Chapter 579 - 170: The Real Culprit_2
Among them, one person said, "Thankfully the child in the Princess’s belly is finally gone. Now, the Eldest Young Master Li doesn’t have to go to all the trouble of tampering with the Princess’s fetus-preserving medicine, which had no reaction anyway. Could it be that the Princess did not drink the medicine? Otherwise, why was there no sign of trouble? If it weren’t for the Eldest Young Master going to extreme measures this time, we might never have been successful."
"How could we not? If we had waited until her belly grew larger, it would’ve been harder to take action and easy to cause a fatality. Before this, our Eldest Young Master Li tried countless methods, involved in using medicines and solutions on the ground—none worked. If even being pushed down the stairs didn’t do it, I would’ve started to suspect she wasn’t human and had learned some kind of secret martial art."
Another person then said, "Keep your voice down. If someone overhears us, we’ll be in trouble. In any case, this outcome is for the best. Now that it’s done, let’s stop discussing it and get to work. After the Princess causes a few more days of commotion, won’t His Highness find a fall guy and then it’ll be settled?"
Mei Xiang listened on the side, her heart pounding with fear. She wanted to eavesdrop further, but the two turned their conversation to other matters. There seemed to be the sound of footsteps in the distance, and Mei Xiang didn’t dare linger, for fear of being discovered. She dared not burst into the room and expose these two, for after all, this was the Li’s residence. If what these two said was true and the culprit was Li Xian, the Li family would surely silence anyone involved to protect their secret. She might be killed before she even had the chance to tell Princess Yongning.
So she pretended as if nothing happened, stood up, and quietly left. She continued to the kitchen to fetch the medicine, then returned to Princess Yongning’s room. She put down the medicine, feeling incredibly uneasy, thinking about how to broach the subject with Princess Yongning.
Finally, Princess Yongning noticed something was amiss.
After hearing the whole story, Princess Yongning’s lips trembled, she said, "They have quite the nerve." Then, raising her voice, "They have quite the nerve!"