After speaking with the Fujin (wife of the deceased), Yeheshi followed Lingzhi out of the main courtyard. Yuhen was waiting on the outer wall and, seeing Lingxiu escort Yeheshi out, quickly went to greet her.

The master and servant walked back together, but since they hadn't brought a lamp on the way there, they had to walk in the dark. To avoid people, Yuhen led Yehe Shi along side paths, the kind that almost no one else used.

The two women were, after all, women, and in the pitch-black, moonless night, walking on a deserted path, the occasional meows of cats added to the eeriness.

Yuhen suddenly remembered the rumor that Peach Blossom's spirit had returned and was wandering the mansion. Although Yehe Shi never allowed them to discuss this matter, Yuhen still had a certain belief in karma and retribution. She and Yehe Shi had taken Peach Blossom's life in such a way; she had died unjustly. What if she really came back to claim her life?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Yuhen's heart pounded like a drum, and her steps became unsteady.

Suddenly, a protruding stone on the ground tripped her, and Yuhen fell face-first into the mud, crashing heavily to the ground.

"oops!"

Yehe was so startled by Yuhen's throw that she took several steps back.

"What's wrong with you?" Yehe asked in a low voice.

Yuhen was somewhat dazed after the fall. She had been thinking about the arrival of the peach blossom spirit when suddenly it felt like someone had pulled her foot.

"Yuhen, what's wrong! Did you fall down somewhere?" Yehe Shi became anxious when she saw that Yuhen did not respond.

"Master, I'm alright!" Yuhen only felt that her head, knees, and elbows had been hit, and the pain was intense!

Although she said she was fine, she was really badly hurt!

Yehe knew from her voice that she had fallen quite hard.

"How could you be so careless?" Yehe asked, reaching out to help Yuhen up.

The two, mistress and servant, limped towards the north courtyard. Yuhen had blood on her knees and head. Seeing her fall, Yulu exclaimed, "You were helping the princess out for a walk, how did you manage to fall like this!"

"It was getting dark, and I wasn't paying attention for a moment." Yuhen let Yulu apply the medicine to him. "Yulu, do you believe in ghosts?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Lu's heart skipped a beat. She glanced at Yu Hen and asked, "What's wrong? Did you see Peach Blossom's spirit?"

Yuhen had only asked casually, but seeing Yulu's response, she became even more uneasy. Girls are generally afraid of snakes and ghosts, especially since Yuhen had participated in the plot to harm Taohua.

"What's wrong? You really saw it?" Yu Lu felt her teeth chattering uncontrollably. Before, in order to get revenge on Tao Hua, she had been bossing her around and behaving arrogantly! When Yu Lu heard that Tao Hua's soul had returned, her first thought was whether Tao Hua would seek revenge on her!

"No! You've seen her?" Yuhen felt even worse when he saw that Yulu looked just as scared as he did.

That night, Yuhen and Yulu slept in the same room, both afraid that Peach Blossom's soul would come back to haunt them!

Within three days, Lingxiu went to the South Courtyard in tears, begging to see Lanqin!

"What do you want?" Nianxue asked Lingxiu, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, from the courtyard gate.

"My master is seriously ill. Please, Consort, send him over to see him as soon as possible!" Lingxiu pleaded.

"Wait here, I'll go in and inform our master!" When Nianxue heard that it was about the Fujin, although she felt no sympathy at all, she didn't deliberately neglect her duties and went in to inform her.

Inside the house, Lanqin and Madam Song were sitting in the warm pavilion, each holding an embroidery frame and embroidering.

Song was making clothes for the eldest princess's child. Lanqin was making a headband for Consort De. She was certain she would enter the palace this year, and adding the headband she had personally made to Consort De's gift list would surely make Consort De like her even more. Maintaining a good relationship with her mother-in-law was essential. Lanqin knew that this was the year Niohuru took control of the Fourth Prince's household, so she also knew that no matter what she, a time traveler, did, she couldn't change the course of history!

"My younger sister, the eldest princess, wrote a letter saying that Han is going to Henan to take up her post with her husband. Now, Mother-in-law is finally starting to pay more attention to the eldest princess!" Song said with a smile.

"Master really did send Master Xu to Henan!" Lanqin winked at Song Shi.

"Thanks to my sister for speaking up for the eldest princess," said Madam Song, looking at Lanqin with gratitude.

"The eldest princess is our master's eldest daughter. The Xu family dares to look down on her; they'll regret it later!" Lanqin thought about how the Fourth Master would become emperor, she herself would be the Consort Xi, and Lady Song would enter the palace as Consort Mao. The Xu family would also be imperial relatives; who knows how they would fawn over the eldest princess then!

Nianxue entered the room and said to Lanqin and Madam Song, "Master, Lingxiu from the main courtyard has arrived. She says that her master is seriously ill! Please tell Master about it!"

Madam Song was startled and looked at Lanqin, somewhat at a loss. Lanqin was also taken aback. She had thought that the Fujin (Madam Song's wife) was merely using her illness as an opportunity to assert her presence in front of the Fourth Prince; she herself had not made any trouble or hesitated. Doctors and medicines had been frequently sent to the main courtyard, and to avoid suspicion, Lanqin hadn't even allowed Doctor Liang to go. Lanqin persuaded the Fourth Prince to invite another doctor, Doctor Lin, to the residence.

"Let her in and give her an answer!" Lanqin put down her embroidery.

Lingxiu walked in with small steps. She bowed to Lanqin and then greeted Madam Song.

"How is your master's illness?" Lanqin asked.

"Replying to Consort, Your Highness has been taking medicine for a month since catching a cold, but it hasn't helped. Now, Your Highness is clearly getting worse day by day. This servant is concerned, so I have dared to ask Your Highness to speak to His Highness!"

Madam Song looked at Lingxiu in surprise, then at Lanqin, thinking to herself, "If the Fujin really goes, that would be a good thing!"

Lanqin looked at Song Shi and naturally understood the meaning in her eyes. But Lanqin knew that Ulanara Shi did not die so easily; she was later made Empress by Yongzheng.

“Speaking of which, since the Princess Consort has been ill for so long, I haven’t even gone to see her. Why don’t I go with you to see her now? Sister Song, would you like to go?” Lanqin said.

Lingxiu seemed to have anticipated Lanqin's words and immediately said, "It would be good if the concubine could go and take a look."

Madam Song quickly replied, "Since the Princess Consort is so ill, I should go and see her."

So, Lanqin and Song Shi both put on cloaks and followed Lingxiu to the main courtyard.

Upon reaching the main courtyard gate, the old woman guarding the gate, seeing that it was the concubine, naturally dared not stop her. This was the head of the household whom the Fourth Prince had promoted. Although they knew that she and the First Lady were sworn enemies, no one thought that the concubine would do anything to harm the First Lady. Instead, they praised her for her kindness and for coming to see the First Lady.