Unconscious Truth

"What could I possibly have done!?" Madam Lou instinctively raised her voice in rebuttal, sounding even more guilty.

Marquis Weiyuan glared at Madam Lou, warning, "You'd better hope I don't find out you've been up to any tricks!"

Everyone in the room waited for the search results. Madam Lou was anxious, while the two concubines gently attended to Marquis Weiyuan. Senior Physician Lin looked embarrassed—he hadn't expected to get tangled up in this mess.

Not long after, Lucy Lou rushed in, flustered. She looked around and asked, "Aunt, Uncle, what's going on? Why did the servants barge into my room to search it?"

Hearing this, Madam Lou hurriedly said, "Marquis, listen! How could you even search Xiaolu's room?"

Marquis Weiyuan's tone softened when he saw Lucy Lou. He said to her, "Xiaolu, it's alright. Something's happened in the manor, and to be safe, every room must be searched. It's for your own good."

Lucy Lou looked skeptical, but with so many outsiders present, she didn't ask further. She obediently stood beside Madam Lou and secretly glanced at Su Li, giving her a friendly expression.

Su Li looked back at her and nodded.

Lucy Lou was surprised that Su Li actually responded to her, and her cheeks flushed instantly.

The Marquis's estate was large, so the search took quite a while—but eventually, it was completed.

About half an hour later, a servant came to report, "Marquis, we've found something strange during the search."

"Quick, bring it here!" Marquis Weiyuan urged.

The servant pulled out a palm-sized Sterilization Medicine Bottle from his pocket. Madam Lou's face turned as pale as a corpse when she saw it.

This was the bottle she used to secretly give the concubines sterilization medicine!

Now that the bottle had been found, if the Marquis learned she'd been secretly giving the concubines sterilization medicine all along, it would be a huge scandal!

"Aunt, what's wrong? You look terrible," Lucy Lou asked with concern.

"It's nothing, Xiaolu. Auntie is just a bit tired." Madam Lou patted Lucy Lou's hand, thinking that although she'd been caught giving the concubines medicine, she was still the legal wife. Punishing concubines wasn't exactly proper, but it wouldn't be too serious for her.

Senior Physician Lin took the Sterilization Medicine Bottle in front of the Marquis, opened it, and examined it. His expression changed dramatically.

Seeing Senior Physician Lin's grave expression, Marquis Weiyuan grew nervous. "Old friend, is there something wrong with this bottle?"

"Wrong? Very wrong!" Senior Physician Lin handed the bottle to Marquis Weiyuan. "Marquis, this bottle contains the same sterilization medicine that's poisoned you—the one meant for men!"

Madam Lou's legs buckled at Senior Physician Lin's words, her body swaying as if she might faint.

"What!? This is the poison used on me!?" Marquis Weiyuan exploded, shouting at the servants, "Where did you find this medicine? Who could be so vicious as to poison me with this? Are they trying to cut off my lineage!?"

The words "cut off my lineage" made Su Li, who was standing nearby, frown slightly. She instinctively touched her slightly rounded belly.

What did Marquis Weiyuan mean by "cut off my lineage"?

After all, Marquis Weiyuan already had a son, Xiao Zetian, and Xiao Zetian's wife Su Li was pregnant. Although the relationship between Marquis Weiyuan and his son wasn't good, it was far from being cut off from descendants.

But seeing Marquis Weiyuan's expression, the way he blurted it out, Su Li was sure it was his true feelings coming out unconsciously.

This was... very strange indeed...