Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan paid no attention to what Xinlan said; her thoughts were still on Lin's condition. Princess Qinghe had been poisoned before, and now Lin was poisoned. Both were the result of schemes. The Yongwang Mansion's harem was truly treacherous.

However, Princess Yong already had a child, so there was no need for her to harm the child's biological mother. Otherwise, when the child grew up and knew everything, the relationship between the adoptive mother and son would probably reach freezing point.

So, who took action?

Tao Yanyan locked onto Concubine Hui.

As a concubine who has been immersed in the deep palace for decades, she still has some tricks.

However, Tao Yanyan was too lazy to care. Lin's hands were stained with the blood debt of Princess Qinghe, and it was her own fault that she had fallen to this point.

Xinlan had lunch at Changle Palace. When leaving, He Xiaobao held Gu Shuhuan's hand and was reluctant to leave. Finally, the two brothers agreed on the next time they would meet before parting with tears in their eyes.

In Prince Yong's mansion, Lin changed into clean clothes and washed her old clothes, which were covered with the smell of medicine and were really unpleasant.

Her fair face was covered with red spots, and her skin was also red and swollen, itching terribly. Every time she scratched, it would break, pus would flow out, and it would not heal even after a long time of treatment.

At first, Prince Yong would go to Lin's room to accompany and comfort her, but as time went on, he stopped coming. Even when he saw Lin in the mansion, he didn't dare approach her and would stay away from her.

Lin suffered from both physical and mental torture, and every day seemed like a tribulation.

"Have you consulted all the doctors in the capital's medical clinics? Why can't anyone cure my illness?" Lin was very angry. She was no longer as beautiful as before and hadn't seen Prince Yong for a long time.

The maid comforted him, "The prince has already sent people out of the capital to find a doctor. Auntie, please wait a little longer. Maybe the next doctor who comes will be able to help."

Lin was already disheartened. Since she fell ill, she had seen more than a dozen doctors, and even the doctors in the palace were helpless. She vaguely felt that she might not live long.

Prince Yong was not in a good mood because of Lin's situation. At first, he suspected that the Concubine Dowager had poisoned Lin, but all the doctors he consulted could not explain the poison. They only said that it was Lin's own flaws that caused internal heat, which surged up and manifested on her skin.

If the poison could not be found, it could not be determined to be poisoning. He had also gone to question the Concubine Dowager, asking her why she poisoned Lin. But Concubine Dowager Hui was so angry that she smashed two teacups, saying that he was only interested in a lowly concubine and had wrongly accused the Concubine Dowager without any basis, which chilled the Concubine Dowager's heart.

The relationship between mother and son is very strained and they haven't spoken to each other for more than ten days.

Prince Yong's harem was restless, so he had no desire to visit it anymore. He devoted himself to official duties, visiting the palace far more often than before. This, however, caused dissatisfaction among Prince Yong's wife, who always felt that Prince Yong's frequent visits to the palace were due to Empress Tao. In His Majesty's absence, Prince Yong was the head of the regents, and thus met with the Empress more often than any of his women.

On this day, Prince Yong was in his study. Princess Yong came with the young prince to pay their respects, and the conversation started talking about Tao Yanyan.

"Your Majesty, we don't know when His Majesty will return to the palace. Are we going to let the Empress continue to govern the country?"

Prince Yong looked up at her and said, "You don't need to worry about the Emperor and Empress' affairs. Just take care of the backyard of the palace. By the way, Lin's illness still needs to be treated. Don't delay."

Princess Yong cleared her throat. "It's not that I don't want to treat her. She's the prince's favorite, and I have to treat her no matter how much it costs. But I've invited all the doctors in the capital, and no one can treat her. I have no choice."

Prince Yong was a little annoyed. He put down his pen and asked, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, please leave first. I still have official business to attend to."

Princess Yong saw that he didn't go to the backyard again today, so she sighed and said, "Your Highness, no matter how busy you are with official duties, you must take care of your health. You haven't been to the backyard for almost a month. If none of the concubines please your Highness, I will find new ones for you..."

Prince Yong interrupted her and said impatiently, "Okay, okay, I'm really busy. You should go back first."

Seeing Prince Yong's impatient expression, Princess Yong stood up and said, "Your Highness is now annoyed by any woman in the palace. He is only happiest when she comes to the palace every day."

Prince Yong heard her hidden meaning and said unhappily, "What are you guessing about? Don't be disrespectful to her!"

Princess Yong was frightened by the coldness in Prince Yong's tone and dared not say anything more, but she was really angry. When she thought of the queen's stunningly beautiful face and the look in the prince's eyes when he looked at the queen, she was so angry that she could not relieve herself.

After returning to the backyard, Princess Yong handed the young prince to the wet nurse and was still sulking alone. Her maid Xiaoyun stepped forward and said, "Princess, why did you bother to anger the prince? If the prince doesn't want to go into the backyard now, then he shouldn't, otherwise it will be a good opportunity for the other concubines."

Xiaoyun poured a cup of tea for Princess Yong. After drinking it, Princess Yong said, "But I can't stand seeing him so attentive to the palace. That girl in the palace... you serve by my side, you must have seen her. I'm afraid any man would find it difficult to walk when he sees her. But she is so beautiful and has such tricks that she has bewitched the prince to such an extent."

Xiaoyun comforted him, "No matter how obsessed he is, he won't really do anything. The uncle-sister-in-law relationship is there, and everyone is watching. The prince won't do anything reckless."

Princess Yong knew that Prince Yong would not do anything reckless, but she was still very jealous.

Xiaoyun advised, "Princess, please focus on our own backyard. From what I see, Lin is getting worse and worse. If she continues like this, sooner or later... she will inevitably fall out of favor. I'm afraid she might even lose her life."

Princess Yong's heart skipped a beat, and her expression grew serious. "Hasn't the matter I asked you to investigate been uncovered yet? Is it true that the Concubine Dowager can't uncover anything?"

Princess Yong had long suspected that it was Concubine Hui who was behind the incident, but she had never found any evidence.

Xiaoyun shook her head: "Everything is normal. No one around the Concubine has ever had contact with Lin. They really don't know whether Lin really got sick on her own or was poisoned."

However, it is normal that they could not find out, because Nanny Fang did not poison Lin directly at all. The poison in Lin's body seeped into her body little by little through the clothes.

Every time I change my clothes, I get poisoned. I wash the clothes after taking them off, but nothing can be found. This happens over and over again and cannot be cured.

The weather in September was hot, and Lin changed clothes frequently, which made her even more poisoned. She looked completely different and no longer had the beauty she once had.

She looked at her half-human, half-ghost self in the mirror, tears streaming down her face. "Haha, haha, is this retribution? I gained wealth and glory because of this face, but now my pretty face is gone, nothing at all."

That night, Lin put on heavy makeup, donned all the jewelry the prince had given her, donned gorgeous clothes, and then hanged herself. When she was found the next day, she was already dead.