As they were talking, Zhao came out of the inner room, holding a purse made of the same fabric, but with different color and pattern.
Zhao opened her purse, which also contained a few dimes and a camellia-scented cake.
"This fragrant cake was given by Princess Aihua when the second young master and the eldest young lady came to the palace last time." Zhao said softly.
"Miss's jasmine cakes too?"
Zhao nodded, "Yes, and the eldest young master's is scented with hibiscus flowers. They were all given by Princess Aihua because the smell is not strong. It is a special formula made by the palace, and it is also mixed with calming and refreshing ingredients."
Meng Qi hummed. She remembered that time she had entered the palace before the incident involving Prince Cheng. Aihua, often in poor health, had enjoyed making ointments and fragrant cakes for her siblings. Not only the young ladies of Prince Rui's mansion, but also those of Prince Cheng and Prince Jing's mansions had received some.
After a while, San Ya came back and said, "The doctor checked it and said it's just an ordinary fragrant cake, there's nothing special about it."
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't let the eldest lady come here for the time being. If Mrs. Hu comes again, tell her that the second young master needs to rest."
Zhao nodded and looked back at the inner room, "Second Young Master, here..."
"Don't worry, Young Master Qingning will be back soon." Yuan Dong said.
Zhao bowed to Meng Qi and thanked her.
After waiting for Meng Qi to return to Jing'an Garden for a while, Xiao Shunzi also came back.
"Mrs. Hu went to the west courtyard and not only turned the sedan chair that the eldest young lady was sitting in upside down, but also the one that you, the princess, had just sat in. The maids tried to stop her, saying that it was reserved for you, the princess. But Mrs. Hu said that the eldest young lady had lost something important, and who knew if the maids had hidden it in the princess's warm sedan chair. With her words, the maids could no longer stop her."
Meng Qi picked up the purse again. Something was wrong. It must be wrong. If there was nothing wrong with the purse, Mrs. Hu wouldn't have to be so anxious.
"Yuan Dong, go get the purses of the eldest and second young masters."
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"Pa", Mrs. Hu covered her face and turned her head away, not daring to say a word.
"Idiot, have you been staying in the inner house for so many years in vain?" a sharp voice came.
"I was only concerned about not letting the purse fall there, so I didn't pay much attention to anything else."
"It was just a purse, and you went back eagerly to get it, and the princess bumped into you. You bumped into her, and you couldn't have come up with any excuse, but you had to bring up the purse. Everyone in the house knows that Wu has never even touched a needle. Are you deliberately drawing the princess's attention to the purse?" The woman raised her hand again as she spoke.
Hu's tears began to flow, and she quickly knelt down and said, "I was inconsiderate, but you don't have to worry. The purses are all the same, and the fragrant cakes were all sent by Princess Aihua. There won't be any problems."
The man sat down on the chair and calmed himself down. "Do you think Mrs. Meng is stupid? Look at how she has managed the inner house to this state in the past two years. Do you still think our original plan was correct?"
Mrs. Hu looked up and said, "Well, what should we do? Now the purse is nowhere to be found."
"It's not that we can't find it. The purse should be in Meng's hands." The woman said coldly.
Mrs. Hu was surprised at first, then said, "These are all things without any problems. Can the princess find them out?"
The woman stood up and said, "What do you know? The young man with white hair who came to treat the prince a while ago was a very skilled doctor."
"Then, what should I do?" Hu broke out in a cold sweat, thinking of her scholar grandson, thinking of the woman who had already promised that her grandson would pass the imperial examination next year. If the princess really found out, all of this...
The woman didn't respond. She pushed open the window of the hut. The cold wind outside blew into the house with fallen leaves, making Mrs. Hu shiver.
"You can give the packet of medicine and the letter I gave you last time to Mrs. Wu. Tell her that I want to see the results within five days at the latest." The woman's voice was colder than the autumn wind.
Mrs. Hu cried out, crawling a few steps on her knees, "This, this, this is a matter that could cost me my life."
The woman turned around and slowly squatted down. "If you do this well, it won't be your head that falls off."
Mrs. Hu watched the woman walk out of the yard and slumped to the ground. She now deeply regretted helping this woman the first time.
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