Chapter 223 Lu Ji Discovers Contraceptive Soup
Qin Xiaoning was about to hide the bowl of medicine in her hand when Lu Ji strode into the room.

The panicked look on the little girl's face caught Lu Ji's eyes. He walked straight up to her, and the smell of medicine rushed into his nose. Lu Ji frowned and glanced at the medicine bowl hidden behind her: "What medicine did you drink?"

The little girl cleared her throat and stammered, "I was worried that he would catch a cold after falling into the water, so I asked them to boil a bowl of cold-repelling medicine."

"Didn't the doctor say there's nothing wrong with you? He didn't prescribe any medicine for you." Lu Ji looked at the guilty little girl and stretched out his big hand to her: "Let me see the medicine."

"It wasn't prescribed by the doctor. I brought it back from Qingsong Garden when Songzhi returned home. I just bought it just in case."

As she spoke, she quietly handed the medicine bowl to Song Zhi beside her: "Take it away first, I'll drink it later."

Without waiting for Song Zhi to take it, Lu Ji raised his hand and grabbed the medicine bowl. He frowned and stared at the dark medicine liquid, then put it under his nose and sniffed it. He stared at the little girl with deep eyes and asked, "Tell me the truth, what kind of medicine is this?"

Could this guy also be proficient in pharmacology?

Can you determine the medicinal properties of something just by looking at it and smelling it?
Qin Xiaoning didn't believe that he had this ability.

At this moment, she had calmed down from her panic just now. Seeing Lu Ji questioning her like this, she smiled faintly and said to him angrily, "Didn't I tell you that it's just to drive away the cold? I hate this bitter medicine the most. Songzhi made it for me on her own initiative and insisted on persuading me to drink it."

As she spoke, she winked at Song Zhi and said, "Forget it, forget it. I've already said I'm fine. Take it away now."

Although her words were flawless, how could she escape Lu Ji's keen eyes?

He knew her too well.

The slight panic shown by the little girl when she first saw him had already made the man suspicious.

Lu Ji's face darkened and he turned to look at the pine branch beside him. The man was in a high position and was already very imposing. Now that he was intending to interrogate the little maid, his aura was naturally even more terrifying.

Seeing this, Songzhi subconsciously backed down.

"What kind of medicine is this?" The man's voice was full of pressure.

"This, this..." The little maid hesitated and didn't dare to say it out loud. She shrank her neck and glanced at Qin Xiaoning out of the corner of her eye.

The man was angry, his voice was low and cold: "If you dare to deceive this prince, I will drag you out and beat you to death."

The prince only knows how to scare little girls, but he doesn't have the patience to scare others. In the past, those who broke the rules were beaten to death with sticks.

As soon as the man said this, the little maidservant was so scared that her knees immediately weakened: "Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me."

"What kind of medicine is it?" Lu Ji was not stupid. Seeing the little maid so frightened, he had already guessed most of it.

Songzhi was so scared that she wiped her tears: "This is the contraceptive soup."

As soon as the little maid said this, the man was stunned.

The huge house fell into an unusual silence for a moment. Even the other maids who were busy packing things in the house held their breath, and were so scared that they dared not breathe.

After a long while, the man spoke again, his voice still frighteningly cold: "How long have you been drinking?"

Songzhi wiped away her tears again, not daring to lie any more, and immediately told the truth: "Ever since the prince married An Ning, she has been drinking this contraceptive soup, once a month. It used to be brought by Nanny Yu, but now it has been moved here, and I just got it from Nanny Yu." As she spoke, she handed over the remaining two packets honestly, "It's all here, please spare me, prince."

As Song Zhi spoke each word, Lu Ji's face became increasingly gloomy. When the little maid finished speaking, he ruthlessly ordered, "Take her away and beat her to death."

Songzhi was so frightened upon hearing this that she didn't even care to cry. She just knelt straight, staring at the prince in amazement.

"It has nothing to do with Songzhi, why are you taking it out on her?"

Qin Xiaoning couldn't bear to see Songzhi being wronged, so before Lu Ji could react, she helped him up and pushed him out of the house. In order to avoid bringing harm to others, the little girl and the other servants in the house were also driven out. There were only two people left in the house, and Lu Ji just stood there, his gloomy face could form icicles. The little girl didn't know how to speak, and after a long stalemate, Lu Ji turned around and looked at the little girl with deep and cold eyes.

The girl thought he was going to be angry, and her mind was racing to think of a countermeasure, but unexpectedly the man suddenly hugged her in his arms.

Holding her tightly, he leaned on her neck, his warm breath hitting her skin again and again, so hot that it was almost scalding.

After a long while, the man murmured, "I thought I protected you very well, but I didn't know you had suffered so much behind my back."

Wronged?

Are you talking about drinking contraceptive soup?

She drank it on her own initiative. Even if Nanny Yu didn't deliver the medicine according to the rules, she would have found a way to prevent pregnancy on her own.

She didn't want to have children. She had suffered the hardships of her humble background, and she didn't want her children to suffer the same way.

Besides, she would not stay in this mansion for the rest of her life, so why would she be willing to have a child to tie herself down?

Therefore, the little girl did not feel wronged in drinking the contraceptive soup.

But Lu Ji didn't think so. He seemed to believe that the little girl was forced and that she was wronged.

He hugged her tightly, feeling so heartbroken that he didn't know what to say.

The little girl was choking because of his grip. When she struggled to push Lu Ji away, she saw tears in his eyes.

This man is tougher than anyone else, and I have never seen him so sad.

At that moment, the girl suddenly felt a little guilty and felt that she was not doing enough for Lu Ji. Compared with the sincerity the man had put into this relationship, she did seem a little selfish.

But this thought only flashed through my mind.

For a man like him, why would he be afraid of not having women to bear him children? In the future he will surely have many wives and concubines, and many children and grandchildren. But I am just a little orphan, and I cannot be trapped for the rest of my life because of a child.

"I'm fine, don't be like this." The little girl held the man's face and comforted him in a gentle voice: "This contraceptive medicine is a secret recipe from the palace. It won't hurt your body."

Before she could finish, the man's lips tightly blocked her mouth. The man's kiss was always passionate, but today it was cold. She could even feel his lips trembling slightly.

The little girl was hugged and kissed by the man for a long time, very gently and full of pity.

That’s all. He stared at her with his deep eyes and said in a low voice, “From now on, you are not allowed to drink that medicine again.”

What if you get pregnant?
This was the first thought that flashed through the little girl's mind.

The man saw her concerns and responded rationally: "If you are pregnant, just give birth to the baby. This is our own flesh and blood. I will definitely give him the best."

Bastard!
Even if he is loved by his father, he is still a bastard.

This flaw in his identity will hinder his entire life.

Besides, she didn't want to be bullied by others all her life.

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　　(End of this chapter)