Seeing that Hailanzhu was still feeling guilty, Dayuer quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Sister, don't think about these things anymore. What's important for us is to solve the problem at hand."

"Yes." She nodded and told Dayuer about the plan she had come up with on the way.

Her plan was to transfer the smallpox-infected items to Yebushu, thereby making Yanzha Qiurong hate Yunxian.

However, she needed someone who had smallpox to help her.

Just as Hailanzhu was looking worried, Su Mo'er stepped forward and said bravely, "If Your Highness does not blame this servant for being foolish, this servant is willing to serve you like a dog or horse."

"You've had smallpox?" Hailanzhu was pleasantly surprised. It was just like the saying, "You searched high and low without finding it, but it came to you effortlessly." This description was not an exaggeration.

What she needed was a loyal person; otherwise, the plan would be difficult to carry out. She originally wanted to do everything herself, but this body belonged to the original owner, who had never had smallpox, and now that she was pregnant, although she had a treatment for smallpox, she dared not take the risk.

“But Yebushu is only eight years old. Wouldn’t it be…” Dayu’er hesitated, unwilling to involve innocent people.

“No!” Hailanzhu interrupted her concerns: “Yu’er, you must believe that I have a way to cure smallpox.” She had already drafted a plan in her mind and was just waiting to implement it.

She was really boastful. Here, the mortality rate of hemorrhagic smallpox was as high as 97%, and the imperial physicians were helpless.

But for some reason, Da Yu'er chose to believe her.

Da Yu'er nodded and said, "Sister, I believe you."

Hailanzhu felt very gratified; it was a fortunate thing to have a sister who believed in her unconditionally.

Su Mo'er curtsied and said, "Whatever Your Highness's orders are, this servant will do my utmost to fulfill them."

"Okay." Hailanzhu nodded in satisfaction, then whispered in Su Mo'er's ear.

Su Mo'er listened attentively and then nodded.

After the three finished their discussion, Hailanzhu left Yongfu Palace, exhausted.

...

The next day, a side hall of Guanju Palace inexplicably caught fire. The reason for the fire was that the side hall was the closest to the main palace, and Hailanzhu would naturally flee to avoid the fire.

Yunxian believed she had done it perfectly. Taking advantage of the chaos, she secretly sent someone into the palace to steal something.

Little did she know, Hailanzhu had seen everything she did.

"Heh..." Hailanzhu laughed mockingly, "Yunxian, you really think you have too much time on your hands."

She watched the thief leave quietly, without making a sound from beginning to end.

An item inexplicably appeared at the entrance of Yongfu Palace.

The object with the ceiling decoration turned out to be a wooden horse, inlaid with a small ruby. That ruby ​​was clearly priceless, undoubtedly the one that Hailanzhu had taken.

Children are children after all, and they can't resist temptation. As soon as Atu saw this thing outside, he immediately wanted to sit on it.

Su Mo'er quickly stopped her, but fearing that the person hiding in the shadows would notice, she said, "Little princess, playing here might block the way. Why don't we let you play in the courtyard?"

"Okay!" Atu agreed and happily walked back.

Seeing this, Su Mo'er breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the wooden horse and headed straight for the hall.

The person in the shadows, believing he had accomplished his task, did not wish to linger any longer and immediately turned and left.

But shortly after he left, Su Mo'er carried the wooden horse out and, under the cover of the crowd, quietly placed it in the main hall of Chengxi Palace.

The burning of Guanju Palace would naturally alarm everyone in the harem, and many concubines would rush over to watch.

So much so that no one noticed the Trojan horse being moved around.

"Ah, what a pity." Yan Zhaqiurong sighed as she looked at the hall filled with ashes.

She appeared distressed on the surface, but was secretly overjoyed.

Hailanzhu ignored them and only called out to Yanzha Qiurong after she had dismissed everyone.

"Is there anything else, Your Highness?" Yan Zhaqiurong stopped and turned to look back.

"The palace is covered in dust. I haven't had breakfast yet and my stomach is growling. May I go to Chengxi for a meal?" Hailanzhu asked indifferently, without any hurry or impatience.

Yan Zhaqiurong was puzzled upon hearing this, wondering why Hailanzhu did not go to find Bumbutai, but instead came to her.

However, she showed no sign of surprise and replied with a smile, "Your Highness Consort Chen's presence immediately brings honor to our humble abode. How could I possibly refuse?"

At this point, she walked back to Hailanzhu's side, and the two walked side by side.

Throughout the journey, Hailanzhu remained silent, and Yanzha Qiurong, seeing that she was not speaking, also kept quiet.

Upon arriving at the main hall of Chengxi Palace, Hailanzhu heard children laughing inside and immediately realized that Su Mo'er had finished her task, secretly letting out a sigh of relief.

Upon hearing the laughter of her own child, Yan Zhaqiurong immediately beamed with joy and rushed into the palace.

When she saw the familiar wooden horse among Yebushu's horses, she was completely stunned. It was the wooden horse she had given to Yunxian.

She couldn't believe it at first, but when she saw that the rocking horse had the exact same pattern, she collapsed to the ground.

"Why are you sitting on the ground all of a sudden?" Hailanzhu asked with concern. She glanced at the wooden horse and noticed that there was nothing about her on it, which immediately put her mind at ease.

Yan Zhaqiurong raised her head, looking at Hailanzhu with a complicated expression, "Do you know something?"

Hailanzhu smiled and said, "I don't understand what the concubine is saying."

Yan Zhaqiu remained silent, tears streaming down her face as she looked at Yebushu, who was still on the wooden horse.

Yebushu also noticed that something was wrong with Yanzha Qiurong, so he quickly jumped off the wooden horse, ran to Yanzha Qiurong, and looked up at her, saying, "Mother, don't cry. Did I do something wrong and make you sad again?"

Yan Zhaqiurong reached out and patted Yebushu's head, saying, "It's not your fault, it's your mother's fault."

After saying this, she wiped the tears from her face and had the eunuchs take Yebushu back to his room. She also instructed that if Yebushu felt unwell, the imperial physician should be summoned immediately.

Smallpox infection doesn't cause symptoms immediately upon contact; rather, symptoms gradually appear after one or two days.

She still held onto a sliver of hope that Yebushu was lucky and hadn't contracted the virus.

"Just for eating one meal from you makes you so upset you shed tears. It seems the concubine doesn't welcome me here." Hailanzhu pretended to be unaware, and immediately turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Yan Zha Qiurong called out to Hailanzhu. She gritted her teeth and asked, "What exactly is going on? Your Highness, please don't pretend you don't know." Her voice was a little hoarse, and her eyes were red and swollen.

Now she didn't even want to pretend anymore. Her slender eyes stared straight at Hailanzhu. She knew that Hailanzhu wouldn't come to her palace for no reason.

Thinking about what happened last night, she had a vague idea of ​​what was going on.