After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 153 Musk Pills

Inside the palace, Princess Mengnan was wearing a fur coat made of extremely rare white fox fur with a red fox collar.

Charcoal was burning in the house, and she was drinking a bowl of hot milk tea. This was one of the few local flavors she brought from southern Mengnan, and it tasted salty and fragrant.

Suddenly, the cup slipped and she covered her abdomen with her hands. A sharp pain came over her. She slid to her knees and fell to the ground. Her lips turned pale. "It hurts... Ishig... It hurts so much."

Yixige had just brought in a plate of pastry and dropped it on the floor. He supported Princess Mengnan and anxiously called the maid outside to call the palace doctor.

Waves of pain came, and a trace of blood seeped out between Princess Mengnan's legs.

Yixige was so frightened that he dared not breathe and held Princess Mengnan's hand tightly. Princess Mengnan fainted from the pain, with cold sweat on her forehead.

When the court doctor arrived, Isig knelt down and begged him, "Doctor, please save my princess."

"Get up quickly." The court doctor hurriedly walked towards Princess Mengnan, took her pulse, and fed her a pill. The court doctor frowned and looked at the other servants beside him, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Ishig understood and asked them to wait outside.

After everyone left, the three of them were the only ones left in the room. The court doctor said, "The princess is pregnant! She was showing signs of miscarriage just now, but fortunately, her body is stronger than that of an ordinary woman, so she was able to save the pregnancy. I just gave her some medicine, and she's stable now. You can continue to use my prescription to save the pregnancy. However... this miscarriage seems to be caused by the musk."

"The princess is pregnant?" Yixige became excited, but when she thought of musk, she became worried again. Princess Mengnan also woke up, and when she heard that she was pregnant, she burst into tears. The pain disappeared, and her lower abdomen felt a little sagging.

She asked the court doctor to check everywhere, and Yixige also followed suit. There was no trace of musk in the whole house.

Suddenly, Yixige stared at Princess Mengnan's bracelet. It was the gold-encrusted jade bracelet that Qi Didi had given her. Princess Mengnan's pale lips grew even darker. She couldn't believe it! She pulled the bracelet out and smashed it on the ground. From it popped a dense mass of tiny balls, each the size of a sesame seed.

The court doctor picked up some and smelled them, frowning. "These are musk balls, made of musk. If a pregnant woman smells them for a long time, it will cause miscarriage. If it were someone else today, the baby might not be saved."

Princess Mengnan's face turned extremely pale, and there was only fear in her heart.

Yixige's face turned grim. He bowed to the court physician with gratitude and stuffed another bag of silver into his hand. "Please don't spread this matter to anyone for now."

"No need for the silver. I won't tell anyone about this. Tell Prince Ding'an about this as soon as possible. Prince Ding'an will be able to protect the princess." The court doctor pushed the silver away and walked out.

Yixige walked back to Princess Mengnan's bedside. Princess Mengnan's face was ashen, like a skeleton with its soul drained out. She touched her stomach, and her face suddenly became red. "It seems that I was negligent in guarding against Qi Didi, so she took advantage of me. She didn't kill me that time in Qiuchang, but this time she came up with such a vicious trick. I thought she was trying to please me."

Yixige sighed, and thinking of Qi Didi, she felt very angry. "I warned the princess that day! It's my fault... I should have discovered it sooner."

"This is not your fault, it's only my own fault. Miss Helan also warned me to be careful of her, but I didn't take it seriously at the time. Fortunately, God was on my side and didn't let her succeed." She thought about it and felt that everything was not safe. If Qi Didi knew about this, she would definitely try to harm her. She shook her head and thought, "This time, let everyone mistakenly believe that I really lost the child. I want to see how the prince treats this concubine."

Yixige said, "Princess, I will go and tell King Ding'an that you have a miscarriage." She collected the musk balls scattered on the ground and the broken bracelets and wrapped them up with a piece of white cloth.

Princess Mengnan no longer had the strength to speak, so she closed her eyes and rested.

As soon as Yixige left the room, she handed the prescription to one of the maids, "The princess has had a miscarriage, go and boil the medicine quickly." She then rushed to Gu Shicheng without stopping. The guards outside the door went in to report, and Gu Shicheng came out after waiting for a long time.

Similarly, Qi Didi also received the message. The moment Gu Shicheng entered the door, Qi Didi followed.

When Gu Shicheng heard that Princess Mengnan had a miscarriage, he was shocked. He had never thought that he would have a child. He felt confused, but after hearing that Princess Mengnan had a miscarriage, he felt like he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He just looked down at Princess Mengnan. Seeing her pale face and lying with her eyes closed, he couldn't bear it and sat down. He reached out and stroked the hair on both sides of her forehead. Princess Mengnan opened her eyes and grabbed his hand, crying, "Prince, the child is gone!"

"I know, it's gone. This child was an accident. His parents had no love. It's a blessing for him that such a child was not born."

Seeing Gu Shicheng's cold face and his calm words, Princess Mengnan couldn't stop her tears from flowing out.

Why? Why did she fall for Gu Shicheng in the first place? Her heart ached. She wiped her tears and questioned him, "So he's just gone in your eyes? He's a living being! You don't even feel sad?"

Gu Shicheng stood up, still feeling a chill, as if everything had nothing to do with him, "Don't mess around."

Qi Didi, who was standing behind them, also felt a chill in her heart, but was also secretly delighted. Since Gu Shicheng didn't value this child so much, it meant that he also looked down on Princess Mengnan.

Most of her worries were dispelled.

Princess Mengnan stared at Qi Didi with her icy eyes. Qi Didi shuddered and realized the bracelet on her wrist was gone. She felt a little worried. Princess Mengnan looked at Gu Shicheng and sneered, "You don't even ask why? I've always been in great health. How could I suddenly miscarry? It can only be... someone trying to harm me!"

Gu Shicheng frowned and said, "Stop messing around. I'll ask the court doctor about this."

"Nonsense?" Princess Mengnan became increasingly upset, her tears streaming down her face. "Your Highness has already told me twice that I'm being ridiculous! When have I ever been ridiculous with you? I only blame myself for misjudging you!"

Isig felt indignant for her princess, tears streaming down her face. She knelt on the ground and unfolded a white cloth, revealing several broken bracelets and musk pills. "Your Highness, what are you still investigating? If the musk pills weren't hidden in the gold-encased jade bracelet given by the concubine, how could my princess have miscarried? The princess believed her lies, thinking that wearing the bracelet would ensure a happy relationship with you, Your Highness. But what did she get in return? She lost her child! Your Highness, you must make the decision for the princess!"

Qi Didi's heart trembled, and she took a step back. She hadn't expected the princess to find out so quickly. She had wanted to rush in and take the bracelet away first. Gu Shicheng looked at her with a sinister look, and she immediately knelt and burst into tears, "Your Highness, I didn't do it! How could I have known that the princess was pregnant and put something like this there? How could I be so stupid as to do such an obvious thing?"

"Obvious? Who in their right mind would have thought that musk pills could be put in a bracelet?" Princess Mengnan glared at her with hatred.

"That's impossible. I gave my sister two bracelets that day, and she only wore this one. How could I do such a stupid thing? I'm afraid someone has tampered with this one?" Qi Didi was crying, as if she had suffered a great injustice. She cried inconsolably, feeling even more aggrieved than Princess Mengnan.

Yixige remembered that there were indeed two bracelets. Qi Didi reminded her of this. She said, "Princess, are you admitting it yourself? I will go get the other one right away. You will have to admit it even if you don't want to."

Gu Shicheng had a severe headache. He sat on the chair and waited for Yixige to take the bracelet.

There were cries from both sides, and the cries made his head hurt even more.

When he married Helan in his previous life, Helan never cried like this.

Before he could think about anything else, Yixige took the bracelet back. Gu Shicheng took it and smashed it in front of Qi Didi as if to vent his anger. The bracelet broke into several pieces, and there was nothing inside. A piece of the fragment bounced up and cut the side of Qi Didi's face. The wound on her fingernail could not bleed. Qi Didi covered her face and cried in pain, crying aggrievedly, "Sister, I have always just wanted to get along well with you, but you... why do you throw dirty water on me like this? Even if you don't like me anymore, I won't hit a child!"

Gu Shicheng said impatiently, "Alright! Just pretend nothing happened. Di'er, go back."

Princess Mengnan and Yixige were equally incredulous. She immediately understood that Qi Didi was deliberately trying to trick Yixige into taking out another bracelet to clear his suspicion.

She was unwilling to give in and watched Qi Didi leave with tears in her eyes. Master Gu walked to her bedside as if nothing had happened, tucked her quilt, and warned her, "Enough is enough." He got up and left.

Enough is enough? Princess Mengnan's heart died at that moment. She glared at Gu Shicheng and said self-deprecatingly, "My Lord, how could someone as smart as you not see the clues? It's just that your heart is on the concubine, and you indulge her in doing these evil things again and again. You are nothing but her accomplice!"

Gu Shicheng was stunned and continued to walk out the door.