The Eldest Daughter Returns: Imperial Uncle, I'm Pregnant!

The crowd outside had already surrounded the place in layers. When Gu Hanjiao and Yu Xinqiu arrived, the person lying on the ground in the middle was convulsing and foaming at the mouth, looking like he had been poisoned.

"They're here! Miss Gu is here!"

"What kind of living bodhisattva is she? She's a scourge! Look at her, once you drink her porridge, you're going to lose your life!"

"A life for a life! A life for a life!" Gu Hanjiao and Yu Xinqiu were pushed and shoved, without even a chance to defend themselves.

After a while, the guards sent by the Third Prince squeezed in from the periphery of the crowd and surrounded the two young ladies to protect them.

At this moment, the Yu family also arrived. It was none other than Yu Linglong. At this moment, Yu Linglong was dressed in men's clothing, looking heroic and dashing. Those who did not know her would think she was a young master from a noble family, but those who knew her knew that she was a stingy little devil who drank blood.

"Come, everyone, give me a little space. I've brought a doctor with me. Let him take a look so as not to delay the treatment," Yu Linglong suggested with a smile.

Sure enough, a doctor carrying a medicine box was following behind.

"Everyone, please make way! Let the old gentleman take a look at this young man!"

Everyone chimed in, making way for Doctor Feng. After examining Yu Linglong, he looked at her and said, "It's alright. Everyone, please spread out a bit. The weather is too hot and the air is thin. This young man has suffered heatstroke and fainted. I'll treat him with acupuncture."

"Sir, isn't foaming at the mouth a sign of poisoning? Isn't it because you drank this bowl of poisoned porridge?"

"I don't know if it's the porridge that's the problem, but this young man is definitely suffering from heatstroke."

"Alright, alright, everyone make way so that someone can carry the patient to a cooler place to rest and catch their breath. Let Dr. Feng treat them. Don't you all trust Dr. Feng's medical skills?"

Seeing the kind-looking Yu Linglong, everyone involuntarily stepped aside, allowing Doctor Feng to take the young man on the ground away for treatment.

"Who are you? Why are you meddling in my business?" A discordant voice emerged from the crowd, immediately alerting everyone.

"Are they with that group?"

"Hehehe." Yu Linglong opened her folding fan and introduced herself in a very elegant and carefree manner: "I am the steward of the Yu family. The steamed buns you are eating were provided and made by our Yu family. There shouldn't be any problems with the steamed buns, right?"

As she spoke, Yu Linglong picked up a steamed bun and took a bite. As she ate, she said, "It tastes sweeter when it's hot."

"Then what's the deal with this porridge?!"

"Porridge? Our Yu family doesn't know anything about porridge, but that's a bit irresponsible of us. Here, someone, bring us a bigger pot!"

Yu Linglong came prepared. Immediately, servants carried over a large pot, removed the previous pot, and placed the new one in its place. Then, someone drew fresh water from the well next to her and poured it in.

"Everyone, please look here. This is new rice that hasn't been opened yet. Now I'm going to pour it into this pot in front of everyone."

All the people saw was a sack of rice, its white color gleaming, being poured into the pot.

"It's new rice, it's new rice."

Yu Linglong said with satisfaction, "It was all new rice. It was just that everyone was having these bad feelings. You can eat steamed buns and wait a while. This porridge tastes better when it's cooked on the spot. I will have someone bring two more buckets of mung bean soup later to calm your nerves and relieve the summer heat."

"Manager Yu is indeed a skilled businessman, and the Yu family has an excellent reputation. I believe what Manager Yu says!"

"I believe too!"

“We all believe it, so let’s go wait in a cool place over there. It won’t make a difference if we wait a little longer.”

Once it happened, it happened again. Soon the crowd dispersed, each looking for a cool place to go. No one paid any more attention to the two young ladies, and no one saw where the person who had just fallen to the ground and Doctor Feng had gone.

In the warehouse behind, Gu Ziming rushed over after hearing the servant's report. Fortunately, the Yu family had already suppressed the matter.

"Thanks to... Miss Yu Linglong has arrived." Gu Ziming also disapproved of women wearing men's clothing, but Yu Linglong was an exception. She did wear men's clothing, but she never hid her identity as a woman.

"Your Excellency is too kind. This is a matter for both of our families. We are in the same boat and should help each other."

"How was that person?" Gu Ziming asked.

"It was indeed poisoning from moldy old rice, but it was mild, so I had the doctor diagnose it as heatstroke symptoms."

Gu Ziming asked with a very bad expression, "What exactly happened?"

Gu Hanjiao had thought about it a hundred times but still couldn't figure out what went wrong. Now that the Yu family was able to arrive in time to save the day, Gu Hanjiao couldn't help but suspect that the Yu family had orchestrated everything.

"Father, this moldy old rice has nothing to do with our family. It must be the Yu family!"

Yu Xinqiu was initially apprehensive when she saw that the person who came was Yu Linglong, but she was unhappy when Gu Hanjiao indiscriminately pushed the whole thing onto the Yu family, since she was the one directly in charge this time.

“Miss Gu, please don’t just spout nonsense and slander our Yu family.”

"Hmph, if it weren't for your family, where would this moldy, stale rice come from! All this rice was directly supplied by your Yu family!"

“That’s right! It’s true that the rice was provided by the Yu family, but when we were handing it over, Miss Gu, you had someone personally inspect it,” Yu Xinqiu said.

Yu Linglong nodded and said, "Prime Minister, please don't take offense. This has always been the rule of our Yu family in doing business. When delivering goods, the other party must have inspected and signed the documents to ensure that there are no errors. Once the goods are delivered, our Yu family will no longer be responsible."

“My elder sister is right. I have kept the written agreement neatly and sent it back to the Yu family on the same day. If the Prime Minister does not believe me, he can send someone to the Yu family to get it and see if it is Miss Gu’s handwriting.”

Yu Xinqiu suddenly felt confident, and she admired Yu Linglong from the bottom of her heart.

"You! You all!" Gu Han was so upset she couldn't speak. "Father, I know how important this batch of grain is. How could I possibly sabotage our own efforts? Could it be that something went wrong during the transport?"

"The moving was done by the people from the Third Prince's residence and the Prime Minister's residence. Our Yu family will not interfere; that's the rule," Yu Xinqiu said.

Gu Ziming's face was extremely ugly. Was this some kind of attempt to smear the Gu family's reputation? He couldn't afford the consequences.

"So, what does Miss Yu mean? Is it that there's a traitor within my Prime Minister's residence?"

Yu Linglong was not afraid of Gu Ziming's official power at all. She said, "Whether it is or not, you might as well check. I had someone investigate before I came. Only the Prime Minister's residence has the key to this warehouse. I think the Prime Minister can just call over the person in charge of the warehouse key and ask him."

The servant in charge of the storeroom keys didn't even need to be questioned. As soon as he came up and saw Gu Ziming, his legs went weak and he knelt down, sweating profusely.

Gu Ziming immediately sensed something was wrong and glared at him, demanding, "Tell me the truth!"

"Master, master, please forgive me! It wasn't me, it was the young master! He said he just came in to do some inspections, it really wasn't me!"

"Young Master?" Gu Ziming asked, somewhat puzzled. "Which Young Master?"

"Yes, yes, it's the young master."

"What is he doing here!"

"The eldest young master came twice. The first time was when the grain had just entered the warehouse. The eldest young master said that you ordered him to come and see if there was anything wrong, so I didn't dare to disobey and let the eldest young master in."

"And where are you?"

"I...I..." The man was so scared he was about to wet himself, stammering, "I was drugged and knocked unconscious. When I woke up, more than half of the rice in the storeroom was gone..."

"Why didn't you report it back then!" Gu Ziming slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"It's not that I didn't report it, it's just that the young master said he would make it up in two days, just two days, which was also permitted by you, sir. I dare not ask any questions."

"Nonsense! When did I ever say such a thing!"

"But the young master really did replenish the missing food yesterday."

Gu Hanjiao glared at him angrily and asked, "Then why don't you get checked out?"

"I... I got drunk by the young master again. When I woke up, the chef who came to cook porridge this morning woke me up and opened the door, so..."

Gu Ziming was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

"Ba Quan, beat this servant to death! His mistake prevented the porridge distribution from proceeding smoothly, he deserves to die!"

"Yes!"

Yu Linglong watched this farce without saying a word, but Yu Xinqiu was not about to let it go and asked, "Is the Prime Minister just going to let this slide with such a biased view?"

"Then what do you want?" Gu Ziming said with an unfriendly expression, "You are all juniors, and you didn't even have a chance to speak to me. If you have anything to say, let your elders come over."

Gu Ziming knew that the problem lay with Gu Changfeng, but he couldn't punish Gu Changfeng at this time, otherwise the porridge distribution would really turn into a farce. So he could only suppress his anger and go back to his residence to deal with it later.

Upon hearing this, Yu Linglong opened her folding fan and said nonchalantly, "The elders in my family are all out busy with business, and there is no one to make a decision. Now that the Prime Minister can uphold justice for us, it is all the better."

"Sister..."

Yu Linglong pressed Yu Xinqiu's hand down with her fan, looked at Gu Ziming and Gu Hanjiao and said, "Before my grandfather left, he told us that we were all working for the same goal, so we should cooperate well no matter what. Since this matter has nothing to do with our Yu family, then my sister and I have no need to get involved anymore. We'll take our leave now."

Yu Linglong was about to leave with Yu Xinqiu when Gu Hanjiao called out, "Stop!"

"What advice does Miss Gu have?" Yu Linglong asked, her expression somewhat displeased.

"Father, the food we're lacking now..."

Gu Hanjiao's meaning was very clear: they still couldn't afford to break off relations, because the porridge distribution had only been going on for two days, and there was still one day left. If the porridge and food supplies couldn't be replenished, that would be the biggest problem. If they needed to prepare in a short time, they would still have to rely on the Yu family.