Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 550 Gu Shiyi strikes again

In the Prince of Nanyang's Mansion, Gu Shiyi received a tip-off that after Dugu Jingyao entered the palace, she went to the Prince of Yunnan's Mansion and took Li Shi and Li Ying back to the Prince of Chu's Mansion. About an hour later, Li Neng and Li Ruo also arrived at the Prince of Chu's Mansion, and they were said to have brought a lot of luggage.

Hearing this, Gu Shiyi pondered, wondering if they had deliberately released the news to make the Li family think that Li Chu was terminally ill so that the Nanyang County Prince's Mansion would relax their vigilance against them, or if Li Chu was really still in a coma and no one knew when he would wake up.

But no matter which one it was, Gu Shiyi was going to tell Li Xi to go to the Prince Chu's Mansion to find out what was going on.

However, it would be more appropriate for Li Xi to step in on this matter. As for Gu Shiyi, now that Tinglan is back and is still so favored, she should take advantage of the time when Li Xi is busy with his work to deal with Tinglan!

Otherwise, if Li Xi really has the opportunity to reach that position in the future, it would be fine for Song Yan to be obedient to her, but Tinglan would be a serious concern.

As she said that, she asked Ling'er beside her to call Tinglan over. As for Song Yan, she was less than three months pregnant, so it was understandable that she did not come to pay her respects.

It was about a quarter of an hour later that Tinglan arrived at Yuhe Hall.

Tinglan knew that Gu Shiyi would definitely find some excuse to punish her during this visit. The more this happened, the more she wanted Gu Shiyi to find some fault and give her a reason.

She saluted respectfully, but then Gu Shiyi started to make trouble.

First, she asked Tinglan where she had been for so long. Tinglan told the truth, but she said timidly, "My princess, I went with the prince to comfort the refugees."

Gu Shiyi knew that what she said might be true, but she insisted, "Ridiculous! How could the prince ask you to go with him when he's on an errand?"

Tinglan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Princess, please understand. Everything I said is true!"

Gu Shiyi said contemptuously, "Even if what you said is true, so what? Why did you go with the prince, and the prince got the disease, but you didn't? Maybe you are conspiring with someone to poison the prince."

Although this was indeed the case, Tinglan began to act, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, saying: "Princess, I am innocent! I really don't have the disease. I didn't have the disease because I had it once when I was a child, so I am not easily infected."

Gu Shiyi didn't want to hear her explanation and wanted to convict her immediately, so she said, "Come here, since she refuses to tell the truth, then torture her until she tells the truth."

Naturally, someone rushed up immediately. At this moment, a voice from outside the door said, "Princess, please calm down." This attracted everyone's attention.

Gu Shiyi's face was filled with displeasure when she heard this. Seeing that it was Song Yan, she became even more displeased and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you say that you don't have to come to pay your respects every day since you're pregnant?"

Song Yan bowed and said, "Although this is the case, I was once the princess's maid. I remember this in my heart and dare not forget my status. If I were not in a particularly uncomfortable situation, I would still come to pay my respects to the princess."

Hearing this, Gu Shiyi's expression brightened slightly. She said, "Since you're here, please sit down and see how I try the case."

Song Yan thanked her and sat down. She asked, "I wonder what Aunt Lan did to anger the princess again?"

Gu Shiyi said, "Humph, this bitch claimed that she went to work with the prince, but the prince was sick and she was safe and sound. Isn't this worthy of suspicion?"

Tinglan sobbed and said, "Princess, what I said is true. I had an epidemic disease as a child, so I should not be infected."

Upon hearing this, Song Yan said to Gu Shiyi, "Princess, this matter... I have heard the elders mention it before. If it is true, wouldn't it be unfair to Concubine Lan? If the prince knew about it, he would definitely blame you, Princess."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shiyi said, "How about this, Tinglan, I'll give you a chance. Ling'er, go get the court doctor to ask if this is the case?"

Song Yan and Ting Lan had never thought that Gu Shiyi could actually reason with them. But let's see what she was going to do.

Not long after, the palace doctor was called in. Gu Shiyi asked, "Sir, I want to ask you, if someone has contracted an epidemic before, will they contract it again?"

Although the court doctor didn't know why the question was asked, he still answered truthfully, "Princess, it depends on the individual's physical condition. If a person is in good health, the possibility of being infected with the disease again will be lower than that of ordinary people, or even not at all."

Gu Shiyi smiled and said, "Thank you for the trip, Mr. Ling'er, please send him back."

Although Tinglan didn't know what Gu Shiyi was going to do, she still tried her best to defend herself: "Princess, what I said is true! Please forgive me, Princess."

Gu Shiyi said, "Even if what you said is true, so what? If you can't take good care of the prince, it's your fault. Come on, no other punishment will be imposed today. Just make her kneel outside for two hours. She's not allowed to get up before that time!"

Song Yan wanted to say something, but Gu Shiyi said, "I'm a little tired. Song Yan, you're pregnant too, so go back first. Ling'er, you stay here and watch over her. Don't let this bitch slack off."

There was no way out. Gu Shiyi had already ordered them to leave, so Song Yan couldn't say anything more. After all, she had finally gotten pregnant, and it would be bad if she was punished for pleading and hurt the child.

She could only whisper an apology to Tinglan as she passed by.

Tinglan just shook her head and said nothing.

In fact, when she learned that Gu Shiyi wanted her to pay her respects, she knew that Gu Shiyi probably had no good intentions, so she took the opportunity of saying that she would wash up to let Xiu'er sneak out from the back door to deliver a message to Song Yan.

Just happened to meet Song Yan in the courtyard, pretending to be very anxious, accidentally bumped into Song Yan, and when apologizing to Song Yan, he leaned close and whispered: "Please, Aunt Song, save my aunt."

Song Yan's maids also scolded Xiu'er, and Song Yan also told her not to be so rash in the future, as it only brought shame to Tinglan.

Xiu'er also pretended to plead guilty, and then seeing that Song Yan was fine, Song Yan let Xiu'er go. She quickly returned to Yalan Garden and followed Tinglan to Yuhe Hall.

Song Yan, who returned to Chun Yaxuan, had no idea what had happened, but she knew that the only person in the mansion who could bully Tinglan was probably Gu Shiyi.

So Song Yan said, "The weather is nice today. Come on, accompany me to Yuhe Hall to pay my respects to the princess."

That’s how the scene just now happened.

However, Tinglan didn't ask Song Yan to come to save her. She knew that Gu Shiyi would not listen to Song Yan completely, so Tinglan just needed someone who could testify for her at the critical moment, and Song Yan was that person.

However, I didn’t expect that Gu Shiyi’s punishment was to make her kneel outside. In fact, this punishment was not severe, but I don’t know if it would hurt her child.

No, she had to find a way to escape this punishment.

About half an hour later, Tinglan pretended to faint. Ling'er, who was watching from the corridor, couldn't help but sigh, "Don't pretend to faint, it's only been half an hour."

Seeing this, Xiu'er hurried forward to check on the situation and said, "Sister Ling'er, Aunt Lan is really fainted."

Ling'er didn't believe it. She came out and looked at Tinglan. Her face did look a little pale. Then she kicked Tinglan's legs twice, but Tinglan still didn't move.

Ling'er said, "Stay here first, I will ask the princess for instructions." Then she went into the inner room.

At this moment, Gu Shiyi was holding Li Yu. Seeing Ling'er come in, she frowned and asked, "Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on that bitch? Why did you come in?"

Ling'er saluted and said, "Princess, Aunt Lan... fainted."

Gu Shiyi didn't insist on being unreasonable. She just said, "Since she's fainted, find someone to carry her back. But tell Xiu'er beside her that if she didn't kneel for enough time today, she'll have to continue kneeling tomorrow until she's kneeled for two hours."

Ling'er obeyed the order and went ahead. She first asked two maids to follow Xiu'er to carry Tinglan back. Xiu'er said, "Oh, by the way, the princess said that the punishment is not over yet. Those who did not kneel enough today will make up for it tomorrow, until they have kneeled for two full hours."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Tinglan silently took note of Gu Shiyi in her heart and decided to ask her to return everything to her in the future.