought that only the concubine received the contraceptive soup, so they told each other not to drink it. We really didn't expect that the little princess would even harm the princess."

"Oh dear, if we had known, we would have sent a message to the Princess as well."

Gu Jiangli knew that these concubines might not really care about her; they just wanted to use her as an excuse to make Lan Shuang receive real punishment.

She was very cooperative, asking, "Is there some misunderstanding? After all, this concerns the prince's offspring. Why would she do this?"

After speaking, he turned a questioning look to Prince Yu and his wife.

The mistress slammed her hand on the table and angrily shouted, "Lan Shuang! Do you know what you're doing?"

Lan Shuang shook her head, "No...it really isn't!"

"You still want to deny it! Since the princess says it was delivered by your maid Xiaolian, then go and ask Xiaolian. She wouldn't dare lie in front of me and the prince!"

The mistress gripped the chair armrests tightly in anger.

What she cared about most was the offspring of Prince Yu, and Ke Lan Shuang actually did such a thing!

When Lan Shuang heard that they were going to ask Xiao Lian, she immediately became anxious.

"No! Mother! It's alright, Lan Shuang was wrong..."

Xiaolian knows what she's been doing. If she's asked about it later, Xiaolian will reveal that she brewed the contraceptive soup herself, and then it'll all be over! No matter how she tries to explain, it'll be useless!

Does it even matter whether she gives this bowl of soup to Gu Jiangli alone or to all the concubines in the backyard?

“Mother, brother, Lan Shuang was wrong, but Lan Shuang didn’t mean to send the contraceptive soup. Lan Shuang genuinely wanted to nourish the concubines in the back courtyard and the princess, which is why she brewed the tonic soup herself…”

"Perhaps I didn't recognize the medicinal herbs, so I mistook Sophora flavescens for ginseng. I was wrong, and I will never be so presumptuous again... Mother, brother, please forgive me this time."

The mistress frowned: "You mean, you did it unintentionally?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I really didn't mean it. I just wanted to do something good, but it backfired. Mother, you have to believe me, I really didn't mean any harm."

The mistress was already somewhat moved, and then looked at Prince Yu with an inquiring gaze.

Lan Shuang understood the meaning in her mother's eyes, so she begged her brother for forgiveness again.

"Brother...please believe me, I couldn't possibly have done such a thing. It was truly my lack of skill that led me to mistake the wrong medicinal herb..."

Prince Yu's eyes remained as cold as ever, showing no tenderness whatsoever towards his sister.

At this moment, a doctor entered, led in by a servant.

Prince Yu's expression changed somewhat after the doctor entered the room.

"Let the doctor take a look first."

Gu Jiangli obediently extended her hand to the doctor.

After taking her pulse and asking questions, and learning about the sophora flavescens decoction, the doctor concluded that Gu Jiangli's health was good, and the amount of decoction she had consumed was not excessive and would not affect her future fertility for the time being.

Only then could Prince Yu and his wife finally put their minds at ease.

Prince Yu breathed a sigh of relief before saying to Lan Shuang, "The Princess Consort is alright; she's lucky, not you. If you really want to be forgiven, the one you should apologize to is the Princess Consort."

Lan Shuang's expression froze for a moment.

She turned her head toward Gu Jiangli as if she were a block of wood.

The smile in Gu Jiangli's eyes made the hairs on the back of her head stand on end.

It was like a cunning fox eyeing its prey that had fallen into its trap.

The mockery and provocation in his eyes infuriated her, yet she dared not retaliate.

Her brother waited indifferently for her apology, while her mother remained silent behind her.

Bowing to Gu Jiangli seemed to be her only way out at this moment.

She gritted her teeth. "I...I'm sorry, Your Highness. It's my fault. I made you drink the bad medicine. Please...please forgive me. I won't do it again."

Gu Jiangli remained silent.

She has no intention of forgiving.

A person with malicious intentions can easily find an excuse to claim innocence and then easily apologize to gain forgiveness.

On what grounds?

Seeing her silence, Lan Shuang became anxious again.

"I've already apologized, what more do you want? You're perfectly fine, do you want to punish me?"

"Shouldn't it be?" Gu Jiangli calmly retorted. "The prince just said that I'm fine because I'm lucky, not because you're lucky. It's only right that you should be punished for doing something wrong, isn't it?"

"you..."

Prince Yu replied, "What the Princess Consort said makes sense."

“Brother…you…” She took two steps forward, trying to grab her brother’s sleeve to plead for mercy, but Prince Yu ruthlessly avoided her.

Prince Yu put his arm around Gu Jiangli's shoulder and said:

"Mother also knows that no one should joke about the issue of offspring. You almost harmed not only the Princess, but also the concubines in the inner quarters."

"If you were truly sensible and knew you were wrong, you should have taken the initiative to accept the punishment, instead of questioning the princess here."

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