After doing all this, Suoqiu immediately pretended to be passing by. She had just walked past the carriage when she unexpectedly bumped into the Fourteenth Prince. She immediately suppressed her surprise and said, "This servant greets the Fourteenth Prince!"

The Fourteenth Prince, noticing Suoqiu's strange behavior, blurted out, "What are you doing here?"

A hint of panic flashed in Suoqiu's eyes, and she quickly said, "Reporting to the Fourteenth Prince, my mistress just lost an earring and asked me to look for it. I don't know where the earring went, and I was just about to go look for it over there."

The Fourteenth Prince didn't think much of it and nodded, letting him walk past him.

Suoqiu, her heart pounding wildly, only relaxed after walking a short distance. She nearly lost her footing and quickly grabbed a small tree by the roadside to catch her breath. She knew that plotting against a prince was a capital offense punishable by the extermination of nine generations of his family; her hands had been trembling uncontrollably from what she had just done.

"Sister Suoqiu, what's wrong?" Ziran, holding an oil-paper umbrella, was about to walk towards Lanqin when she saw Suoqiu, pale-faced, leaning against a small tree in silence. She then went forward to ask. Because Lanqin, besides spending time with Holland, would occasionally visit Consort Hui. To others, she seemed to have a good relationship with both of the Emperor's consorts—one was her elder sister, the other a close friend. Therefore, Nianxue, Ziran, and several other maids gradually became acquainted with the palace servants around the two consorts.

"It's nothing, I just get a little carsick. I felt a bit dizzy when we suddenly got off the train. I'll be fine after a rest," Suoqiu said, forcing a smile.

"Oh, then I'll wait here for a while, sister. I'll go and bring an umbrella to my master and Consort Lan." Zi Ran suppressed a hint of doubt in her heart and walked away from Suo Qiu toward Lan Qin.

Suoqiu glanced cautiously at Ziran's retreating figure, and after calming down, she walked towards the field where Consort Hui was standing.

Consort Hui looked down at the small white butterflies dancing in the air, unaware of the grand scheme she harbored. After watching the butterflies grow weary, she raised her eyes, as dark as distant mountains, and gazed at the mountains that seemed to be shrouded in mist. She murmured, "Father, perhaps the time has finally come for what you asked me to do."

Suoqiu walked up behind Consort Hui and heard the last few words, but not the first few. So she asked in confusion, "Your Highness, what did you mean by the opportune moment?"

Consort Hui did not turn around, and said in a cold voice, "When did you become so fond of inquiring about your master's affairs? Have I been too lenient with you in recent years? Has that matter been settled?"

Suoqiu's face immediately tightened, and she lowered her head to admit her mistake, saying, "This servant will not dare to ask any more questions in the future. Please forgive me, Master. That matter has already been done. This servant put that thing into the horse's feed. No one would have thought that there would be anything wrong with the feed."

Consort Hui then slowly turned around, raised her hand and patted Suoqiu's shoulder, saying, "You did very well. Remember, don't inquire about things you shouldn't know. The more you know, the worse it will be for you, understand?"

Suoqiu said with trembling shoulders, "Yes, Master, please calm down. I will not say another word. I just finished and happened to run into the Fourteenth Prince passing by. I told him that I was looking for one of Master's earrings."

Upon hearing her say this, Consort Hui raised her hand, took off the jade earring from her left ear, and then, avoiding people, threw it into the field.

Seeing that she had finished, Suoqiu naturally understood Consort Hui's intention, so she said, "Your Highness, should we also deal with those things? Otherwise, if someone sees them, they will inevitably suspect Your Highness."

Consort Hui frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Very well, let's get rid of them. In any case, I probably won't need them anymore."

Meanwhile, Lanqin and Holland were admiring the wildflowers blooming everywhere in another field. However, for Holland, who was tired of even the exotic flowers and plants in the royal garden, these country wildflowers naturally didn't catch her eye. Lanqin, on the other hand, would bend down to look at this flower and then glance at that one. The parasol that Ziran had brought over was now being held up by Hui'an and hung over Holland's head.

Seeing that she had nothing to say for the moment, Zi Ran voiced her doubts: "When I went to get the umbrella just now, I saw Suo Qiu, who was next to Consort Hui, looking a little pale and leaning against a small tree in a daze. I asked her what was wrong, and she said she was a little carsick. But I noticed that her fingers seemed to be trembling, as if she was afraid of something."

Upon hearing this, Holland asked again, "Where did you meet her?"

When Zi Ran saw Holland asking, she curtsied and said, "Your Excellency, I met her by a small tree behind your carriage."

Lanqin was also drawn to their conversation, and while fiddling with a bunch of wildflowers in her hand, she asked, "Does Sister suspect that Sister Hui tampered with your carriage?"

Holland glanced at Lanqin and said gently, "As the old saying goes, 'One should always be wary of others.' I entered the palace with Consort Hui, and now that I am pregnant, she is probably already feeling uneasy."

Now that Holland has spent some time with Lanqin, she has naturally figured out Lanqin's temperament. Therefore, she pretends to be gentle and virtuous, and must not reveal her ill-intentioned nature again, otherwise Lanqin probably will not help her. Since Consort Hui is on good terms with Lanqin, she cannot directly criticize Consort Hui, so she can only say it in a certain way.

Sure enough, Lanqin shook her head and said, "No, Sister Hui is gentle and kind, she wouldn't do such a thing. Sister is overthinking it. Besides, what could she possibly do? Even if she did do something, wouldn't that just be asking for suspicion?"

After silently cursing Lanqin as an idiot in his heart, Holland suppressed his anger and said gently, "I hope it's true what you said, and that I'm overthinking it."

After the two lingered in the fields for a while, a young eunuch came to report that the meal was ready and invited them to return to the carriage for lunch.

After the two returned to the carriage, Holland whispered to Hui'an, "Go check the carriage and see if there's anything wrong. Then, when Lanqin isn't looking, turn everything inside over. Make sure Hui Guiren doesn't put anything in there."

Hui'an nodded in agreement and helped Holland into the carriage. Since they all used silver chopsticks, they were not worried about anyone putting something in their food.

After the two had lunch, Holland was a little tired, so Huian helped her rest. Lanqin took advantage of this opportunity to get off the carriage and went to the fields to walk and digest her food. Nianxue, who was following behind, couldn't help but say, "Princess, you must be tired these days. Why don't you go back to our carriage and rest?"