Looking at the clumps of brownish-yellow cotton, Ulanara's lips turned pale, and she subconsciously covered her mouth and began to gag.

Qian Shengyan sighed, had someone put away the box, and stepped forward to personally pat Ulanara's back, saying, "I suppose the Princess Consort has never seen such methods. Not to mention the Princess Consort, even servants like me and Qingxue, who have been serving others since childhood, have never heard of such thoughts."

After a moment, the nausea in Ulanara gradually subsided. Her face was ashen as she stared at the now-closed box, then looked at Qian Shengyan, her lips trembling: "That, that is..."

"I asked Doctor Zhou, and he said..." Qian Shengyan suppressed her nausea, closed her eyes, and repeated Doctor Zhou's words.

As expected, Ulanara started gagging again. She probably hadn't eaten much, and couldn't vomit anything. She just slumped on the armrest of the chair, her shoulders heaving, looking very uncomfortable.

It was only then that Qian Shengyan noticed how much weight Ulanara had lost. Her thin shoulders, hidden beneath her cotton-padded coat, became even more noticeable when Qian Shengyan bent down.

Perhaps it was a bit too sentimental, but in that instant, Qian Shengyan suddenly believed that perhaps it was really Wu Mama who had acted on her own initiative to harm Nian Shi.

She felt a mix of emotions. She stepped forward, patted Ulanara's back, and handed her a cup of tea: "How is the Princess Consort?"

"It's alright." Ulanara forced herself to sit up straight, but her face looked really bad. Qian Shengyan was worried: "Princess Consort, please have Doctor Zhou come and take a look?"

"No need." Ulanara waved her hand, and after drinking half a cup of tea, she felt a little better. She put down the cup and smiled bitterly, "So that's how it is."

She glanced at Qingxue and the others. Qian Shengyan hesitated for a moment, then told the servants to leave a little while she kept Qingxue behind.

Ulanara didn't care anymore. She leaned back in her chair, paused for a moment, and then spoke in a hoarse voice: "Actually, when the Fifth Prince fell ill, I felt something was wrong. Smallpox is a contagious disease, and none of the people the Fifth Prince had been in contact with had contracted it, and he hadn't left the garden... If I had time, I could have investigated and interrogated them one by one, but..."

However, Yinzhen did not give Ulanara any time. Less than half a day after the Fifth Prince fell ill, he made a decision to return the Fifth Prince to Geng and raise him himself, and also confined Ulanara to her quarters.

Qian Shengyan sat on the embroidery stool to the side and quietly accompanied Ulanara for a while. After a moment, Ulanara asked Qian Shengyan again, "Was the jacket made by Li?"

"Yes," Qian Shengyan replied.

Ulanara closed her eyes and gave a cold laugh.

She stood up, turned around and walked back into the house, saying to Qian Shengyan, "Thank you for coming to tell me all this today. Go back now, and don't come again unless it's absolutely necessary."

Qian Shengyan also stood up and curtsied, without asking what Ulanara planned to do, and left with Qingxue.

Qingxue was still somewhat puzzled. After returning to Peach Blossom Village and closing the door, she cautiously asked Qian Shengyan, "Master, what does the Fujin mean by that?"

"No need to worry about it, let's just wait and see." Qian Shengyan sighed and didn't say much. After hesitating for a moment, she still ordered, "Go and tell the servants that after all, the Princess Consort is the Princess Consort. Yue Di Yun Ju... must not be treated unfairly."

“Yes.” Qingxue had no objection. She had never looked down on those who fawned on the powerful and looked down on the weak. Moreover, years of experience in the palace had proven that such people, even if they were successful for a while, would not last long.

As they spent more time together, Qingxue now genuinely regarded Qian Shengyan as her mistress and admired her way of handling things. Her calm and unhurried approach was admirable. Moreover... looking at the entire Yongqin Prince's Mansion, it wasn't that Qingxue was arrogant, but even if new people came, they wouldn't be able to shake Qian Shengyan's position.

"Aunt Qingxue! Is Mother busy?" Hongli rushed over and stopped to greet Qingxue politely.

Qingxue now genuinely adores this child. She curtsied slightly and said with a smile, "Your Highness is here... Hey, Fourth Prince, slow down, watch your step!"

Hongli was followed by Fuerguochun, who was probably summoned by him as well. Qingxue didn't know what they were in such a hurry for, so she followed them into the house.

"Mother, can I go?" Hongli looked at Qian Shengyan with his big eyes pleadingly, and shook Qian Shengyan's hands with both of his. "Third Brother said that the rabbits are very cute, one gray and one white. Hongli really wants to go and see them!"

Qian Shengyan comforted Hongli, but felt somewhat troubled.

Li had ill intentions, but she didn't want to pass on these feelings to the children. However, at this crucial moment, the Third Prince, with whom she had almost no contact, asked Hongli to go to his place to watch the rabbits play, and Qian Shengyan was genuinely worried.

Just as he was dealing with the situation, Yinzhen arrived. He smiled as soon as he entered and said, "I could hear Hongli's voice outside the door. What were you saying? You seem so happy?"

"Father!" Unable to persuade Qian Shengyan, Hongli turned to Yinzhen, "Father, Father, Hongli wants to go see the rabbits with Third Brother~"

"A rabbit?" Yinzhen raised an eyebrow, then laughed. "Where did Hongshi get a rabbit... By the way, speaking of which, Baifu and Zaohua are still at Wanfang Anhe..."

“Master!” Qian Shengyan’s eyes lit up and she stood up abruptly. She said with a smile, “Master is usually busy. Why don’t you put Baifu and Zaohua in Peach Blossom Valley to raise? They will need someone to take care of them when it gets cold.”

“This…” Yinzhen hesitated, “Folgochun is still so young…”

"It's alright, Master. I remember hearing someone say that it's good for children to grow up with cats and dogs; it's even better for their health!" Qian Shengyan quickly pulled Hongli over to help. "Hongli, would you like to raise a puppy?"

For children, all small animals are cute. Rabbits are great, and puppies are nice too. As long as they have an animal to play with, that's good enough!

Moreover, Hongli understood: his mother was going to raise the puppy in Peach Blossom Village, which was the courtyard where they lived! He would have a puppy in his own courtyard from now on!

Overjoyed, Hongli nodded repeatedly, rushed over and hugged Yinzhen's legs, spinning around and calling out "Father, Father" sweetly. He also learned on his own how to massage Yinzhen's legs and serve him tea, being very attentive.

Qian Shengyan and Yinzhen were both amused by him. Even though Yinzhen wanted to agree, he held back for a while, but in the end, he couldn't stop laughing and nodded.

Hongli cheered and immediately jumped up to urge Su Peisheng: "Steward Su, go and bring the puppies over now! Otherwise, it will be dark, and the puppies will be scared!"

Su Peisheng glanced at Yinzhen, and seeing him nod slightly, he smiled and replied, "Alright, Fourth Prince, then this servant will go now."

"I'll go with you, let's go pick up the puppies together!" Hongli was overjoyed. So happy was he that he called out to Ferguchun, "Little sister, let's go to Father's yard together to pick up the puppies! Two puppies, Baifu and Zaohua, one for you and one for me, okay?"

The group had already left, but Hongli's happy voice could still be heard inside the room. Qian Shengyan couldn't help but laugh again. At this moment, someone at the door announced, "Your Highness, the Princess Consort wishes to see you."