After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Fourth Prince intentionally wanted to stop being obsessed with Yehe's body. He was busy dealing with various complicated matters in the palace every day, as well as the grain reports from all over the country, and he didn't have time to go back to his residence. He would stay in the palace every few days.

Lanqin found another wet nurse for Wuxiha. Although she was still called a wet nurse, she no longer breastfed, but was responsible for taking care of Wuxiha's eating, drinking, and toileting needs. The maids who served him were too young, so they had to find a woman who had given birth to take care of Wuxiha.

The Fourth Master's honesty with her that night, and his restraint in not going to Yehe's house now, are all for Lanqin's sake. He wants her to be at ease and take good care of herself during her pregnancy. She's due in just over a month, and he can't afford any mishaps now.

However, to the Fourth Master's surprise, even though he thought he could let Lanqin give birth safely, some things still inevitably came to her, forcing her to investigate.

On this day, a servant from the main kitchen suddenly came to the south courtyard, requesting to see Lanqin.

"Master, a servant in charge of the kitchen says he has something to report." Nianxue came in from outside and saw Song Shi playing chess with Lanqin. Lanqin was feeling restless in the room, so she called Song Shi to play chess.

Lanqin turned her head in confusion, glanced at Nianxue, then picked up a black piece, pondered its position on the chessboard, and said, "I never use the main kitchen, do you know what this is about?"

“I don’t know, but he said it was related to the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner,” Nianxue said.

Lanqin had just spotted a spot where she could trap several of Song's pieces with a single move, and was about to make her move when she suddenly heard those words. She turned to Nianxue and said, "Quickly, let him in."

Madam Song glanced at the empty space, broke out in a cold sweat, and forced a smile, saying, "Sister, you are truly amazing. If you had placed that piece, I would have lost."

Lanqin smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll place it here." With that, Lanqin casually placed a piece in an inconspicuous spot. Upon seeing this, Madam Song exclaimed in surprise, "Sister, why did you place it here? I'll have to surround your piece now!"

Lanqin smiled but did not answer, letting Song continue making her moves. A moment later, a servant in a dark blue robe entered with Nianxue. He bowed his head and hurried to the main bed where Lanqin and Song were sitting, quickly bowing and saying, "This servant greets the Consort and Lady Song!"

Lanqin said without looking up, "They're here!"

The servant said, "I should have come long ago, but I haven't had a chance to thank the Consort. If it weren't for the Consort's kindness, my sister would probably have been beaten to death long ago."

Seeing Lanqin talking back and forth with the servant, Song Shi guessed that they were old acquaintances and asked, "Does your sister know his older sister?"

For many years, Song had been in a semi-transparent state because he was not very clear about the people and affairs in the mansion, which is why he asked.

“Sister, he is Zhou Mama’s younger brother. He’s been working in the kitchen for three or four years now. It was he who recommended him that made Zhou Mama realize that our household needed a wet nurse,” Lanqin explained.

"Oh. How confused I am. He's Granny Zhou's younger brother?" Madam Song asked Lanqin in surprise.

"Speak up, Sister Song is no outsider. Tell me what you saw," Lanqin said with a slight smile to Madam Song.

“Yes. This servant saw that Miss Lingxiu from the Fujin’s courtyard went to see our head chef before the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet,” said Zhou Mama’s brother.

“That’s not surprising. When the Fujin (wife) is hosting a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, she will naturally send someone to instruct your head chef,” said Madam Song.

“What Consort Song said is quite right. But what’s strange is that when Chef Huang was cooking for the young masters at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet that night, he was particularly attentive and didn’t let anyone else interfere. He did everything himself. On the other hand, he didn’t lift a finger to cook for the masters. I only assisted a little,” said Zhou Mama’s brother.

Hearing this, Madam Song still looked bewildered. After a moment's thought, she said, "Oh, why did Chef Huang specifically prepare that meal for the children? Given his personality, he should be doing his best to prepare dishes for Master and the other masters! There must be some reason why he would go against his own nature!"

Lanqin nodded and said, "Zhou, tell me what you found?"

"Reporting to Consort Zhou, after my sister's accident, I became suspicious of the meal. I secretly went to the kitchen and tried the five-colored meatballs, pineapple, and silver fish egg custard. They all tasted delicious and were very popular with children. However, I noticed that the five-colored meatballs, in particular, seemed very sticky. When I tasted them, they felt different from the five-colored meatballs I usually make. Fifth Princess is not even a year old, and eating such meatballs could easily cause her to choke; it's extremely dangerous. If my sister had known beforehand that the dish was like this, she certainly wouldn't have let Fifth Princess try it," Zhou Mama's brother said in one breath.

Madam Song stared at the man for a long time, then looked back at Lanqin and said incredulously, "You mean, he deliberately made those five-colored dumplings so sticky, and then deliberately tried to make a child like Fifth Princess eat them to choke her?"

No one answered her question; the room was silent.

“This is just my suspicion. At the time, the Fourth Prince was also there, but he was only two years old. Eating such a dumpling could easily have gotten stuck in his throat. Perhaps he had all his teeth and chewed it more thoroughly, which is why something like what happened to Ushiha didn’t happen,” Lanqin said.

“If this was truly premeditated, then the person who orchestrated it is truly terrifying. She had to know that Ushiha had just grown teeth and liked to chew things, and then she had to find a way to get Granny Zhou to feed Ushiha the meatballs,” said Madam Song.

“Granny Ju Zhou said that the Second Princess and the Third Prince tried their best to persuade her to let Wuxiha eat those things. Whether they were instigated by someone is still unknown. But it is very suspicious that Chef Huang deliberately put those things to increase the stickiness in the five-colored meatballs,” Lan Qin said.

“Sister can go and report to Master. It’s terrifying that someone would scheme so desperately to harm Fifth Princess,” said Madam Song.

"Not only that, if Ushiha really couldn't have been saved back then, I might not be sitting here chatting with my older sister right now. Perhaps it would have been a premature birth, or perhaps a difficult birth," Lanqin said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Madam Song felt a chill run down her spine. Clutching the handkerchief in her hand, she hurriedly said, "Why don't we go and tell the master to arrest that man surnamed Huang? How long can he withstand severe torture? As long as he confesses who instructed him to do those things, she won't be able to escape."