Fortunately, learning from past mistakes, the Fujin and others only dared to join forces against Suochuoluo, and did not dare to target Jiaming again.
Therefore, after watching the show, Jiaming's days became leisurely again.
However, things weren't so easy for Xiao Hongxuan.
Whenever Jiaming had free time, she would squeeze the little guy as much as possible during the two days that Hongxuan returned.
For example, the previous recitation and storytelling are one thing, continue; for example, when rolling dice, she also makes sure the little guy can only lose to her.
Of course, the little guy also enjoyed it, and he gradually developed the skill of losing naturally.
Of course, there are other things too. For example, since the little guy is good at climbing trees, Jiaming lets him climb the tree to pick fruit.
Besides fruit, Jiaming also made him pick osmanthus flowers, behaving the little guy like a "stepmother." If there weren't always people under the tree with several thick quilts spread out, she would have looked even more like a "stepmother."
The hot summer is gradually passing, and the cool autumn is gradually arriving.
Life was so carefree and leisurely that time seemed to fly by. In the blink of an eye, it was October, and Jiaming was already more than eight months pregnant.
August is a glaring month, especially for pregnant women.
Jiaming patted her protruding belly, sat in a chair, and ate osmanthus cake to fill her hungry stomach.
Inside the house, besides her, there were Green Willow and Little Hezi. As for Red Peach, she had sent her to guard the door.
It seemed that Jiaming had something to say, but she just kept eating and eating, occasionally drinking some water, until she finished a plate of osmanthus cake and drank a cup of water before stopping.
She leisurely wiped her hands with a handkerchief and sighed, "Finally, I'm not hungry anymore."
Then, she looked at Xiao Hezi and said, "Now that we have time, let's get right to it."
"What are your orders, Master?" Xiao Hezi asked Jiaming with a puzzled look.
Jiaming handed the handkerchief she had just used to wipe her hands to Lvliu beside her. Lvliu took the handkerchief and then handed a new one to Jiaming. Jiaming glanced at it, took it, and casually held it in her hand. Then she turned her gaze back to Xiao Hezi. "I haven't given you any specific instructions yet. I mainly wanted to discuss something with you."
"What is troubling Master?" Xiao Hezi asked, somewhat puzzled, while also trying to figure it out.
Could it be that the woman in the backyard is getting restless again?
Or perhaps it's something to do with the young master?
Again……
Before he could figure anything out, Jiaming said with a serious expression, "It's still about preventing others from making a move."
"Who's trying to harm you? Things seem pretty calm lately," Xiao Hezi continued, puzzled.
Jiaming smiled wryly, "Not yet, I'm just taking precautions, after all, I'm already eight months pregnant." As she spoke, she lowered her head and gently touched her protruding belly.
Looking at Jiaming's protruding belly, and then thinking of the words "eight months," Xiao Hezi instantly understood.
His expression immediately turned serious. "Indeed, we must be more vigilant and never let our guard down. It is said that seven out of ten people live and eight out of ten do not. Someone must be plotting against our master by using the 'eight out of ten' rule."
“That’s exactly what I’m worried about,” Jiaming said, looking up and staring directly at Xiao Hezi. “So, I’m leaving it to you, Xiao Hezi.”
"Don't worry, Master!" Xiao Hezi said confidently, "This servant has never let his guard down. Moreover, this servant will go and strengthen the defenses in a moment, so that not even a fly can get in."
As Jiaming had predicted, after several months of calm, their fear and apprehension towards the Fourth Master gradually faded after their successful attack on Suochuoluo. Now, many others were still plotting against Jiaming, and they even started targeting her.
However, they all did it secretly, and each went their own way; they dared not join forces to target Jiaming again.
Because the Fourth Master had previously eliminated some of the women's power in the inner quarters, there weren't many he could mobilize to deal with Jiaming.
At least, not so many that Xiao Hezi and his men couldn't be on guard.
Xiao Hezi sat leisurely in a chair, watching his subordinates bustling about, feeling smug—tsk tsk tsk, those methods in the backyard are so outdated, just a few tricks: poisoning, smuggling in poisonous substances, drug interactions… He's already familiar with them all, okay? Since he's familiar with them, they obviously won't work anymore, okay? They really can't innovate!
But before Xiao Hezi could be smug for long, suddenly, news came: "The princess has been infected!"
His smug expression cracked, and he sprang up from his chair, his face turning ashen and incredibly grim.
"What did you just say?"
The young eunuch who answered was afraid, but he knew that he couldn't delay and had to explain as soon as possible: "The princess has been affected. She wants you to arrange for a doctor to be called immediately and to find out who did it."
Xiao Hezi immediately became anxious, but he knew the order of things. He hurriedly arranged for people to fetch doctors and to inform the Fujin and the Fourth Prince. After everything was arranged, he couldn't wait to visit his mistress and see how she was doing.
But judging from what the little eunuch just said, his master had given him some instructions, so he should do his master's work first.
Moreover, he had just realized that since the little eunuch's words came from his master, not from Hongtao and Lvliu, and given that his master still had the leisure and was so clear-headed as to demand that he immediately investigate who had done it, then it meant that his master's condition shouldn't be too bad, perhaps...
Xiao Hezi squinted, recalling how his master had always clearly instructed him on what to do when he used a scheme against him. It seemed that his master was also faking it this time.
No, it should be said that it was a counter-plan. I just don't know where this "plan" came from in the first place, and how it managed to get past me and reach the master. It's so clever. I suppose this is what the master wants to know.
In the blink of an eye, many thoughts raced through Xiao Hezi's mind, but his face remained dark and sullen. He asked about the situation of the eunuch Jiaming.
Sure enough, the young eunuch knew very well and immediately recounted everything, including two people who were highly suspicious.
One was a maid who tended the flowers and plants, and the other was a newcomer who had just been assigned to tend the flowers and plants and had become good friends with the maid who tended the flowers and plants.
Because there was a problem with the osmanthus cake that the master ate, the master was the one who made the osmanthus cake. It was confirmed that no one else could have done it. After it was made, it was Hongtao or Lvliu who served it. They didn't have a chance to do it themselves. The only time it was not a trusted person who did the picking of osmanthus flowers was when the osmanthus flowers were picked.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hezi understood what to do. Moreover, with such a clear objective, finding any clues would be an extremely easy task.
However easy it may seem, it still needs to be investigated first.
Xiao Hezi immediately called over his men, whispered a few words to them, and soon, these men disappeared in a flash, having been sent away to investigate.
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