Secret Cooperation

Last time, she had acted against her own conscience. In this Prince's Manor, she never hoped for favor or status. Anything that could be resolved with money, she used money for, not wishing to offend anyone.

The Liu family had nothing but an abundance of money. The Prince valued her for this reason, and the Princess Consort, knowing she was very dutiful and willing to spend money to settle matters, treated her with a bit more leniency.

Jiang Jin Xin was someone who, at first glance, clearly possessed no small ambition. Although she was pitiable, she had become the common enemy of both the Princess Consort and Side Consort Cao. Side Consort Liu did not wish to get involved.

Side Consort Liu was about to send someone out to refuse her when Lian Rong rushed in, knelt before Side Consort Liu, and said urgently, "Side Consort Liu, I beg you to save my mistress. She truly has a very high fever. Without medicine, she will die."

Hearing this, Side Consort Liu frowned and stood up, about to scold her servants for not stopping Lian Rong. But then she heard Lian Rong say, "My mistress said that as long as you are willing to save her, she is willing to help you deal with Side Consort Cao and the Princess Consort."

Hearing this, Side Consort Liu sat back down. "Your mistress can barely keep her own life right now. What capability does she have to deal with others? Furthermore, the Princess Consort and I have never had any grievances. Why should I deal with her?"

"Actually, my mistress is the illegitimate daughter of the Qiyuan Marquis's Manor. Because of a conflict during her visit home today, she earned the Princess Consort's hatred. There is one more thing—my mistress told me to tell you that your fall in the garden last time was actually caused by the Princess Consort. Even Side Consort Cao's child was harmed by her."

Hearing this, Side Consort Liu stood up in shock. "Does your mistress have any proof?"

"Naturally, she has none. This happened a long time ago. She only knows because she accidentally overheard the Princess Consort talking with the Madam while she was at home," Lian Rong explained.

Side Consort Liu's expression changed repeatedly. Remembering that child, the grievance in her heart still couldn't dissipate, and the pain was like a knife twist. She recalled being led to the garden to admire flowers back then. The servant beside her had been called away by the Princess Consort. Just then, there was a patch of green moss washed by the rain. She fell, but no one passed by.

Just like that, she was in so much pain that she fainted, and the child was lost.

It wasn't that she hadn't suspected the Princess Consort, because that maid had been sent to her by the Princess Consort. After the incident, the maid immediately fell into the lake and drowned.

Now that it was confirmed, her tears immediately fell like rain. She had been three months pregnant then, and the female physician said it was a boy.

After a long while, Side Consort Liu finally emerged from her dark emotions and said to Ngan Hanh beside her, "Invite Wen Yue here and follow Lian Rong to Plum Fragrance Residence. Move quietly; do not disturb anyone."

Not long after, Lian Rong led Wen Yue to Plum Fragrance Residence.

Wen Yue came from a medical family that had practiced medicine for generations. She had followed Side Consort Liu to the Prince's Manor to repay a debt of gratitude. Naturally, her medical skills were beyond question, not much inferior to the Imperial Physicians in the palace.

After an examination, she prescribed medicine and applied ointment to the external wounds. By midnight, Jiang Jin Xin's fever finally broke.