The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

After hearing what Imperial Physician Lin said, Zhang Heng and Ruan Shi felt relieved.

But before the two of them could calm down, Gu Jianchu spoke again, "Then let's take a look at these medicinal residues."

As Gu Jianchu finished speaking, Yunhe brought the medicine residue to Doctor Lin.

Doctor Lin carefully identified the herbs on the table. If he was unsure, he would put them under his nose and smell them. The more he looked, the more serious his expression became. Gu Jianchu naturally did not miss the look on Doctor Lin's face and asked with concern, "Doctor Lin, is there something wrong with this medicine residue?"

Doctor Lin glanced at Gu Jianchu and replied truthfully, "Based on the residue, it can be determined that this is a contraceptive drug without a doubt."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Heng instantly fell to the ground.

Ruan's face was extremely ugly. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at anyone's face.

Mrs. Zhang had an expression of disbelief on her face.

Gu Jianchu followed Madam Zhang's lead and asked, "Doctor Lin, please be sure. This is contraceptive medicine, not pregnancy-maintaining medicine."

Imperial Physician Lin immediately understood Gu Jianchu's intention. "Of course, your humble servant is certain. This is definitely a contraceptive medicine. The dosage is quite strong. If you continue to take it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get pregnant. If the Empress is worried, you can ask another imperial physician to come and check it out. I'm afraid the result will be the same."

Gu Jianchu waved his hand, "No need, I still trust your medical skills."

Gu Jianchu glanced at Zuo Tang and saw that Zuo Tang's face was pale and he had an expression of disbelief on his face. The ladies sitting next to Gu Jianchu couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"What's going on? How could a pregnancy-maintaining medicine turn into a contraceptive medicine?"

"Who knows? Maybe this pregnancy-maintaining medicine was actually a contraceptive medicine from the beginning. Mrs. Zhang has been deceived by her husband into thinking it was a pregnancy-maintaining medicine and has been drinking it for so many years. No wonder they haven't had any children after so many years of marriage. How could she possibly get pregnant after drinking bowl after bowl of contraceptive medicine?"

"I never thought Zhang Heng would treat his wife like this. I just don't know what Zhang Heng is trying to do. Why didn't he let his wife get pregnant? It wouldn't be bad for him if Zuo Tang got pregnant. Maybe because of this child, his father-in-law would side with him."

“We don’t know why.”

"Maybe it's for another woman."

"Don't say that. It's not impossible. He married Zuo Tang just for the power in Zuo Xiang's hands. In fact, he has another woman and son outside to prevent Zuo Tang from getting pregnant. If Zuo Tang still can't get pregnant, he will just find a child to adopt or pick up, put it under Zuo Tang's name, and let Zuo Tang raise it. Then he will have the status of a legitimate child and can get help from Zuo Xiang's mansion. This kind of abacus is really clacking."

These ladies are all noble ladies who have been brought up in the capital since childhood. They were born in official families, and then married into official families to become the mistresses of the family. They have seen and heard everything, so they can analyze things more clearly.

"Don't mention it, this matter is actually related to the Queen. If the Queen hadn't wanted to use the pregnancy medicine, she might not have discovered it, and Zuo Tang would have been deceived by Zhang Heng forever."

"You don't really think the Queen wants to take pregnancy-maintaining medicine, do you? The Queen is surrounded by famous doctors from all over the world. Even if the doctors in the Imperial Hospital are ineffective, she can still find famous doctors from the public. There is no need to ask Zuo Tang. Zuo Tang has been taking pregnancy-maintaining medicine for years and has never gotten pregnant. Isn't this enough to prove that Zuo Tang's pregnancy-maintaining medicine is ineffective? Why is the Queen still asking?"

"In my opinion, it's clear that the Queen knew there was a problem a long time ago and deliberately brought it out for Zuo Tang to discover on his own."

After such an analysis, the ladies of honor suddenly felt that the queen was extremely horrible, as she could even know such a secret matter.

They were not far away from Gu Jianchu and Zuo Tang, and even though they deliberately lowered their voices, they were still heard by Gu Jianchu and Zuo Tang.

Zuo Tang's face turned extremely ugly when he heard this.

Gu Jianchu had a speechless expression on his face. They could have chirped even louder.

When I eat her melons, I am not afraid of being heard by her.

However, the analysis of these ladies is correct.

Even if there was Ruan, wouldn't having a child who belonged to the Zhang family and the Zuo Xiang Mansion be a more solid relationship than making the Zuo Xiang family feel guilty?

The fact that Zhang Heng could even use Ruan Shi was enough to prove that Zhang Heng did not like Ruan Shi very much, and it was even more impossible for him to listen to Ruan Shi and not give up Zuo Tang's child for Ruan Shi's sake.

She could use deception and explain to Ruan that Zuo Tang got pregnant because of a problem with the contraceptive medicine. Now that the child was already conceived, she wouldn't ask Zuo Tang to have an abortion.

Gu Jianchu believed that a selfish person like Zhang Heng would never consider the Ruan family. The only thing Zhang Heng could consider was probably his own interests.

Zuo Tang looked at Yun He with red eyes, as if he had grasped the last straw, "Eunuch Yun He, did you take the wrong medicine residue? This is not the portion I eat at all."

Yunhe glanced at Gu Jianchu.

Seeing Gu Jianchu nod, he said truthfully, "It's impossible that I took the wrong thing. When I went to Madam's yard to get the medicine residue, there was already a pot of medicine boiling on the stove. I even asked the servants who were boiling the medicine, and they said that it was medicine for Madam. After it was boiled, they poured out the medicine and I brought the residue here. So there's absolutely no way I could have made a mistake."

Since Gu Jianchu wanted to expose Zhang Heng's true face, he had no intention of being merciful. Rather than letting these poor women continue to be deceived, it is better to suffer a short pain than a long one.

After hearing Yun He's words, Zuo Tang instantly lost all his strength. He sat down weakly on the ground, shaking his head. "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Zhang Heng will never give me contraceptive medicine."

Without waiting for Gu Jianchu to say anything.

The left minister stepped forward with a gloomy face, pulled his daughter up from the ground, and said, "Stand up."

"What's impossible? He has done so many evil things behind your back. What do you think he can't do?" The Left Prime Minister questioned Zuo Tang. In addition to shattering Zhang Heng's anger, he was also disappointed in his precious daughter.

"Dad, I want to ask him myself." Zuo Tang struggled out of Zuo Xiang's grasp and strode to Zhang Heng. He grabbed Zhang Heng's collar and demanded, "Zhang Heng, tell me the truth. What's going on with the contraceptive medicine?"

"Did you replace my pregnancy-maintaining medicine with contraceptive medicine?"

The servants in the mansion all listened to her and Zhang Heng. She had never made a mistake in getting the medicine right, so it could only be Zhang Heng, otherwise the servants wouldn't dare to do anything to take someone else's place.

Zhang Heng looked into Zuo Tang's eyes and shook his head without any guilt. "No, it's not me. Zuo Tang, you have to believe me. I would never do such a thing."