"She often passed on some news. At first, it was just some small things in the palace. At that time, the prince had just married, and there really wasn't much valuable information. Until Princess Lin became pregnant."
Song Chengze paused scratching his teacup, and Meng Qi frowned. Neither of them spoke, only listening to Mother Jin continue, "She told me that the child must not be born. I was terrified. This is murdering the heir to the throne. Besides, Princess Lin is so attached to her firstborn that she hasn't even invited everyone to pay respects since she became pregnant. How could there be a chance? Concubine Li said that even if the child couldn't be aborted, it would be better if Concubine Lin didn't give birth to it easily, or if the child didn't have any problems.
"When Princess Lin became pregnant and the fetus was stable, Concubine Li had more opportunities to visit. During that time, she would always wear a few fixed clothes when she went to Jing'an Garden. It was only later that I found out that she had sewn something into the hems of those clothes. I don't know if it was her stuff that worked, or if it was Princess Lin's own fault, but not only was the eldest young master weak when he was born, but Princess Lin also passed away not long after."
Mother Jin looked up at Song Chengze's already livid face and quickly lowered her head. "Later, when Princess Gong came into the family, she was eager to get pregnant as soon as possible, so she didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the palace. She also disliked Concubine Lin, so she paid great attention to Concubine Li. Not only did she entrust many important matters of the palace to her, but she also liked to talk to Concubine Li about any troubles she encountered.
"In fact, the reason Princess Gong hadn't gotten pregnant for the first three years wasn't due to her health problems, but rather Concubine Li's old tricks. Whenever she was with Princess Gong, she would wear specially made dresses. But for some unknown reason, after receiving the Crown Prince's instructions, she stopped wearing those clothes. Not long after, Princess Gong became pregnant."
Song Chengze slammed the table hard, "Is Gong's death related to her?"
Mother Jin brightened up, "Princess Gong successfully gave birth to the second young master, and the doctor said he's recovered well. Concubine Li wasn't worried at first, but after visiting the second young master, she was incredibly fond of him, constantly saying that he looked just like her own son, plump and plump.
"At first, every time she went, she would come back and grumble for a long time. One day she smiled at her, the next she blew bubbles at her. She made a lot of small clothes and shoes for the Second Young Master. But one day, after she came back, she suddenly stopped talking about these things. Instead, she often sat in a daze alone. Until the Second Young Master was a hundred days old, she asked the old servant to put a certain medicine into Princess Gong's tonic."
Meng Qi closed her eyes. It seemed that Li had murdered Gong because of Song Bairan. Everyone in the palace knew how much Li loved Song Bairan. Only if Gong died would she have a chance to keep Song Bairan by her side. Even though the chance was slim, she had actually cruelly killed Gong for this slim chance.
"No wonder Gong had a hemorrhage after giving birth to Ran Ge safely for so long."
Sweat trickled down her temples, passing over the wound on her right cheek. The pain was piercing. Mother Jin wiped it off and dropped her head to the ground. "I really didn't know that the medicine was meant to cause Princess Gong's hemorrhage. I just thought it was to keep her bedridden for a while, thinking Concubine Li only wanted to maintain her power in the harem so that she could pass on information to the Crown Prince. It's true, Your Majesty, Princess, I really didn't know. I didn't mean to kill Princess Gong."
"Go on." Song Chengze's voice was cold and hard, but Meng Qi also heard a hint of regret in it.
"It was easy before. Concubine Li could almost carry out all the orders from the Crown Prince. Except for some situations in the Prince's outer court, she really had no control over them. But after the Princess came in, especially when she started managing the inner court and her power was divided, the things she could do became less and less. For a while, every time she received a letter from the Crown Prince, her face would be ashen."
"How did she get in touch with the prince?" Meng Qi asked.
Mother Jin shook her head. "I really don't know about this, but I think she always asked Roland to go to the temple to get incense. I'm afraid this is how it was passed on."
Meng Qi understood. Yes, it must be like this. She was just afraid that Roland didn't even know Xiangli's secret.
"According to you, since the princess came into the family, she has been spreading less information to the outside world?" Song Chengze said.
Mother Jin hummed, "Especially after Prince Duan's accident, I saw that she could hardly gather any good news to pass on."
"Then do you know why they are targeting the Second Young Master this time?"
Mother Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "This time she's targeting the Second Young Master because a while ago, the Crown Prince originally asked her to target the Prince, but she failed to do so."
"What?" Song Chengze stood up. "Targeting this king?"
Mother Jin looked up. "When the prince was injured, Concubine Li received an order to find a way to prevent the prince's injured leg from ever healing again, and to prevent him from ever walking again."
Song Chengze held on to the table to steady himself. He really didn't expect that the prince would give him such a harsh order.
Meng Qi's heart ached. She stood up and supported Song Chengze. To think that her trusted brother had schemed against her like this, and that this was done so long ago, when Song Chengze posed no threat to the Crown Prince. First, he had prevented him from bearing a legitimate son, then caused his consorts to leave one after another, leaving his harem in turmoil. And then, he targeted Song Chengze himself. Meng Qi truly couldn't understand why the Crown Prince would do this, before forcing Song Chengze to have such thoughts. Not only had he pushed someone so loyal to him so far away, but he had also pushed her into opposition.
Song Chengze waved his hand, "I'm fine, I'm fine. Go on."
Mother Jin replied, "It's just that you were first in the outer courtyard and then returned to Jing'an Garden, and the princess kept the door tightly closed. She didn't even see you during your recovery. By the time she could finally see you, you were out of bed and walking, and your best condition had passed. Concubine Li told this old servant that because she didn't handle this matter properly, the prince was very angry and slapped her in the face."
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