The two palace maids thanked Lotus Flower several times before hurrying off toward the latrine.
Lotus smiled confidently and turned to walk to the door of Aunt Zhang's room.
Just then, Aunt Zhang opened the door and was about to leave.
She was dressed simply, without any fancy jewelry in her hair.
Just as Xiaolan and Xiaotao said, Aunt Zhang only didn't dress up elaborately when she went to Lanfang Palace.
"Auntie, are you planning to go to Lanfang Palace?"
"Never mind, Xiaolan and Xiaotao both asked for leave today. It seems that outsiders are not allowed to move around freely in the palace. It's okay, I'll go see Ruer tomorrow."
Aunt Zhang has been in the palace for a while now, so she understands the basics.
In places like the inner palace, people from outside the palace are indeed not allowed to move around freely.
Firstly, there was a concern that if they encountered unfamiliar concubines on the road, they would be impolite; secondly, if guards patrolled and came across people not dressed as palace maids, they would inevitably stop them and ask them a few more questions.
But if Aunt Zhang doesn't go, how will the plan proceed?
Lotus said, "It's alright, if you want to go, Auntie, I'll take you."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang immediately perked up: "Is it really possible?"
Lotus smiled and stretched out one hand in front of her, "Auntie, please."
The road to Lanfang Palace was not too far. They set off from Guangming Palace at sunset and arrived at Lanfang Palace by nightfall.
Aunt Zhang entered Gu Jiangru's room, while Lotus waited outside the door.
Lotus glanced at the familiar Lanfang Palace, where she, a sweeping maid, had worked for five years.
She had personally cleaned every inch of this place; apart from the palace maids currently serving in Lanfang Palace, no one knew the situation here better than her.
She knew perfectly well which places were least frequented and which were the best for hiding things.
She walked toward the small garden behind Lanfang Hall.
Consort Gu loved flowers and plants, which is why she specially built it.
No one comes to admire the flowers at night, nor does anyone come to tend to the weeds at night.
At this moment, the small garden is the most tranquil and safest place.
She works here, and no one can see her.
Lotus took out a small shovel hidden at her waist, dug a small hole under the peach tree, put the things Gu Jiangli had given her into the hole, and covered it with soil.
In order to make herself noticeable, she deliberately made it look like the soil had been renovated.
Snowflakes drifted down from the sky, falling one by one onto the soil.
Lotus smiled. The first snow came early this year, which is a good omen.
After completing all of this, she returned to the outside of Gu Jiangru's room.
A short while later, Aunt Zhang opened the door and came out.
Through the crack in the door, she saw Gu Jiangru's face filled with hatred.
She ignored him and said to Aunt Zhang, "Aunt, let's go back."
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