Chapter 115: There is something wrong with the medicine
Lu Yao sighed softly, holding Sui Sui in her arms. She looked a little melancholy, tears welling up in her eyes. She smiled bitterly and said, "I've been married to the Yan family for several years."
Thinking of her now quiet stomach, Lu Yao's expression became more melancholy, and her eyes dimmed.
"My mother-in-law and the others treated me like a proper princess. They've always treated me with great courtesy over the years and never asked about my children. Even when they saw other people with large families, they never showed any envy."
Her husband Yan Qin even comforted her and told her not to be hard on herself because of the child.
But the more considerate they were, the tighter the knot in Lu Yao's heart became.
"Miss Su, can you understand how I feel? I really like children, but they're just not something I can have."
Su Tan's eyes were complicated. Princess Jingxi actually did not have a face that showed she would be childless.
The reason why I have never had children is because...
Su Tan paused and was about to continue speaking when he saw the maid serving the princess bring over a bowl of black medicine.
"I couldn't find Your Highness anywhere. Turns out Your Highness is here."
"Your Highness, it's time to take your medicine today."
The maid had a complicated smile on her face, and when her eyes fell on Lu Yao, there was a bit more heartache. The princess had been torturing herself for so many years because of the child!
Lu Yao's eyes were still melancholy. She put Sui Sui down reluctantly and took the medicine from the maid.
She shook her head. She had been taking this medicine for many years, but it seemed like she was just deceiving herself. It never had much effect.
"I hope God will be more tolerant of me and give me a child as lovely as Suisui."
Su Tan's eyes fell on the bowl of black medicine, and his expression suddenly turned cold.
"Princess, since this medicine is useless to you, it's better not to drink it."
The next moment, Su Tan made a shocking move. He snatched the medicine bowl from the princess's hand, and before the princess could react, he poured it all into the pot of comfrey on the windowsill.
"Su Tan! What are you doing?!"
Lu Yao's face rarely showed a hint of anger, and she even took off her gentle mask for the first time.
It was because she, the princess, was too much of a figurehead, so even after arriving in Lanzhou, there were still people who could be so disrespectful to her that they could even throw away the pregnancy medicine she had worked so hard to find right in front of her!
Lu Yao felt as if a breath was stuck in her chest, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
Why!
Why can anyone bully her so openly?
She is obviously the one with the golden branches and jade leaves!
She is obviously the rightful princess!
"Pearl, take her away!"
A hint of hostility appeared in Lu Yao's eyes.
However, Pearl had tears in her eyes. She knelt down, grabbed her skirt, and said with a sob, "Your Highness, it's obvious that you feel uncomfortable every time you drink this medicine!"
"Why...why bother drinking again?"
Zhenzhu admitted that when she saw Su Tan pouring out the medicine, a hint of relief appeared in the depths of her eyes.
She even brought the medicine on purpose, hoping that someone would discover that there was something wrong with it.
"Pearl, even you want to do this to me?"
Lu Yao's body shook twice, and a look of disbelief appeared in her eyes. Zhenzhu was the maid she brought as a dowry.
In the deep palace full of cannibalism, only Zhenzhu is sincere to herself.
But……
But now, even Pearl is helping others bully her?
Pearl's voice was hoarse as she grabbed Lu Yao's skirt and begged desperately.
Lu Yao's eyes were moist and she was dazed for a moment.
"Princess, what if I told you that drinking this medicine would kill you?"
The moment she said this, Lu Yao's pupils constricted. She stared at Su Tan with her mouth wide open, her lips and teeth trembling. "What do you mean by that?"
How could she die after drinking this good pregnancy medicine?
Is Su Tan exaggerating?
Su Tan frowned and shook his head, saying, "Why would I throw away the princess's medicine for no reason? It's simply because drinking it would harm the princess's body."
"Your Highness, I don't know if His Majesty has sent anyone to tell you that I came here to help you solve your problems."
"For me, the princess's safety is my top priority. Everything else should take a back seat."
"Your Highness, you cannot drink this medicine."
Lu Yao felt cold all over. She slowly raised her eyes and felt a sense of weightlessness. A dizziness washed over her. She stared blankly at Su Tan, her voice trembling, "Su Tan, you...what do you mean by that?"
"What do you mean you can't drink this medicine?"
The north wind brought a bit of chill, almost corroding Lu Yao. Lu Yao was almost wrapped in the cold, and she looked at Su Tan moment by moment.
"This medicine... When I got this medicine back, there were several times when I had unbearable abdominal pain after drinking it."
Seeing how eager she was to have a child, Old Lady Yan specially asked someone to find this abortion medicine.
But every time she drank it, that uncomfortable feeling almost swallowed her whole.
"later……"
After a pause, Lu Yao's gaze fell on Zhenzhu who was standing beside her.
Zhenzhu shook her head and wiped the tears from her face. "Later, I suspected that the medicine might have been tampered with. That's why the princess always felt unwell after drinking it. I secretly took the residue out and showed it to the doctor."
"I also copied down the prescription, but... the doctor said there was no problem with the prescription or the residue. The ingredients in the prescription were all excellent and were indeed good for women to help them conceive."
At that time, the princess said that she was worrying too much.
It is also said that her behavior is somewhat like judging others by one's own mean standards.
Zhenzhu had no way to defend herself, but fortunately this matter was kept secret from the Yan family, and no third person knew about it.
"Pearl once asked why I felt unbearable abdominal pain after drinking this pregnancy-maintaining medicine. At that time, the doctor seemed to say that it was because I was weak as a child, which caused a root cause of illness, and I didn't rest well afterwards. This pregnancy-maintaining medicine has the effect of regulating the body, so some abdominal pain is normal."
Lu Yao had no idea whether this was the truth or not.
It’s just what the doctor said, so she believed it.
However, she had been drinking this medicine for so many years, but her stomach was still the same, with no movement at all.
On the contrary, the symptoms of abdominal pain will become worse each time.
However, it won't hurt forever.
It will only hurt for a moment.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been drinking it for five years.
Lu Yao's gaze fell on Su Tan.
Su Tan is just a stranger to her, but the Yan family is her closest relatives.
"Miss Su, please don't blame me for not trusting you. It's just that you said I couldn't drink this medicine, but I've had someone check and there are no incompatible herbs in this medicine. It won't look like a tonic on the surface, but leave you feeling even more empty on the inside."
Lu Yao no longer said "you" or "mine" to Su Tan, but instead used the word "this palace" to emphasize her identity.
"So, I need you to produce evidence. Do you have any way to prove that what you said is true?"
Lu Yao knew that she was not actually liked by the royal family.
Especially she was not liked by her father, Emperor Qinglong.
Otherwise, other princesses would not have been able to visit the princess's mansion, but she would not have been thrown to Lanzhou so early.
But at least she still had the title of princess.
If there really was something wrong with the medicine, and she died in the Yan family, how would the Yan family report to the capital?
Being a princess and not being favored is one thing.
But if any minister dared to attack the princess and defy the majesty of heaven, that would be another matter.
Lu Yao stared at Su Tan, "Miss Su, I'll ask you again, where's the evidence?"
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