“No one harmed you or your child.” Wei Zhao suddenly spoke, seemingly unable to stand the two of them dawdling: “The one who pushed you into the well wasn’t even human.”
"Wei Zhao!"
"What do you mean by that?" Shen Nianyin was truly dumbfounded.
“When we found you, there was only one wild monkey by the well. The young monks in the temple said that a bunch of monkeys lived in the back mountain and would come to their temple from time to time.”
Speechless, Shen Nianyin laughed: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could it be a monkey? That person clearly threw stones at my head, trying to kill me!"
"The well was surrounded by fallen leaves and withered grass, where did the pebbles come from? There was a pile of monkey poop, though."
"It probably heard you calling out from the well, that's why it threw poop at you."
Shen Nianyin froze, instantly losing all her strength and abilities.
monkey?
Poop?!
She stiffly turned to look at Wei Xuan, still clinging to a last glimmer of hope.
No, no...
Wei Zhao must have been deliberately trying to disgust her.
She stared intently at Wei Xuan, thinking, "You shut-up, just say it already!"
Under her "eager" gaze, Wei Xuan finally spoke, saying, "...It's alright, Nianyin, I don't mind."
Shen Nianyin fainted on the spot.
Knowing that she was a clean person, Wei Xuan hurriedly ordered someone to prepare water. At this moment, Ruan Xinghu, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Those two maids are so unattended, let's find someone else to serve Consort Shen."
Wei Xuan nodded solemnly.
Indeed, if those two maids hadn't failed to keep a close eye on Nianyin, such a mess wouldn't have happened!
To avoid suspicion, Ruan Xinghu did not have her own people serve Shen Nianyin, but instead chose two nannies who were from Madam Wei's courtyard.
Because they needed to help Shen Nianyin bathe, the old lady and her entourage went to a room next door.
Before long, one of the old women walked in quickly, carrying something in her hand, with a strange expression on her face.
Lady Hou hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
The old woman didn't answer immediately, but instead glanced at Wei Zhao with a puzzled look.
Wei Zhao was stunned for a moment.
After realizing what had happened, he left the house and went outside.
Sure enough, as soon as he left, the old woman immediately opened the things in her hands and showed them to Madam Wei and the others, saying, "These are Concubine Shen's personal clothes, and they are a bit strange."
She didn't explicitly say what was strange about the matter, but Madam Wei and Madam Hou exchanged a glance and instantly understood.
The clothes were indeed stained with blood, but that was all.
The problem is that Shen Nianyin is three months pregnant. Although the fetus is not yet fully formed, there should still be a fleshy gestational sac flowing out with the blood.
Depending on the month, it should be at least the size of a grape.
In short, no matter what, it's impossible for something like Shen Nianyin's life to be all about blood.
Actually, this is not a matter of being overly concerned about marriage.
She had consulted the doctor beforehand.
But according to her original plan, it should have been her maid who washed her body, so all she needed to do was use some blood to make it look real, and it didn't matter what was actually inside.
But who could have imagined that things would take one turn after another, gradually deviating from her original plans?
Meanwhile, Wei Xuan stood blankly to the side. Seeing that the old lady Wei and the lady of the Marquis's expressions were not good after looking at Shen Nianyin's personal clothing, he couldn't help but ask, "Grandmother, Mother, what's wrong?"
Madam Wei raised her hand, signaling him to shut up.
She looked at Shen Qiyin and asked, "Girl, do you know any way to distinguish between human blood and chicken blood?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin looked at Old Madam Wei with surprise.
To have figured out the key so quickly, she truly deserves to be called an extraordinary woman who has single-handedly supported the Marquis's mansion for so many years.
Coming to her senses, she nodded and replied, "Yes."
"Then teach them, let them check carefully and see what's on it." She's been a master of these tricks for so many years, she's seen it all before.
In fact, physicians like Shen Qiyin and Wei Zhao could distinguish them simply by smelling them.
Comparatively speaking, human blood has a stronger fishy smell.
However, in order to make it easier for others to distinguish between the two, Shen Qiyin asked someone to go to the back mountain to pick a long, thin grass called "Jialingcai".
Applying the juice of this herb to the blood can remove the fishy smell from the blood.
Human blood is an exception.
She knew this because Zhang the butcher had heard about it somewhere before and used it to remove the fishy smell from pig's blood. As a result, he almost ate it to death, and it was only thanks to Shen Qiyin's antidote that he was saved.
Whenever it comes to herbs, these brothers always pay extra attention. Afterwards, when they had nothing to do, they even conducted a special experiment and found that *Gynostemma pentaphyllum* had the effect of removing the fishy smell from the blood of many animals, but not from human blood.
The servants tried it as Shen Xiyin had suggested and found that the blood water soaked in Shen Nianyin's clothes no longer had any fishy smell!
Upon hearing this, Wei Xuan was completely stunned.
But when he came to his senses, whether he trusted Shen Nianyin too much or didn't trust Shen Qiyin enough, he argued, "Then... maybe it's because the blood had already dried..."
Before he could finish speaking, a silver needle appeared before him.
Shen Qiyin said calmly, "Whether it is or not, why don't you try it yourself and you'll know?"
Wei Xuan snatched the needle and was about to insert it when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door.
Ignoring the servants' attempts to stop her, Shen Nianyin, still wearing only a thin undergarment and barefoot, stumbled in, calling out, "Your Highness!"
Ever since she married into the Marquis of Wu'an's household, she had never knelt before Wei Xuan. But now, without saying a word, she knelt at his feet, tears streaming down her face, and asked, "Does the young master trust me?"
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