Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 409 - 406

"Ah! It hurts! It’s so painful!" Lan Yue clutched her stomach and curled up, crying out in pain non-stop.

"My God! My sister is pregnant! Who deliberately broke the bracelet! This is a deliberate attempt to harm the royal lineage!" Liang Yanli accused fiercely.

After hearing these words, Mrs. Liu tremblingly lifted up her left hand, looking at her empty wrist, then down at the pearls on the ground, her face turned instantly pale! frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

How did this pearl bracelet suddenly break!

Deliberately broke the bracelet? Xiao’er looked at the familiar pearls on the ground, then at Liang Yanli, feeling a sinking in her heart. Regardless, doctor must be called immediately! She said to Zijing standing next to Mrs. Liu, "Zijing, go and get the imperial doctor quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the frightened Zijing recovered her senses and quickly ran out.

The ladies present, scared to the point of being unable to breathe, each secretly regretting their decision to come here today.

Some of the ladies, who were wearing pearl bracelets, all clutched their bracelets tightly, just afraid of accidentally breaking them. Then they would be completely unable to explain.

Upon approaching, the First Prince and others saw the situation in the flower room. The First Prince took the lead and ran over.

The First Prince’s consort was curled up on the ground, with a patch of blood staining her skirt, and her entire forehead sweated coldly from the pain.

"Imperial Consort, what’s wrong with you?" The First Prince squatted down beside the consort, reaching out to support her shoulder, his brow furrowed and his face full of worry.

"It hurts so much! The baby, First Prince, save our baby." The First Prince’s consort, seeing the First Prince had arrived, hastily grabbed his hand, pleading.

The First Prince’s hand was stained with blood from Lan Yue’s hand. Instinctively feeling restless because he thought it was the baby’s blood, he quickly let go of her hand. However, realizing that many eyes were watching him, he quickly grabbed her hand again, reassuringly saying, "Alright! Don’t worry, I’ll take revenge for you!"

Still unable to bear holding Lan Yue’s blood-stained hand, the sight of blood made him uncomfortable.

The First Prince let go of Lan Yue’s hand and stood up, his face full of anger. His sharp gaze swept over everyone present, sternly saying, "Who can tell me how the First Prince’s consort fell! If anything happens to the child in the Imperial Consort’s belly, I will have you all buried with her!"

He would take revenge for her, but didn’t consider the lives of her and the child in her belly! Lan Yue begged him to save the child, not to take revenge!

"First Prince, it would be better to carry the consort to the guest room and wait for the imperial doctor! It’s cold on the ground. It’s not good for the consort to lie on the floor like this." Xiao’er noticed the First Prince’s actions and expressions just now, and her heart filled with contempt for the man.

What a hypocrite this man is! When his own child is about to be lost, shouldn’t his first reaction be to rush to call for a doctor? But instead he is preoccupied with accusing others! He hasn’t even mentioned the words ’imperial doctor’.

"Do you, the Countess of Rui’an, want to move the consort away from the scene so that you can destroy the evidence?" The First Prince glared at Xiao’er after hearing these words.

Destroy the evidence? Xiao’er looked at the ground which was empty. The pearls that had fallen earlier had already rolled away, with many of them nowhere to be seen. Worried that Zijing might trip when leaving earlier, she had kicked the two or three pearls at the door away. Now only a few pearls that had rolled near the flower pots could be seen.

She had been paying attention to the First Prince all along, and did not notice him looking at the few pearls!

The First Prince directly accusing her of destroying evidence, thus revealing his belief that someone deliberately caused the consort to fall! Why would he think that it wasn’t the consort who accidentally fell, but that someone had set her up?

Normally, who would dare to harm the First Prince’s consort under everyone’s gaze! So usually, one would instinctively think that the consort fell by accident!

Yet, the First Prince immediately accused her of wanting to destroy evidence! He believed she was the one who harmed the consort! Plus his indifference towards Lan Yue and the life of the child in her belly! The First Prince’s subconscious intuition is really subtle!

Xiao’er quickly analysed in her mind.

Liang Yanli took out a handkerchief, wiped her tears, choked up and said, "First Prince, you must seek justice for my sister! Just now, the Countess of Rui’an and my sister had a quarrel. My sister was furious and stormed out. It just so happened that at this moment, the bracelet of Mrs. Marquis of Shengping broke, and the pearls rolled all over the ground. It was these pearls that caused my sister to fall."

"Mrs. Marquis of Shengping, what explanation do you have? Intentionally harming the royal offspring is a serious crime. Do you understand!" After hearing these words, the First Prince’s gaze fell on Mrs. Liu, his tone harsh.

"I didn’t! I’m falsely accused!" Mrs. Liu forced herself to remain calm. She mustn’t lose her composure now! It was vital to remain calm in the face of disaster, and even more so in the face of a major incident. this is what Aunt Rong taught her.

Moreover, she can’t bear such a heavy accusation! Otherwise, her family will be ruined.

"Prince, don’t misjudge! The truth of the matter needs to be thoroughly investigated!" Xiao’er was clear about it now! This was definitely a plot by the First Prince and Liang Yanli!

"You didn’t know? You must have deliberately cut it! First Prince, if the rope was worn and broke, then the cut point must be irregular! If someone deliberately cut it, then the cut point of the rope must be neat. We only need to find the rope, look at the cut point and we’ll know whether Mrs. Marquis of Shengping did it on purpose or not."

"Even if the rope was cut on purpose, it doesn’t mean that my mother did it. Perhaps someone crafted this incident to frame her!" Xiao’er walked over to Mrs. Liu, picked up the white rope from the ground and glanced at it.

As expected, it was cut!