"Then Master has eaten a bit too much. Why don't you get up and go for a walk to digest your food?" Granny Qi was still a little worried as she watched the whole table of food disappear into Yin Qingyi's small belly.

"I don't feel full, so please don't worry, Granny. You all go about your business and don't worry about me. I'll be alone for a while." Yin Qingyi hadn't eaten enough, so how could she possibly get up and walk around? Besides, seeing the worry in their eyes, Yin Qingyi also wanted to be alone to properly investigate what happened last night. So she decided to take advantage of their concern and be alone. Anyway, no matter what she said now, these people wouldn't believe that she was alright, so she might as well just stay alone.

"Qiuju, take them away. I have something I want to say to the master." Granny Naqi made up her mind. There were some things she had to say; she couldn't bear not to say them.

"Yes." Qiuju glanced at Yin Qingyi and then at Granny Qi, bowed, and left with Chunlan, Mingyue, and Fengqing.

"What does Granny want to say?" Yin Qingyi didn't stop her. After Qiuju and the others left, she looked at Granny Qi.

“My lady, what I am about to say is not something I should be saying, but seeing how heartbroken you are, I have no choice but to speak.” Granny Naqi said solemnly.

"Please speak, Granny." Yin Qingyi nodded, gesturing for Granny Qi to speak.

"Your Highness knows that Your Highness is a prince, which means that Your Highness's harem will be full of beautiful women, not just one. Your Highness is still a prince now, but he will become a duke, then a prince, and the number of women in the harem will only increase. Therefore, the most taboo thing for the women in the harem is to give their hearts to the only man in the harem. Do you understand what this old servant means, Your Highness?" Granny Qi's words were very clear. If even one of her words reached Yinzhen's ears, regardless of whether she was Yinzhen's wet nurse or not, she would not be able to stay in the prince's mansion. She could not expect any more comfortable retirement. She was only spared because of her relationship with Yin Qingyi. It is conceivable that she truly loved Yin Qingyi wholeheartedly.

"...Granny, please don't say such things again." Yin Qingyi stared at Granny Naqi for a while, seeing only heartache and worry in Granny Naqi's eyes. She sighed inwardly. Granny Naqi was supposed to be Yinzhen's person, but after more than a year of getting along, she could feel that Granny Naqi truly cared for her. Although at first, her gaze seemed to be looking through her at someone else, later it was truly only for her. Her eyes stung slightly. In this world, besides her brother, perhaps only Granny Naqi was so sincere to her. It wasn't that the others were bad, they were all good, but only her brother and Granny Naqi would say things and do things that shouldn't be said to her. Although Qiuju and Chunlan had been with her the longest, they would never do such things.

"Please remember what I said, my lady." But instead of stopping the conversation as Yin Qingyi had hoped, Granny Qi continued to look at Yin Qingyi.

"Granny, I understand all of this. Don't worry. It will be painful, but it won't make me do anything to hurt myself or others." Seeing this, Yin Qingyi had no choice but to give Granny Qi a definite answer. The pain was uncontrollable, but the behavior was controllable.

"Now that you say so, my lady, this old servant is relieved. Then this old servant will go out." Only then did Granny Qi show a smile. What she feared most was that Yin Qingyi would hurt herself because of this matter. As for the other people, she didn't really care. Call her cold-blooded or ruthless, those people were not people she cared about. She only needed to care about the people she cared about.

"Mm." Yin Qingyi smiled as well. It wasn't easy to find someone who was wholeheartedly devoted to her in this deep palace. Now that she had found him, she had to cherish him.

After Granny Qi left, Yin Qingyi went into the inner room, opened the window to the backyard, and looked at the nine peach trees. There was no strange sight like the one from the previous night; they looked quite ordinary. Yin Qingyi turned and bolted the door before returning to the window. She tried to jump down the same way she had the night before, but unexpectedly, with a "bang," she crouched down, clutching her head and wincing in pain as she covered the back of her head where she had been hit.

It wasn't until the pain gradually subsided that Yin Qingyi looked up at the window. She had gone out just like that last night and hadn't bumped her head!

"Master, what's wrong?" Yin Qingyi's thud was so loud that the old nanny outside immediately came in, thinking that her master was not lying to her, was she? Did she have a mental breakdown after going in? Thinking this, the old nanny was about to push the door open, but Yin Qingyi had locked it from the inside.

"Granny, I'm fine, I just bumped into something by accident." Yin Qingyi saw that after knocking on the door a few times without any response, she knew that Granny Qi wanted that guy to open the door, so she quickly spoke up.

"Please let this old servant come in and take a look. How badly did you fall? I'll get some medicinal wine to rub on it for you." Granny Qi was still worried.

Yin Qingyi looked at the door and then at the window, and had no choice but to get up and walk to the door to open it for Granny Naqi. She knew that Granny Naqi must be worried about her and would not give up until she came in.

"Where did you bump yourself?" As soon as Granny Qi came in, she reached out and touched Yin Qingyi's body.

"Granny, this," Yin Qingyi said, pointing to her head.

"How did you bump your head? What did you do, Master?" Granny Naqi came up behind Yin Qingyi, took off Yin Qingyi's hair bun, and then carefully examined Yin Qingyi. Fortunately, it was just a little red and there was no bleeding. Granny Naqi breathed a sigh of relief.

"I just wanted to check on the peach tree in the backyard, but I didn't notice and bumped into the windowsill," Yin Qingyi said, pointing to the window.

"This...this is late autumn, and there are still peach trees to see." Granny Naqi looked at the open window, finding it hard to imagine how she had bumped into it. But that wasn't what left her speechless. What she really thought was that the peach trees outside the window had lost all their leaves, let alone blossoms. What was there to see? She had kowtowed to see these few bare peach trees, and she didn't know how to comment on it.

"Yesterday, the master took me to see the peach blossoms." Yin Qingyi only said this one sentence, which successfully shut up the old nanny.

"This old servant will go and get you some medicinal wine to rub on it." Granny Naqi turned and went out.

Yin Qingyi didn't know how badly she had hit the back of her head. When she saw that Granny Qi was going to leave, she didn't refuse but sat down and waited quietly for Granny Qi to return.

Not long after, Granny Naqi returned with the medicinal wine, and Yin Qingyi obediently sat on the chair while Granny Naqi applied it.

"Shouldn't this old servant stay inside and keep you company?" Granny Qi was worried about leaving Yin Qingyi alone in the room.

"Granny, I really just bumped into it by accident." Yin Qingyi said helplessly; she hadn't done it on purpose.

After persuading the old woman for a while, Yin Qingyi finally managed to get her to leave. She immediately bolted the door and returned to the window. After a light jump, she realized one thing: her body felt lighter.