The guards brought the steward back in.
In front of everyone, the manager explained everything in detail.
It turns out that the reason why no one in the household has gotten pregnant in the past few years is all because of the Fujin!
After Hongli and Hongzhou were born, Ulanara worried that someone would threaten her position, so she had someone prepare a medicine pot filled with medicine and secretly replaced it every once in a while.
Therefore, no one in the household has become pregnant in the past few years.
However, Niohuru Wanru's pregnancy made her anxious, so she secretly had someone replace the medicine pot with a new one. Unexpectedly, Niohuru Wanru suffered a miscarriage!
wrong.
Li Jingshu felt that the manager was still lying.
She had this kind of medicine pot in her own yard, and it had been there for several years; it wasn't something she replaced just recently. She had even used that pot to brew medicine for Hongyun!
"Eunuch Gao, did you see this kind of jar in anyone else's yard just now?"
“Returning to Consort, there are similar ones in every courtyard, and they look exactly the same as this one.”
That's right.
“Your Highness, I believe the steward is not telling the truth. The jar in my courtyard is several years old; it wasn't replaced just recently. Moreover, I've used it to brew medicine for Hongyun. This jar is definitely not for sterilization!”
Yinzhen suddenly opened his eyes, his cold gaze fixed on Ulanara.
"Madam, you speak."
At this moment, Ulanara seemed like a different person, with no trace of fear on her face.
“Your Highness, haven’t you already investigated everything? It’s true, I was the one who caused Niohuru Wanru’s miscarriage. In that case, I am at your disposal.”
After speaking, Ulanara knelt upright on the ground, her face showing no sign of remorse.
"You're talking nonsense!"
Before Yinzhen could speak, Li Jingshu rushed up to Ulanara, grabbed her by the collar, and fiercely questioned her:
"Ulanara clan, you're not telling the truth. I'm asking you, how exactly did Hongyun die back then? Speak!"
Ulanara was not afraid.
“Li Jingshu, since you want to know so much, why don’t you go and ask her yourself? I was wondering why you took the initiative to take care of Niohuru and the other children, wasn’t it because of this?”
At this moment, Li Jingshu was almost losing her mind. She was now certain that her Hongyun was the result of Ulanara's actions.
Since Ulanara is still unwilling to tell the truth even after all this, then don't blame her!
"Ulanara clan, do you really think Honghui died from a long-term, incurable illness?"
Upon hearing Honghui's name, Ulanara's eyes widened instantly.
"What do you mean? Explain yourself!"
Li Jingshu released her hand, turned around and knelt down, saying:
"Your Highness, Prince Honghui's illness and death were both suspicious. I found the son of the nanny who served Prince Honghui back then, and he revealed the truth about how Ulanara poisoned Hongyun with a slow-acting drug, and also the truth about Prince Honghui's death. Prince Honghui did not die from a long-term illness, but committed suicide!"
"Go on."
It was clear that Yinzhen was exhausted at this point; he hadn't expected that Niohuru Wanru's miscarriage would lead to so many problems.
He never imagined that his wife, who had been by his side for so many years and shared his bed, would turn out to be an executioner.
"Back then, Prince Honghui overheard his wife poisoning the servants in the manor, so he secretly switched his medicine pot. However, the old nanny had just entered the manor and had no idea about the pot. Thus, she continued to use the poisoned pot to brew medicine for Prince Honghui. Later, Prince Honghui died young, and the nanny was killed, telling her son this secret before she died. And my son, Hongyun, died in the same way, Your Highness!"
Li Jingshu could no longer hold back and knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly.
She had four children; her eldest daughter got married, but of her three sons, only Hongshi remained.
The princess consort, driven by her own greed, actually tried to kill all the children in the household.
When Ulanara learned the truth, she collapsed to the ground, muttering repeatedly:
"Impossible, impossible."
Yinzhen's face turned ashen, and everyone else present was too shocked to speak.
So, it must have been quite an achievement for Prince Hongli and Prince Hongzhou to grow up so smoothly.
After a while, Yinzhen dismissed everyone and had Gao Wuyong personally escort Ulanara back to her courtyard. Qingyan returned to Nian Yunrong's side.
He then returned to his study alone.
He kept wondering what he had done to make Ulanara hate him so much that she wanted to kill all his children.
At this moment, Gao Wuyong entered.
"Your Highness, the Princess Consort says she has something to say to you."
After thinking it over, Yinzhen felt that there were some things he really needed to clarify with Ulanara, so he went with Gao Wuyong.
"I heard from Gao Wuyong that you want to see me."
Ulanara knelt on the ground, but her face showed a calm expression.
"I'm afraid even His Highness can't sleep at this hour."
"Tell me, why are you doing these things?"
Instead of directly answering Yinzhen's question, Ulanara asked him a question in return:
"Your Highness, have you ever had any feelings for me?"
Yinzhen frowned, but still answered her question:
"Of course there are."
No, you don't.
Ulanara immediately refuted this.
“Your Highness, you have had feelings for Li, for Geng, for every woman in this mansion, even for the deceased Yuan. But you have never had feelings for me. Not for any other reason than that I am Mother’s woman, am I not?”
Yinzhen did not speak.
Ulanara chuckled self-deprecatingly and continued:
“Your Highness, when I was still unmarried, my mother approached me and asked me to seek refuge with her. I did not agree. Later, the Emperor bestowed a marriage upon me, and I truly believed that I had married a good husband. However, I gradually discovered that you were very concerned about and disgusted by the family ties between me and my mother. Even after Honghui was born, you still refused to give me a second glance.”
"Shut up. Are you going to hurt my child for such a reason?"
"Because you're blocking my way, sir!"
Ulanara uttered a sentence that Yinzhen had expected.
“Ulanara clan, you still told the truth.”
Yinzhen guessed correctly; all of this was orchestrated by his 'good mother'.
"I won't report what happened today. I won't kill you, I won't divorce you, and I won't storm the palace. Remember this: I won't let you die, but I'll also let you and the person behind you see how I climbed to that position."
After that, no one else in the household ever saw the Princess Consort again, or at least never paid their respects to her again.
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