In the Pear Garden, after hearing that Jiaming was pregnant with a princess, Li's anger gradually subsided. However, upon hearing the reply that Guarjia was three months pregnant, her mind began to wander, recalling the man's earlier words.

His anger flared up instantly, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "Damn it!"

The person who was speaking below, whose body had just calmed down, began to tremble again.

Li, whose mood had fluctuated greatly, scolded, "She's three months pregnant, and her belly is already showing. How could you not have noticed before? Were you blind?"

Enraged, Li saw the cowardly and timid appearance of her subordinates and her temper finally flared up. Just like Song, she had the person who had spoken slapped.

But seeing the servants cowering in the room, and remembering Hongyun's death and the person who killed Hongxuan, she immediately stopped the conversation and changed the punishment method. She had already had the person who gave the message slapped a few times.

Let's just impose a fine.

Since Hongyun's death, she had been haunted by a shadow in her heart, fearing that these people might secretly hate her and thus harm Hongshi in the same way they had harmed Hongyun.

In the blink of an eye, after the person left, Madam Li secretly instructed those around her, "Don't come near me and Hongshi in the future."

The attendant responded with "Yes," and then a nanny stepped forward and asked, "Master, what do you plan to do about that person in Peach Courtyard?"

In fact, whether it was Lady Li of the Pear Courtyard, the Fujin of the Duan Courtyard, or Lady Hesheli, Lady Song, and others, they were all pondering this question.

She's only carrying a princess, not a prince, so it seems like she doesn't need to do anything.

However, none of them wanted Jiaming to give birth to this child safely.

The Fujin and Li Shi realized from the Fourth Prince's attitude towards the eldest princess that he doted on his daughters. Therefore, they worried that the Fourth Prince would have a younger daughter because of this, and thus extend his affection to Guarjia Shi.

In the Duan Courtyard, the Princess Consort remained hesitant, unsure of what to do. She continued to sit upright on the stool, toying with her teacup, her eyes lowered in deep thought.

The room was quiet. Granny Liu, Liu Hong, and the others stood respectfully with their heads bowed, waiting for the Princess Consort to make a decision.

Suddenly, the princess put down her teacup and her gaze became firm.

Liu Mama and the others, who were always watching the Fourth Prince's wife, all looked over and asked, led by Liu Mama, "Prince's wife, what are your plans?"

"I have an idea, but I need to think about how to implement it." The Princess Consort replied with a smile, "I will let you know when I have figured it out."

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu and the others responded in unison, "Yes, Your Highness, please give us your orders, and we will certainly do our best."

The princess picked up her teacup, took a sip, shook her head, and smiled, "Perhaps we won't need you at all then; I, the princess, will suffice."

"Ah?!" Granny Liu and the others were somewhat disappointed.

"Alright, it's time to see Honghui." With that, the Fujin got up, putting aside the matter of Jiaming, and focused on discussing Honghui's affairs.

In the Fujin's heart, Honghui's affairs were the most important.

In the Pear Courtyard, Madam Li didn't want the Fourth Prince's favor towards the eldest princess to be taken away. Of course, it would be even better if she could make things difficult for Madam Guarjia while she was pregnant and inconvenient, or even kill her.

Later, other women, such as Hesheli and Song, also had similar ideas.

So everyone was thinking of or refining ways to deal with Jiaming. Unfortunately, those who had the strength and wanted to deal with Jiaming were busy with other things and didn't have time to deal with her right now; while those who didn't have the strength did have time, but thinking of the methods they had used against the Guarjia clan in the past, it seemed that none of them had worked. For a while, they didn't know how to deal with Jiaming.

In Taoyuan, as the Fourth Prince left with Su Peisheng, Xiao Hezi, Granny Sun, and the others seized the opportunity to apologize to Jiaming, asking her to punish them for losing the Fourth Prince.

Previously, because of Hongxuan's disappearance, the Fujin had them beaten with a board and had them watched over, forbidding them from leaving Taoyuan.

Although it seemed like they had been punished, it was the wife who administered the punishment, not their master.

Jiaming knew they had made mistakes, but more so Hongxuan was too much of a troublemaker.

However, without rules, there can be no order, so they only fined Xiao Hezi by two months' salary. Not only Xiao Hezi, but all the servants who had been assigned to watch over Gu Hongxuan in the front yard received the same punishment.

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that it was their master's mercy that allowed him to let them go so easily, and they were deeply moved.

“However, we need to be more careful in the future and prevent this from happening again,” Jiaming continued. “As for Hongxuan, I will talk to him and make things clear so that he won’t act so recklessly again.”

Upon hearing this, the crowd realized that their master was thinking of them, and they were deeply moved.

Afterwards, Hongxuan was taken away by Granny Sun to rest, and Jiaming, who was somewhat tired, should have rested as well.

But the faint sounds of conversation inside the room revealed one thing: she was busy with something.

On the couch, Jiaming asked Xiao Hezi, who was standing respectfully with his head bowed below (who had also been placed under guard by the Fujin's men because of Hongxuan's disappearance, but was released by the Fourth Prince who returned early), "How is he?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I have handled this matter well." Xiao Hezi said confidently, "I have already spread the conversation between the imperial physician and you, and no one will find out that we were the ones who spread it."

Jiaming nodded and smiled in agreement, "I've always trusted you to get things done."

"By the way," she changed the subject, her smile vanishing and her expression turning serious, "From now on, the safety of our Peach Garden is in your hands, especially here with me and with Hongxuan. We can't let those with bad intentions take advantage of any loopholes."

Xiao Hezi nodded solemnly, "This servant understands."

“You’ve always done very well, I believe in you,” Jiaming said, looking at Xiao Hezi with admiration.

Feeling the sincerity in the words, Xiao Hezi's heart stirred, and he became even more determined to do his master's orders well in order to live up to his master's high regard and praise.

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