The Double-Chapter 575 - 169 Miscarriage_3

She let out a loud scream, and suddenly, everything went black before her eyes; she fainted on the spot.

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That night, the Right Chancellor’s Residence bustled with activity, just like any other peaceful evening.

The Imperial physicians were summoned in haste when they received the news, rushing to the Right Chancellor’s Residence deep into the night. This was Prince Cheng’s sister, Princess Yongning, and the child in her womb carried the Imperial bloodline; any misfortune would be unthinkable. But after taking Princess Yongning’s pulse, the physician could only shake his head and sigh deeply at Li Xian.

Li Xian understood then that Princess Yongning had lost the child in her womb.

He immediately put on an expression of deep sorrow, as if he couldn’t bear to utter another word. It was Li Lian and Li Zhongnan who saw the physician out. He sat on the stool in front of Princess Yongning’s bed, watching her and barely able to suppress the smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Over the past month, Li Xian had contemplated countless ways to "accidentally" cause Princess Yongning to have a miscarriage. But no matter what he did, she always emerged unscathed. The oil spilled on the floor, the medicine in the incense that could induce an abortion, and the unobtrusively added ingredients to her food, all proved to be ineffective. It seemed that Princess Yongning was extremely cautious about the child in her belly, never entrusting anything to anyone, which is why none of those plans had worked.

Li Xian found this very troubling. He couldn’t openly strip the child from her without drawing the Imperial Family’s ire for carelessly attending to the Princess. But if he couldn’t find the opportunity to act, Princess Yongning’s child would only grow bigger, and the bigger the child, the more dangerous a miscarriage would be. Although no one from the Li Family would grieve Princess Yongning’s death, they still needed her at this time to maintain relations with Prince Cheng, making him feel indebted to the Li Family and guilty, so as to repay them.

Therefore, Princess Yongning could not die.

He had been at his wits’ end, unsure of how to discreetly cause Princess Yongning to miscarry when suddenly, that day, he heard a scream from nearby in the courtyard. By the time the servants got there, they found Princess Yongning and her maid fallen to the ground, the maid unconscious and Princess Yongning lying at the bottom of the steps, blood pooled beneath her.

At first, Li Xian panicked, fearing an assassin had infiltrated the residence and that Princess Yongning was done for. But after a thorough examination, the physician determined that apart from the fall, Princess Yongning bore no other injuries; it was a miscarriage.

Li Xian was secretly delighted. Li Lian suggested that perhaps Princess Yongning had accidentally fallen during a walk, which caused the miscarriage; however, the unconscious maidservant could offer no clarity. All along, Li Xian had wanted to make Princess Yongning lose the undesirable child via an imperceptible and gentle means, so it certainly wasn’t his doing that caused her to fall.

But this solved one of his problems, and so his demeanor became more relaxed.

As he mulled over these thoughts, Princess Yongning regained consciousness. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Upon seeing Li Xian, Princess Yongning started with fright, seemingly not expecting him to be in her room. Then, her complexion shifted drastically, as if recalling the events that had transpired, and subconsciously touched her own abdomen. Finding it flat, she looked up at Li Xian, trembling as she asked, "The one in my palace’s ..."

"Princess," Li Xian sighed deeply, a sorrowful look in his eyes, "the child is gone, our child is gone."

When he said "our," a flicker of mockery passed through Li Xian’s eyes. He wasn’t the least bit sad; if the woman before him wasn’t Princess Yongning, wasn’t Prince Cheng’s sister, she would already be lifeless by now. How could she have only lost an illegitimate child?

Princess Yongning stared at him, dazed, then suddenly screamed, "That’s impossible!" She attempted to get out of bed, exclaiming, "I must see the Imperial physician! You are deceiving me; how could my child just be gone?"

"Princess!" Li Xian held back his disgust as he grabbed her arm, saying painfully, "It’s true! You fell down the stairs; the Imperial physician has already been, the child is gone. You must take care of yourself, we can still have children in the future."

"Fallen down the stairs..." Princess Yongning muttered, "No, that’s not it, I didn’t fall down the stairs, someone pushed me!" Grabbing Li Xian’s arm, she insisted, "Li Xian, someone in your residence has made an attempt on my life, they pushed me down, they caused me to lose my child!"

Li Xian’s heart stirred, but he kept his composure and probed, "Princess, did you see the face of the person who pushed you?"