"Princess!" Cuiyun quickly comforted her. Ever since that child was lost, Wuya's temper seemed to have changed. If she was upset, she would scream as if she had been provoked, constantly muttering about the child she had accidentally caused to miscarry.
"Waaaaah..."
Suddenly, a little girl's crying came from somewhere, sounding so pitiful and eerie in the quiet night.
"Listen, she's here again, she's here again. She's blaming me, she's blaming me!" Uya-shi, like a frightened bird, suddenly pulled Cuiyun behind the curtain.
Cuiyun had previously thought it was Wuya's dream, but just now, she clearly heard that voice too.
"Waaaaah, Mother, why are you so cruel, so cruel, so cruel..."
The window was suddenly flung open by the wind, and the autumn wind rushed in from behind, along with the pitiful cries of a little girl.
"No, don't come looking for me! I had no choice. You couldn't give birth to the child in the first place, and if you were full-term, it would probably be a double tragedy. Your mother had no choice, your mother was framed." Uya was so frightened that she covered her head with her hands and kept repeating that she was forced.
"Little princess, ascend to heaven quickly, and stop bothering me. I've already burned paper money for you, so please stop bothering me. I'm only doing this to win back my master's heart," Cuiyun said hurriedly.
"Give me back my life, give me back my life..." The ghost outside the window seemed unwilling to listen to such an explanation. She continued to call out, demanding that Uya pay with her life.
"Don't come looking for me, don't come looking for me. If you want to find someone, go find Nian Shi. She's the one who harmed me. She's the one who gave me the appetite-stimulating drug." Seeing that the child's ghost wouldn't leave, Wuya Shi had no choice but to say this.
"Then why did you frame Lanqin?" the little girl outside the window asked.
Cuiyun suddenly felt something was wrong, so she pressed her hand to Wuya's mouth and shouted out the window, "No, you're not the young master. The young master hasn't even been born yet, how could he know the name of the South Courtyard?"
Her words startled Wuya Shi out of her daze. She had been provoked by the fact that the Fourth Prince had gone to Nian Shi's place again, and in a moment of anger, she had been frightened by the ghost outside the window, which had caused her to lose her composure. Now she was somewhat awake.
“That’s right, who is it? Playing tricks there?” said Uya.
Sure enough, after they asked that question, the sounds outside the window stopped. Cuiyun mustered her courage and went to the window, looking around outside.
“Princess, there’s nothing outside,” Cuiyun said.
At this moment, Uya was deathly pale. In her panic, she had said so many irreversible things. What would happen if people found out?
However, what she feared did not happen. Everything vanished without a trace. Fourth Master neither came nor sent anyone to deliver a message.
Meanwhile, the person who was just acting strangely by Uya's window wasn't a real ghost, but rather someone sent by the head nanny to hide in a large tree near Uya's window. When Cuiyun went to the window to look, the person was still in the tree and hadn't had time to leave.
Fourth Master listened quietly as the head nanny came over to report what she had overheard at Wuya's window, and it was indeed consistent with what Cuiyun had said.
Fourth Master waved his hand and said, "Su Peisheng, do not spread this matter. Go to Wuya's place first thing tomorrow morning and order her to stay inside. Without my order, no one is allowed to step into her room. She is also not allowed to leave that room."
After saying all this, Fourth Master sighed heavily. Although he had expected this to be the case, how could he completely give up without hearing it with his own ears? The farce just now was naturally orchestrated by Fourth Master himself, who ordered Big Momo to have someone stage it, with the aim of getting the truth from Uya's mouth.
"My lord, I will deliver the message tomorrow. You must be tired after a long day, why don't I fetch some water to wash up and rest?" Su Peisheng breathed a sigh of relief. He had never liked this Wuya woman; given her status, she was still ungrateful. His master had already been kind by providing her with a place to stay, yet she was still so reckless, using such a vicious method to frame the concubine.
"I've realized that the little woman is truly angry with me; she won't speak to me in the palace," the Fourth Prince said somewhat forlornly.
Su Peisheng glanced at the Fourth Prince and mumbled, "The concubine's heart is entirely devoted to the master. It's natural that she's heartbroken and saddened to be suspected by him. But as long as the master is willing to put in the effort, he can definitely win her back. Aren't there still the Fourth and Fifth Princesses? What a perfect excuse."
The Fourth Prince glanced at Su Peisheng and sighed inwardly: This servant, even now I have to listen to the advice of a servant!
The next day, Su Peisheng sent someone to Uya's side early in the morning to convey the Fourth Prince's message. After the Fourth Prince left for court, the inner quarters were in an uproar.
Upon learning that Lady Wuya had been confined to her quarters, Lady Wu, who lived across the hall, immediately took her third daughter to Lady Song's place. Lady Song, worried about Wuxiha and Bechuk, had already taken them both to live with her. Fourth Master naturally agreed; the two children were too young, and living in a courtyard without a master, he feared they might be misled by the servants.
"Sister, sister!" Wu Ge grabbed Na Min's hand and called out as soon as they reached the door of the Song family's house.
Song was having breakfast with Ushiha and Bechuk when she heard Wu Gege's voice and said with a smile, "I was wondering why I heard magpies chirping at my window early this morning. It turns out it was you, you troublemaker."
Namin had already broken free from Wu's grasp and ran towards Libechuk Wuxiha. Wu laughed and said, "This princess has come to deliver good news. Sister, you don't know, do you? This morning, Wuya was confined to her quarters by the master."
Upon hearing this news, Madam Song was overjoyed. She took Madam Wu's hand and said, "This is truly wonderful news. If it weren't for her, Lanqin wouldn't have been so heartbroken. She wouldn't have left both princesses in my care while she ran off to the palace alone."
"Indeed, it's so satisfying. Last night, my maid heard about the commotion on her side, but she didn't dare to go and see. This news came early this morning, so Master must have discovered her true colors. That's great, Wuya is a real pain in the neck, you can't swallow it or spit it out." Wu said.
"Indeed, now it's all good. The master has finally seen through this woman's true nature. Before, she was having an affair with the Fujin and did all sorts of harmful things. Ever since the Fujin retired, she's started causing trouble again," said Madam Song. "Although Qin'er doesn't say anything, she's just furious. If it weren't for the fact that she gave birth to the Sixth and Seventh Princes, she probably would have already started a fight with the master."
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