The route from Shenxingsi to Zhongcui Palace involved passing through several palaces. After walking for a while, Fucha felt a soreness in her heels and had no choice but to find a shady spot to sit down and rest.

Seeing that Lady Fucha was unable to walk, Biyu looked around and pointed to the Imperial Household Department not far away, tentatively saying, "Your Excellency, the Imperial Household Department is just ahead. This servant will go and fetch you a sedan chair. Please wait here, and I will be right back..."

Empress Fucha waved her hand impatiently: "Hurry up... It should have been prepared a long time ago, and I have to suffer so much..."

Just as Biyu was about to turn around, she suddenly frowned and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Isn't that a palace maid from Yikun Palace? What's she doing at the entrance of the Imperial Household Department at this hour?"

Upon hearing the words "Yikun Palace," Lady Fucha immediately became alert and looked in the direction indicated by Biyu's hand.

"She looks familiar..." Empress Fucha looked closely, just as a palace maid at the entrance of the Imperial Household Department turned around. Empress Fucha exclaimed in surprise, "Bai Zhi? It's Bai Zhi, the maidservant of Consort Nian..."

Biyu looked at Fucha hesitantly and asked, "Should I go and inquire about it now?"

Lady Fucha raised her hand to stop her, and said with a smile, "Don't panic, let's see what's going on first..."

Sure enough, the palace maid standing at the entrance of the Imperial Household Department was none other than Bai Zhi, Nian Shi's personal maid. Bai Zhi anxiously paced around the entrance of the Imperial Household Department several times before a young eunuch came running out with a hunched back.

Before Bai Zhi could speak, the little eunuch kept bowing and apologizing. Bai Zhi, however, looked displeased and spoke to the little eunuch for a long time with a cold expression.

"Sister Baizhi, please spare me, this servant really cannot help you this time..."

Bai Zhi angrily refused outright and relentlessly blocked the little eunuch's path.

The two spoke softly, so neither Lady Fucha nor Biyu could hear what they were saying.

Biyu watched for a while, then returned to Lady Fucha's side and reported, "Your Highness, it was too far away to hear clearly what was being said. It sounded like an apology, as if something hadn't been done to Baizhi..."

Lady Fucha pondered to herself, "What could possibly be related to the Imperial Household Department?"

Biyu glanced at Baizhi and said indignantly, "I recognize this palace maid before. She thinks she's working under the Imperial Concubine and always acts so arrogantly, completely disregarding us..."

Lady Fucha sneered and mocked, "Like master, like servant. Lady Nian is arrogant and domineering, so it's no wonder her personal maid is so tyrannical..."

Fucha's eyes darkened, a hint of malice flashing within them: "Sooner or later, they'll get their comeuppance..."

Biyu glanced timidly at Lady Fucha, then bowed and whispered, "A personal maid knows her mistress's weaknesses best. Perhaps we can find out a lot of dirt on the Noble Consort from this Baizhi..."

Empress Fucha glanced at her sideways and laughed, "You've learned it quite well..." Suddenly lowering her tone, she said sarcastically, "Could it be that you have something on me?"

Terrified, Biyu knelt down, pleading, "This servant wouldn't dare! This servant is utterly loyal to Your Excellency and would never harbor the slightest disloyalty..."

Empress Fucha laughed and said, "Get up, I don't think you have the guts..." After saying that, she beckoned Biyu to come closer, whispered a few words in her ear, and then told her to go to the Imperial Household Department to get some incense and candles, while she returned to Zhongcui Palace alone.