After seeing Consort Sun walk away, Cai Xiang, the maidservant beside Lady Fucha, said, "Your Highness, this Consort Sun doesn't seem to be a smart person. Why do you need to use her? If things are exposed, I'm afraid she will implicate you."
Fucha looked towards the door and said, "These are the only few concubines I have around me that I can use. They're not smart enough, which is perfect. They're being played by me and are still smug about it."
Fucha smiled enigmatically, secretly pleased with herself if Lanqin knew the expression on the Emperor's face when he favored Consort Sun.
Nianxia overheard this and secretly remembered it. When the appointed time came, Nianxia found an excuse to leave and went to a corner outside the red wall. There stood a palace maid, sent by Lanqin to contact Nianxia. Nianxia told her everything she knew.
"How has Your Highness been these past few days? You must remind Her Highness that Empress Fucha has been trying to deal with her all along, and tell her to be careful." Nianxia missed Changchun Palace very much, and the more she saw Empress Fucha's ugly mouth, the more she missed Her Highness.
"Yes, I will convey all this to Your Highness. You must be careful," the palace maid opposite promised.
Seeing that no one was outside, Nianxia left on her own. A while later, another palace maid came out and headed straight for Changchun Palace.
The palace maid relayed everything she had learned from Nianxia to Lanqin. Lanqin was astonished that Fucha, who had previously targeted her, was now focusing her attention on the Fourth Prince, and her hatred for her was growing stronger. Over the years, Fucha had committed numerous evil deeds in the harem, yet she had never been eliminated; this time, however, she would show no mercy.
Lanqin thought for a moment and came up with a plan: she could find the medicine that Consort Sun had hidden and eliminate Lady Fucha at the same time.
Lanqin summoned Cui Niang and instructed her to conduct the search of the inner palace secretly, so that no one with ulterior motives could escape. She also instructed her to thoroughly search Chuxiu Palace and find the packet of medicine.
Cui Niang led her men to search each palace, thoroughly examining every single one. Naturally, Chuxiu Palace received no news either. When Consort Sun saw a large group of people burst in, she panicked.
Fang Daying and Shumulu were also alerted and came out of the house.
Consort Sun did not know why these people had come, so she naturally did not let them in. She stepped forward to ask what they wanted, and Consort Cui said directly, "We are here on Her Majesty's orders to search the inner palace. We hope you will not stop us."
Upon hearing that it was for a search, Sun immediately went limp with fear. She had simply left the medicine lying around after getting it that day, and if they were allowed in, they would definitely be found out. She could only struggle and say, "I don't have anything here, you can leave."
The two remained deadlocked. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Fang Daying and Shu Mulu tried to persuade her, "Sun Daying, just let her go in and investigate. Anyway, we are upright and have nothing to fear."
Although they disliked Lanqin, they didn't want to openly oppose her in front of everyone. After all, she was in charge of the entire harem, and offending her would mean a miserable life.
Unbeknownst to the two, Sun was inwardly cursing them for being stupid, thinking, "If I were upright, why would I be here preventing her from entering?"
"Your Majesty has heard that someone is hiding something unclean in the inner palace. We are here on orders to investigate. We hope you will not stop us!" After saying this, he ignored Consort Sun's attempts to stop him and rushed into the room.
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