"He's just a servant, yet he dares to show me such disrespect! Humph!" Madam Nian stormed out.
Bai Zhi glanced at Nian Shi with concern, thinking to herself: You were asking for a favor, yet you acted so arrogantly. No wonder they gave you the cold shoulder! The head nanny is practically running the household for the Fourth Prince, so she can really treat a mere princess with disdain.
"Princess, you don't need to worry about Peach Blossom. Yehe doesn't know that we already know her secret, and even if we did, we wouldn't know that Peach Blossom told us. Why don't we wait until Master returns, then you can report it, and then let Peach Blossom testify," Cui Ling said, seeing that Nian was displeased.
Seeing that the head nanny refused to help her, and unwilling to go to Lanqin, Madam Nian had no choice but to follow Cuiling's advice and wait for the Fourth Master to return.
"This servant greets Princess Nian, may Princess Nian be well!" Zhao Quan nimbly emerged from a corner. He had just seen the Nian family head towards the head nanny and found it strange, so he couldn't help but follow and listen, overhearing their conversation inside.
Lady Nian was taken aback by Zhao Quan's sudden interruption, and already displeased, she was startled by his words. She huffed, "Where did this servant come from, frightening this princess? Slap him!"
Seeing that Nian Shi seemed determined to cause trouble, Bai Zhi felt a little anxious for her. She hadn't even accomplished anything yet, and she was already showing off her power.
Zhao Quan hurriedly said, his face contorted with embarrassment, "This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die, I startled the princess."
Seeing Zhao Quan slap himself, Madam Nian's anger subsided slightly. She chuckled coldly and said, "Fine, aren't you Su Peisheng's subordinate? Why are you barging into my presence? Do you have something to say?"
Zhao Quan then straightened his hand and said, "This servant only noticed that the princess looked unhappy, so I asked if there was anything this servant could do for the princess."
Upon hearing this, Lady Nian felt much more at ease. Bai Zhi, however, looked at Zhao Quan with a wary expression and said, "Master, let's go back and discuss this properly. We can't rush this matter."
However, Nian seemed not to understand Bai Zhi's implication. In fact, she was saying: Let's go back. Don't rush. Peach Blossom may not be in danger for the time being.
"Alright, as soon as your master returns today, go and inform me that I have something important to discuss with him." Fortunately, Madam Nian hadn't said anything to Zhao Quan yet.
"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will immediately inform you." Zhao Quan said respectfully.
Only then did Madam Nian feel a little more at ease and leave the front yard, while Bai Zhi still glanced at Zhao Quan a few times with unease.
To Nian's surprise, Zhao Quan secretly went to Yehe's house in the blink of an eye. With Fourth Master and Su Peisheng not in the front yard, Zhao Quan had no more scruples and secretly went to Yehe's house.
"It's so cold, and you've come!" Yeheshi said, carrying a thermos. Silver charcoal was burning inside the room.
"Your Highness, I have just learned some news concerning you, which is why I have come to report this despite the freezing weather," Zhao Quan said, bowing deeply.
Yehe knew that Zhao Quan was a money-grubber and that she had bribed him with a lot of silver in order to get him to do things for her.
"Yuhen, bring Zhao Quan a cup of hot tea. It's terribly cold outside," Yehe said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, Princess! I just ran all the way here and I'm not cold at all," Zhao Quan said, bowing.
"Since that's the case, what news have you brought to this princess?" Yehe asked, getting straight to the point.
"Your Highness, I saw Princess Nian at the head nanny's place today," Zhao Quan said, bowing.
"Is Nian going to see the head nanny?" Yehe Shi felt she had no time to care about what Nian was going to do, and asked indifferently.
"This servant overheard them talking about Peach Blossom. It seems that Princess Nian was telling the head nanny to have Peach Blossom serve her. This servant finds it rather strange that Princess Nian is so arrogant in asking for Peach Blossom, who is Princess Nian's servant." Zhao Quan said, looking at Yehe's face. "In order to get information out of her, this servant went to pay respects to Princess Nian. She also asked this servant to report to her as soon as the Fourth Master returns, saying that she has something important to say."
Yehe Shi initially thought that Zhao Quan had become addicted to receiving rewards from her, and would come to report even the smallest things as if they were treasures. However, after hearing what he said next, she had to take it seriously.
"Did you hear clearly why Princess Nian wants peach blossoms?" Yuhen interjected and asked.
"Well, I didn't hear that. They didn't say anything either. It's just that Princess Nian seems to be very interested in Peach Blossom, and she insists that the Eldest Princess transfer Peach Blossom away from the princesses. But the head nanny obviously ignored her and even advised Princess Nian to go find the concubine. As a result, Princess Nian got angry and stormed off." Zhao Quan finished speaking in one breath.
"Did Lady Nian ask you to inform her of the master's whereabouts?" Lady Yehe asked.
"She said she had something important to report, but this servant thinks it might be related to peach blossoms." Zhao Quanlun is not a bad person, otherwise he would not have become Su Peisheng's apprentice. Unfortunately, he has always been wicked, which is in stark contrast to Su Peisheng's loyal appearance.
Yuhen frowned deeply. She remembered the paper package she had left in the white wax room, which she still couldn't find. Could someone have taken it?
Peach blossoms, peach blossoms!
Yuhen felt that the sudden tremor in her hand that night, causing her to drop the paper package into the darkness, was not an auspicious sign. Now, seeing that it concerned peach blossoms again, she couldn't help but say, "Master, that day I intended to scatter that thing in the soil outside, but I was startled by a cat's meow and accidentally dropped the paper package into the wax. Afterwards, I went to look for it, but I couldn't find it."
Yehe's face was ashen. When Yuhen recounted what had happened that night, she angrily slammed her hand on the armrest of her chair and said, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
The room fell silent. Zhao Quan was puzzled when he saw Yehe Shi throwing a tantrum.
"Thank you for your trouble. This is a reward for you. Go back and continue to keep an eye on the front yard for me." Yehe took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and put it into Zhao Quan's hand.
"Thank you for the gift, Princess!" Zhao Quan was too greedy; a bracelet of this quality was more valuable than gold.
Yehe waved his hand, and Zhao Quan bowed and left.
"How could you keep such a huge oversight from me? How could you do such a thing?" Yehe's face suddenly changed dramatically. She hated Taohua to the extreme and said coldly, "If Taohua had committed suicide, would everything have been fine?"
Yuhen trembled slightly as she replied, "This servant doesn't know what Taohua knows, but seeing that Madam Nian actually went to the head nanny to ask for her, it seems that Taohua is very important to them."
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