Fierce Consort

Chapter 71

Outside of Yan Yan's expectations, Concubine Pei didn't drag Concubine Wu down with her.

Concubine Pei insisted that she and Doctor Chang were the only ones involved in this plot. The involvement of Doctor Chang completely explained everything, including why there was supposedly safflower juice found during the investigation. Since no one understood medicine, whatever the doctor said became the truth.

Only after listening to Matron Zou's analysis on the way back to the Ningxiang Chambers did Yan Yan understand why.

Concubine Pei knew her outcome wouldn't be good. Even if she wasn't put to death, she wouldn't be able to remain in the estate. She still had two children. Yan Ting was cold and emotionless and the old madam only liked Yan Hong. Yan Qian wasn't young but wasn't old either, and she was also a girl. For her marriage in the future, she needed someone to help her financially and to protect her.

Ultimately, Concubine Wu had only been responsible for coming up with ideas and passing on messages. If she was really dragged out, she would at most be confined. Might as well not mention it and make her owe this favor. In the future she could help take care of Yan Qian.

Children don't realize what their parents do for them!

Because it was already past midnight, everyone went their separate ways. Concubine Pei was locked up to be dealt with in the morning.

Yan Yan saw Shen Yi Yao wasn't looking too well and sent her back to the Jinse Pavilion. After leaving Yan Mo there as well, she returned to the Ningxiang Chambers.

After a busy night, she was a little hungry. Luckily there was chicken congee, shumai and spring rolls being warmed on the little kitchen's stove. They didn't differentiate between mistress and servants. Everyone ate a little to fill their stomachs.

Yan Yan had Ying'er and Yan'er take some food containers and medicine for injuries over to the Jinse Pavilion. Today the Jinse Pavillion was a mess. Shen Yi Yao's personal maids had all been beaten. Although they weren't heavily injured, they definitely couldn't do any work. Yan Yan ordered her maids to give them a hand.

Yan Yan didn't feel like sleeping at all. Mei Xiang and the few senior maids were also full of energy.
Today's events were truly too thrilling. The people serving by Yan Yan's side had all gotten involved.
Actually, this matter still needed to be told from the beginning.

Yan Yan truly didn't believe Concubine Pei was pregnant. Matron Zou didn't either.
It was too coincidental. Coincidental to the extent it didn't seem real.

Also there was that matter with Yan Qian. If Concubine Pei was truly pregnant, why not say it directly and instead have her own daughter put on a performance in front of Shen Yi Yao? Only after it failed did she reveal her pregnancy. Of course it could be said that Concubine Pei only realized she was pregnant afterwards. But as Matron Dong had said, she had already given birth to two kids. Why was she acting like an unmarried virgin? Didn't she know what it meant to miss her period?

The various points added together caused Yan Yan to have deep suspicions.

However, there was a problem. Yan Yan had people investigate but they couldn't find any clues. A doctor had taken her pulse and the Ziyu Pavilion brewed pregnancy nourishing medicine daily. Everything appeared extremely normal and there was no evidence. Just her suspicions couldn't prove anything.

Yan Yan had been very vexed during this period of time.

Afterwards, when Luo Huai Yuan's routine letter arrived, she had told him about this matter.

Following which, Luo Huai Yuan sent a second letter the very next day asking about the details of the situation. The two of them thus ended up coming with such a plot through their letters.