Asking Kim Min-jung right now wouldn't yield any results, so after a moment's thought, Hongli decided to start with Lizhi.
The crimes committed by Lizhi were so heinous that she deserved to die many times over. However, in order to get information out of her, Hongli specially allowed Li Yu to promise her that if she told the truth, she would be spared the death penalty.
Lizhi wasn't sure if Li Yu was just trying to coax her, but she had no other choice. Trying it would at least give her a glimmer of hope, so Lizhi steeled herself and told the truth. She said that Princess Jin had always wanted a child, but unfortunately, the Fourth Prince hadn't visited Pixia Pavilion for a long time. In her anxiety, she had come up with an extreme idea: she had put a drug in a handkerchief in an attempt to bewitch the Fourth Prince.
Kim Min-jung naturally denied it, because she had already thrown away the medicine, thinking there would be no future trouble. Little did she know that Li-zhi thought the medicine was too expensive and it would be a pity to throw it away, so she secretly hid the porcelain bottle, which now became evidence!
Jin Minjing secretly regretted that despite her careful planning, she had overlooked Lizhi. This girl usually seemed well-behaved and clever, often giving her advice, but when she turned on her, she was so decisive and ruthless that it was impossible to guard against her!
That kind of medicine was extremely harmful to the body, and it was a grave taboo to drug one's master. With this incriminating evidence, Hongli did not hesitate any longer and immediately went to the palace to report the matter to Consort Xi.
"Mother, Jin Minjing is audacious and reckless. She drugged my son. Such a woman cannot be allowed to live. She must be driven out of the manor!"
When Consort Xi heard that Jin Minjing was pregnant, she naturally overlooked her mistakes. "But she is carrying your child. You can't send her away. At least wait until she gives birth."
Hongli did not expect any children from Jin Minjing, saying, "Her behavior is so despicable that she is unworthy to bear children for her son."
Consort Xi, deep within the palace, cared little for love or hate; all she cared about was the benefit the child would bring to Hongli. “No matter what, the child is innocent. You should know how important your offspring are. Even if you despise her, for the sake of the child, you should keep her for a few more months.”
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