The man opened the package right in front of everyone, exposing all the medicinal herbs inside.
He said,
"Isn't it just a package of medicine? What are you so nervous about?"
After saying that, he seemed to think of something and added,
"If you're this nervous about it, there must be more to this medicine, right?
You're heading to the Tenth Prince's Manor, aren't you?
Don't tell me this medicine is for the Tenth Princess Consort?"
His mind worked remarkably fast. Recalling the rumors from the past few days, he said with sudden realization,
"Could this be medicine to induce a miscarriage?"
At those words, everyone's eyes changed, the flames of gossip burning fiercely within them.
They had all heard the earlier rumors. Could they actually be true?
These common folk had never feasted on royal gossip before, and the past few days had sent them into a frenzy of excitement.
This was a first since heaven and earth were created!
If that story was true...
With pounding hearts and trembling hands, they were even more excited now than they had been on their wedding nights!
At those words, Chu Rongguan's expression visibly shifted before immediately returning to normal. Then he snapped,
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
The man had clearly caught the change in Chu Rongguan's expression. Certain there was something suspicious about the medicine, he immediately said,
"Whether I'm spouting nonsense or not, we'll know once we get a physician to examine this prescription."
Chu Rongguan panicked at that. He absolutely could not let a physician examine the medicine. Otherwise, everything would be exposed, and the Chu Family would be finished.
Not only would his family be finished, but Wenwen's maternal family, the Cai Family, would be doomed as well.
At that thought, Chu Rongguan threw caution