Who said the heir would die out? The concubine is pregnant again!

Faced with the sudden questioning, Yingzhu was completely bewildered.

"I was taking a bath, how could I have been plotting against the young master?"

Liang Yunqian took off his outer robe, tossed it aside, and stepped into the bath.

Yingzhu instinctively backed away, retreating to the edge of the bathtub, where there was nowhere left to go. Before she could even react, his hand had already seized her fair wrist!

"You want money, you want a child, I can grant your wishes, but you shouldn't have drugged me! I hate being schemed against!"

"What kind of sleeping potion? What makes you say that, Young Master?"

"I haven't been interested in women for a long time, why did you suddenly become aroused the moment you arrived?"

Yingzhu thought back carefully, "That night we studied the Fire Avoidance Diagram together, and we were influenced by the pictures and text, which is why I had this idea. I didn't know the Fire Avoidance Diagram had such magic. If Your Highness minds, you can just not look at it next time."

To Liang Yunqian, her timid and fabricated story seemed exactly like an attempt to shirk responsibility.

"Still pretending? It's not about the fire-avoidance diagram at all; it's your sachet that's the problem. You put sleeping pills in it!"

"A sachet?" Yingzhu thought carefully. "You mean that pink sachet embroidered with peonies? I wear that sachet every day. If it really contained some kind of sleeping potion, wouldn't it harm me?"

On the way here, Liang Yunqian had already thought about this question.

"Since you're going to do something shady, you'll naturally make thorough preparations. Your sachet is perfectly normal most of the time, but it will turn into a sleeping potion when it gets wet."

On the first night, you were caught in the snow and entered the master's house; the sachet then became a sleeping potion. Later, you fell into the hot spring, still wearing the sachet; the potion took effect again!

"Tonight, when I went to your room, Qiuhe accidentally knocked over a teacup, soaking the sachet. That's when I noticed the sachet's unusual state! Shen Yingzhu, you really went to great lengths to get into my bedchamber!"

As they spoke, Liang Yunqian gradually increased the pressure on her wrist.

Yingzhu, wincing in pain, cried out, "This servant doesn't understand what the young master is talking about. What sachet with water? This servant has no idea!"

Yingzhu hurriedly denied it, but Liang Yunqian lost his patience.

His thumb pressed against her lips, sweeping across them roughly.

"The softer the red lips, the more likely they are to feign innocence and deceive. You've fooled me twice, but I won't do it a third time!"

The drug had already taken effect, and with the steam rising from the bath, Liang Yunqian could no longer control himself.

He didn't want her to succeed, but he was also under the influence of drugs and couldn't control himself. His hatred compelled him to suddenly lower his head and give her a hard shove on her slender swan neck!

The sudden pain made Yingzhu cry out, "Ah---it hurts so much, Your Highness, stop it..."

"You resort to such despicable tactics, what right do you have to complain of pain?"

"This servant did not poison her; this is a misunderstanding. I beg Your Highness to investigate and clear my name."

Yingzhu shook her head, crying, her tearful eyes wetting her eyelashes.

However, her tearful appearance failed to evoke any pity in Liang Yunqian.

He slightly bent his index finger to wipe away the tears on her face, but his eyes remained indifferent as frost and snow.

"What 'good pregnancy'? I think you're a fraud! You and that Taoist priest are a bunch of charlatans who specialize in swindling and cheating!"

Claims of compatible birth charts and a high fertility are nothing but a tactic of using drugs to deceive people!

"This servant is greedy for money, but I don't know that Taoist priest. All the talk about getting pregnant and calculating birth charts is just their doing. This servant doesn't understand fortune telling, so please don't wrong me, Your Highness."

Before Yingzhu could finish speaking, Liang Yunqian, with a cold face, tore off her last layer of cover and suddenly barged into her territory!

Yingzhu was caught off guard; he didn't give her any time to adjust.

Unable to bear it any longer, she burst into tears, "Young Master, I'm innocent! I did nothing wrong, yet you have bullied and humiliated me like this..."

Her cheeks were flushed a rosy hue by the mist, like a lotus emerging from the water, delicate and pure.

Liang Yunqian disliked her seemingly harmless face; if he stared at it, he was prone to making wrong judgments.

He turned her around and ordered Shen Yingzhu to face away from him.

"Isn't this what you wanted? You went to great lengths to drug me, just to serve me, didn't you? Your tricks have been exposed, so stop pretending to resist!"

"I really didn't..." Yingzhu tried her best to deny it and clarify, but his large hand covered her red lips.

"Stop making excuses. Tomorrow, the evidence will be presented to you!"

At this moment, Liang Yunqian's reason had been consumed by the drug. He didn't want to say anything more, and only wanted to quickly dispel the chaotic thoughts in his mind so that he could regain his senses.

That night, Yingzhu was consumed by his passion. Although her rash had healed and she should indeed serve him, she should not be misunderstood and bullied like this.

Her self-esteem was constantly being burned away by him, but she could only shed silent tears, unable to clear her name.

Liang Yunqian was unusually fierce tonight, showing no regard for her condition.

The indulgence in the bathhouse was not enough to alleviate the effects of the drug, so he took the person to the next room and continued to torment them.

Like a flower branch in the wind, the pearl swayed and fell, powerless to resist, forced to endure his rage and the corrosive effects of the drug...

She later fainted, and when she woke up again, her shattered skeleton was difficult to put back together. It took her a long time to finally sit up.

The maid Baolan, who came in to deliver water, glanced at her. A few days ago, Baolan would smile whenever she saw her, but today she looked disgusted.

"I thought you were genuinely pregnant, but it turns out you used despicable means to seduce the young master! We maids' reputations have been ruined by shameless hussies like you!"

Baolan was opportunistic, and Yingzhu didn't bother to say another word to her. She went downstairs and struggled to wash up.

Before she could even put her hair up, Baolan pulled her away, because the young master wanted to interrogate her.

When Yingzhu was brought into Tingsong Garden, Liang Yunqian, who was seated above, coldly scrutinized her with eyes as sharp as frost knives!

Recalling his tyrannical behavior last night, Yingzhu subconsciously shrank back, lowered her gaze, took two steps back, and tried to stay as far away from him as possible.

As soon as Qiuhe saw her, she pointed at her and began to accuse her.

"This servant can testify that the sachet is indeed Yingzhu's; she wears it every day, there's no mistake!"

Liang Yunqian, seated at the head of the table, tossed the sachet into Yingzhu's arms. "The evidence is overwhelming, Shen Yingzhu, what else do you have to say?"

The sachet had dried out completely and lost its medicinal properties. Yingzhu took it and examined it closely, her starry eyes widening as she trembled involuntarily.

"This does indeed resemble a maid's sachet."

"No one else wears this except you! Luckily I discovered it in time, otherwise the young master would have misunderstood me! Shen Yingzhu, you used such despicable means and almost ruined my life! You are shameless and unworthy to serve the young master!"

Qiuhe cursed repeatedly, but Yingzhu ignored her and only raised the sachet.

"Young Master, this sachet is only similar to mys, but it is not the same!"

"How could that be?" Qiuhe said with absolute certainty, "This is definitely your peony-embroidered sachet with foundation, there's no mistake!"

"My sachet accidentally got a hole, so I asked Dongzhi to help me repair it."

The repaired sachet was almost invisible at first glance, but the difference was noticeable upon close inspection. However, this sachet was brand new, without any damage; it definitely wasn't mine!

Yingzhu solemnly explained the situation, leaving Qiuhe stunned on the spot.

"Words are meaningless; who would believe your nonsense? You're just lying to shirk responsibility, aren't you? Where's your sachet? If you can't produce it, you're just making things up!"

Liang Yunqian's expression was solemn, his dark eyes half-closed. "Where is the sachet?"