"Have all the things Mother sent over the other day been put into storage?" Mingyu, with her pregnant belly, rustled the pages of the ledger with her slender fingers.

"Reporting to Madam, as you instructed, the extra tonics have been delivered to Madam Su and Madam Gao!" Granny Liu reported truthfully.

"Have you found out anything about what I asked you to inquire about last time?" Mingyu put down what she was doing and looked at Granny Liu.

“This old servant has already sent people to monitor Madam Gao, and just as the Fujin predicted, Madam Gao is not sick at all, but she stays in the courtyard all day and doesn’t go out,” Liu Mama said angrily.

Mingyu touched her stomach, her mind filled with doubt. What exactly was Gao Shi plotting? Suddenly, her stomach started to hurt slightly. "Granny, my... my stomach hurts so much!" Mingyu held onto the edge of the table to keep from falling.

Seeing this, the nanny quickly helped Mingyu onto the bed. "Madam, don't worry, I'll send someone to fetch the imperial physician!" The nanny rushed out, and there happened to be a sweeping maid at the door. She asked her to go and call the imperial physician.

"Madam, this is a reaction caused by overwork. You don't need to worry. However, your body is inherently cold, and you are now pregnant. If this continues, I'm afraid..." The imperial physician said earnestly through the curtain.

"Mingyu thanks the imperial physician. Please see him off, Granny!" Mingyu was well aware of her own condition. It was just that Madam Gao was unwilling to manage affairs, and she couldn't relinquish power to Madam Su…

The imperial physician prescribed some medicine, and the old nanny hurriedly told Zixun to prepare it before seeing the physician off. "Madam, you should put aside what you're doing! Let the supervisors handle it!" Granny Liu said with a frown. She was entrusted by Consort Xi to take care of Madam, and if anything went wrong, she would be responsible for the consequences.

Mingyu shook her head, annoyed, "I want to too! But look at the managers in this mansion, where is anyone in charge? The things they give orders to are all messed up and unsatisfactory!"

Granny Liu quickly chimed in, "Why don't you let Madam Gao handle it? She's recovered from her illness, and she'll have no reason to refuse if you put her in charge!"

Mingyu reached out her hand, and Liu Mama helped her up from the bed. "That's all we can do. Go and have someone call Gao Shi over. Tell her I have something to discuss with her."

Having put aside matters of the manor these days, Lady Gao suddenly found herself with plenty of free time. She spent her days chatting with the maids in the courtyard, which, though somewhat boring, brought her a sense of ease and comfort.

While she was talking to the maids, someone suddenly came to report, "Gege, the Fujin (princess) requests your presence!" Gao Shi twisted her body and said, "Go back and tell the Fujin that I will go immediately."

Madam Gao glanced at her personal maid, who smiled in response. "Princess, it seems your method has worked." Madam Gao twirled the jade bracelet on her wrist. "The Fujin must have summoned me to discuss matters concerning the household. I've been working hard to manage things for her, so it's not unreasonable for me to make some requests, is it?"

The maid grinned, her eyebrows curving into a smile. "Of course it's not excessive. Besides, if the Princess Consort hadn't been at a loss, she wouldn't have come to ask you for help again!"

Madam Gao knew exactly what Mingyu was planning. She would never go to Madam Su! There were so many big and small matters to deal with in the mansion. As a pregnant woman, she would eventually be overwhelmed and would have to ask Madam Gao for help anyway.

"Let's go! If we keep the principal wife waiting too long, she'll probably blame me again." The maid helped Madam Gao hurriedly towards the main courtyard.