After the marriage, the abstinent prince turned me on

"But I heard that Madam used to work in the Empress Dowager's palace?" Ouyang Jing's tone was calm, but there was a sharp edge hidden in his voice.

The nanny suddenly raised her head, a trace of panic flashing in her eyes, "Your Highness...this old slave..."

"I heard that the nanny helped mother give birth to an orphan, but it seems that she also secretly alienated the relationship between mother and the emperor." Ouyang Jing's tone was cold, as if a sharp knife was stabbing the nanny's heart.

The nanny was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a plop, tears streaming down her face. "Your Highness, please spare my life! I was also confused at the time. I beg Your Highness to consider the many years I have served your mother and forgive me this time!"

Ouyang Jing looked coldly at the trembling nanny kneeling on the ground, sneering in his heart. This old thing really won't cry until he sees the coffin.

"Why did the Queen Mother send you here?" Ouyang Jing said in a cold tone without a trace of emotion.

The nanny was so frightened that she trembled all over. She dared not hide anything and stammered, "Your Highness, I am only here on the orders of the Queen Mother and the Empress to nurse the Crown Princess back to health so that she can give birth to the healthiest and most intelligent child..."

Ouyang Jing sneered, took out a paper bag from his sleeve, and threw it in front of the nanny, "Then tell me, what is this?"

The nanny opened the paper package with trembling hands, her face turned pale in an instant, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down her forehead.

"This...this..." The nanny hesitated, not daring to say those two words.

"What is it?" Ouyang Jing shouted sharply, frightening the nanny so much that she trembled all over.

"It's...it's the contraceptive pill..." The nanny's voice was as thin as a mosquito, but it exploded in Ouyang Jing's ears like thunder.

Ouyang Jing's face turned ashen, his fists were clenched tightly, and his knuckles turned white.

"Your Highness, please spare my life! I dare not disobey the Queen Mother's order!" The nanny kowtowed desperately, her forehead was broken and blood was flowing.

Ouyang Jing took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Now that things have come to this, I can't blame my own grandmother. You should go back to the palace first and don't come again."

The maid kowtowed as if she had been pardoned, and thanked the emperor immediately, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your mercy! Thank you, Your Highness, for your mercy!"

Mammy stumbled to her feet and fled from the study.

Ouyang Jing looked at the nanny's fleeing back in panic, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Li Zhong."

"I'm here." Li Zhong bowed and replied.

"Send someone to keep an eye on her and see who she belongs to." Ouyang Jing ordered coldly.

"Yes!" Li Zhong took the order and left.

Ouyang Jing looked at the paper bag in his hand, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

The Empress Dowager shouldn't do this.

*

In Mr. Li's yard.

The sun shines through the shade of the trees, casting dappled spots of light. Various herbs sway gently in the breeze, emitting a fresh herbal aroma.

Xie Mishuang squatted in front of each herb, carefully identifying their shape, color and smell, while Mr. Li patiently explained the characteristics and efficacy of each herb.

"This is Perilla frutescens. It's warm in nature and spicy in taste. It can detoxify fish and crabs, and it can also treat colds."

"This is Angelica dahurica. It's warm in nature and pungent in flavor. It can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, dispel cold and relieve pain, and it can also beautify and nourish the skin."

While listening to Mr. Li's explanation, Xie Mishuang took notes seriously and occasionally raised some questions of his own, which Mr. Li answered one by one.

She picked up a herb with small lavender flowers, put it to her nose and sniffed it gently. A faint fragrance came to her nose. The fragrance seemed somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had smelled it before.

"Mr. Li, what kind of herb is this?" Xie Mishuang asked, pointing at the lavender flower.

"This is Polygonatum odoratum. It is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, nourish the stomach and produce body fluids." Mr. Li took a look and answered casually.

Xie Mishuang nodded and was about to put the Yuzhu back to its original place when a picture suddenly flashed through her mind. It was the day she returned home. She smelled the same fragrance in the garden of Xie Mansion.

She didn't pay much attention to it at the time, she just thought the fragrance was a little special. Now she thinks that the source of the fragrance should be the herb called Polygonatum.

Xie Mishuang's heart moved, and she quickly opened the "Herbal Classic" that Mr. Li gave her and began to search carefully.

Sure enough, on one page of the book, she found a record about Polygonatum odoratum. In addition to the effects mentioned by Mr. Li, the book also mentioned that Polygonatum odoratum has a special effect, which is that it can make it difficult for women to conceive.

Moreover, this effect will not cause any other harm to the human body. Even if it is taken for a long time, it will not be noticed by people, and people will only mistakenly think that it is due to their own physical condition.

Xie Mishuang suddenly understood, that's it!

Some people want to affect their fertility without realizing it!

This herb should have been included in the dishes served on the day of her return visit, but it should be impossible to make it difficult for her to conceive after eating it once. Could it be that there is a spy for her in the Prince's Mansion?

A cold light flashed in Xie Mi's eyes. Xie Chuxue, Xie Chuxue, do you think that since I can't get pregnant, I will have no one to rely on after the future prince dies?

How whimsical!

Since you don't want me to get pregnant, then have it as you wish!

In the future, maybe I could use this to deal her a fatal blow!

Xie Mishuang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and continued to pretend nothing had happened as she followed Mr. Li to learn about medicinal herbs.

As night fell, Xie Mishuang returned to her room. Qinghe had already prepared hot water for her to wash.

"Qinghe, come here, I have something to ask you." Xie Mishuang sat in front of the dressing table, taking off the pearl hairpins on her head while saying to Qinghe.

"Yes, Miss." Qing He quickly put down the work in her hands and walked to Xie Mishuang.

"During the past few days in the Prince's Mansion, do you feel that there are some people who are more reliable?" Xie Mishuang asked casually while combing her long black hair in front of the mirror.

Qing He thought for a moment and said, "My lady, I think the two maids, A Xi and A Ya, are quite good. They are honest and dutiful, and we get along well."

"A Xi and A Ya?" Xie Mi Shuang searched for these two names in his mind, but he had no impression of them at all. It seemed that they should be two inconspicuous maids.

"Well, let's start with the two of them." Xie Mishuang said lightly.

"Miss, what are you going to do..." Qinghe looked at Xie Mishuang with some confusion.

"It's nothing. I just feel that, apart from you, I don't have any confidants around me in the mansion. Although the servants in the mansion still respect me, they are still a little distant. Xin Yan has also returned to the queen. It's time to win over people's hearts as soon as possible." Xie Mishuang explained.

Qinghe nodded, not quite understanding what she said. The young lady was right.

"Go and call them both over and tell them that I have something for them to do." Xie Mishuang ordered.