flstandardbreds Chapter 415: Cruel and ruthless Ye Yanran
Chapter 415: Cruel and ruthless Ye Yanran
Speaking of discovering the problem with the tonic, Gu Congyun was quite emotional. If she hadn't been so careful, it would have taken her a lifetime to find out why she was infertile.
"The medicine pot I use to make tonic medicine is fixed every day. I clean it every day and put it away. I take it out and use it the next day."
"I don't know which bastard came up with this dirty trick. They crushed the contraceptive pills and smeared them on the inside of the lid of the medicine jar. So every time they boiled the tonic medicine, they would add a large amount of contraceptive pills."
"If I hadn't discovered it early, I'm afraid I would never get pregnant if I continued to eat it."
When Aunt Su heard Gu Congyun say this, her heart started pounding with fear. She thought that Gu Congyun was a concubine and there shouldn't be so many people around her who would harm her. Who could have thought that some people would be so ruthless when they made their move.
She has been taking tonics since her last miscarriage, which may have been about half a year. The more Aunt Su thought about it, the more frightened she became.
"Mom, you must thank the princess when you go back this time. If she hadn't sent me some medicine to take care of my body, I wouldn't have gotten pregnant for a while even if I stopped taking the contraceptive pills."
"Well, the prince got this health pill from a friend. I heard it is very valuable."
"Prince?"
Gu Congyun looked at Aunt Su with suspicion.
The Prince of Changping, Gu Xi, is a dandy boy who spends his days eating, drinking and having fun. The people around him are all bad friends. When did he get to know such a powerful person?
"That's right. The prince has recently taken a liking to martial arts. He has been pestering a young general named Zhou Wuwei to teach him martial arts. The prince was so angry about this that he smashed his tea bowl several times."
When talking about Prince Changping, the smile on Aunt Su's face deepened a little.
"The prince is very good at Kung Fu. The reason why he was named a king of a different surname was all due to his achievements in leading troops in battles. He has long wanted to teach his skills to the prince, but the prince simply doesn't like to learn."
"Now suddenly a young General Zhou appears. The prince ignores his own father and hangs around young General Zhou all day. It would be strange if the prince is not angry."
Although Gu Congyun was a girl from the inner house, she was not unfamiliar with the name Zhou Wuwei.
As the first place winner of the South Camp competition, all the young girls in the capital were probably familiar with him.
"Young General Zhou is also very good at martial arts. It is better for the prince to be on good terms with him than with those bad friends."
Gu Congyun and Aunt Su talked about some things in the Prince's Mansion. Although they didn't say it explicitly, it was easy to guess who drugged Gu Congyun.
"Mother, when you return to the palace, you must have a good talk with the prince and the princess. I want to have a foothold in the Prince's Palace, and I must make sure that the Marquis of Danyang's Palace will never get up."
"Ye Yanran is already trying to cover up everything in the Prince's Mansion. If she lets the Marquis of Danyang Mansion rise, I'm afraid that our Prince of Changping Mansion will have nothing to do in the future."
As he spoke, Gu Congyun looked down at his belly.
"If I'm pregnant with a little grandson, I hope he can fight for that position in the future."
Aunt Su naturally understood what Gu Congyun meant.
The Prince of Changping's Mansion and the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion had never gotten along, and the grudge between the two families would never be resolved in this lifetime.
Especially after Xiao Yi was named the crown prince, both families knew very well that once Xiao Yi became emperor, they would have to fight it out.
"I will go and tell the prince that the current Danyang Marquisate is just an empty shell. We in the palace are not afraid of it at all."
"As long as there is a little trouble in Danyang Marquis's Mansion, Ye Yanran will not have so much time to focus all her attention on my belly."
It has to be said that Gu Congyun's method is very effective. Ever since Ye Yanran found out that she was pregnant, she has been trying to find a way to get rid of the child.
But before they could come up with a solution, trouble broke out at the Danyang Marquis' Mansion.
Ye Yanran's elder brother Ye Dongxian got into a fight with someone while visiting a brothel for a courtesan and beat the man to death.
If the person who died was just a commoner, the Danyang Marquisate would naturally be able to deal with it.
But the man Ye Dong killed happened to be the only son in a family for six generations. His father died early, and his mother had been a widow for 30 years. She had quite a reputation in the capital.
Now that Ye Dong has killed their only child, they will definitely make a big fuss.
The matter had not been settled yet, and soon there were rumors outside that Ye Dong was buying and selling official positions, and the reason why he was so arrogant was because he had a sister who was the Crown Princess.
When these two things happened at the same time, the entire Danyang Marquis Mansion was in chaos, and Ye Yanran, the younger sister, was naturally involved.
Later, the government really began to thoroughly investigate Ye Dong's buying and selling of official positions.
In order to save her son, Madam Gan almost broke down the threshold of the Prince's Mansion.
The incident caused a lot of uproar until early June, when Imperial Noble Consort Dehui issued an imperial decree to cut off Ye Dong's future path to inherit the title and compensate the widow with 6 taels of silver. Only then was the matter forcibly suppressed.
After this incident, the reputation of the Danyang Marquisate was completely ruined. In the past, it was despised by many people in the capital for its harsh treatment of Ye Jintang. Now it was buying and selling official positions, and even their ancestors for eighteen generations were cursed.
Ye Yanran was implicated in this matter and has not seen Xiao Yi for half a month.
In the past half month, Xiao Yi stayed in Gu Congyun's room almost every night, and he rarely visited other concubines.
Because of this matter, Ye Yanran was jealous to the point of madness.
"Su Shu, what's going on with you guys? Gu Congcong's belly is getting bigger and bigger. If we can't come up with a solution, she's going to give birth in a few months."
"My lady, we servants really can't think of a solution. The entire Zuiyunxuan is surrounded like an iron barrel. Even the maids with unfamiliar faces can't get in."
"What's the use of you? You can't even handle such a small matter."
Ye Yanran was so angry that she overturned the small table on the bed, causing things to scatter all over the floor.
All the maids and servants serving in the room fell to their knees in fear.
"Go get the medicine box that Madam Yao left behind. I don't believe that we can't find a bottle of usable medicine."
Madam Yao ran away in a hurry and did not take most of the medicine she prescribed with her. Now they have all been taken by Ye Yanran.
The medicine box was opened, and inside was a pile of various bottles and jars.
Looking at the bottles one by one, Ye Yanran's bright red nails swept across a white jade bottle.
There were only three words written on it: Dingyunsan.
Ye Yanran vaguely remembered that Madam Yao said that the so-called Dingyun Powder was a poison that could be dropped into water or burned in fire.
This medicine is colorless and odorless. Ordinary people will only get a headache when they smell it. But if a weak person or a pregnant woman smells it, it can aggravate the condition and cause unbearable abdominal pain at the very least, or endanger life or even cause miscarriage at the worst.
Ye Yanran was a cruel and ruthless person. She directly threw Dingyun Powder to Su Shu and asked her to throw it into the well of Zuiyunxuan.
"Don't tell me that you guys can't even get close to a well. I'll give you two days. If you don't complete the task within two days, I'll sell all of you to the cheapest brothel. You're useless anyway."
Ye Yanran's eyes were full of viciousness, she wanted to destroy Gu Congyun immediately.