Meanwhile, at the Prince He's residence...
These past few days, Qiu Yun had noticed that Su Zhi had been secretly watching her, and she constantly felt like someone was watching her from behind. When she returned to the room, although Su Zhi wasn't there, she discovered that her bed and clothes had been moved.
Therefore, one time after she went out, she secretly watched Suzhi's movements from outside the house. She discovered that Suzhi often took advantage of her absence to peek at her things.
However, when Qiu Yun saw Su Zhi like this, she didn't go into the room to question Su Zhi about why she was peeking at her things. She knew in her heart that Su Zhi must have been acting under someone's orders; her behavior must have aroused someone's suspicion. But who was this person? Was it Wu Kuzha, Hong Zhou, or Geng?
Qiu Yun walked out of the courtyard as if nothing had happened. She lowered her head and thought to herself, "It shouldn't be Geng Shi. Geng Shi likes me so much now, so there's no reason for her to suspect me."
"If Wu Kuzha suspects me, it's probably because Geng wanted to promote me to be Hongzhou's concubine, which is why she's so wary of me."
“But if Hongzhou suspects me, then…”
Qiu Yun thought about it and realized that this passive situation was very unfavorable to her. Both Wu Kuzha and Geng were looking for faults in her. With this in mind, Qiu Yun felt that the most important thing at this time was to find a way to make Geng her protector, so that she could continue to stay in the palace safely and fulfill her father's last wish.
Therefore, Qiu Yun was very considerate and attentive to Geng Shi, almost matching Lü Lan's position in Geng Shi. If Geng Shi liked Qiu Yun before because of her ability to prune flowers and plants, now she liked Qiu Yun's personality.
That day, after bringing a unique potted plant to Madam Geng, Qiu Yun, as usual, went behind Madam Geng and massaged her shoulders. Madam Geng, who was enjoying the massage, could not see the expression on Qiu Yun's face. "Your Majesty, the weather is nice today. Why don't we go to the garden to admire the flowers?"
“It’s autumn now, and the flowers and plants in this garden have probably lost their color,” Geng said slowly upon hearing Qiu Yun’s words.
Qiu Yun rolled her eyes and said, "Although all the flowers have withered, and the lotus flowers in the back garden pond have also faded, the water lilies in this pond are blooming perfectly."
Upon hearing Qiu Yun's words, Geng Shi became interested and wanted to go and see. "Then let's go and take a look." So, Geng Shi waved her hand, stopping Qiu Yun, and got up to lead Qiu Yun to the back garden to admire the flowers.
When Green Orchid, who was guarding the door, saw Madam Geng come out, she went up to her and asked, "Where is Your Highness going?"
"Let's go to the back garden to admire these water lilies. It's quite boring for me to stay in Rongyi Courtyard," Geng said slowly.
Upon hearing Geng's words, Lülan was about to follow, but Geng gestured for her not to, saying, "You can stay in the courtyard. Qiuyun is with me. We're just admiring the water lilies; there's no need for everyone to follow."
"Yes." Upon hearing Geng's words, Lülan stopped and glanced at Qiuyun without leaving a trace.
Qiu Yun helped Geng Shi out of Rongyi Courtyard, and soon the two arrived at the lotus pond in the back garden. The two admired the flowers in the pond, and Qiu Yun pointed to the boat in the pond and said, "Why don't we take a boat to the middle of the pond and take a look?"
Geng thought it was a good idea and agreed.
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