"Oh dear, I... I just took the tea. Sister Li, what's wrong with you? If you don't want to serve tea, that's fine, but why make such a fuss? People will think I did something to you. Your Highness, you must stand up for me! I didn't do anything." Yin Qingyi looked at Li Shi, who had fallen to the ground, her eyes full of undisguised laughter, and she spoke with a wronged expression.

"Li Shi, for such disrespect, go back and confine yourself to your quarters for a month, deduct three months' salary, and make her copy the Daughter's Admonition ten times!" The Fujin looked at Li Shi on the ground, feeling a sense of satisfaction. This Li Shi had been so arrogant before, offending so many people in the inner courtyard. She never thought that one day someone would climb over her head!

Li Shi stood up without a word, bowed, and withdrew. She didn't utter a single word of rebuttal and quietly accepted the punishment from the Fujin. This made the Fujin and Yin Qingyi secretly wary. If Li Shi went crazy, they wouldn't care. But she was so quiet, she definitely wasn't up to anything!

Not long after Lady Li left, Consort Yin also left. There was really nothing for her and the Fujin to talk about, so they exchanged a few words and then left.

"As you say, Master, we do need to be more vigilant these days. It's really strange that someone as flamboyant as Consort Li acted this way today." Granny Qi frowned after hearing what Consort Yin Qingyi had to say about today's greetings. She didn't think there was anything wrong with Consort Yin Qingyi's actions. This was a common occurrence in the inner courtyard, and among the many methods, this one was considered quite mild.

"Yes, Granny, I'll leave this to you. I don't know anything about this." Yin Qingyi nodded, her words sounding perfectly natural. Indeed, she wasn't afraid of open warfare; she simply couldn't handle these underhanded schemes—she didn't have the brains for them. Besides, her brother had told her that Granny Qi was an absolutely trustworthy person. She trusted her brother's judgment because he was not only a genius in traditional Chinese medicine but also a doctoral student in micro-expression psychology! Her brother's judgment of people was never wrong.

"...Yes, this old servant will keep a close watch on Luoxue Pavilion and prevent those messy things from entering." Granny Qi looked at Yin Qingyi with helplessness, but she did not want Yin Qingyi to learn these dirty tricks. These tricks were enough for them, the servants. The master's hands did not need to be tainted with such things. She believed that the master thought the same way about the master.

"Yes, I believe you, Granny." Yin Qingyi nodded, smiling happily.

Luoyingyuan

A series of crashing and smashing sounds rang out. All the servants in Luoying Courtyard knelt tremblingly at the door. Ever since the princess returned from paying her respects and entered the room, she had been smashing things. They didn't know what was going on. Liu Mei, who knew, knelt in front without saying a word.

"Li Zhongde! Come in." Li Zhongde had already learned the gist of the matter from Liu Mei. Hearing Li Shi's call, he sighed inwardly. It seemed that the backyard was destined to be anything but peaceful. He just didn't know how much longer he could keep his head on his neck.

"Princess." Li Zhongde entered and saw the mess on the floor. There was no place to put his feet down, let alone kneel down. He could only bend over and look at the ground, waiting for his master to give him another order.

"Mrs. Yin is out of confinement now!" Mrs. Li said in a cold voice, filled with hatred.

"This servant understands, and will find an opportunity to act." Li Zhongde said helplessly. Sure enough, his hesitation to act against Consort Yin wasn't because he feared Imperial Physician Li would discover it, but because he knew that once he acted against Consort Yin, his life would likely be over. The princess had a child, and the master wouldn't treat her well; at most, he would give her the cold shoulder. But they, the servants, would definitely not survive. He didn't know why he had this feeling, but this feeling had saved him from danger many times, and this time it would definitely be right.

"Is three days enough?" Madam Li wished she could poison Yin Qingyi's face right now. Originally, she wasn't in such a hurry, but after seeing Yin Qingyi's face today, that face shouldn't have existed at all! How could someone have such a perfect face! No wonder the master is so infatuated with her; what man wouldn't be confused by that face!

Most importantly, that's how Yin Qingyi treated her when she paid her respects! She had never suffered such humiliation before! How could she possibly endure it!