The clingy concubine ran away, and the sickly prince lost control.

"Cough, cough, cough." Luo Haitang choked, her face turning red. "Luo Qingyan, what did you give me to drink?"

"This health-preserving tea tastes better than porridge, doesn't it?" Luo Qingyan smiled broadly.

Upon hearing the word "porridge," Luo Haitang panicked and tried to vomit, but nothing came out. In her daze, she only saw Luo Qingyan's smile. Terrified, she hurriedly went downstairs and rushed out the door.

Cui Rou stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Her brother Yuan had actually given Luo Qingyan a secret guard.

Cui Hui gave Luo Qingyan a smile.

Luo Qingyan is tough enough. When dealing with someone like Luo Haitang, you have to be firm. Talking and reasoning won't work.

Luo Qingyan smiled and looked back at her.

Cui Hui is a righteous and upright woman. The Duke's mansion needs a mistress like her, who is worthy to be Pei Shiyuan's principal wife.

"Cui Rou, come back with me," Cui Hui scolded, and Cui Rou obediently followed.

downstairs.

"Sister, you're being foolish. Brother Yuan is being used as Luo Qingyan's bodyguard, spoiling her to this extent, and you don't even care. Once you marry into the Duke's mansion, it will be difficult for you to establish your authority again," Cui Rou said anxiously in a soft voice.

"I don't want to marry into the Duke's mansion. If you want to, then marry him. And don't worry about my affairs." Cui Hui poked Cui Rou's head with the handle of her whip.

"Sister, give me some face in public." Cui Rou looked around awkwardly. "Sister, there's something you have to promise me: you're not allowed to eat at Kangning Pavilion anymore. I have a grudge against Luo Qingyan; she stole Yuan-gege away. What kind of nonsense is this, coming here to eat?"

"Ask yourself what you've done first." Cui Hui poked Cui Rou's chest. It was a miracle that she didn't cause trouble for Luo Qingyan. She even made herself crippled. Well, that's good, so she doesn't have to think about getting married all the time.

Now that I can't get married, I should think about something more important.

"Sister, you can't come to Kangning Pavilion to eat anymore anyway," Cui Rou said coquettishly, tugging at Cui Hui's sleeve.

"Mind your own business," Cui Hui said coldly, walking straight ahead.

She had practiced martial arts since childhood and paid great attention to nourishing her body. She never expected to find a nourishing medicinal cuisine shop in the capital, saving her the trouble of asking someone to cook for her.

Cui Rou stomped her feet on the spot, "Ouch, it hurts so much," she cried, "I'm limping again."

Like her second brother Cui Chengxuan, Cui Hui lacked backbone and insisted on coming to Kangning Pavilion for dinner.

She would rather starve than come to eat.

Meanwhile, after leaving Kangning Pavilion, Luo Haitang boarded a carriage and rode back to her residence at full speed, but her stomach was churning so badly that she needed to use the restroom.

The carriage was already running at its fastest speed, but she still felt it wasn't fast enough and she couldn't wait for the Luo residence.

"Young Miss, how are you?" Hua Mei noticed large beads of sweat on Luo Haitang's forehead.

Luo Haitang shook her head, speechless. Luo Qingyan was despicable; she had given her laxatives to tease her.

"Second Miss, you're no human being," Huamei cursed.

Luo Haitang sneered: "That's all the courage she has."

At first, I thought Luo Qingyan had given her a drug to prevent her from having children, but it turns out it was a laxative. What a scoundrel.

When Luo Qingyan administered the infertility-preventing medicine, she only added a little laxative.

"Huamei, tear off a piece of your hem." She couldn't hold it in any longer and had to relieve herself in the carriage.

Miss, this.

Hua Mei hesitated for a moment, then "ripped" off a piece of her skirt and gave it to Luo Haitang.

Luo Haitang hurriedly took it, and after blushing and turning pale, she finally relaxed, panting heavily.

"Miss, the fabric won't do." Huamei noticed the leak.

Driver: What does it taste like?

Luo Haitang was both embarrassed and angry, while Luo Qingyan was a boring, lowly person.

The carriage came to an abrupt halt in front of the Luo mansion, with filth from the cloth spilling all over it.

Luo Haitang's skirt and shoes were covered in smears. She covered her face and jumped off the car in a disheveled state.

The coachman was bewildered. The Luo family had cut expenses, leaving him with only one carriage.

The young lady is particular; is this carriage still acceptable?

First time meeting a girl...

The coachman blinked and said, "Giddy up!" He went to wash the carriage first, and whether they needed it or not was up to them.

Luo Haitang returned to the mansion and rushed into Madam Sun's main room: "Mother, Luo Qingyan harmed me and forced me to take laxatives."

Sun's eyes widened in shock; Luo Qingyan had really gotten bold.

"You brat, just wait till I get my hands on her." Madam Sun said, hands on her hips, "Haitang, go wash up and change your clothes."

"Okay." Luo Haitang's makeup was completely ruined, and her face was covered in red and black patches. As soon as she turned around, she felt an unbearable sharp pain in her abdomen and squatted down, covering it with her hand.

"Haitang, what's wrong with you?" Madam Sun looked down and saw that Luo Haitang was sweating profusely from the pain, and her lips were pale.

"I don't know," Luo Haitang shook her head. "It might be a laxative."

"You'll need to see a doctor."

"Hua Mei, go and fetch the doctor," Madam Sun instructed.

The thrush let out an "Oh!" and quickly ran away.

When the doctor arrived, Luo Haitang was already lying unconscious on the bed, her face as pale as paper.

"Doctor, please take a look, what's wrong with my daughter?"

Sun was about to cry. Haitang had just graduated from Aunt Liu's apprenticeship and opened Jubaozhai. It was the perfect time for her to shine, and something must not go wrong at this crucial moment.

Luo Qingyan is so cruel. What kind of laxative did she give Haitang? It's so potent.

Previously, following Aunt Liu's instructions to lose weight, Haitang hadn't eaten rice for the past two weeks and had indeed lost weight. Now, where would she find the strength to fight off the illness?

"Madam, please don't worry." The doctor took Luo Haitang's pulse, quickly withdrew his hand, shook his head and sighed, "This young lady has taken an excessive amount of contraceptive medicine, damaging her health and making it difficult for her to conceive in the future. It's a pity for the child in her womb."

"What?" Madam Sun staggered a few steps, then lunged at Luo Haitang, "My poor daughter."

"Doctor, why isn't she awake yet?"

"It's caused by the medication. Drink this prescription and you'll wake up." The doctor handed over the prescription, picked up his medicine box, and left. He noticed that she was still an unmarried girl who was pregnant, and she was quite shameless.

Luo Haitang drank the medicine and woke up in less than half an hour: "Mother, my stomach still hurts."

Mrs. Sun looked at the bedsheets; blood was seeping out. The child had been miscarried. "Haitang, how could you be pregnant? Whose child is it?"

She remembered that the first time Ye Huiqiang took Haitang, she drank a contraceptive soup afterward, so she wouldn't get pregnant.

"I, I, Ye Hui keeps bothering me, I can't resist, and he gets his way," Luo Haitang stammered. She didn't dare say that Ye Hui came to see her every day after Jubaozhai opened.

Having tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, she was truly craving it, and her mother had said there was a way to conceal it, so she would be able to act as if she were still a virgin.

However, with the opening of Jubaozhai, she was busy checking the accounts and forgot that her period hadn't come for a long time, and she actually got pregnant.

Seeing that Madam Sun remained silent and only breathed heavily.

Luo Haitang propped herself up on one arm and comforted Madam Sun, "Mother, it's good that the child is gone, so you don't need to worry. Didn't you say there was a way to regain your virginity?"

Madam Sun slowly began to speak: "The doctor said that you were taking contraceptives, and it will be difficult for you to conceive in the future."

"Luo Qingyan, I'm going to kill her."

Sun spoke calmly, but a murderous glint flashed in her eyes. She regretted only giving Luo Qingyan the infertility drug last time; this scourge should be poisoned with a packet of rat poison to eliminate the threat forever.

Contraceptives? Difficulty conceiving?

Upon hearing this, Luo Haitang felt as if struck by lightning and collapsed instantly, as if all her energy had been drained away.