Chapter 427: Slapping the Face 4

He knelt before Ji Ruyan, "Miss was born on the seventh day of the first month in the seventh year of the Aotian. Madam Tianshuang wasn't due to give birth early, but she was poisoned with a miscarriage-causing drug by Maternal Aunt Qiao in the mansion. Master was conveniently on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau at the time. When the news of Madam going into labor reached Master, he promptly asked for leave from the Imperial Medical Bureau, rushing back home. To preserve the child in her womb, Master ordered the servants to procure labor-inducing medicine. I clearly remember that it was a sister named Yi Lian who went to the external pharmacy to collect the medicine."

Uncle Zhao's words struck like a scorching slap across Pei Xi's cheek.

While there were naturally suspicions about what Uncle Zhao said, it was at this moment that Consort Jing summoned the newly appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Imperial Doctor Li Kaiqiu.