Consort Wan gently pulled Yun Yidong to her side and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Dong'er, don't rush, speak slowly." Consort Wan gently patted Yun Yidong's head.

“Hmm…” Yun Yidong nodded and sat down next to Yun Duoduo.

"Myna, have some soup!" Yun Duoduo pushed the meat soup in front of her towards Yun Yidong.

Yun Yidong was both surprised and delighted, and there seemed to be tears glistening in her eyes.

After eating for a while, it was getting late, so Ah Xiang prepared to take the little ones back.

"Thank you, Your Highness. This servant will take the little princess back now."

"Go on, it's getting late, and it's time for Duoduo to go to bed." Consort Wan looked at Yun Duoduo with affection.

Yun Duoduo knew that in the eyes of the adults, the most important things for her were eating and sleeping, and nothing could delay her from eating and sleeping on time.

"Thank you! I'm very full." Sun Huohuo said, letting out a satisfied burp, looking very comfortable and content.

"This child is quite lively and cheerful," Consort Wan said with a smile as she looked at Sun Huohuo.

[Emma, ​​you're absolutely right, Erhuo is the most informal of them all!]

"I, I...can I, go see, go see, you?" Yun Yidong watched as A Xiang picked up Yun Duoduo, looking somewhat reluctant to part with her.

Yun Duoduo didn't quite understand, "If my brother wants to come, he can come to Fushuang Palace anytime!"

"Of course she can come. Her father didn't order anyone else not to go to Fu Shuang Palace, did he? That's a very strange question."

"But, but, they, he...they, they...they laughed at me." Yun Yidong lowered his head and stammered.

Ever since he learned of his younger sister, he had longed to see her day and night. However, whenever he appeared in front of others, the palace maids and eunuchs would naturally not say anything in front of him, but once he was far away, they would laugh and gossip about his stutter, mocking him for being unable to change his stuttering and stammering despite being a prince.

Behind his back, people in the palace called him Little Stutterer.

Yun Duoduo seemed to understand why she hadn't seen her seventh and eighth brothers much, nor had she seen Consort Li and Noble Lady Wan much.

One reason is that being sick makes it inconvenient to go out, and there's also the fear of passing on one's illness to others. The other is that one doesn't dare to go out, as doing so would only subject them to endless ridicule and disdain.

“Brother Ba, come on, Duoduo is here! Let’s see who dares to bully Brother Ba!” Yun Duoduo said, raising her head.

"That's right, that's right! Yes...yes, I...will protect you!" Sun Huohuo stepped forward, patting his chest as he made his promise.

Yun Yidong laughed, his eyes brimming with joy and delight. He tapped Sun Huohuo on the head, "What... what... why are you copying me?!"

"No...no way!" Sun Huohuo argued.

"I, I... I'll send, I'll send, my royal sister... to get fat."

Ah Xiang put Yun Duoduo on the ground, picked up Jin Zhuangzhuang in one arm, and led the three little ones outside, with Yun Yidong following behind.

"Juan'er, you come with them." Consort Wan instructed the head maid to follow after seeing Yun Yidong go out.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After leaving Yinghua Palace, Ah Xiang saw that Consort Meng's room across the way was closed, as if she had been there for quite some time today. Consort Meng's Liuhua Palace, however, remained completely silent.

"It's quiet at Consort Meng's place."

"Consort Meng is probably ill. She gave birth early and her health isn't very good. She also doesn't like to come out and see people," Juan'er explained.

"Oh, Aunt Xiang, you don't know, this Consort Meng tells everyone that someone wants to harm her child," Juan'er whispered.

"I only told you. If our Empress finds out, she'll definitely scold me again."

"Moreover, Consort Meng also said that the palace is haunted."

"When you came over, you saw the tree by the door, right? Consort Meng always said that the oleander was a spirit that came to harm pregnant concubines."

"When I first arrived, I was terrified. I didn't dare leave my bedchamber at night."

[Has the oleander come to life and specifically target the pregnant concubine?]

Could it be that the concubines who suffered miscarriages were all harmed by this oleander?

Did Consort Meng also suffer a miscarriage?

[My mother's residence, the Hibiscus Palace, is not far from here. I heard that she had a good relationship with several masters of the Linhua Palace, and they often visited each other.]

Could the person who harmed my mother be one of Consort Li, Noble Lady Wan, or Noble Lady Meng?

Yun Duoduo fell into deep thought. She would come back here again. She was determined to find out the truth.

...

Days passed, the winter snow began to fall, and the palace was no longer covered in white snow. The midday sun shone warmly on the earth, and gradually it was springtime with flowers blooming.

As the weather gradually warmed up, the palace servants put away the stoves, and the thick curtains hanging at the palace gates were also removed.

Inside Fu Shuang Palace, the nannies were tidying up while chattering away, "If you ask me, we shouldn't have taken down the curtains so early. In this time of fluctuating temperatures, the cold wind can easily chill the little princess. What if she catches a cold?"

"Don't worry about things that don't concern you. The little princess practices martial arts every day. Although she is young, her physique is extraordinary. Besides, look at the sun outside. It's so bright. How can it be so mysterious?"

"If you're feeling tired, just leave it, I'll do it!"

"Hey, how can you talk like that? That's not what I meant!"

"Who are you calling lazy?!"

The two old women started arguing, and it looked like they were about to fight.

As the saying goes, action speaks louder than words. One of the older women rolled up her sleeves, raised her hand, and was about to grab the hair of another woman.

"Alright, you two, stop arguing. What will people think if the maids and eunuchs from other palaces see this?! You've been in the palace for so many years, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"If this gets to the Empress or His Majesty's ears, do you even care about your lives?"

"You're an old man, a grandson, and you're still so restless and energetic. Don't you have enough life ahead of you?!"

"The little princess is growing up, and in the future, she may not need us old women anymore!" Granny Liu stopped the two from arguing and took the bedding outside to air it.

Listening to the arguing of the old ladies, Yun Duoduo didn't feel angry or annoyed. On the contrary, she found it quite interesting. It reminded her of the old ladies in her neighborhood in modern times, who would quarrel over trivial matters such as clothes drying in the sun blocking the sunlight, the neighbor's dog barking incessantly, or the loud arguing upstairs.

"Ah!" A shout suddenly rang out in the courtyard of Fu Shuang Palace.

Yun Duoduo jumped in fright. [It's Jinzhi's voice!]