When Leng Xi and the housekeeper arrived at Xiao Cui's room, the doctor had already arrived and was taking her pulse. Xiao Cui was lying there expressionless, her face as pale as paper.
When the doctor saw him come in, he stood up quickly, clasped his fists and saluted.
"Prince Xi..."
"How is she?"
The doctor hesitated for a moment with a serious expression, then nodded and replied:
"Miss Xiao Cui's pulse was unstable. She might have eaten something that could cause miscarriage. Fortunately, she ate little, and the fetus in her womb was already stable, so she wasn't harmed. You must be more careful in the future."
Hearing this, Leng Xi's face suddenly darkened. Without saying anything, he shouted angrily to the people behind him:
"What did she eat today?"
Hearing this, the cook who had been waiting here for a long time replied in a trembling voice:
"For dinner, Miss Xiao Cui wants to eat something sour, so the servants specially made pickled fish and pickled radish. They are all fresh ingredients!"
The doctor frowned doubtfully, then nodded and replied:
"Even if the ingredients aren't fresh, they wouldn't be enough to cause Miss Xiao Cui to have a miscarriage. In my opinion, she ate something that could easily cause a miscarriage. Your Highness, please check what she's been eating recently!"
Hearing this, Leng Xi questioned the maid Xiaoying:
"Has she eaten anything special in recent days?"
Xiaoying thought for a while, shook her head and replied:
"Nothing special, just normal food, purchased according to your instructions. Oh, and the princess also sent some nutritional supplements the day before yesterday."
At this time, Xiao Cui opened her eyes slightly, and the moment she saw Leng Xi, she scolded the maid Xiao Ying:
"Don't talk nonsense. The fruits and snacks sent by the princess are all my favorites. The princess wouldn't want to harm the baby in my belly."
Hearing this, the doctor narrowed his eyes and asked in surprise:
"What did the princess send?"
Xiaoying then stretched out her fingers and began to recite them one by one,
"There are hawthorn, longan, almond, and barley soup..."
As soon as Xiaoying finished speaking, the doctor seemed to have thought of something, exhaled, and replied to Lengxi:
"Your Highness...this...this child, don't you want to keep him?"
"presumptuous."
Seeing that the doctor's words were not pleasant to hear, Leng Xi became furious. He looked at the doctor and shouted angrily:
"If I didn't want to keep this child, why would I have sent you here with so many troops? This is nonsense."
"Your Highness, please calm down. The reason I'm asking this is because the things the princess sent are all cold in nature. Consuming these cold foods for a long time during the first three months of pregnancy can really cause miscarriage..."
Hearing this, Leng Xi's brows tightened instantly. He looked at the doctor and asked word by word with a serious expression:
"Are you serious about what you said?"
"I dare not deceive Your Highness. You can go to the palace and ask the imperial physician to know the truth."
Leng Xi's face turned ashen at this moment.
He glanced at Xiao Cui lying on the bed, waved his hand, left here, and went straight to Yu Qiaoqiao's room.
The reason why he didn't tell Qiaoqiao directly was that he wanted to leave her a little dignity. Ever since he realized that he had feelings for Qiaoqiao, he wanted to get along well with her.
If Xiao Cui hadn't gotten pregnant, their situation might not be so awkward now.
At this time, Xiao Cui was lying on the bed with a faint smile on her lips.
She instructed the maid Xiaoying:
"Give the things I prepared to the doctor and send him back!"
Xiaoying nodded in agreement, and seeing that no one was around, she took out a jade bracelet from her sleeve, put it in the doctor's hand, and said softly:
"Thank you for your care, doctor."
The doctor took the jade bracelet without hesitation and then instructed Xiao Cui:
"Miss Xiao Cui, everything I just said to the prince is true. You should be more careful."
Hearing this, Xiao Cui's face turned pale in an instant. She sat up from the bed, looked at the doctor in horror, and asked fearfully:
"You mean there's a real risk of miscarriage for the baby in my belly?"
"yes."
"Then... then what should I do? Please quickly prescribe me some medicine to preserve my pregnancy."
"No need to prescribe it, you just need to be more careful in your daily life and eat less cold and hard food..."
After hearing what the doctor said, Xiao Cui finally felt relieved. She nodded to herself, and the doctor picked up his medicine box and turned to leave.
It turned out that she knew in advance that eating those cold foods could cause miscarriage in pregnant women, so she deliberately wanted to eat them. Yu Qiaoqiao, who didn't know the truth, thought that she was pregnant, so she tried her best to meet her not-too-excessive requests, and ordered the servants to prepare them and send them to her.
After these things were delivered to her, she asked the maid Xiaoying to throw them all away, and bribed the doctor to mention in front of Leng Xi that she had a miscarriage because she ate the food sent by Yu Qiaoqiao.
Her purpose was very clear, which was to sow discord between Leng Xi and Yu Qiaoqiao, so that she could take the position.
She completely ignored her own status and position. She thought that with the help of the child in her belly, she could soar into the sky and become a phoenix. However, she didn't know that Leng Xi only cared about the fetus in her belly. She never imagined that the day the child was born would be the day her good days would come to an end.
When Leng Xi came to Yu Qiaoqiao's room, Xiao Bao was talking to Yu Qiaoqiao. When Leng Xi saw him come in, he didn't have time to greet her. Leng Xi waved his hands angrily.
"You go down first."
Xiaobao looked at Yu Qiaoqiao with concern, and after getting her permission, turned around and walked out.
It can be seen from Leng Xi's expression that he came with ill intentions.
Yu Qiaoqiao asked indifferently:
"What's the matter with you coming to see me so late?"
Leng Xi clenched his fists, swung his clothes, sat down, picked up the teacup, put it down heavily, and asked dissatisfiedly:
"I told you long ago that after the child is born, you will be his mother. I won't even look at Xiao Cui. Why are you so impatient to attack her now? When did you become so hateful? You even want to harm an unborn child?"
His words left Yu Qiaoqiao a little confused.
She stood there with her hands down, frowning at Leng Xi, and asked in a cold voice:
"Why would you say something like that?"
Leng Xi looked up at her at this moment, questioning with gritted teeth,
"Don't you still want to admit it? You knew very well that the fetus is unstable in the first three months and can't eat cold foods that may cause miscarriage, so why did you still send it to her? I really didn't expect you to be such a person. Are you angry because I put you in solitary confinement for three days? But you can't take your anger out on the child, right? I've already told you that I only want the child, not the child's mother. You will always be the mistress of this Xiwang Mansion. One day in the future, when I ascend the throne, the position of Queen will also be given to you. But why can't you tolerate a child? Why did you kill him?"
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