Chapter 373 Yixiu 51
Yinzhen's anger, which he hadn't suppressed yet, was aroused again by Yixiu's question. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the haggard-looking Fu Jin beside him speak first despite her frail body: "It's not a big deal, sister... go back first. You're not well yet, cough cough cough——"
Yixiu hurried over to support her: "Sister, stop talking and have a cup of hot tea to calm down."
He turned around and looked at Lian Xing and Shi Yue who were standing beside him with their hands hanging down, "How can you be so tactless? Go and make some water."
The two exchanged a glance, then obediently began to move. Soon, Shiyue came over with a cup of hot water. Yixiu saw that there was no tea in it, and then she looked at the two figures vaguely standing in the compartment. She had a guess in her mind and couldn't help but sigh that her sister was indeed loved by God.
Even if he was lying in bed like a useless person, it would be easy for him to plot against Nian.
and……
Yixiu glanced into Rouze's eyes, but the familiar expression she once had was no longer there. After enduring so many years of hardship, she was probably more reckless than anyone else in the mansion.
Rouze drank the hot water and was about to ask Yixiu to leave so that she wouldn't get in the way, but she saw Su Peisheng walking in, with a bitter look on his already purple face.
"Your Highness... Concubine Nian has arrived."
When he said this, his expression was truly odd. Yixiu naturally noticed it and turned her head away. Yinzhen was still immersed in his anger, but Rouze seemed to have a strange smile on her face, but before she could take a closer look, it disappeared again.
"Let her in."
Before Yinzhen could finish his words, Nian Shilan had already pushed the door open and walked in. She even ignored the almonds on the ground and the strange atmosphere. With anger and sadness more real than Yinzhen's, she shouted at him as soon as she entered the room, "What kind of good thing is this Huanyixiang that the prince gave me?"
Wow!
If the situation had not allowed it, Yixiu would have applauded.
Nian Shilan is worthy of being the daughter of a general. She has not become a stranger at this moment. With the help of a "kind-hearted person", Nian Concubine Jin learned the truth about Huan Yixiang more than ten years in advance, and she actually confronted her in front of everyone.
So what should our Prince Yong do in the face of such a situation?
Yixiu sat on the edge of the bed, hiding her eyes that were watching the show, pretending to be confused and ignorant, and then looked at Yinzhen.
Prince Yong was indeed a man who had experienced many ups and downs. At this moment, facing the questioning of his concubine, he was not at all put into the other party's rhythm. Instead, he frowned and said in a low voice: "Nian, you have overstepped the boundaries."
"This is my true nature. I have never concealed it since entering the palace. If Your Majesty wants to blame me now, I have nothing to say. But even if I die, I will remain clear-headed."
Nian Shilan didn't fall for his tricks. She knelt on the ground with her neck stiff. Her pretty face was covered with tears, but she forced herself to show her stubbornness, as if refusing to admit defeat. "Your Highness only appreciates my Huan Yi Xiang, is it... is it because he wants me to be a concubine and not get pregnant..."
...The atmosphere in the room suddenly became like solidified lard.
"Where did you hear this nonsense?"
Yinzhen paused for a moment, then spoke, frowning as he looked at Nian Shilan's expression, as if he was looking at a naughty child.
"Your Highness, are you saying that there are no harmful things in the Huanyixiang?"
Seeing this, Nian Shilan asked softly, as if with a little hope.
"Ahem—Sister Nian, ahem, what are you talking about? How could the gift from my master be something that could harm others?"
Rouze suddenly spoke from her bed, her voice faint but clear in the quiet room. Seeing that Nian Shilan had indeed set her sights on her, she smiled even softer, "I personally selected the main ingredients for the incense, helping you. I guarantee they won't harm you."
"It's you! I knew it! How could a grown man like the prince resort to such sinister tactics? It turns out to be you!"
Nian Shilan stood up like a flaming torch, and complained to Yinzhen, "Your Highness, please allow me to report this. The Huanyi incense you gave me was mixed with a large amount of musk. I have been using it for years, and I can no longer bear children for you. Your Highness's actions clearly want to make me unable to have children from now on. Your Highness, please help me!"
Yixiu lowered her head as if shocked by the news, but in fact she was secretly suppressing the smile in her heart.
This was a clever remark, and the "grown man's" face turned black. He was so stunned that he didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"That's quite a coincidence. Sister Nian thinks that a concubine like me who spends all day soaking in medicinal juice would go to such great lengths to harm you. But I'm also puzzled. Sister, you have all the favor and power now, why would you want to harm me, a useless person who only has a few years left to live."
Such a long speech obviously took Rouze a lot of energy, but her face was flushed at this moment, and she seemed to be very energetic. She leaned on the bed and didn't cough anymore.
As she spoke, she pointed to the almonds scattered on the ground.
Nian Shilan was shocked when she heard her words. Before she could figure out what was going on, she subconsciously retorted, "I don't understand what you mean, Madam. What harm is there? Please explain it to me."
"You really don't understand?"
After being harassed by Nian Shilan, Yinzhen sat there feeling that everything that had happened today was strange. His original anger had subsided, and mixed with his sensitive and suspicious instincts, his eyes gradually turned cold when he looked at Rouze and Nian Shilan.
"I really don't understand. If Fu Jin feels I've done anything wrong, just say it. Why are you trying to hide it like this, as if I've done something shameful?"
When she is confident and self-righteous, she can really intimidate people. She is the kind of person who is arrogant, impulsive and reckless, but it is precisely because she has no brains that what she says is particularly trustworthy.
"Everyone in the old house who has seen me knows that I love almonds and prefer almond tea. Most of the almonds that come from our farm are sent to my yard, but they are all sweet almonds that have been carefully selected."
Rou Ze, however, seemed determined, and looked at Nian Shilan with a half-smile as she said, "Sister Nian specially found bitter almonds for me, which have a better almond flavor. I should be grateful, but these bitter almonds are highly poisonous, and I really can't afford them."
"What Fu Jin said makes me even more confused. Since you said that many people in the mansion know that you like to drink almond tea, why do you suspect me when something goes wrong?"
As Nian Shilan spoke, she glanced pointedly at Yixiu, who remained silent, and said, "If you really want to know, who in our mansion understands your preferences as well as Concubine Nara?"
The meaning of the words was very clear, so Yixiu stood up and did not rush to defend herself.
After all, it is obvious that she is not the protagonist today.
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