The truth about the pills has been uncovered, and the matter now has a direction.
After seeing off Physician He, Su Yushan discussed the matter with Hongli. "According to ordinary people's thinking, if they wanted to harm me, they could have just given me a drug to induce a miscarriage. But a miscarriage would have too much of a commotion, and you would definitely investigate the matter. So the other party did not intend to cause a miscarriage, but only changed the drug to induce a fetus, hoping that I would give birth to a daughter."
With his chin resting on his hand, Hongli Feng frowned and pondered, "That person must have heard that if you give birth to a prince, you can be promoted to a secondary consort, so he is eager to change your baby's birth."
"In your opinion, who would it be?" Su Yushan did not express her opinion but first asked Hongli for his opinion.
Hongli pondered logically and said, "The Fujin is the highest-ranking woman in the household. Whether you are a secondary Fujin or not will not have much impact on her. She should not deliberately obstruct you. Gao Xiuwen and Lan Rong are already secondary Fujins. Even if you are promoted, you will be on equal footing with them. They have no reason to harm you."
Chen's family background is not as prestigious as Xilan's, and she is not qualified to be a concubine. Currently, the only one who can truly compete with you is Princess Fucha. She is likely coveting the position of concubine, but she is also worried that if you give birth to a son, you will be promoted directly. That's why she devised this underhanded scheme to harm you and your child.
After Hongli finished speaking, he did not hear Yushan respond. Her gaze was distant, seemingly lost in thought. "What are your thoughts? Who do you think it will be?"
Su Yushan's thoughts were basically the same as his, but there were some things she couldn't understand. "At present, it seems that Princess Fucha is indeed the most suspicious. If it is her, how did she put the reversal medicine in my medicine bottle? Who is working for her behind the scenes? Doctor Zhao? Or Suwen?"
Hongli's idea was to take Suwen away without guessing and torture her to extract a confession. Su Yushan, however, was worried that Suwen would be stubborn and wouldn't confess, so she had to find a way to make her admit it herself...
That evening, Suwen was carrying her clean clothes back from the laundry quarters when she happened to meet a servant. The servant deliberately walked up to her and whispered to her:
"Something's happened! Quickly get out the pregnancy-preserving medicine that's mixed with the pregnancy-changing drug!"
Upon hearing this, Su-wen felt a pang of unease, for she did not know this person. "I don't understand what you're talking about."
"I was sent by my master. You must do as I say, or you will be held responsible!" As he spoke, the servant handed her a bottle of medicine.
"This is a genuine pregnancy-preserving medicine; you should find an opportunity to replace it as soon as possible."
As he spoke, he shoved the bottle of medicine into her hand. Su-wen wanted to ask more questions, but he had already turned and left in a hurry.
Seeing the man's solemn expression, Suwen felt her heart tighten. She put the medicine away and continued walking back.
When she returned to Huatang Pavilion, she found that no one was in the princess's bedroom. She asked the other servants, who said that Princess Su had taken the young prince and the princess to the back garden.
After hesitating for a moment, Suwen finally went into the inner room and changed the medicine.
Just then, someone pushed open the window and entered. Suwen was so frightened that her hands trembled. When she saw who it was, she was startled. "Demin? You... how dare you trespass into the princess's bedroom?"
Demin's sharp gaze was fixed on her, and he said in a deep voice, "If someone is plotting to harm the princess, I will naturally keep a close watch on her!"
Suwen immediately slung the bottle of medicine over her back and nervously clarified, "I did not plot against the princess."
With a cold snort, Demin was too lazy to waste words with her. "You should save those words for Fourth Master and Princess Su!"
As soon as Demin finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and Hongli and Su Yushan walked in together.
Wasn't Su Gege in the back garden? Su Wen hadn't heard any noise, so how could they suddenly appear at the door?
"Fourth Master, Princess..." Suwen was surprised and incoherent. Li Yu immediately stepped forward, snatched the medicine from her hand, kicked her, and made her kneel down.
Hongli approached her with his hands behind his back, glaring at her angrily, and shouted, "Suwen, how dare you! You actually dared to switch the pregnancy-preserving medicine and plot against my woman!"
Suwen, kneeling on the ground, shook her head frantically, repeatedly denying, "Fourth Master, please calm down, I'm innocent, I didn't plot against Princess Su!"
How could she possibly say such a thing? "You switched the pills in the porcelain bottle; there's undeniable evidence. How dare you argue back?"
Suwen didn't know how to explain, and stammered, "This...this is because someone said there was something wrong with this bottle of medicine and asked me to change it. It wasn't my idea."
Unable to bear her feigning innocence, Su Yushan trembled and bluntly exposed her, "If there's a problem with the medicine, you should report it immediately, instead of switching it yourself. Since you did switch it, it proves you knew from the beginning that the medicine bottle didn't contain any pregnancy-preserving drugs!"
Hongli pressed closer, staring intently at her, his eyes flashing with cold light. "Someone relayed a message to you, saying that the master had instructed you to do it, and you did so. So who exactly is your master? Whom are you helping to do evil?"
How did Fourth Master even know about this? Only then did Suwen realize that it was all Fourth Master's scheme, and that the servant was an imposter, a test of her!
If she hadn't changed the medicine, she would have been innocent. But she took it seriously and foolishly came to change the medicine, which is why she was caught red-handed!
Suwen was filled with remorse, but had no way to deny it, so she could only confess that it was Princess Fucha who instructed her to do so.
It was indeed Lady Fucha! Hongli, who had already guessed it, was not surprised, but his anger was hard to quell. He immediately ordered someone to bring Lady Fucha over for questioning, while Su Yushan went with him to the outer room to wait.
Suddenly summoned, Lady Fucha was bewildered, but dared not disobey the Fourth Prince's wishes, so she could only obey and go to Huatang Pavilion.
Upon arriving at Huatang Pavilion, she saw the Fourth Prince and Consort Su sitting in the seats of honor. Hongli's gaze toward her was like a flame, threatening to set her ablaze at any moment!
Princess Fucha curtsied nervously and asked tentatively, "I wonder what business Fourth Master has summoned me for?"
Filled with indignation, Hongli casually threw a porcelain bottle at her. Princess Fucha was caught off guard, and the bottle hit her forehead instantly, making her head ache!
At the same time, the porcelain bottle shattered on the ground, and the pills inside rolled one by one onto the floor. Princess Fucha turned pale, covered her forehead, and sobbed:
"Fourth Master, what do you mean by this? What have I done wrong that you are attacking me?"
Even now, she's still playing dumb, stubbornly refusing to admit it! Hongli had never favored her before, but he wouldn't have disliked her either. But after this incident, whenever he saw Lady Fucha again, Hongli's disgust was palpable, his eyes filled with undisguised loathing.
"You instructed Suwen to replace Yushan's pregnancy-preserving medicine with a pregnancy-changing pill, hoping that she would give birth to a daughter. In this way, she would not be able to become a concubine, and you would have hope!"
"Fucha, how could your heart be so wicked? Even if Yushan cannot become a secondary consort, I will never elevate your rank. You are simply delusional!"
The accused, Lady Fucha, was stunned on the spot and shook her head repeatedly, "I did not plot against Consort Su. I don't know this Suwen at all. She is framing me!"
A flustered Fucha glared at Suwen, questioning her with shame and indignation, "Who instructed you? Why are you framing me? What evidence do you have to prove that I gave you the medicine?"
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