Chapter 103 The Tenth Prince Dies

The news that Song Yuning was pregnant with twins spread like wildfire. After the queen in the palace found out, she sent people to give Song Yuning a lot of precious medicinal herbs. At the same time, she also issued an order that no one was allowed to invite Song Yuning into the palace again.

After all, Song Yuning is pregnant and in poor health. If something really happens in the palace, the queen will be involved and cannot escape blame.

This is exactly the effect Song Yuning wanted. In this way, she no longer has to worry about being disturbed by anyone and can stay in the mansion with peace of mind to take care of her pregnancy and exercise her body.

After the palace was settled, Xiao Yunzhan sent back a letter. Song Yuning opened the envelope with great joy, and her eyes widened as soon as she saw the first few words.

"Dear wife: I miss you so much after not seeing you for so long..."

After reading the entire letter, every word revealed a corny feeling, which made Song Yuning feel a little uncomfortable, and he felt a little burning at the tip of his ears.

She read it only once and didn't want to read it a second time, but after hesitating for a moment, she read the letter again and then carefully put it in the box.

Afterwards, Song Yuning stood up and asked for the four treasures of the study, preparing to write a reply to Xiao Yunzhan.

However, when she picked up the pen, she found that she really couldn't write those corny words.

After thinking for a moment, she decided to write in detail in the letter what had happened in the mansion recently. As for the matter of twins, she did not mention it for the time being. It would be discussed after Xiao Yunzhan returned.

Another half a month passed and Xiao Yunzhan sent another letter. In the following month, he kept sending a letter every half a month.

When the servant delivered the letter that day, Mrs. Wei happened to be there. When she saw the letter, her face was full of smiles and ridicule.

"Mom, what are you laughing at?"

Madam Wei said, "I'm not laughing, I'm just happy to see that you and the prince have such a good relationship."

Song Yuning looked at the letter in her hand and knew that it must contain some corny words again, and her face turned red under her mother's gaze.

Perhaps it was because she was overthinking during pregnancy, or maybe it was because she was used to Xiao Yunzhan's company, Song Yuning really missed him during this period.

Every time he woke up at night, Song Yuning was not used to the familiar warmth and breathing sounds beside him for a long time.

She gently stroked her slightly bulging belly, feeling the beating of the little life inside, her heart filled with anticipation and happiness.

"The prince said that the work is already in the final stages. He will be back in about one or two months."

In his heart, Song Yuning was really looking forward to Xiao Yunzhan's quick return.

Xiao Yunzhan had not returned yet, and Gao's due date was approaching. Song Yuning had already found a midwife and a wet nurse for the child. Song Yuning also invited Doctor Liu to come and stay in the mansion.

However, before Gao's child was born, a major event occurred in the palace and the tenth prince died.

Concubine Yun was already quite old when she gave birth to the tenth prince. She had suffered a lot in order to give birth to this child.

As a result, not only was the mother injured, but the child was also not very healthy. He was diagnosed with asthma when he was one year old. Later, he was carefully cared for and nothing happened to him.

The weather was hot some time ago, and the Tenth Prince was afraid of the heat at night, so he asked someone to open the window. Unexpectedly, he caught a cold when the cold wind blew, and he was sick for more than a month.

Originally, his body was about to recover, but for some reason it triggered an asthma attack, and the tenth prince died.

For a moment, Concubine Yun was heartbroken, and the emperor was also heartbroken.

This incident happened suddenly and had nothing to do with the palace, but for some reason, Song Yuning always felt uneasy.

After much thought, just in case, Song Yuning ordered Doctor Liu to prepare several pills for her overnight to protect the fetus and strengthen her body. After receiving them, Song Yuning divided them into three portions and took one for herself.

A Wu and the secret guards who protected her closely also had to carry a copy with them in case of emergency. After the three of them put the medicine away, Song Yuning finally felt a little relieved.

Facts proved that Song Yuning was not wrong to do so. Just after distributing the medicine in the morning, Song Yuning got up and was about to have breakfast when the imperial edict arrived, asking Song Yuning to enter the palace.

Madam Wei paused and looked at Song Yuning with some concern: "Be careful with everything, or pretend to be sick, but don't confront them head-on, understand?"

Song Yuning nodded, then patted Madam Wei's hand, signaling her not to worry, and then asked Ningshuang and Yuejian to help her with her makeup, while Awu and Luxue prepared to enter the palace with her.

"After I leave, the palace will be closed to all visitors. No one is allowed to enter or leave the palace without my order. Gao Shi has been asked to keep an eye on her and ensure that she gives birth safely.

By the way, inform the secret guards to keep a close watch on the palace. If they encounter any dishonest little rats trying to escape, tell them to find out who is behind it and then kill them immediately."

After making sure that nothing was missed, Song Yuning held Awu and Luxue's hands, and with her belly as big as seven or eight months old, she personally received the imperial edict.

"The princess is not feeling well, so please get up quickly!" Eunuch Qian, who came to deliver the imperial edict, personally bent down and helped Song Yuning up.

Song Yuning smiled and said, "Thank you, eunuch. By the way, this was something the prince specifically asked me to give to you when he left. However, I am not feeling well now and have not been to the palace for a long time, so I delayed it.

I unexpectedly met you today, so please take it. I hope you won’t mind if it’s a little late.”

As she spoke, she glanced at A Wu, took out two bottles of medicinal wine from her sleeve and handed them to Eunuch Qian.

Eunuch Qian is an old man who serves the emperor. He has been doing servant work for many years and kneeling and bowing so often that he has some chronic problems with his waist and legs.

Xiao Yunzhan usually treated Eunuch Qian very well. Now that he saw that Song Yuning also cared about her so much, his favor towards the couple doubled. So he smiled and said, "Princess, this is thoughtful. This wine can just relieve my waist and leg pain."

Eunuch Qian took the medicinal wine with a smile without any hesitation, then stood beside Song Yuning, stretched out his hand for Song Yuning to support him, and slowly walked out.

"The kindness that the prince and princess have shown me, I will naturally remember and will never forget." Then he leaned closer and whispered in Song Yuning's ear, "As soon as the tenth prince passed away, Concubine Yun had all those who served him taken into custody, interrogated them all night, and tortured them severely.

This morning, I went to see the Emperor. He said that during the interrogation, they found a girl named Yueya. She had a few cat hairs on her body. It was because of these hairs that the Tenth Prince had an asthma attack and died.

Song Yuning's hand on Eunuch Qian's arm suddenly tightened, a cold look flashed across his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Have you found out who is behind Yueya?"

Eunuch Qian sighed and said softly, "Yueya's confession mentioned His Royal Highness Prince Xuan. She also said that Prince Xuan gave her a jade pendant and said that he would marry her as a concubine after the matter was completed."