"Don't worry, no one will know. But it's only this once. How can I not make good use of the Fourteenth Princess Consort? I wasted my time tipping her off." Lady Nian frowned.

“My lord, it’s clear that our Prince and the Fourteenth Prince are now rivals. You must not have any further dealings with the Fourteenth Prince’s wife. Otherwise, if the Prince finds out, it will surely cause a huge uproar,” Bai Zhi said worriedly.

"I understand. How is Fucha Shi doing? Why haven't we seen her make any moves yet?" Lady Nian asked, frowning.

“We need to urge Fucha Shi to speed things up for Hongqiao,” said Nian Shi.

Meanwhile, Lady Fucha had already sent someone to bring Hongzhou to her residence. It was during the time after school that Hongqiao, along with Chunying and Hongzhou, came to Lady Fucha's place.

"Aunt Fucha, are you feeling better? Hongzhou hasn't seen you for many days and was very worried about you," Hongzhou asked with concern upon seeing Fucha.

"Thank you, Hongzhou. Your aunt has been thinking of you. Look, your aunt has prepared a lot of fun things for you. Do you like them?" Fucha had prepared a number of things that the child would like. These were all things that she had Hongqiao buy outside, things that were not available in the manor, so Hongzhou was naturally very curious when he saw them.

Hongzhou played with Fucha for a while, then Hongqiao took Chunying to eat some snacks, leaving Fucha and Hongzhou alone to talk. Fucha asked Hongzhou, intentionally or unintentionally, about her life with Geng, and Hongzhou answered her questions while playing with his toys.

But no matter how many times he was asked, Hongzhou couldn't answer Fucha's questions at all, because he wasn't even present when Lanqin and Geng were talking. It was impossible for Hongzhou to know what Lanqin had said.

Lady Fucha couldn't get a clear answer from the question, so after thinking for a moment, she said to Hongzhou, "Hongzhou, come to your aunt's place whenever you have time, okay? These things are right here, you can play with them whenever you come. If you take them back, your mother might not allow you to come and play with them anymore."

Hongzhou nodded and immediately said, "Hongzhou knows, I'll come to Auntie's place to play whenever I have free time."

After Hongqiao saw Hongzhou and his servant out of the courtyard, Lady Fucha stared blankly at the toys Hongzhou had played with. Unable to get anything out of Hongzhou, she had no choice but to find another way.

“Master!” Hongqiao returned and said, “Liu Shi across the street just came out and saw me leading Hongzhou out. Her expression was strange.”

"She's just someone the master dislikes; it's good enough that she retains her status. What can she possibly cause?" Empress Fucha said. "Father's room is ready; find another opportunity to leave. There's no rush with Hongzhou; we can start with Hongli!"

The next day, Hongqiao took Fucha's waist token and went out. By the time she returned, it was almost dark. Fucha had waited in her room all day for her to return, and finally, before dinner, she saw Hongqiao.

"Why did you take so long?" Fucha asked.

“My lady, I’ve brought in what you requested. I deliberately waited until dinner time, during the handover at the gatehouse, because I was worried about being checked by the gatekeepers. That’s when they’re most relaxed,” Hongqiao said.

"Alright, let me see it quickly!" Fucha said, staring at Hongqiao.

The two, mistress and servant, entered Fucha's inner chamber, and then Hongqiao took out a paper package from her bosom and handed it to Fucha.

“Master, this stuff is highly poisonous; it must not come into contact with your mouth or nose,” Hongqiao said.

“I know!” Fucha opened the paper package and saw that it contained some light pink powder.

“My lord, the Fourth Prince never eats or drinks outside. All his necessities come from the South Courtyard. It would be difficult to tamper with his food,” Hongqiao said.

“Who said I need to change my diet!” Fucha rewrapped the paper package.

"Does Master have any ideas?" Hongqiao asked.

"Let's observe the Fourth Prince's daily route to the front courtyard and the people who follow him. If this thing is used properly, it can be done without anyone noticing." Fucha thought of how she was killed by this thing in her previous life, and she never expected that she would have to use it to harm others in this life.

She remembered everything. In her previous life, she had died at the hands of Lady Nian. In that life, because of her birth into the Fucha clan and the prosperity of her family, she was feared by Lady Nian from the moment she entered the mansion. Because of her beauty, she gained the favor of the Fourth Prince and even became pregnant, but she died at Lady Nian's hands after only two months.

Two lives lost, one unborn!

The woman surnamed Nian caused her own inexplicable death, sending her and her unborn child to the underworld together.

In this life, Lady Fucha discovered that many things had changed. In her previous life, the Fourth Prince had never so disliked her, nor had Lady Niohuru been so favored; the one who should have been favored was Lady Nian. In this life, everything was reversed. Lady Niohuru had become the most favored person, the Fourth Prince utterly despised the Lady Fucha, and Lady Nian seemed to have lost the Fourth Prince's true affections as well.

For the past few days, Lady Fucha had been scheming to secure her position in the Fourth Prince's heart while simultaneously plotting to eliminate Lady Nian. Because she wanted revenge! Revenge for her past life, and to ensure she wouldn't repeat the same mistakes in this one!

If Lady Nian dies, then according to her own surname, Fuca, once the Fourth Prince ascends the throne, she can at least become the head of a palace. Therefore, she must get rid of Lady Nian before the Fourth Prince ascends the throne, and preferably also get rid of Lady Niohuru at the same time.

"Hongqiao, do they suspect you?" Fucha asked Hongqiao.

“No. They all thought I was utterly disappointed in the princess. Every time, I told Baizhi everything that happened here, word for word, so that they would believe me even more,” Hongqiao said.

“Hongqiao, I’m sorry you had to go through all this trouble. Luckily, you didn’t get any scars on your forehead. I will reward you handsomely after this is done. And I will keep your wishes in mind,” said Lady Fucha.

"Thank you, Master. It's nothing that I suffered a little grievance. How could I have gained Madam Nian's trust without shed some blood?" Hongqiao said.

“At the time, I lost my temper over that matter. She thought I didn’t know that she was the one who had the medicine switched.” A strange light flashed in Fucha’s eyes as she said, “So I decided to give her a taste of her own medicine and get rid of this Nian first.”

Hongqiao nodded. So it was all part of Fucha's plan. She knew all along that the medicine had been switched, and in order not to arouse Nian's suspicion, she continued to take the problematic medicine, making everything seem reasonable. In the end, she beat Hongqiao, causing her to be taken away by Nian's people.