Meanwhile, at the Fourth Prince's residence, Nianxue had just returned from the Fujin's place. Song, Geng, and Wu had all come to the South Courtyard. At that moment, Lanqin was having someone set up an eight-immortal table under the crabapple tree in the schoolyard, with palace lanterns hanging around it, making it quite bright.

The food on the table was as delicious as ever, but none of the people present had much of an appetite.

"Consort, this servant has returned." Nianxue walked to Lanqin's side and curtsied.

"What did the Fujin (wife) say to you?" Lanqin asked calmly.

Nian Xue hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say or perhaps she shouldn't say anything at all.

"You don't need to hesitate about my relationship with Sister Song and the others. What did the Fujin say?" Lanqin asked.

Nianxue then said, "The reason the Fujin summoned me is to instruct me that the rules for secondary Fujin must be established from now on. They must pay their respects every three days and visit the palace every five days. All the princesses must show respect to the secondary Fujin. The secondary Fujin must not neglect these rules."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

"This is a deliberate attempt to distance us sisters. This tactic of yours, Madam, is not very clever," Song said with a smile.

“Since Consort left, we have already gone to pay our respects to her. But as soon as Consort returned this time, she couldn’t wait to call Nianxue over. This time she’s causing trouble for us, creating a rift between Consort and us sisters,” said Madam Wu.

“If the concubine doesn’t allow us to come, she can say that the concubine has broken the rules. If the concubine listens to her, it will strain our sisterly relationship,” Geng said.

“What a brilliant move, killing two birds with one stone. The Princess Consort has always been very perceptive. If the other sisters hadn’t said that, Lanqin would have truly done as she wished,” Lanqin said.

"She's just using her position as the primary wife to pressure us. We'll come and ask our sister for permission, and see what she has to say then," Wu said indignantly. Ever since she learned that the primary wife had used musk beads to prevent her from having children, Wu's hatred for the primary wife had never diminished.

“Now that all the sisters have arrived, let’s chat and laugh together. She won’t send anyone to keep an eye on you. Just tell her you’ve come to pay your respects,” Lanqin said.

“Since you summoned Nianxue, I’m afraid the Fujin (Madam) couldn’t have been unaware of this. Nianxue, is there anything else you haven’t said?” Madam Song asked.

Nianxue quickly nodded and said to Lanqin, "The Fujin said that she would like the concubine to go to her place to receive the greetings from the princesses, so as to avoid having to make two trips."

Lanqin was now completely impatient; she didn't like getting up early. Having to go to the Fujin's place to receive things every time was practically forcing her to get up early.

"I won't go. I'll just say that Master forbade me to go. This time I'll be spoiled and act like a spoiled child, let's see what she can do," Lanqin said.

“No, it’s better not to let her have any leverage against us. The Golden Festival is coming soon, and my sister is now a secondary consort. She will be going to the palace with the primary consort to offer congratulations. What if she uses this to stir up trouble in front of the empresses in the palace?” said Madam Song.

When Fourth Master returned, they had already dispersed. Lanqin thought Fourth Master wouldn't come, so she called for water, washed up, and prepared to go to bed to read a book.

"Tell Niu Baoquan to make me a bowl of noodles, I'm hungry," Fourth Master said to Su Peisheng, who was following behind him, as soon as he entered the courtyard.

When Nianxue saw Fourth Master enter, before she could even speak to Lanqin, she saw him step into the bedroom.

"Asleep?" Fourth Master walked to Lanqin's bedside and looked at the young woman lying on her side.

"My lord is back. If there's not enough to eat in the palace, let Niu Baoquan serve you. I need to go to bed early, as I have to get up early tomorrow," Lanqin muttered.

"Why get up so early? If you don't sleep until the sun shines into the house, how can you get up?" Fourth Master laughed.

When he came out of the palace, he was in a good mood. Although Kangxi seemed displeased, the fact that he was able to ask about the Crown Prince at the end proved that the Thirteenth Prince's matter was not important, and the Crown Prince's matter was the key.

"I've been at the other residence for quite some time now and haven't had a chance to pay my respects to the Princess Consort. I should go and pay my respects now," Lanqin said, sitting up.

"She doesn't care about these things, why did she suddenly bring this up?" Fourth Master said.

"My lord, I'm sleepy and want to go to bed. Please go and have some food, and then have Nianxue help me wash up. I won't wait for you any longer." After saying this, Lanqin lay down and stopped talking.

"Tomorrow, Father's reward might arrive. Just wait to receive it," the Fourth Prince suddenly said.

"Does Father Emperor want to reward me?" Lanqin asked, getting up again.

"Yes, they said the Eighteenth Prince specifically mentioned you. The radishes were also well-delivered; Father Emperor liked them very much," Fourth Prince said, playfully pinching Lanqin's little nose.

“I told you he’d like it. Do you think Father Emperor gets tired of eating all those delicacies every day? He’ll want a change of pace. Besides, he’ll be really happy eating what his own son grows,” Lanqin said with a smug smile.

"Hmm. You really are my little lucky star. You're like a fortune teller, so insightful." Fourth Master also felt like teasing her, and pulled the little woman into his arms and hugged her.

"Of course, I will be your lucky star for life," Lanqin said, staring at the Fourth Master.

"Okay, for a lifetime!!" Fourth Master no longer cared about the strange things Lanqin said. As long as he could be with her, no matter how long it was, even if he had to promise a lifetime, what did it matter?

Su Peisheng called out from outside while holding a bowl of noodles, and Fourth Master reluctantly lifted his head from Lanqin's lips.

"Wait, sir. You need to eat and drink your fill before you have the energy to work," Fourth Master joked.

Lanqin burst out laughing. Fourth Master almost wanted to press down on her again, but he was really hungry, so he had to resist the urge and go out to eat noodles.

When the Fourth Prince came in again, Lanqin was already drowsy. If it were any other woman, she certainly wouldn't dare to sleep at this moment. The Fourth Prince had come so rarely, and she fell asleep without even pleasing him. Only Niohuru Lanqin could do such a thing.

"You're really spoiled by me, you've actually fallen asleep." Fourth Master took off his outer robe and shoes, and had no choice but to fall asleep next to Lanqin.

Fourth Master reached out and touched Lanqin's chest. Lanqin only mumbled a word before Fourth Master immediately pulled her close, head to head, and began to unbutton her clothes.

"Master, I'm sleepy," Lanqin muttered discontentedly.

"Go to sleep, I'll take care of you." Fourth Master couldn't hold back any longer; he hadn't been with Lanqin in London for quite some time.

"I still have to go with the Fujin to receive the greetings from all the princesses tomorrow. If you make a fuss again, I won't be able to get up, and you'll have to blame me," Lanqin said with her eyes still closed.

The Fourth Prince was taken aback, not recalling that his wife had mentioned this matter to him. He said dismissively, "It's always been waived before, why bring it up again?"

Fourth Master didn't care whether he had to pay his respects the next day or not. Despite Lanqin's repeated refusals, he still managed to get his way.

After all this commotion, Lanqin was almost exhausted to the point of fainting. When the Fourth Prince came out for the second time, Lanqin could only curse him bitterly: "Yinzhen, you are a beast."