“Cough cough cough…”

Aunt Hongxiu started coughing violently again.

Su Yin stepped forward and wanted to help her calm down, but was stopped by her.

She shook her head. "Princess status is precious. How can I trouble you?"

Su Yin smiled and held her old hand, her voice soft, "I grew up in the countryside, my parents taught me to respect the old and love the young, you are the elder, there is nothing wrong with that."

It was rare for Aunt Hongxiu to show a smile on her face, a very faint smile, as if she had long forgotten how to laugh, or perhaps nothing in her life could make her laugh. Over time, people gradually lose the desire to laugh and cannot laugh.

Su Xinguang was anxious and wanted to know what was in the bundle. He also wanted to know what Lian Qiao left behind. However, seeing the interaction between his elder sister and the old nanny, he had to hold back and wait silently.

After helping Nanny Hongxiu calm down, she felt a little better.

"When she came to me, I had a feeling that this might be the last time we would see each other."

"That day, she said to me, 'If one day the prince's men come looking for you, you should give them the things in this bundle. If no one comes looking for you, burn it before you die. The things in the bundle must not be seen by the people who want to kill the prince.'"

"She also told me, 'Don't open the bundle. If you really want to know something, you can take a look before burning it. Hongxiu, you must remember this. This bundle must not be known to anyone else, let alone discovered by anyone else.'"

There were memories in Nanny Hongxiu's cloudy eyes, as if the scene before their parting that day appeared before her eyes, with sadness and reluctance in her eyes.

"After she gave her instructions that day, she left in a hurry. Not long after that, I heard the news that the eldest prince was missing in the hunting grounds, and many palace people died, including Lian Qiao. People in the palace said that they were attacked and killed by the remnants of the previous dynasty, but I know that they all died at the hands of Concubine Li and the forces behind her."

Su Xinguang couldn't help but ask, "Where is the bundle?"

Madam Hongxiu looked at Su Xinguang and said, "Your Highness, that thing is too important. I dare not keep it with me, so I put the bundle in a place where no one would expect it."

"Where?"

Madam Hongxiu said, "Do you still remember the maid who died on the day when the imperial concubines gave birth? She died in that well."

"Come to think of it, I almost died in that well."

"After I returned from the hunting grounds, Concubine Li's people came looking for me. Even though Lian Qiao and I turned against each other, even though I tried my best to reduce my presence, I couldn't escape Concubine Li's minions in the end."

"They knocked me unconscious and threw me into the well, hoping that I would end up like the maid that night, having accidentally fallen into the water and died."

"If I am discovered, I will be rolled up with a tattered straw mat and thrown out of the palace. If no one finds me, that is where I will rest forever."

"Maybe it was God's blessing that I woke up when they threw me down. After they left, I was able to find a chance to climb out of the well. After I tossed and turned all night and couldn't climb out, an old lady passing by heard the noise and rescued me from the well."

"I didn't dare go back to the cold palace, so the old eunuch I rescued took me in and let me hide with him."

"I hid for several years like this. After the rumors died down and everyone thought I was dead, I returned to the cold palace and took the identity of a dying palace maid and continued to live in the palace."

"In fact, I did gain something from that day in the well. It allowed me to discover a recessed area in the well, which is a perfect place to put the bundle. No one will find it there."

"It's filled with gloomy air. No one in the palace dares to approach it, let alone enter the well."

After knowing the whereabouts of the things, Su Xinguang finally felt at ease.

"Mammy, there are rumors in the palace that Emperor Rong Xian did not gain the throne legitimately. Have you heard of this news?"

Madam Hongxiu smiled and said, "I was the one who spread the news. I was afraid that the prince's men wouldn't be able to find me, so I spread the news quietly."

"Aren't you afraid that Emperor Rongxian and the Empress Dowager will find out?"

"I am a dying woman, so why should I be afraid?" Nanny Hongxiu looked at the two of them and said, "Look, the princess and the prince have found me, haven't they?"

"I can fulfill her wish before I die, and I have no regrets in this life."

Su Yin looked at Su Xinguang, who understood immediately and walked forward to feel the pulse of Nanny Hongxiu.

After a while, Su Xinguang shook his head and said, "She looks like she is about to die, but I can use a secret recipe to let her live two more years."

Madam Hongxiu shook her head. "Don't worry about a lowly person like me. I am blessed by God to live all these years. Maybe God doesn't want the Yong Dynasty to be ruined by these traitors, so he let me drag this broken body to wait for His Highness and the princess."

It can be seen that Madam Hongxiu is determined to die and has no desire to live.

"Mammy, don't you want to see the restoration of order? Don't you want to see the fate of those who killed Aunt Lian Qiao?"

"Can I wait until that day?" There was light in Nanny Hongxiu's dim eyes.

Su Xinguang said, "Yes! You don't need to wait too long."

Su Yin followed up, "Mammy, we will find a way to get you out of the palace."

"Um."

Perhaps because she had been talking for too long today, Nanny Hongxiu looked very tired.

"You should have a good rest first and take care of yourself."

After letting her lie down again, Su Yin and Su Xinguang left, but left a shadow guard here.

The brother and sister looked in the same picture and went together to the well that Aunt Hongxiu mentioned.

The two walked further and further away, and the surrounding area became more and more gloomy. The pear tree in the courtyard stretched out of the palace wall, leaving mottled marks on the red wall. The cold wind blew, swaying the reflection, exuding an inexplicable sense of desolation.

This place is indeed very remote, so remote that there are very few guards patrolling here.

The two of them immediately saw the wellhead exposed in the weeds. There was a stone slab above the wellhead, as if to prevent someone from falling into the well again.

"It should be this well."

Ying Yi stepped forward and removed the stone slab covering the wellhead. He thought there would be a foul smell, but surprisingly there was nothing.

"Be careful." Su Yin reminded.

Although Nanny Hongxiu's account was detailed and did not seem false, it is still better to be safe than sorry.

Yingyi nodded. He lit the tinder and placed it at the mouth of the well to check. After seeing clearly inside, he supported himself with his legs on both sides of the well and slowly moved down along the wall.

Su Yin and Su Xinguang were watching from above the wellhead, shining a light.

"Did you find it?"

Seeing that he was about to approach the water surface, Su Xinguang asked.

Ying Yi's voice came from the well, "Found it."