"Baoqin, what time is it?" Lanqin was restless and uneasy from early morning.
"It's just past 9 AM," Baoqin said hastily.
"Hongli hasn't come back yet. Has he already gone in?" Lanqin muttered to herself, seemingly speaking to Baoqin, yet also seemingly speaking to herself.
"Master! What happened?" Baoqin asked as she worked on her embroidery.
"I didn't know, that's why I sent Hongli to check," Lanqin said. Apart from Hongli, Lanqin hadn't mentioned the possibility of Kangxi's problems to anyone else. She knew that she shouldn't know things she shouldn't know beforehand.
"Master, what would you like for lunch?" Yuebai asked from outside the door, through the curtain.
Lanqin had no appetite at all and couldn't think of anything she wanted to eat, so she casually said, "Let's just have what we had yesterday!"
Having received the order, Yuebai left. Lanqin then heard hurried footsteps approaching her door.
"Reporting to Consort Fu, people from the Fucha residence have arrived. They say they want to see Princess Fucha!" Fu Dong said to the people inside the room as she walked to the door.
What? They came way too fast!
A thought flashed through Lanqin's mind: How did the news of Fucha's detention leak out so quickly?
"Please ask them to go to the front yard. Then tell them to wait. The Prince is not here now, and I don't know when he will return!" Lanqin said to Fudong at the door. "Immediately inform the head nanny about this flower and have her receive the people from the Fucha Mansion. It won't be considered a slight."
After Fu Dong agreed, Lan Qin said to Xi Chun, "Go and invite Sister Song and Sister Wu to come and have lunch together."
Before long, both Madam Song and Madam Wu arrived.
"I never expected that the person who poisoned the East Courtyard was actually from the Fucha clan. It's truly frightening," Song said to Lanqin as soon as she sat down.
"She hasn't been very peaceful since she entered the manor, so what's so strange about that? In the past, Madam Nian suffered at the hands of that maid named Hongqiao, and now she's fallen for her tricks again. Madam Nian probably wishes she could tear her to pieces," said Madam Wu.
“We probably can’t understand Fucha’s thoughts,” Lanqin said. “Now that she has admitted that she was the one who poisoned the Third Prince Hongsheng, the Prince probably won’t let her live.”
“Of course, this woman is too terrifying; keeping her around would only bring trouble,” said Madam Wu.
"Amitabha!" Song said.
"People from the Fucha residence have arrived, and so quickly! It seems we were a bit careless last night. The Prince happens to be away, so I had them wait in the front courtyard," Lanqin said.
"They've come fast enough!" said Madam Wu. "Qin'er, don't they know where we are? Since Fucha has become a princess of the Prince, she is a member of the Yong Prince's household. What is the meaning of their coming here like this?"
“That makes sense! But since they dared to come, it means they came prepared,” Lanqin said. “Let’s wait here and let the head nanny deal with them first.”
"Where is the Prince? If they still haven't left by the time the Prince returns, then we're in for a good show," said Madam Wu.
“I’m afraid the prince won’t be back today. So we still have to deal with the people from the Fucha family. At this time, we still need to appease them,” Lanqin pondered.
"Why?" Song asked, puzzled. "Empress Fucha poisoned the Third Prince and Consort Nian. Even if she is punished, they will have no grounds to complain."
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