After visiting Song Gege's residence, they happened to find her drinking medicine.

"Hello, Sister Song."

"Sister, get up quickly, there's no need for so much formality between us."

Geng Youran smiled politely.

“Sister Song, this is a piece of jade that the Fujin (wife of the emperor) gave me before. I heard that you usually like jade the most, and I thought this piece of jade would be perfect for carving a Guanyin or something similar, so I brought it with me.”

Song Gege quickly had someone take it from Xinyi's hands and said:

"Look at you, you should have kept such a good thing for yourself."

Geng Youran thought to herself,

"If you don't want it, don't accept it so quickly."

Then Geng Youran changed the subject:

"Sister, when I came into the room just now, I smelled a medicinal scent. Are you feeling unwell?"

Song Rusi said dejectedly:

“After giving birth last time, my health never recovered. Fortunately, my father-in-law was concerned and had people prepare and brew medicine for me every day to help me recover.”

Xinyi kept a close eye on things. Her daughter was pregnant, so she had to stay away from these medicines, since all medicines have some degree of toxicity.

As Song Gege turned to pick up her teacup, Xinyi tugged at Gege's clothes, signaling her to sit further away.

"Sister, I heard that you've been taking contraceptive medicine since you came to the manor?"

Geng Youran asked in surprise:

"How did your sister find out?"

Song Rusi smiled.

"Silly sister, there's only one place in our mansion where medicine is brewed, and it's crowded and noisy."

Geng Youran thought about it and agreed, so she didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, when Geng Youran was summoned for tea again, Song Rusi suddenly turned pale and bled profusely.

This, this is!

Geng Youran quickly called out:

"Xiao Anzi, quick, go and fetch the imperial physician!"

Because the journey was quite long, they first invited the local physician to come and treat them.

"Your Highness, Consort Song's condition suggests a possible miscarriage. Has she taken any medicine recently?"

Yinzhen summoned the maidservant beside Song Gege. The maidservant trembled and said:

"Today, as usual, I went to brew medicine for the princess. On the way, I ran into the maidservant next to the princess and chatted for a few words. When I came back, the princess started bleeding not long after drinking the medicine."

"You're spouting nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Xinyi immediately realized what was going on. She wondered why Song Gege kept staring at her own princess; it turned out she was trying to frame her.

"Your Highness, it's true that I chatted with this girl for a few minutes, but there were other people in the courtyard at that time. Perhaps this girl took the wrong medicine herself!"

"You're talking nonsense! I brew medicine for the princess every day, and I know the taste of medicine better than anyone. There's no way I could have taken the wrong one!"

The two men each expressed their own opinions. Yinzhen, who was already furious, smashed his teacup on the ground, silencing the entire room.

"Geng Youran, you tell us."

“My lord, I have a clear conscience. The prescription was given by you, and I dare not change it. If I hadn’t caught a cold a few days ago, I wouldn’t have dared to change the medicine. You might as well just check the dregs of the medicine.”

With a wave of his hand, Yinzhen sent Gao Wuyong into the room with two packets of medicine dregs.

In fact, Yinzhen had already had the imperial physician examine him.

Song Rusi is not pregnant at all; this performance today is probably for another purpose.

"These two packets of medicine don't contain any contraceptive medicine at all. On the contrary, one packet is for nourishing the fetus and the other is for abortion! Do you think I'm a joke?!"

Seeing that Yinzhen was angry, everyone knelt down and confessed their sins.

Xinyi felt sorry for her princess, so she told the truth.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, that packet of pregnancy-preserving medicine is for the Princess! The Princess is already more than two months pregnant!"

Just then, Geng Youran fainted!

When Geng Youran woke up again, she saw Xin Yi's reddened eyes and Yinzhen's serious expression, and she guessed about 70-80% of what had happened.

"Is the child gone?"

"Leisurely..."

"My lord, don't try to fool me. Just tell me, is our child gone?"

Yinzhen held Geng Youran's hand tightly, suppressing his anger, and comforted her:

"Your health is the most important thing. Take good care of yourself, and we can have more children in the future."

Even with her eyes tightly closed, Geng Youran couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

Even though this body wasn't hers, it was still a body of flesh and blood, and her heart wasn't made of iron.

Yinzhen patted You Ran, put his hand under the covers, then instructed Xin Yi to take good care of her mistress before going to Song Rusi's courtyard.

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Song Rusi never imagined that Geng Youran would be pregnant.

Actually, the two packets of medicine were the same; they just swapped one ingredient and then switched the medicine containers.

Song Rusi took the medicine her mother gave her in advance, which brought forward her period and caused her to bleed heavily.

However, the medicine bottle was switched, and the medicine Geng Youran was taking became an abortion pill, causing Geng Youran to unexpectedly lose her first child.

"My lord, I was bewitched. But I was only jealous; I truly didn't know Geng Youran was pregnant!"

Yinzhen tore off the purse that Song Rusi had given him some time ago. He never expected that Song Gege, who had been with him for many years, would dare to plot against the imperial heir.

But Song Rusi wanted to continue explaining.

"My lord, it must be that Geng Youran who plotted to create a rift between you and me, so she could reap the benefits!"

"Enough! From this day forward, you will be confined to your quarters and reflect on your actions! Without my permission, you are not to step out of this courtyard!"

Then Yinzhen left with his men, leaving only Song Rusi kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly.

Meanwhile, Yuan Gege, who had been hiding for a long time, burst into laughter in the inner room when she heard that Geng Youran had lost her child and Song Rusi had been confined to her quarters.

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