"Thank you for your consideration, Madam. I will wait here." Lanqin had already felt a bit tired when she came over, and now that she was going to walk back, she was indeed a little exhausted.

"Then, my sisters, please follow me to see Madam Geng's house." The princess, holding Chunliu's hand, led everyone towards the west courtyard.

Song glanced at Lanqin with concern, but seeing the latter smile slightly at her, she felt much more at ease.

After everyone left, only Dongmei remained in the room.

"Nianxue, I feel a bit stuffy in here, why don't we go for a walk outside?" Lanqin winked at Nianxue and said.

Nianxue glanced at Dongmei and smiled, "Sister Dongmei, then I'll accompany the princess for a stroll outside the main courtyard. We won't go far, just a walk outside the main courtyard."

Dongmei knew that pregnant women couldn't sit for long and needed to get up and move around, so she quickly said, "Yes, Princess Niu, you should get up and move around."

Lanqin quickly took Nianxue's hand and walked out of the main courtyard with incredibly elegant steps.

"Nianxue, help me to Yan Yu's courtyard. Let's go see the child." As soon as Lanqin stepped out of the main courtyard, she immediately strode towards where Yan Yu lived.

“Princess, that child is on the verge of death, why would you go to see him?” Nianxue said, tugging at Lanqin’s sleeve.

Now is the time to avoid suspicion, yet you still rush up there and try to get close, aren't you just asking for trouble? Nianxue thought to herself.

Lanqin naturally knew what Nianxue was worried about, and grasped Nianxue's hand in return, saying, "I believe Sister Geng wouldn't do such a thing, so whether that child was poisoned is questionable. Even tigers don't eat their cubs, would Yan Yu harm her own child?"

Nianxue still felt it was unacceptable, but Lanqin felt that since they wanted to figure something out, they should just get closer to it; avoiding it was the most passive approach.

“Let’s go. Since we’ve already been caught by Sister Geng, if I’m not mistaken, they must have found poison in her room. That’s why the Fujin and Yan Yu were so confident in making her kneel. Now they’ve gone to the West Courtyard so aggressively, they must have been prepared all along,” Lanqin said. “So I have to go see that child and see if I can find any flaws in him.”

Meanwhile, the Fujin (principal wife) arrived at the west courtyard in a grand procession. Yin Shi was sitting in her room embroidering when Ye Ying reported that the Fujin and the others had arrived and were heading straight for Geng Shi's room.

"Are they here to search the house?" Night Poppy asked in surprise.

"Geng poisoned the house, so there's probably still that stuff in there," Yin said calmly.

"It's unbelievable that Geng Gege, who usually seems quiet and indifferent to worldly affairs, could be so vicious." Ye Ying seemed to have also concluded that Geng must have poisoned the young prince.

The servants serving in Geng's room all stood in a line in fear. When Geng was helped in by Lülan, they all looked uneasy.

The Princess Consort said to Chunliu, Xiahe, and several second-class maids, "Go and search Princess Geng's room thoroughly. Don't miss any place, understand?"

So, Chunliu and Xiahe, along with one or two maids, began searching Geng's bedroom.

As Geng watched her private quarters being ransacked, she felt her face burning with embarrassment.

Song walked up to Geng and tugged at her elbow, lowering her voice to say, "Sister, a moment of patience will lead to a brighter future. I'll go in and keep an eye on things, and you should too, to prevent them from doing anything underhanded."

Upon hearing this, Madam Geng glanced gratefully at Madam Song and followed her into the inner room.

The Fujin (principal wife) led her entourage to sit in the main room, but did not follow them inside. Wang Shi, Wu Shi, and Yan Yu, of course, sat with the Fujin.

As Geng Shi and Lü Lan watched Chun Liu lead two people to rummage through her dressing box, they saw that the sandalwood dressing box they opened contained only a few pieces of jewelry, nothing particularly exquisite or valuable. Chun Liu casually turned it over, as if it were whipping Geng Shi's heart.

The Fourth Prince rarely visited her, so the rewards he received were naturally meager. The princess's allowance didn't contain anything of value, and since she lacked favor, the things she received became even worse.

“What could possibly be hidden there?” Green Rail couldn’t help but rebuke.

"The Princess Consort's order is that we must not miss any place. If you disagree, you can go and talk to the Princess Consort." Chunliu still showed no sign of stopping what she was doing.

Madam Geng quickly signaled to Lulan to stop, and the two of them stood there while the maids rummaged through the chests and cabinets. They took out the clothes one by one, shook them out, and after shaking one, they casually tossed it onto a chair to the side.

"These are all our princess's clothes, how can you rummage through them like this~~~" Green Lan couldn't stand it anymore and was about to speak when she suddenly saw something wrapped in red paper fall out of a piece of clothing in Xia He's hand.

*Smack!*

The small paper packet fell to the ground.

Everyone in the room was drawn to the clear, crisp voice. A flicker of surprise crossed Geng's eyes, but her heart sank. Song was also staring at the small paper packet on the ground, praying that it wasn't anything serious, probably just some kind of dehumidifying or moisture-absorbing mothball.

Xia He bent down and picked up the paper package. As her slender fingers flipped through it, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

"This is impossible! This isn't mine!" Geng cried out in disbelief.

Her voice clearly startled the people sitting outside, and the sound of the flowerpot disciple knocking on the love history wall grew closer. The Princess Consort led everyone in.

"Reporting to the Madam, we found this in Consort Geng's clothes." Xia He ignored Consort Geng's explanation and immediately took the paper package to the Madam.

The princess took the paper package and saw that it contained a little bit of white powder.

"Let's go find Doctor Wu and have him examine these things." The Fujin gave Geng a deep look, and the latter was already so excited that she could hardly contain herself.

"Madam, this isn't mine. Someone put it in my clothes," Geng said shrilly.

"Hehe, Geng Gege, this was clearly found in your room, yet you claim it's not yours. Then tell me, who went into your room and put this package inside?" Yan Yu mocked.

Her words made Geng think of a possibility: there was a mole among them, perhaps one of her own people. Apart from Lülan who was always by her side, anyone outside could easily plant that paper package when the mistress and servants were out if they wanted to.