"Hmm, should we tell our stepmother about this?" the Third Prince asked.
Madam Yin was taken aback, and said softly, "If you tell your stepmother now, she probably won't allow you to do this, Third Prince. Unless you can get evidence that Lady Niu plotted against your stepmother, neither your stepmother nor your father will punish her."
Seeing how earnest Madam Yin was, the Third Prince's doubts deepened. He couldn't help but say, "Auntie, I'm afraid that if someone finds out, it will implicate you. You've been so good to me, and I can't bear to see you suffer any more."
Madam Yin gently touched the Third Prince's face and said emotionally, "Good child, your aunt was just a little emotional. Then your aunt will accompany Hongjun to find evidence that Niu Shi murdered your mother, so that we can testify against her."
The Third Prince nodded, and after talking with Lady Yin for a while, Green Pearl returned.
After instructing Green Pearl to take good care of Lady Yin, the Third Prince returned home with peace of mind.
After the Third Prince left, Madam Yin suddenly sat up in bed, showing no signs of illness whatsoever; it turned out she had been faking it. The whiteness on her face was simply due to a thick layer of flour.
"Your Highness, the Fujin has sent word that you should not mention her in front of the Third Prince, as this matter has nothing to do with her." Green Pearl was actually the liaison between the Fujin and Lady Yin. She was there to serve her, but in reality, she was there to keep an eye on her.
"Don't worry, Madam, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with you. I just told the Third Prince the same thing." Madam Yin put her legs down from the bed, slipped on her shoes, and stood up.
"Princess, this is something the Fujin instructed me to give you." After saying this, Green Pearl took out a small dark green bottle from her sleeve.
Madam Yin glanced at her, and Ye Ying also came out from behind the bed. She took the small bottle from Green Pearl's hand on Madam Yin's behalf.
"What's in here?" Madam Yin sat down at the table and poured herself a glass of water.
"It's pus squeezed from the pustules of people who have had smallpox. If you put it on someone's clothes, they can get infected after touching it," Green Pearl said without changing her expression.
Upon hearing this, Ye Ying's hands began to tremble. If this thing wasn't handled properly, it could spread like a plague.
Madam Yin stared intently at the small, dark green bottle and said coldly, "How can I let the Third Prince take something like this to the South Courtyard? Surely I can't put it on his clothes and let Madam Niu come into contact with it?"
Green Pearl smiled slightly and said, "Well, the Princess Consort didn't give me any instructions."
Madam Yin raised her eyebrows slightly, lowered her lips, and clenched her teeth, afraid that if she opened her mouth again, she would say something disrespectful to the Fujin (the wife of the deceased).
"I understand. You may go and rest. Ye Ying can serve you here." After calming her dissatisfaction, Madam Yin said softly to Green Pearl.
"Your Highness, the Princess Consort also instructed that this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and it would be best to do it before that person dies." Green Pearl squatted down, bowed to Madam Yin, and then withdrew.
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Enraged, Madam Yin slammed the quilt in her hand onto the table, spilling all the tea inside.
"Please calm down, my lady. I'm afraid there are still some of the Fujin's people here, watching you!" Ye Ying quickly went to her side and placed the small bottle on the table. She was truly afraid to even hold it in her hand.
"She really knows how to do things, washing her hands of everything so cleanly. This stuff isn't easy to handle; if she doesn't do it right, she could end up getting herself into trouble." Madam Yin stared at the small, dark bottle.
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"This servant noticed that the Third Prince's attitude seems to have changed somewhat since he returned from the South Courtyard," Ye Ying said.
“Well, the Third Prince is now here with me, and the Fujin (wife of the Third Prince) has mentioned taking him under my care. The woman in the South Courtyard isn’t stupid; she’ll definitely think of something. But what we need to bet on now is who the Third Prince will trust.” Madam Yin reached out and took the small dark green bottle in her hand, turning it over and over to examine it.
"Princess, be careful, the bottle stopper might come off!" Night Poppy said anxiously.
"Don't worry, our Fujin is very meticulous. This thing is for that person, how could she let the stopper not be properly inserted? She had planned to pin the child in my belly on Niu Shi, killing two birds with one stone, and then she withdrew cleanly in the end," Madam Yin sneered.
"Princess, why are you still helping her?" Ye Ying looked at Madam Yin with complicated eyes. In fact, the princess had become a bit hard for her to understand, but no matter what she became, she would remain loyal to her.
"Ye Ying, if I don't help her get rid of Niu Shi, I won't have a good life myself. Tell me, do I have any other choice?" Madam Yin said bitterly. In fact, she didn't hate the Fujin as much as Lan Qin did, but she didn't have the ability to stand up for herself and gain the Fourth Prince's favor.
“The Third Prince is a good child, Master. It would be a good thing if he could be placed under your care. It would also make up for the child you lost back then,” Ye Ying said.
"Hmph, you surely know why my child died in the womb. The little favor I'm getting now is something she owes me," said Madam Yin.
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Ye Ying looked at Madam Yin in surprise and said, "Master, are you saying that the reason your child died in the womb was because someone deliberately poisoned it with something?"
Madam Yin curled into a mocking smile, her eyes filled with ruthlessness, and said, "Of course, so many children in this backyard have died, and there's a reason for each one. Although I don't know exactly how she did it, I believe it definitely wasn't a case of them dying in the womb."
Ye Ying felt a chill run down her spine. It was June, yet she felt waves of cold all over her body.
"What, are you scared?" Seeing that Ye Ying didn't speak, Madam Yin looked up at her and noticed that her face had changed slightly.
“Yes, but if you’re not afraid, then I’m not afraid either. As long as we get rid of Lady Niu and have the Third Prince, your future path might not be so difficult,” Ye Ying said.
"Let me think about it carefully, and also see the Third Prince's attitude. Look at that child, does he still not hate Lady Niu?" Lady Yin said.
“Perhaps he is too young, Princess. The Third Prince is only seven years old. It would be difficult to really let him do it,” Ye Ying said.
“You’re right, it would be difficult to get a seven-year-old to poison someone, but what if he doesn’t realize he’s poisoning someone?” said Madam Yin.
"Does the princess mean that the Third Prince will bring that thing into the South Courtyard without the Third Prince's knowledge, so that Lady Niu can come into contact with it?" Ye Ying found it unbelievable.
“That’s right, perhaps we were wrong from the beginning. We shouldn’t have let the Third Prince hate Niu Shi. If we had just let him go, and he went many times, as long as we found a way to get rid of that thing once, it would have worked naturally,” said Madam Yin.
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