Although Guo Gege knew that the Fourth Prince was not fond of women and favored Chun Fujin, she did not know that he was so harsh on the other women in the mansion.

She dared not make any rash moves. She remembered that before she came, Consort De had specifically instructed her not to cause any trouble in the Prince's residence.

"well……"

She sighed deeply, realizing that all she could do was lament, "The mountain has trees, but the trees have no branches; I love you, but you do not know."

Hongxing, standing to the side, was also afraid that she had made a mistake. In this day and age, it is so important to follow a good master.

Hongxing and Xingwei entered the manor together, but Hongxing ended up serving Chunfujin and is now a second-class maid. She has a promising future ahead of her. Once she leaves the manor, everyone in the entire manor will respectfully call her Miss Xingwei.

But she herself was assigned to serve the new princess, making her the lowest-ranking person in the household. However, Hongxing didn't complain. She thought to herself that if she served her mistress well, she would naturally get married when she reached a certain age.

However, if this new princess were to act recklessly, I, as a servant, would certainly lose my life as well. The Prince's methods of dealing with servants are well-known, not to mention the ruthless and ruthless Consort Chun.

So she couldn't help but whisper to Guo Gege, "Gege, let's be honest. If the Prince is thinking of you and wants to come see you, then that's a great blessing for us. If not, please don't go up to him. Not to mention the Prince, we can't even touch Chun Fujin."

She glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then lowered her voice and continued, "A few years ago, there was a concubine named Niohuru in the manor. Because she was disobedient and angered her master, Consort Chun cut out her tongue..."

"Ah..." Guo Gege was truly frightened this time, her voice trembling. She thought of the imperial concubine who had been beaten to death...

"So... what happened to this Niohuru woman later?"

Hongxing retorted, "You've been here for several days and have seen most of the women in the back courtyard of the mansion. Have you ever heard of Princess Niohuru?"

I've never heard of him... then there's only one possibility: this person is already gone.

Guo Gege felt like she was about to stop breathing. It was so scary, so scary...

The shadow of the palace maid being beaten to death returned. She had thought that everyone in the Prince's mansion was so peaceful on the surface that there shouldn't be any dark secrets, but she never expected that such a serious death would occur.

What should she do?

She actually dared to try and get close to the Prince! Is she going to die too?

Guo Gege suddenly felt a cold sweat pour down her back, her hair stood on end, and goosebumps rose on her skin. The rain outside grew heavier, with lightning and thunder. She was terrified, cold, and quickly wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, while also tugging at Hongxing's sleeve.

"Hongxing, what should I do? What should I do? I'll never do it again!"

Seeing that she was scared, Hongxing knew that she had achieved her goal. She was also afraid of frightening the princess, so she gently comforted her, "It's okay, princess. We can stay away from the prince from now on, close the courtyard gate, and live our lives in peace."

Guo Gege kept nodding, her whole body trembling. She felt that someone would come and drag her away at any moment, hold her down and beat her with a board, and then pull out her tongue.

Deep in her memory, she saw a young woman who had made a mistake being held down and beaten with two one-inch-thick boards until she was bloody and mangled, too weak to even scream. The woman's face had somehow become her own.

"I really won't dare to do it again, I'll never go near Prince again." Guo Gege kept repeating. Hongxing was afraid of scaring her badly, so she quickly poured two more bowls of hot ginger soup down her throat to make her sweat and go to sleep early.

It took Hongxing a lot of effort to convince Guo Gege that her master wouldn't kill people for no reason, and that they were all on the estate, not in the manor, and that the Prince would definitely leave early tomorrow morning.

Having received the assurance, Guo Gege gradually emerged from her fantasy and drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, Changning was so startled by the heavy rain that he couldn't sleep.

"Master, it's already past four in the morning. Would you like some tea?" The maid on night watch tonight is Shiliu, a second-class maid.

Seeing Changning tossing and turning, she couldn't help but whisper a reminder.

Changning sat up and asked her in return, "Did you hear the child crying?"

Upon hearing this, Shiliu held her breath and listened intently. The rain outside was so loud that she couldn't hear any children's voices. However, since her mistress had spoken, she quickly got up and put on her clothes: "Don't worry, mistress, I'll go check on the young masters."

Changning quickly stopped her: "Take that big umbrella and put on a raincoat so you don't catch a cold. If the children cry, wrap them up tightly and bring them over."

"Yes." Shiliu felt a warmth in her heart. It was good to follow her master. Her master treated his servants not only with rewards during festivals and daily treatment, but they also truly felt that their master treated them like human beings.

Following Changning's instructions, Shiliu wrapped herself up tightly before carrying the lantern to the side courtyard.

After a while, the sound of the child crying indeed grew closer. Behind Shiliu were five or six wet nurses and nannies, one holding Hongyang and the other two holding Hongmin and Hongchen.

While helping to serve the young master, Shiliu replied, "The Second Princess and the Fourth Prince are still asleep, but the Seventh Prince is crying and has woken up the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince."

Hongchen came running over on his short legs: "Mommy! Thunder! My little brother is crying!"

Not to be outdone, Hongmin and the two little ones climbed onto Changning's bed.

Changning hurriedly opened the quilt to let her two sons in to warm themselves up, and then touched their bodies. They were dry and not wet at all; the wet nurses had taken good care of them.

After checking on her two sons, Changning took the crying younger son and gently patted and soothed him while talking to Hongmin and Hongchen: "It's raining outside, are you scared? Do you want to sleep here with your mother?"

The two little ones nodded quickly, and Hongmin picked up Changning: "I want to sleep with Mother."

Not to be outdone, Hongchen grabbed the other side, saying, "Hongchen wants one too!"

"Okay, okay," Changning was surrounded by her three children and felt quite happy. With his mother by his side, Hongyang was comforted and his crying gradually stopped, but he was still sobbing and his face was streaked with tears, looking very pitiful.

Changning dismissed the wet nurses and went to sleep with her three sons.

It's so nice to have grown-up kids! Look at Hutuli and Feiyan, they don't need me to worry about them at all, they're sleeping soundly.

"Sleep well, sleep well, my dear baby, Mommy's hands are gently rocking you."

Changning began to sing a lullaby, her voice soft and gentle, with a soothing power that quickly lulled Hongyang into a drowsy sleep.