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.