The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

The princess sat on a chair in the main hall, her expression calm and her majesty evident without even getting angry.

She glanced at Mother Li and asked, "Mom, you took people to search Qingfeng Courtyard yesterday. What did you find?"

Mother Li stepped forward, bowed, and reported truthfully.

"Princess, I didn't find anything related to musk."

The princess said calmly, "Oh? Then Concubine Lu is innocent?"

Concubine Lu lowered her head and said aggrievedly, "I have been timid since I was young. I wouldn't even dare to step on an ant. How could I dare to hurt someone?"

"I don't know why Sister Li is so suspicious of me?"

Feixu said bitterly, "My master and Master Lu are not familiar with each other, but Master Lu comes to visit every now and then."

"My master couldn't help it and kicked her out. But the next day, she came back as if nothing had happened, saying she was sorry, but in reality, she was threatening me, saying that if my master didn't accept her apology, she would come every day."

"My master had no choice but to feign compliance and temporarily agree."

When she was moved, Feixu shed tears. "Who knew that after that, every time Master Lu left, my master would vomit for a long time, so we had to call the palace doctor."

"The palace doctor said that my mistress is pregnant, but the musk has caused the unstable fetus and vomiting."

"My master doesn't feel unwell on a daily basis, but she gets sick whenever Concubine Lu leaves. How could such a coincidence happen?!"

Feixu didn't directly say that Concubine Lu was the one who poisoned the woman, but every word she said accused Concubine Lu of being suspicious and excessive.

Concubine Lu felt wronged and shocked, "Sister Li doesn't like me?!"

princess:"……"

Feixu: “…”

Concubine Lu seemed to have suffered a great injustice and cried, "I know that I come from a poor family, so I never dare to come here casually to cause trouble."

"Sister Li is the only one in the mansion who doesn't dislike me, so I thought Sister Li liked me, which is why I kept coming to talk to her."

"If Sister Li doesn't like me coming to her house, why don't you just say so?!"

Concubine Lu asked back with her eyes open, sadness visible in her round eyes.

Feixu felt a surge of anger rising to her head. "We all do things with dignity. Master Lu has come to our house several times, and my master has been impatient to deal with him. Are you really unaware of this?!"

"Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know? You know it in your heart!"

Concubine Lu said heartbrokenly, "I'm such a fool. I can't tell good from bad. I can't even see that Sister Li hates me so much!"

She looked like she was accusing the man of being unfaithful.

"I just thought Sister Li was angry that day because I spoke without restraint and brought up the matter of pregnancy."

"How dare I threaten Sister Li? The people at Chunshanyuan saw Sister Li happily send me out. I just apologized to Sister Li sincerely and she truly forgave me. How could she suspect that Sister Li disliked me and still doubted me?"

"That's not the case. Sister Li has disliked me for a long time, but she just doesn't know how to say it out loud." She felt wronged.

"But I really don't know!"

Concubine Lu lowered her head, tears falling to the ground one by one, and her crying was very pitiful.

The explanation sounded innocent yet sad.

It's like a poor little thing that is despised by everyone.

Feixu was stunned for a moment.

Concubine Lu admitted that she was stupid and could not tell the truth from her expression. This made Concubine Li, who was very concerned about her reputation, act one way in front of others and another behind their backs.

Concubine Lu came to visit earlier, and Concubine Li was concerned about her reputation and didn't say a single unpleasant word.

Now that he was being blamed, Feixu had no way to defend himself.

Feixu was speechless at this moment, so he could only mention another matter, "Just pretend you don't know."

"Then every time you leave, my master becomes unwell. This isn't a lie, is it?!"

"It's really unfair! I didn't know about this."

Concubine Lu now cried out to the princess, "I thought Sister Li treated me well, how could I want to harm her?"

Feixu gritted her teeth and said, "You say this, but who knows what you're thinking?"

Concubine Lu simply explained to the princess, "I've heard about musk, and it's not good for women to come into contact with it. If I wear it every day and harm Sister Li, I'm afraid it will be even more harmful to my own body."

"Even if this servant is stupid, she wouldn't do something like killing eight hundred enemies and injuring a thousand of her own, right?"

The princess said calmly, "You are not wrong."

"Please understand, Princess." Concubine Lu said immediately, "I have finally become a concubine, and I am eager to conceive a child for the prince soon. How dare I harm my body by using musk?"

The princess only nodded slightly, "Has the court doctor arrived?"

Ting He just came in with the court doctor.

There are four palace doctors in the palace. The one who took Concubine Li's pulse yesterday was named Zhao, and he was notoriously greedy and cunning.

Today Ting He brought three people, in addition to Doctor Zhao, there are Doctor Hu and Doctor Luo.

Among the three, Doctor Zhao was the most tactful and could please both the princess and the prince.

Doctor Hu is the prince's man, with an upright and loyal character. Doctor Luo is the princess's man, and is always taciturn, but has excellent medical skills.

The princess simply waved her hand and said, "The three of you take turns taking Concubine Lu's pulse, and then write down the pulse report on a piece of paper."

The princess did not tell the three people the reason, but just asked them to follow the rules.

The three doctors took turns to check Concubine Lu's pulse.

There was silence in Qingsong Courtyard.

In fact, since Mother Li did not find musk in Qingfengyuan, Concubine Lu’s suspicion was largely eliminated.

Concubine Li's confession was all just oral, without any actual evidence, and could not prove anything.

Xie Run did tell King Jing and Li's concubine about Musk.

But King Jing did not mention this matter to the princess, and Concubine Li was also afraid that Xie Run would deny it, so she did not mention it.

If we want to check now, we can only check whether there is any musk residue in Concubine Lu's body.

Soon, the three doctors wrote down the pulse diagnosis results on paper.

Mother Li brought up the paper and handed it to the princess.

The princess flipped through the book, glanced at Concubine Lu who was still crying in grievance, and said, "Ting He, send the three doctors back and reward each of them with 20 taels of silver."

Ting He was stunned. The expected drama did not happen, but he still responded.

Feixu also had a bad feeling.

After the three doctors left, the princess handed the paper to Mother Li.

Mother Li took a look and said thoughtfully: "This..."

Concubine Lu looked up, her expression full of hope, "Mom, does this paper prove that I am indeed innocent?"

Mother Li glanced at the princess and said helplessly, "Master Lu is indeed innocent."

Soon, everyone else saw the pulse diagnosis written on the paper.

The contents of the three pieces of paper were not exactly the same, but they all said that Concubine Lu was in good health, but only had severe uterine coldness, and there were no other problems.

In other words, there is no musk in her body.

Feixu stood there in a daze, feeling a little lost.

The princess said calmly, "Go back and tell your master the news first."

"Since Concubine Lu is innocent, then Concubine Li has wronged her. I, the princess, will punish Concubine Li with three months' salary."

After saying this, he asked someone to send the confused flying catkins away.