Seeing the disbelieving look on Su's face, Xueying suddenly felt angry.

She wasn't like this before. If Su didn't listen to her advice and something happened to her, it would be her own fault.

“Sister Su, you can’t judge a book by its cover. How can you judge someone based on appearances alone? Even if I’m overthinking it, it’s not wrong to remind you to be careful. In a few days, I’ll be going out with Prince Bei, so please take good care of Yongzhang,” Xueying said.

Su thought about it and agreed, so she took Xueying's hand and said, "Consort, the journey to the Northwest is long and you will have to take care of the Prince. You must take good care of yourself."

"I will," Xueying said with a faint smile.

After chatting with Madam Su for a while, Xueying got up to take her leave, giving Madam Su's personal maid, Xiaomu, a wink.

Xiao Mu understood, told Madam Su that he was seeing off the concubine, and then followed Xueying out.

Upon reaching the entrance of Qiushui Pavilion, Xueying said to Xiaomu, "You are your master's personal maid; you surely know her temperament better than I do. Be good..."

"Take good care of your mistress. Don't let her eat or use anything from the main courtyard or Langyue Pavilion. Whenever they come to see the children, you must stay by her side. Sister Su trusts people too much, do you understand?"

"Thank you for thinking of my princess, Consort. I will remember it," Xiao Mu said. "Please return the small quilt that Princess Gao gave me. These past few days, the princess has been urging me to give it to the young prince. I kept saying that it wasn't fully dried in the sun and refused. But I feel like the princess is determined to give that quilt to the young prince and keeps asking me for it."

“Okay, find an excuse to come to the East Garden to pick it up later. Although I haven’t found anything wrong with the quilt yet, I still feel uneasy. Even if you take it back, try not to let Yongzhang use it.” Xueying frowned.

Komaki nodded, and Yuki-zakura then took Aro's hand and left.

"Xiao Mu, why did you take so long?" Su Shi asked, noticing that Xiao Mu had been gone for quite some time before coming back in.

"It was the concubine who pulled me aside and instructed me to take good care of the princess," Xiao Mu had no choice but to say.

Su nodded, then asked Xiao Mu, "Where did you put the quilt that Xi Yue gave you?"

Xiao Mu was surprised that Madam Su would suddenly ask this question again, so she said, "Why did you suddenly ask about this, Princess? I've put the quilt away."

"Liar!" Madam Su stared at Xiao Mu and said, "I just checked the closet, but I couldn't find that quilt at all. Tell me quickly, where did that quilt go?"

"Princess!" Xiao Mu was at a loss for words to answer Su Shi's question. The quilt was still with Xue Ying, and he hadn't gone to get it back yet.

"Xiao Mu, look me in the eyes and tell me, where did the quilt go?" Seeing that Xiao Mu did not answer, Su became more and more suspicious that she was hiding something from her.

"Princess!" Xiao Mu dared not dodge anymore and looked at Madam Su, saying, "The quilt is...it's with the concubine."

When Su was surprised, she thought that Xiao Mu was hiding something from her, but she didn't expect it to be related to Xue Ying. She immediately felt very uneasy.

"How did the quilt end up with the concubine?" Su asked, suppressing her doubts.

"It was Liu Mama who took it," Xiao Mu had no choice but to say.

“You’re still lying. Granny Liu returned to the palace long ago. How could she have given that quilt to the concubine?” Madam Su didn’t believe her.