After Qiu Yun sat down to eat, Su Zhi had already finished. Seeing Qiu Yun sitting there eating silently, she asked, "What did you dream about just now?"

Qiu Yun paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It was just a nightmare. Sister, please go and attend to Her Majesty. Her Majesty needs to change her clothes after her afternoon nap."

Seeing that she refused, Suzhi had no choice but to say, "Then you should eat quickly. I just asked you one more question because I saw that you were very frightened."

After Suzhi left, Qiuyun couldn't eat anymore. She put down her chopsticks and remembered the scene in her dream.

Qiu Yun was not a commoner; her surname was Fucha. However, she dared not mention this surname to anyone. This was because Fucha Argon had been beheaded by the emperor for inflating grain prices and aiding and abetting evil. His entire family was confiscated, all males over the age of fifteen were beheaded, and the elderly, women, and children were all exiled to harsh and cold lands as slaves.

In a short time, the Fucha family, which had once produced an imperial tutor, fell into ruin. Only one woman escaped this fate, and that woman was Qiu Yun. Qiu Yun was born to one of Fucha Argon's concubines. Because her mother was feared by Lady Fucha, she and her mother were sent to the countryside at a young age and lived there ever since. Fucha Argon almost forgot that he had such a daughter.

Just as disaster loomed over the Fucha family, Fucha Argon entrusted a letter to an old steward, instructing him to take it to the Fucha sister in the countryside. Only Qiu Yun knew what was in the letter.

"Father, you neglected me and Mother when you were alive, but you left behind such a heavy burden after you died. How am I supposed to live like this?" Qiu Yun muttered to herself, a hint of self-mockery flashing in her eyes, but more than anything, she was filled with sorrow.

Meanwhile, after resting for the afternoon, Madam Geng took a walk in the flower bed in front of Rongyi Courtyard, supported by her maid.

"Where is Qiuyun?" Madam Geng came out and saw the flowers and plants, which reminded her of that girl.

"Your Majesty, Qiu Yun seems a little unwell today. When I came to serve her, she was still eating," Su Zhi quickly said from the side.

Madam Geng frowned. Although she liked Qiu Yun, it didn't mean she could tolerate Xiao Rao's lack of effort. At this time, Qiu Yun shouldn't be in her room, but should be here.

"Suzhi, go and see what's wrong with her?" Geng instructed.

Su Zhi bent her knees and quickly turned to go to the back room of Yi Rong Courtyard. That was where the servants who served Geng Shi lived.

Suzhi returned to her room but couldn't find Qiuyun. She went to check the next room, but still no one was there.

When she returned empty-handed and went to report to Madam Geng, she found Qiu Yun accompanying Madam Geng to look at a very well-cultivated peony.

"Your Highness, I just went to the flower room in our mansion. I've been cultivating this flower for a long time, hoping that when it blooms like this, I can bring it out and present it to Your Highness," Qiu Yun said obediently.

When her father, Fucha Argon, sent her to the countryside, she and her mother made a living by tending to various flowers and plants. The servants there knew that the mother and daughter were not favored, so they deliberately cut back on their various expenses, making their lives worse than those of the servants.

However, Qiu Yun and her mother were skilled at pruning flowers and trees, which allowed them to gradually settle down in the country villa. She thought that she and her mother would live there forever, until one day Fucha Argon's personal steward arrived.