Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 79

When Gu Shixing came out of the palace, it was already the time when the black gold was setting in the west.

When he reached the palace gate, he paused, looked back at the palace with a stern face, pondered for a moment, then turned around and got on the carriage.

When Gu Shixing returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Su Yun came forward to greet him. Seeing that his face did not look very good, she knew that something seemed to have happened.

She did not ask immediately, but waited until she returned to the room and helped him take off his official uniform before she asked softly, "What happened to the eldest prince?"

Gu Shixing lowered his head and said “hmm”, “I didn’t expect Chen Minglang to be so stubborn and not admit that it was the eldest prince who instigated Liang Yong to kidnap the girl.”

Su Yun paused for a moment and looked up at him: "Does that mean he may not leave Jindu?"

Gu Shixing took off his official uniform and put it on the rack, then picked up the brocade robe and put it on, with a thoughtful look on his face.

After putting on his outer coat, Gu Shixing said, "It is only a matter of time before these princes are divided into different fiefdoms. Even if he will not leave Jindu this time, his rights will be restricted because of what happened today."

At this point, Gu Shixing's expression was no longer so solemn, and he continued, "He had disguised himself well before, and the emperor valued him very much. Now he wants Liang Yong to deal with me because of a woman. In the eyes of the emperor, this behavior makes him feel that he is not worthy of being used."

"But how does Your Majesty know that he let Liang Yong fall in love with me in order to make Liang Yong and you become enemies?" Su Yun was puzzled.

Gu Shi walked to the washstand to wash his hands, then pulled down the towel to wipe the water stains on his hands.

"Before Li Ji did this, no one knew that I liked you, and His Majesty certainly would not have thought of this. But after Liang Yong committed the crime, I admitted that I had already liked you. Prince Dinghuai would think that Li Ji had already known about it, so he used this insidious trick to deepen the hatred between me and Liang Yong. How could His Majesty not have thought of this?"

At this point, Gu Shixing's solemn expression relaxed a little: "In order to give an explanation to Prince Dinghuai, the emperor will not let this matter go so easily."

Su Yun thought for a moment and asked, "Then how should His Majesty deal with Liang Yong?"

Gu Shixing led her out of the outer room and said calmly, "That depends on what Prince Dinghuai does. Although Liang Yong was used, he did mobilize the Dinghuai Army to pretend to be bandits and try to rob people, and also tried to attack the court officials. These are crimes." Gu Shixing shook his head slightly, "Not light."

At the end of his words, his eyes turned cold.

Although it is not light, it does not hurt any vital parts.

Su Yun didn't know what would happen to Li Ji and Liang Yong next, but from Gu Shixing's words, he could tell that although it wouldn't be easily revealed, there would be no severe punishment either.

These things are so complicated, how they will turn out in the end depends on what the emperor does.

"Let's eat first. There's no need to rush these things." Su Yun sighed in his heart and said softly.

Gu Shixing nodded. He was not anxious, but was afraid that she would think too much. But seeing that she was not so disappointed, he was relieved.

The two of them also went to the dining room next door to have their meal.

After returning from meal, my mother-in-law had someone bring me some stew as expected.

The mother-in-law didn't know that she was having her period, otherwise she wouldn't have brought the soup every now and then, causing her son to get angry for nothing.

The first two times, one time she entertained the potted plants under the windowsill, and the other time she asked Gu Shixing to drink. In the middle of the night, she had a lot of evil fire in her body, and she had finally helped him to vent it.

If the amount of stew delivered now was larger, she didn't dare to think about how she would spend the second half of the night.

Su Yun looked a little frightened, so she took the initiative to speak up for Gu Shixing and said, "My husband drank a lot of soup after dinner, so he must be full. Let's put the soup aside and heat it up before going to bed tonight."

The old woman frowned slightly, thought for a moment, picked up the soup again, and said, "Then I will bring it over later."

Su Yun: ...

That's not what she meant...

After the people left, Gu Shixing looked at her with a half-smile: "Are you scared now?"

Su Yun glared at him angrily, then picked up the round fan and waved it vigorously to let the cool breeze cool down the fire.

After being silent for a while, he finally couldn't help it and went to the house, asking Chu Yi to make another large bowl of heat-reducing herbal tea with more ingredients.

Su Yun was worried, and her mother-in-law was also very worried.

……

Madam Gu sat on the couch with her chin in her hand, her brow furrowed and her face filled with worry.

At this time, Lord Gu returned to his room, with no expression on his face, but he was deeply troubled.

He sat down on the chair in the room, looked at his wife lying on the couch, and moved his tightly pursed lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

He frowned and thought about what Doctor Fu said and what he gave him when he met him today.

Doctor Fu said that when people reach middle age, their waist and kidneys will indeed gradually age with age, but soup supplements are not a long-term solution and they still need to use medicinal food to nourish their body.

Marquis Gu looked puzzled, and then Doctor Fu took out a box and handed it to him, saying something ambiguous: "The prescription that Madam Marquis got from me earlier requires that you should not drink too much. After all, we are old and cannot compare to young people. It is better to take it easy."

Gu Hou took the box, opened it and took a look. There were five pills inside.

Doctor Fu lowered his voice and said meaningfully: "Only one pill is needed, and I guarantee that the Marquis will be able to display his virility all night long."

Hearing these words and seeing the pills in his hand, Marquis Gu understood something. His wife had consulted the imperial physician and asked for the prescription for invigorating the yang and nourishing the kidneys.

Thinking of this, he looked at his wife with complicated eyes.

My wife was not as steady and dignified as she was outside. She sat casually. She was about forty years old, but she looked like she was only in her early thirties. She was beautiful. Although she was less youthful than a young girl, she was more mature and charming.

Looking at his wife, Marquis Gu's eyes and even his thoughts became complicated.

She went to Doctor Fu to ask for a prescription for Yang tonic kidney, but she felt that he was not trying hard enough?

But if you think about it carefully, sexual intercourse is not that frequent, so it is not necessary to take any tonic medicine.

Marquis Gu began to think seriously - perhaps, she wanted to do it more frequently?

Mrs. Gu had no idea that her husband, who always had a serious face and was stern, had thought so much. If he knew, he would probably be even more worried.

……

The next day, Mrs. Gu got up late, felt sore in her back and waist, and was even more listless. But when she heard that her son and daughter-in-law were together, she called for water twice at night. She immediately felt refreshed, and her back and waist were no longer sore.

He hurriedly ordered the kitchen to stew an old hen soup and send it to the prince's wife. He was smiling all day long.

He secretly thought that the stew he had someone send must have worked, otherwise, based on his son's previous behavior, how could he have consummated his marriage so easily?

She has to wait for some time and send it a few more times!

I guarantee that I’ll be able to hold my grandchildren in my arms soon!

*

Because in her mother-in-law's eyes, she and Gu Shixing had truly "consummated their marriage", so she felt less guilty in front of her mother-in-law and felt relatively relaxed.

Just after returning from my mother-in-law's yard, a maid brought her a letter.

There was no signature on the letter, but it was addressed to the Crown Prince's wife personally.

Su Yun thought for a moment and opened the letter.

Looking down, his expression gradually darkened.

The letter was sent by the Grand Concubine.

In the letter, the Grand Princess asked her for help.

She wrote in the letter that Doctor Liu only said that she was more than a month pregnant and that she could not keep the baby any longer, and that he would definitely find a way to make her have a miscarriage in the next few days.

She no longer believed that her husband could protect her and the baby in her belly. And there were many spies in the eldest prince's mansion. Her food, clothing and expenses were controlled by others, and it was easy for something to go wrong.

And now, if she makes any move, she will let people know. She took a risk and asked the maid to deliver the letter, hoping that Su Yun could go to the Queen to seek help.

Su Yun closed the letter paper with a serious expression.

According to what the Grand Concubine said, there should be quite a few people of Concubine De in the Grand Palace, so even hiring a doctor has become a problem. No wonder that Imperial Physician Liu dared to underestimate the month.

In her previous life, the eldest princess fell ill after having a miscarriage. It must have been because the baby was born in the wrong month, and also because of the harm caused by the drugs, which led to her physical collapse.

Thinking of this, Su Yun felt uncomfortable in his heart.

She had been used as a pawn to harm Gu Shixing. And the person who harmed her didn't care what would happen to her, whether she would lose her reputation or her life.

Isn’t it the same for the Grand Concubine?

Concubine De only thought about her son and whether her status would be more honorable. If she lost her daughter-in-law, she would just find someone else to give birth to. If she lost her grandson, she would just let someone else give birth to one.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yun took the letter, left the room and went to find her mother-in-law.

Su Yun gave the letter to her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Gu read the contents of the letter, frowned, raised her eyes and looked at her daughter-in-law: "Are you sure you want to get involved in this mess?"

Su Yun pursed her lips, thought for a few breaths, and replied: "The Grand Concubine can find my daughter-in-law here, which obviously shows that she trusts her very much. And the Grand Concubine has no other choice but to find me here. If I turn a blind eye, the baby in the Grand Concubine's belly may not be saved. If this goes on, even the Grand Concubine may not be able to save it."

Given Concubine Yi De's ruthlessness, she will only do more ruthless things and will definitely not show mercy.

The fact that the Grand Concubine asked her for help showed that she was going to stand against the Noble Concubine De, her own mother-in-law. She had been forced into a situation with no way back.

Madam Gu sighed, then smiled at Su Yun: "You are a kind-hearted person who can enter my mansion."

Madam Gu closed the letter, thought for a moment, and said, "Forget it. Come with me to the palace and ask the Queen what she thinks."

The Queen has always been at odds with Noble Concubine De. If she knew about this, even if she was not the Crown Princess, she would also do something to deal with Noble Concubine De, so as to find her weak spot and seriously injure her vitality.

Su Yun responded and entered the palace with her mother-in-law.

The Queen read the letter from the Grand Concubine and slammed the table in displeasure, scolding her fiercely: "She is so vicious that she even dares to murder her own grandson!"

The Grand Concubine did not say anything wrong about Noble Concubine De in her letter, but anyone with a discerning eye knew who the imperial physician was working for.

Who doesn't know what kind of person Concubine Chen is?

Can she bribe the imperial physician?

If anyone could easily bribe an imperial physician to murder royal descendants, the situation would have been chaotic long ago.

The Queen looked at Su Yun and asked her, "Are you sure that the Grand Concubine is already three months pregnant?"

Su Yunying: "Earlier, Doctor Fu checked my pulse and confirmed that it was three months. Now it is more than three months."

Upon hearing this, the Queen fell silent and did not ask Imperial Physician Fu why he took the eldest imperial concubine's pulse.

He lowered his eyes to think for a while, then raised them and said, "There must be solid evidence to prove that Imperial Doctor Liu wants to harm the prince's descendants."

Su Yun said: "First, it's about downplaying the month. Although ordinary doctors can make mistakes, it's unreasonable for the imperial physician to make mistakes. Second, one of the herbs in the prescription written by Imperial Physician Liu is Five Elements Grass."

Just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw the Queen's face change slightly. Su Yun realized that the Queen knew about this medicine, so he stopped.

Madam Gu on the side added: "It's already unreasonable to say that the month is too early. And prescribing such a prescription when the Grand Concubine is pregnant is not just a coincidence. There is something fishy going on."

The queen thought for a moment, then instructed the nanny, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and invite Imperial Doctor Liu and Imperial Doctor Fu, and tell them that..." She looked at Madam Gu and said, "The wife of the Marquis of Zhongyi is not feeling well, ask them to come over."

The nanny received the order and left the hall.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two imperial doctors arrived at Ciyuan Palace.

Doctor Liu wondered why the Queen wanted to invite him over, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't imagine it was because of the Crown Princess.

In the palace, two imperial doctors took turns to check Madam Gu's pulse, but neither of them noticed anything wrong.

"Madam Hou is in good health and there is nothing wrong with her," said Doctor Liu.

The Queen took a sip of tea and asked leisurely, "How many years have you two been in the Imperial Hospital?"

Imperial Physician Fu has been in office for fifteen years.

And Imperial Physician Liu should have been in office for seventeen years.

"So Imperial Physician Liu was introduced two years earlier than Imperial Physician Fu. His experience and medical skills should not be much worse, so his simple pregnancy diagnosis should not be wrong." The Queen said slowly.

When he heard the word "pregnancy diagnosis", Doctor Liu's face turned slightly pale.

The queen sneered in her heart and asked directly, "Is the eldest imperial concubine pregnant?"

Imperial Physician Liu hesitated for a moment before responding, "Reporting to Her Majesty the Queen, the Grand Concubine is indeed pregnant."

The queen fiddled with the cup and asked again, "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."

Although Imperial Physician Liu was somewhat worried, suspecting that the Queen knew something, he was unaware that Imperial Physician Fu had already examined the Crown Princess's pulse, so he was hoping for a lucky break.

He replied, "The Grand Concubine has been pregnant for more than a month, but she has not been in good health since she had a miscarriage two years ago. Perhaps she has been too worried recently, and her pulse shows obvious signs of miscarriage. If she insists on keeping the child, I am afraid her life will be in danger."

When Doctor Fu heard this, he frowned and glanced at Doctor Liu with complicated thoughts.

The Queen chuckled, "What a coincidence! I heard that Doctor Fu also checked the pulse of the Grand Concubine, but the month he diagnosed was three months. This time, he diagnosed two different months from the same pulse. That's really strange, isn't it?"

After saying that, the queen looked at Madam Gu and Su Yun.

Doctor Liu's face suddenly turned pale, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Su Yun said in a gentle voice, "I ran into the Grand Concubine at Jinyue Temple less than half a month ago. She was feeling unwell, so I asked her a few questions and learned that she had asked the imperial physician. But she couldn't diagnose her pulse at that time, and now the pulse she diagnosed is different from what Imperial Physician Fu said. I don't know which of the two imperial physicians is right."

The Queen smiled and said, "That's easy. Send another imperial physician to check the patient's pulse and we'll know."

Hearing this, Doctor Liu's hands trembled slightly, and even his voice trembled: "It is possible that I made a wrong diagnosis."

The queen swept her cold eyes over Doctor Liu, and then ordered the maid in a cold voice: "Invite another doctor, take my token and go to the eldest prince's mansion. If anyone dares to stop me, take him away without saying anything else."