Wanxia quickly agreed, not daring to say more. She glanced back at the sky, asked Zhang Bao to wait in the tea room, and then went inside to call Nian Shi.
Nian slowly woke up, looking at the sunlight outside with some dissatisfaction: "Why so early today?"
"Your Highness is overjoyed." Wanxia smiled and helped her to her feet. "The Prince has sent someone to fetch Your Highness, saying he wants to take you to the estate for a visit."
"Really?" Lady Nian was immediately delighted. She had known for some time that her relationship with Yinzhen was stronger than gold, but Yinzhen was too busy as a prince and had too many things to do, so she could never see him.
Wanxia smiled and said, "Would this servant lie to my master? Eunuch Zhang from the Prince's side is waiting outside the door. Let's hurry up and pack up, and set off after lunch."
Lady Nian naturally had no objections. She hurriedly got up to choose clothes, then turned around to choose hairpins. In the end, she put ten kingfisher feather hairpins in her hair before she was done.
The sunset ignored all of this, just watching with a smile and praising her endlessly, making Nian blush with embarrassment.
Breakfast and lunch were combined and eaten hastily. After that, Lady Nian got into her carriage and left the Prince's residence. Wanxia sat beside her and said softly, "This is the estate that the Emperor recently bestowed upon the Prince. The Princess Consort has never been there before..."
Lady Nian's smile widened even more: "Your Highness... Your Highness only took me with you?"
The evening glow paused for a moment, but her smile remained unchanged: "There is also a concubine who is on the estate now because of her merit in planting taro last year. She is mainly in charge of seedling cultivation."
Ms. Nian was initially displeased when she heard there was another person, but upon learning it was just a farmer or something, she didn't care much. She waved her hand and looked out the window with great interest and anticipation.
Before evening, Zhang Bao led Nian and her entourage to the estate and, as instructed by Yinzhen, moved into the main courtyard.
Lady Nian was a little embarrassed, but accepted it readily, entering the main courtyard's sleeping quarters without asking a single question. The interior wasn't particularly opulent, but it was rather fresh and elegant. She happily went in and looked around, then happily came out, grabbing Wanxia's hand and asking, "Where is the Prince? Why isn't he here?"
...Her question made even Zhang Bao want to roll his eyes.
It's true that a person's nature is hard to change. Even though Nian lost her memory, she still did the same things as before.
Evening Glow patiently replied, "His Highness has matters to attend to. Consort, please rest for a while. Prince Xu will be coming over tonight."
A few words reached Nian's ears that evening, instantly making her blush. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she giggled and turned to sit on the bed, then touched the carved bed frame and laughed again.
Zhang Bao nodded silently, then looked at Wanxia with a puzzled expression. Wanxia gently shook her head, then nodded again.
Zhang Bao slightly pursed his lips, said nothing more, bowed to the sunset, and left.
Wanxia sighed silently, then put on a smile that seemed to be on her face, and walked over to Nian Shi and said, "Consort, would you like to lie down and rest for a while? You didn't sleep well in the carriage this afternoon, you need to get enough sleep to feel refreshed."
"Hmm, that's fine!" Lady Nian actually yawned, kicked off her shoes, and lay down on the bed. Then Wanxia brought over a cup of bird's nest soup and said with a smile, "I kept it warm in the carriage. Consort said she would drink it later. It's getting late now, Consort, why don't you have some?"
"Alright, alright..." Madam Nian sat up again, took the bird's nest, yawned, drank it down in one gulp, and then frowned and said, "Lately, this bird's nest always tastes medicinal..."
"Haha, Your Highness is quick-witted. It's a medicinal meal made according to the prescription of the imperial physicians." Evening Glow was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her back, but she still smiled calmly.
Ms. Nian smiled, yawned, and fell asleep shortly after lying down.
Wanxia sat beside her for a while, and only felt relieved when she saw that Nian was indeed fast asleep. She walked out of the bedroom and saw Su Peisheng looking haggard.
Su Peisheng suffered from diarrhea and fright last night and did not sleep all night. He spent the whole day investigating the maid's matter and tied up all the servants that the Imperial Household Department had left at the estate. They have not yet been interrogated.
He was exhausted, but he had no choice but to come in person.
He handed Wanxia a packet of medicine: "Last time you said the medicine had a slightly strong smell that was hard to mask. This is an improved version, which our family specially commissioned to be made outside the manor. Please keep it safe."
"Father-in-law, you've worked hard," Wanxia said with a smile, accepting the gift with both hands.
"Let's go back, we need to go home and rest too." Su Peisheng waved his hand and turned to leave.
After carefully putting away the medicine packet, Wanxia stood there for a moment before sighing and turning back.
It wasn't that she disliked it, but this Nian Shi was really difficult to serve. She didn't know how the previous nanny had taken care of her. Why was Nian Shi sometimes as childish and unreasonable, and sometimes so arrogant and irritable? One night, Wanxia heard Nian Shi making noises. When she went in, she found that Nian Shi was already awake and sitting on the edge of the bed, tightly holding a pair of scissors in her hand.
The moonlight slanted in through the window, but Nian Shi sat there motionless like a sinister ghost, his eyes blank yet revealing a sinister intent.
That sight nearly scared the sunset to death.
After that day, Wanxia asked Su Peisheng to give Nian the calming and sleep-inducing medicine so that she could sleep soundly every day, and Wanxia could also take the opportunity to relax.
As for whether this medicine has any side effects... Nian's health is so poor, she gets sick in the winter, and her mind isn't good either, so this little bit of a calming medicine has no side effects at all.
After glancing back at Nian Shi, who was still fast asleep, Wanxia finally felt relieved and her smile faded. She sat there blankly for a moment, then gave Nian Shi another disgusted look before getting up and going to the outer room to keep watch.
Lady Nian slept until the next morning. When Wanxia helped her get up, she smiled and said, "Last night when the Prince came over, the Consort slept soundly and didn't wake up at all."
Ms. Nian looked both regretful and puzzled. She smiled sheepishly and said, "Perhaps it's because I'm too weak; sometimes I sleep longer." After a pause, she added with some doubt, "But most of the time, I don't sleep very well?"
"Perhaps it's because Master's health has improved a lot and his sleep has also improved," Wanxia said with a smile.
Ms. Nian nodded. Looking at the bright spring sunshine outside, she suddenly felt like going out for a walk.
The sunset followed naturally, but who knew that, by sheer coincidence, the group had only walked a short distance when they saw Qian Shengyan leading two children westward.
The soft, sweet voice of Fuerguochun could be heard from not far away, and the Fourth Prince Hongli was even carrying a small hoe on his back, making it hard for Lady Nian not to notice him.
When she saw the two children and Qian Shengyan's slightly protruding belly, which wasn't very obvious, Madam Nian was furious.
She looked at Hongli with a sinister gaze and asked Wanxia, "Is she that concubine? She actually... has so many children?"
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