Princess Anxing was pregnant for the first time and felt that the imperial physicians' words could not be completely trusted, so she acted entirely according to her own will.
She rolled her eyes slightly and smiled gently, "My relationship with the prince consort is very good, so... I ask the princess to keep this a secret for me, and I will definitely pay attention in the future."
Su Ruojin nodded, "Of course. I will prescribe a medicine for the princess. The princess only needs to abstain from sex, and the child will be fine. To make childbirth easier, the princess can also move around more."
Su Ruojin prescribed a medicine and administered acupuncture to Princess Anxing. Princess Anxing immediately felt much better, and her gaze towards Su Ruojin softened.
Su Ruojin has been quite dedicated to treating me. If she is willing to listen to me obediently and serve me in the future, I can take care of her once she marries into the Crown Prince's household.
After leaving the princess's residence, Su Ruojin declined Yan Gang's offer to see her off and went straight to the Siyi Gambling House.
A short while later, Yun Hao arrived.
Su Ruojin cut to the chase, "Did you poison Princess Anxing?"
Yun Hao was stunned. "An Xing has been poisoned?"
Judging from Yun Hao's expression, Su Ruojin knew that he wasn't the one who poisoned him.
She nodded. "The amount of poison is very light and won't harm the child, but over time, it will cause harm to the mother during childbirth, leading to massive bleeding and death."
Princess Anxing's abdominal pain and bleeding were indeed caused by excessive sexual activity, and were unrelated to the poison she had been given, although the poison was rather strange.
Yun Hao shook his head. "I didn't do it." Then, as if realizing something, his eyes widened. "Could it be...?"
Su Ruojin looked at Yun Hao, "Who is it?"
“Yan Gang, it must be him!” Yun Hao said with certainty.
The person who can administer this medicine must be someone who is close to the princess.
The servants in the princess's residence were all handpicked by the empress for the princess, so the possibility of them betraying her is unlikely.
“It’s possible that Yan Gang was forced to marry the princess and harbors resentment. Wait for me to call Yan Gang here. Instead of making wild guesses here, let’s ask him directly.”
Su Ruojin gave Yun Hao a strange look. "Why do you trust Yan Gang so much? In my opinion, he and the princess are deeply in love. How could he bear to poison her? If you call him here, will he tell the truth?"
Poisoning a princess is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.
Moreover, Yan Gang had no reason to poison the princess; otherwise, why would he not have known about abstinence during the princess's pregnancy?
If the princess is gone, then his position as the prince consort will be ruined.
Yun Hao said with a serious expression, "Impossible. Yan Gang only hates my royal sister, he doesn't love her."
"Oh~ How can you be so sure? Yunqi is the prince consort, a position many people would rather die for."
"Because a man with great ambitions is forced to stay in the backyard, unable to display his talents, and unable to reunite with his wife and children. If the princess were this man, how could she not feel hatred?"
"Your Highness may not know, but in our Yunqi, a prince consort's sole duty for life is to serve the princess well. He is forbidden from holding office in the court, and even after the princess's death, he cannot remarry."
Upon hearing this, Su Ruojin understood why Yun Hao had said that.
According to Qin Niang, Yan Gang studied hard at home for many years in preparation for the imperial examination. He finally became the top scholar, but was forced to marry a princess, and all his knowledge was rendered useless.
For an ambitious man, this is nothing short of a humiliation.
Su Ruojin felt that Yun Hao's words made sense. Instead of guessing, she should ask Yan Gang directly.
If Yan Gang is truly a bad person, she has countless ways to make him suffer the consequences of being a heartless man.
As for Princess Anxing's poison, it wasn't a particularly potent poison; it was just quite insidious, which explains why the imperial physicians didn't detect it.
She could cure the poison at any time, but she didn't today because she felt something was amiss, and she figured it wouldn't be too late to do it after she figured everything out.
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