Lu Tong's expression changed dramatically.
Fangzi and Qiong Ying also abruptly raised their heads.
The next moment, the knocking on the door grew more rapid, and Meng Xiyang's voice sounded from outside, "Why has the Princess Consort been silent all this time? Could something have happened?"
Pei Yunshu opened her sweat-drenched eyes from the midst of her pain and gritted her teeth, "This is bad. Meng Xiyang might have become suspicious."
Outside, Meng Xiyang stood behind the crone, her face so dark it could drip with water.
Pei Yunshu had dismissed the medical officer who had come to diagnose her, leaving only the female doctor in the room, which always made her feel uneasy. Thus, she had sent a servant to the herbal shop where the female doctor's maid had collected the medicines, to ask the shopkeeper what they truly bought.
