Chapter 260 Drag her down

The imperial physician had barely finished speaking when the crown prince's expression darkened further. "Are you saying that Lady Xue wasn't given a miscarriage-inducing drug?"

"An abortifacient?" The imperial physician was puzzled, but since the crown prince had asked, he had to explain it properly.

"Based on my decades of experience, Madam Xue shows absolutely no signs of poisoning."

"No, that's impossible!"

Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess became anxious and blurted out.

Only after she finished speaking did she belatedly realize how terribly wrong she had been.

"Your Highness, something has suddenly occurred to me!"

Seeing that the Crown Prince had begun to suspect the Crown Princess, Fei'er quickly added fuel to the fire, "When we were in the pavilion earlier, Madam Xue wanted to try the Fortune Cake that the Crown Princess had sent, but Miss Gu stopped her."

"Go and fetch the Fulu cake."

It must be said that the usually dull-witted crown prince was surprisingly clever at this moment, and immediately realized that there was something wrong with the Fu Lu cake.

Fei'er was already prepared, and upon hearing this, she immediately had someone bring over the Fu Lu Gao (a type of rice cake).

"Imperial Physician, please take a look at this Fu Lu Cake and see if there is anything wrong with it."

The imperial physician took the Fu Lu cake from Fei'er's hand, examined it carefully for a while, and was immediately so shocked that he knelt down.

"Your Highness, this pastry was indeed laced with an abortifacient."

Li Yingxue is now five months pregnant, and ordinary foods that induce miscarriage cannot affect her at all, so this miscarriage-inducing medicine is very potent.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Connecting the scenes he had witnessed before, Crown Prince Han Shuang's gaze swept directly towards the Crown Princess.

"Your Highness, I did not. I did not administer the poison."

The Crown Princess couldn't understand it at all. Shouldn't the poison have been put into Li Yingxue's water? How did it become her Fulu cake? Could it be that that vile Lady Yan deliberately dragged her into this mess?

Yes, that must be it. Otherwise, why didn't that bitch plead for mercy? It turns out that's what she relied on.

"Your Highness, it was Madam Yan. That wretched Madam Yan was afraid that Madam Xue would compete for favor, so she secretly harmed her."

The Crown Princess still wanted to shift the blame onto Chunxiang, but this time the Crown Prince clearly wouldn't listen. He had just thought the Crown Princess was a good person, but she'd already revealed her true colors so quickly.

"Take the Crown Princess back to her bedchamber and order someone to release Lady Yan."

Upon hearing this, the servant immediately went to do it. The Duchess, seeing the Crown Princess's desperate pleading, shrank back and quickly left the Crown Prince's residence.

Today, the Crown Princess originally intended to take advantage of her birthday to smear Gu Shuyan with a vicious reputation, and then use Chunxiang to get rid of Li Yingxue's child.

At that time, she could manipulate either a vicious concubine or a mother who had lost her child.

However, she never expected that Madam Yan, who had taken the initiative to ask her for help, would not only fail to follow the plan at the crucial moment, but would instead help Gu Shuyan turn the tables on her.

And how did those abortifacients end up in the Fu Lu cake she gave me?

The Crown Princess couldn't understand it, but Gu Shuyan knew it very well.

"Shu'er, didn't Li Yingxue marry the Crown Prince's guard? How did she become the favored Lady Xue?"

Although Madam Ji did not know who Madam Xue was, they could not have been unaware of the commotion at the Crown Prince's residence.

"And that Madam Yan, she looks somewhat familiar to me, as if I've seen her somewhere before."

"Mother, people look familiar. Everyone looks familiar to you."