The Prince of Pingnan's Mansion was a large house with five courtyards, with the mansion in the front and a garden in the back. Jian Ning and Mrs. Huo followed Concubine Li through the hanging flower gate and turned onto the nine-turn corridor. After a few more turns, the view suddenly opened up.

"Feiyunju?" Jian Ning stopped, looked up at the three big characters on the plaque of the main hall in the inner courtyard, and blurted out.

Concubine Li followed her gaze and said, "Feiyunju is the name of the mansion where the princess and the prince lived when they were guarding the border. The layout here is still exactly the same as that over there, not a single blade of grass or tree has changed."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jian Ning had already walked down the corridor with her medicine box and headed straight towards the corridor on the left. She walked so fast that she left Madam Huo and Concubine Li behind.

Concubine Li and Old Madam Huo looked at each other, and then they quickly followed.

Jane Ning walked through the winding corridor and arrived at the small garden on the main hall side. She stood on the corridor and looked into the garden, and sure enough, she saw a swing.

Her heart was beating wildly, mixed with her emotions and Xiao Xiaoning's. She hadn't clearly sensed Xiao Xiaoning's emotional changes for a long time, and the two seemed to have merged into one invisibly.

However, at this moment, she truly felt her presence, and the memories of Xiao Xinning gradually emerged clearly in her mind. The crescent scar on her forehead was left when she fell from the swing.

She stared at the swing set, and the image of Huo Jincheng as a child gradually became clear.

"Miss?" Concubine Li leaned forward slightly, looking at her, her eyes filled with uncontrollable joy. She called out again tentatively, "Miss?"

Jian Ning turned to look at her, and the vague fragments of Xiao Xinning's past memories gradually became clearer.

"Xinning, I'm your aunt, I'm your aunt Li!"

Two lines of hot tears instantly rolled down Concubine Li's eyes. She saw from Jian Ning's eyes that Jian Ning recognized her. Without hesitation, she hugged Jian Ning.

"Xinning, my poor lady, where have you been all these years? Do you know that your mother is almost crying herself blind..."

She hugged Jane Ning and cried inconsolably.

"Aunt." Jane Ning was startled by the word "Aunt", because it was not her own subjective wish. Her mind was filled with many images of Xiao Xinning getting along with the two concubines in the mansion.

But Xiao Xinning was closer to this concubine Li, and this concubine Li was indeed, as Mrs. Huo said, a person with a gentle temperament and a peaceful nature.

Her call of "Auntie" made Concubine Li burst into tears. Old Madam Huo wiped her tears, stepped forward and patted her, saying, "Come on, why are you crying? I heard from Cheng'er that Ning'er has forgotten everything in the past. I don't know what hardships she suffered outside, and she ended up in the countryside with a couple... well, it's good that she's back."

Madam Huo took Jian Ning's hand again, "I knew it. Coming back here, the scene brought back memories. Maybe you'll remember who you are right away. Fortunately, I think the husband you married is pretty good. Although we didn't get to be together... Hey, why bring this up? As long as you return safely, that's better than anything else!"

She dragged Jian Ning away and said, "Go and see your mother quickly. If you can cure your mother's illness after learning some skills outside, it will not be in vain for her to give birth to you and love you."

Concubine Li followed, wiping her tears.

"Stop crying, your young lady is back. Your good days are still ahead when the prince returns to the capital." She said happily to Concubine Li.

The maids and servants in various places in the main hall had noticed the movement here and were whispering to each other. One servant glanced at them furtively and tried to go to the Nine-Curved Corridor, but was seen by Old Madam Huo and stopped.

"You old woman, your young lady is back, but instead of waiting in the yard, you run outside? Who are you going to inform?" Old Madam Huo scolded angrily.

The old woman gave her a random bow, a look of dissatisfaction on her face. "I'm an assistant in the kitchen, not responsible for serving in the courtyard. I just came to see if the princess is awake, so I can bring her some ginseng soup if she is."

After she said this, she curled her lips, as if to say, "You are not an old lady in the palace, so you are meddling too much."

It is true that Madam Huo is not the master of the palace and has no control over these stubborn servants.

She is not, but Jian Ning is and Concubine Li is.

Before Jian Ning and the prince and princess recognized each other, she turned her gaze to Concubine Li, "Is this how that bitch in charge manipulates the servants in the mansion?"

Old Madam Huo had no good feelings towards Concubine Min, not for any other reason, but because she herself was born into an official family, her father had three wives and four concubines, and her family had several concubines. She had also heard some shameful and dirty stories about other sisters' families in the past, and she knew one thing very well: no matter what happened, as long as it happened, in the end it all depended on who benefited and who would not be able to escape the consequences.

She had always suspected that Concubine Min had something to do with Xiao Xinning's disappearance, but it was, after all, a family matter within the palace, and she couldn't intervene, and she had no evidence. In the first two years after Xiao Xinning's disappearance, she had often visited Princess Pingnan, but later, with increasing frequency, Concubine Min, who had taken over the Princess's duties, gradually grew impatient.

Later on, she became pregnant and gave birth to children one after another, and the Grand Tutor took in several concubines. She had a lot of things to do at home, and she didn't want to see Concubine Min's increasingly aggressive attitude, so she came less and less.

She had originally thought that the relationship between the Prince of Pingnan and the Princess was harmonious, that with the Prince's protection and the Princess being the legal wife, even if Concubine Min became the head of the household, she wouldn't be able to bully her. But now, seeing the old slave's expression, it was clear that she was relying on Concubine Min's power and that her heart was already bent on Concubine Min. She was so angry that she wanted to slap her in the face, but she was afraid of humiliating her own status.

He couldn't help but look at Concubine Li.

"Mother Peng." Concubine Li pulled Jian Ning over. "This is our eldest daughter. You haven't seen her since she was little. She got lost when she was little. Now she's back. I'm taking her and Old Madam Huo to see the princess. Hurry up and make some tea and bring it up."

"Yes." The old woman responded, looked at Jian Ning, bowed casually, and left without even calling her "Miss".

"Why don't you send such a person away? What's the point of keeping him in the mansion?" Old Madam Huo glanced at Concubine Li and said.

"She's a poor relative of Concubine Min's sister, her parents, and she came to her specifically to make a living. How can we get rid of her?"

"Hmph, that's strange." Old Madam Huo said, "Her relatives didn't keep her in their own courtyard to serve, but instead sent her to the princess's courtyard. What does she want to do?"

"Don't blame the old lady for being suspicious, blame me for not explaining clearly." Concubine Li smiled, "After all, this Madam Peng is a bit old, and her hands and feet are not as nimble. The princess is the only master in the whole courtyard, so she has relatively less work to do, so she was sent here."

"I thought so. It's because the real owner is so sick that she's confused. That's why she dares to bully her and stuff these old, useless people in here." Old Madam Huo held Jian Ning's hand and said, "Ning'er, you've seen it all. Hurry and cure your mother's illness. Once she recovers, who will dare to bully her again?"

She pulled Jian Ning and was about to go to the main hall, but Jian Ning held her back and said, "No hurry, let's go to the kitchen first. The mother mentioned ginseng soup just now, and I want to see what kind of ginseng soup it is and what medicinal ingredients are used."

"What do you mean? Could it be that there are harmful drugs mixed into the ginseng soup?"

Old Mrs. Huo reacted immediately.