My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 91 The Real Culprit Who Used Contraceptives
Lu Jinshi said, "Yes, my mother became pregnant not long after she married my father. However, the doctors that your He family hired all said that my mother could not get pregnant again! But the famous doctor from Jiangnan said that my mother could not get pregnant in the past because she took too many contraceptive drugs!"

"Although many years have passed, those who dare to administer contraceptives that harm the princess's health should not escape punishment."

He Tan's fingernails dug tightly into the wooden bars of the cell, but he felt no pain whatsoever.

"Liu Siqing is here."

Looking at Lu Jinshi in front of him, Liu Siqing couldn't help but feel a headache. This ancestor had come to Dali Temple once before because of Princess Yongjia's matter. Why is he here again today?
Liu Siqing bowed to Lu Jinshi and said, "Your subject greets the Seventh Prince's Consort."

Lu Jinshi said, "Minister Liu, there's no need for such formalities. I've come to the Dali Temple today to accuse the He family of giving Princess Mingzhu a harmful contraceptive, thus slandering her as infertile."

He Jinlan said, "You're talking nonsense. What evidence do you have?"

Lu Jinshi said, "My younger brother Qin Ke is the best evidence. Back in Chang'an, the news that my mother had difficulty conceiving was widely circulated. However, not long after my mother went to Jiangnan, she was able to conceive my younger brother Qin Ke. Doesn't that prove that she was poisoned by someone in the He family?"

Liu Siqing said, "Seventh Prince's Consort, this...this evidence is a bit weak and insufficient to prove that the He family administered the contraceptive."

Lu Jinshi said, "Therefore, I hope that Minister Liu will thoroughly investigate the evidence."

Upon hearing this, Liu Siqing frowned. "More than ten years have passed since then, and I'm afraid it won't be so easy to find evidence."

Lu Jinshi said, "It is enough for Minister Liu to do his best."

Liu Siqing dared not offend the new Seventh Prince's Consort, so he ordered his men to investigate the physician who had worked at the He family's residence years ago.

He Tan glared at Liu Xiuxiu with a vicious look in his eyes and said, "You're the one who drugged me, aren't you? All your scheming has come to nothing! Hahaha, you've got nothing at all!"

Liu Xiuxiu glanced at Old Madam He in a corner of the prison.

Liu Xiuxiu said, "It wasn't me. I didn't give the princess any contraceptive. Seventh Prince's Consort, I really didn't."

Lu Jinshi said, "Whether it is true or not, I believe Minister Liu will investigate thoroughly."

Liu Siqing wiped the sweat from his forehead. It wasn't even the Dragon Boat Festival yet, so why was it so hot and humid? "Liu Xiuxiu, tell me the truth. Did you know about poisoning Princess Mingzhu with contraceptive medicine? If you dare to conceal anything, I will not let you off lightly after I have investigated!"

Liu Xiuxiu shook her head and said, "It really wasn't me. I don't have the guts to poison the princess."

He Tan looked at the old lady He, who was squatting in the corner of the prison, and said, "Mother, did you give her the contraceptive? You keep saying you want a grandson, but you gave the princess a contraceptive?"

In the corner, Old Madam He gestured to He Jiayi to help her up. Old Madam He walked step by step to the prison door. "What a majestic Seventh Prince's Consort! But He Jinshi, remember this: even if you are the Seventh Prince's Consort, you are still a daughter of the He family. Who gave you permission to be so unfilial as to interrogate your elders?"

"Unfilial? Shouldn't the truly unfilial one be you, Grandmother?" Lu Jinshi smiled faintly and said, "My He family has had so much glory in our ancestors. My great-grandfather accompanied the founding emperor in conquering the country and was ennobled as a young hero. My great-grandfather was also brave. However, the glory that these two elders earned was ruined by you!"

“Grandmother, you disregarded the imperial edict and attempted to deceive His Majesty, causing the foundation built by the He family ancestors to be destroyed and the marquis title to be stripped. Compared to your filial impiety towards the He family ancestors, I am truly inferior!”

Madam He was trembling with anger, pointing her finger at Lu Jinshi and saying, "You!"

Seeing that Old Madam He was angry, Lu Jinshi was overjoyed. "Grandmother, the one who has the least right to say that you are disrespectful and unfilial to your elders is you!"

Madam He said, "You scoundrel! How could His Highness the Seventh Prince marry a beast like you who can't distinguish right from wrong? I should never have kept you alive in the first place!"

“Mother!” He Tan said, “Did Jinshi utter a single wrong word? You didn’t threaten to kill yourself to force me to take Liu Xiuxiu as a concubine for the sake of the He family having an heir, but rather to drive Mingzhu away, didn’t you?”

"Why are you doing this? You know that Mingzhu and I are in love, so why are you threatening to kill yourself to force me to marry Liu Xiuxiu and drive Mingzhu away?"

He Tan sneered and said, "Seeing the current state of the He family, you should be proud of yourself. You personally destroyed the He family's foundation and ancestral property and titles!"

Madam He said, "Lu Mingzhu is not fit to be a wife. You have been married for three years, and she has never advised you to study hard. Instead, she has only taken you around to eat, drink and have fun. After giving birth to our daughter, she has not fulfilled her duties as a mother. She does not know how to save money and spends money like water every day."

He Jinshi was just a little girl, yet she was dressed in a brocade dress that was rarely seen by ordinary people...

Not only did they renovate her in-laws' house, but they also hired craftsmen to build a brocade garden for this money-losing little girl. The daily expenses were unknown!

She doesn't know how to be filial to her parents-in-law, abuses her power, and looks down on everyone just because her family is a royal household. She even forbids you from taking a concubine. I have no right to have such a daughter-in-law who doesn't know the difference between superiors and inferiors!

Lu Jinshi found it amusing to hear Madam He's words, "The money my mother spent was her dowry, her own money."

He Jiayi said slowly, "Sister, you are wrong. Since the princess married into the Marquis's mansion, her dowry was naturally the Marquis's money. How could it be so extravagant and wasteful!"

Lu Jinshi was speechless with annoyance. "The He family was once a Marquis's mansion, yet they still want to covet my mother's dowry. Isn't that ridiculous?"

Madam He said, “It’s not that I’m eyeing your mother’s dowry, but that your mother’s dowry must not be wasted on you, you little brat. I have to make plans for your future brother. But your mother is stubborn and goes against me. The more I tell her to be thrifty, the more money she pours into you like water.”

Lu Jinshi was even more furious: "For the sake of a brother of mine who doesn't even exist, you've pinned so many crimes on my mother?"

Qin Ke chimed in, "Mother's dowry is naturally hers to give to whomever she wants. How can a real man be concerned about his mother's dowry? What face does a man have to live in this world if he even covets his own mother?"

Madam He said, "I just can't stand a daughter-in-law like your mother! The future mistress of our Marquis's mansion can't be such a wasteful person. Xiuxiu is virtuous and a hundred or even a thousand times better than your mother!"

Lu Jinshi scoffed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, my mother is not worthy to be the head lady of your Marquis's mansion, but you are. You are the head lady of the Marquis's mansion, yet the mansion no longer exists. You are unfilial to your ancestors and unworthy to your descendants. You are unfilial, unkind, and unharmonious. You really are a good head lady of the He family."