It was another sunny day. In the peach orchard, birds sang and flowers bloomed, and cicadas chirped incessantly.
Inside the room, there were ice basins in two corners, and given Jiaming's constitution, she always felt quite comfortable even though the weather was a bit hot.
Here he is, lounging lazily on the tatami mat, leisurely reading a storybook.
But different people have different moods in the same weather.
Jiaming was relaxed, while Song and the others were restless and agitated, even to the point of getting nosebleeds from their anxiety.
For example, a concubine got a nosebleed because no bad news came from Jiaming for a long time and she thought that her methods had not worked.
Even Song, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle," felt that he was going bald today. It was because the bad news he had been waiting for these past few days hadn't come, and he was so anxious that he was losing hair.
Jiaming had anticipated all of this, but she thought that at most those people would be frustrated or even angry because of the unsatisfactory results. She never expected that there would be results such as hair loss and nosebleeds.
She didn't know it; if she had, she probably would have been even happier.
Of course, this group of frustrated and annoyed people did not include Li, Hesheli, or the Fujin.
As for Madam Li, she's currently under house arrest. Hmm, she probably hasn't finished copying the rules of the manor a hundred times as punishment from the Fourth Master, she's probably still copying them. I suppose she doesn't have the time to bother Jiaming.
As for Hesheli, Jiaming noticed that she wasn't among those who had recently attacked her. After thinking about it, she guessed that the other party was afraid of her because she had dealt with her before.
Of course, it's not that she's afraid and won't harm herself in the future, but rather that she's afraid to do so easily and is looking for an opportunity to knock her down, preferably one that she can hide herself well.
As for the Fujin (wife), Jiaming couldn't help but frown whenever she thought of her.
That was what she feared most, yet feared least.
What she feared was that the Fujin was cunning, resourceful, and had a formidable force under her command. If the Fujin made up her mind to kill her at all costs, she had no confidence that she could resist or even escape from Hongxuan.
The one I fear least is that the Princess Consort would never resort to such drastic measures unless absolutely necessary. A cautious approach makes her relatively easy to deal with.
Speaking of them, contrary to Jiaming's leisurely mood at this moment, they are quite busy.
Madam Li was busy copying the rules, but of course, she wasn't only busy copying the manor rules. At this moment, she had a writing brush in her hand, looking at the reply from the man in black below, frowning as she thought about something.
"In broad daylight, a man in black entered the courtyard. Heh, isn't that a bit obvious?" The maidservant serving Li Shi with her writing brush and ink couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Meanwhile, Hesheli seemed quite idle, strolling to an open space and talking to a strange maidservant.
In an open space, without tall trees or artificial hills to provide cover, people could not hide behind those trees or hills to eavesdrop, but at the same time, it meant that they were standing in direct sunlight.
Standing in the sun were Hesheli's personal maids.
It's so hot under the sun! The maid wiped her sweat and complained inwardly. After complaining, she looked at her mistress chatting with the servants and thought to herself: Mistress, you're a concubine, chatting with servants under the blazing sun, do you have to be so hardworking and down-to-earth?
Main Courtyard and Duan Courtyard
An old woman said she had something to ask the princess, and soon she was invited inside.
Inside the room, the Fujin was busy "instructing" the old woman. After a long while, the old woman finally came out of the room and walked out of the main courtyard with a gloomy face.
In the Peach Garden, Jiaming was engrossed in reading a storybook when she suddenly heard Hongtao's voice.
"Oh, Xiao Hezi, you're here again. What happened at Eighth Master's mansion this time?" Hongtao asked as soon as Xiao Hezi stepped in.
Upon hearing this, Jiaming shifted her gaze from the storybook and looked up at Xiao Hezi with great interest.
But seeing Xiao Hezi's serious expression, she immediately realized that this time, it was probably not about the Eighth Prince's mansion, but about something related to the mansion itself, or even about herself.
really.
"Your Highness, there are unusual movements from the Fujin, Li Shu Fujin, and Hesheli Ce Fujin's side." Xiao Hezi stood respectfully in front of Jiaming and hurriedly reported.
"It's them!" Upon hearing this, Jiaming immediately sat up straight and looked at her intently. "What kind of unusual activity?"
Xiao Hezi immediately gave Jiaming a detailed reply, saying without pausing for a moment: "According to our people's report, the Fujin's household discovered that someone in her courtyard was in contact with someone outside. That person was someone the Fujin had placed outside to gather information and pass on messages. As for Li Shu's Fujin, they said they saw a dark figure dart in, which seemed to be a person dressed in black."
The speaker paused, looking slightly embarrassed, while the listener, like Jiaming, couldn't help but twitch their lips.
He thought to himself: Has Li suddenly lost her mind? In broad daylight, she's making her guards wear black.
Then it dawned on him that the master had previously wiped out the Li family's influence. Could this be a fish that slipped through the net, or perhaps someone he had cultivated anew?
Stop, stop, stop! Jiaming quickly told herself to stop. Let's listen to what Xiao Hezi has to say first; that's the most important thing right now.
"Someone saw Consort Hesheli deliberately meet someone in the sun from afar. Our people found an opportunity to meet the person who met with Consort Hesheli. It was an unfamiliar maidservant. The person who relayed the message was certain that Consort Hesheli had never had any contact with that maidservant."
Hearing this, Jiaming couldn't help but think to herself, "Has Hesheli lost her mind too?"
"The matter with the concubine seems like a coincidence, but the fact that they deliberately spoke in an open space under the sun is no coincidence." At this point, Xiao Hezi said somewhat unwillingly and helplessly, "Master, I've told you everything I found out, that's all."
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