Yu Yin was surprised by her master's boldness and was a little worried. "My lady, this is too risky. If Hong Xiu really makes a move, what if she accidentally hurts you and the little prince in your belly?"
Touching her still-flat stomach, Wu Yaxin Yue's expression turned somber. "It's alright. As the saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Consort An has repeatedly tried to harm me, so I have to be on guard. She's just presented me with a good opportunity, and it would be a waste if I didn't seize it. In that case, I'll go along with their plan and make do. If Consort An doesn't die this time, she'll be severely punished. Otherwise, do they really think I'm made of clay?"
Yu Yin wanted to persuade her again, "But, but this is still too dangerous. If you want to deal with Consort An, you can use other methods. There is no need for you to do this, Your Highness. It is too harmful to your health."
Wu Yaxin waved her hand, her face firm. "Yuyin! This play isn't real, how can it be believed? If I do this, who will suspect that I orchestrated this myself? Everyone in the palace is desperate to conceive, who would deliberately harm their own imperial offspring?"
She paused, then said in an unyielding tone, "There's no need to persuade me anymore. My mind is made up. This matter is settled. Go and contact Meizhi. Tell her to be careful and make sure to find evidence of Hongxiu's connection with Changchun Palace and their conspiracy to harm people."
Yu Yin tried to dissuade her, but her mistress had made up her mind and would not change it. Helpless, she could only obey and go to contact Mei Zhi.
In Changchun Palace, Consort An was smug, pleased with her brilliant plan and overjoyed at the prospect of seeing Wu Yaxin Yue suffer. Little did she know that her scheme had been discovered by others before it even began.
The man, taking advantage of the situation, prepared to turn the tables on her. After the incident, she was no longer the perpetrator she thought she was, but the victim.
Meizhi was the head cook of the imperial kitchen, and she had been promoted by Esen back then. She was extremely loyal to the Wuya family. When she heard Yuyin relay Wuya Xinyue's instructions, Meizhi was stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous, but then she agreed.
Meizhi's face was serious and she didn't smile. However, her tone was still relatively gentle. After agreeing to the task, she assured Yuyin, "Go back and report to Consort Changzai that I understand and will definitely act according to her instructions. Leave this matter to me."
"Auntie is too kind. I know your abilities. With your guarantee, this matter is no longer a problem," Yu Yin replied with a light laugh.
Meizhi received the order and spent the next few days closely observing Hongxiu. Because Hongxiu was still only a third-class palace maid, she could only serve outside the imperial kitchen and could not enter the inner room. She had no access to the dishes and was unable to move around.
Feeling that things couldn't continue like this, Meizhi came up with a solution. She casually made up an excuse to transfer Hongxiu to the inner room, specifically to take care of the concubines' soups.
Hongxiu, completely unaware of the situation, was overjoyed, knowing her chance had come. When no one was looking, she sprinkled some abortion powder she had previously obtained from Lanxiang into the chicken soup that Wuya Xinyue drank every day.
Fearing it would be too obvious and that it would be noticed, Hongxiu only added a tiny amount each time, thinking that she would gradually let the medicine work slowly so that it wouldn't be so obvious and wouldn't be easily detected.
Since Yuxin reported that Hongxiu had successfully administered the drug, and that news of Wuya Xinyue's miscarriage was expected soon, Consort An was anxious and tormented. However, even though Wuya Xinyue was almost three months pregnant and the pregnancy was stable, she still hadn't received any news of her miscarriage.
On this day, news spread that there was more good news from Chengqian Palace. This time, it wasn't a concubine who was pregnant, but the head of Chengqian Palace, Consort Tong, who was expecting a child.
Four years after entering the palace in the twelfth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Consort Tong finally welcomed the child she had longed for. Immediately, all the palace maids and eunuchs in Chengqian Palace were overjoyed for their mistress.
Zhang Mama and the four palace maids were overjoyed. Upon hearing the news, they were even more excited than Yunyi herself. Zhang Mama wept with joy, relieved for her mistress. Her mistress had finally received her hope and would no longer have to suffer and grieve.
"Sigh!" Yunyi rubbed her forehead and sighed softly. She felt a little suffocated. Zhang Mama and the four palace maids were too enthusiastic and too cautious. She had only been pregnant for about a month, and they were already forbidding her from doing this and that. She was getting so bored.
She's just pregnant, not paralyzed, so she can't do anything too extreme.
However, unable to resist the earnest advice, deep concern, and care from Granny Zhang and the others, Yunyi had no choice but to accept this sweet burden and follow their arrangements.
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