Nian Yunrong dismissed everyone and then stayed in the room alone for a full hour.
"Miss Qingyan, are you sure you don't want to go in and take a look?"
A young maidservant standing nearby asked cautiously.
Qingyan shook her head. She understood her master's personality quite well, and she knew she had to figure this out herself.
An hour later, Qingyan heard someone calling her to come in. She pushed open the door and saw her mistress sitting wearily in front of the dressing table.
"First, do my makeup, then pick out some clothes for me to change into. We'll go to Ulanara's... no, I mean, the Fujin's place later."
"Consort, you..."
Qingyan wanted to ask her master if he had really made up his mind, but after thinking about it, she didn't ask.
Nian Yunrong didn't pay attention to Qingyan's tone and closed her eyes while Qingyan applied her makeup.
She had just thought a lot, from when she first entered the manor, to the open and covert struggles with Li Jingshu and Geng Youran, and now that she had a child and had some real power to manage the manor.
Logically speaking, she should feel satisfied.
But she couldn't explain why, she always felt a little resentful.
Especially after what just happened, for the first time, she didn't feel jealous of other women.
He was jealous that Geng Youran and the others didn't have to do such disgusting things.
She even began to doubt whether Yinzhen truly cared for her.
Then she called Qingyan in, because she dared not think any further.
With everything ready and her mind at ease, Nian Yunrong led her people to Ulanara's courtyard.
Upon entering the courtyard, Nian Yunrong discovered that it was not as dilapidated as she had imagined; in fact, there were even blooming flowers.
The trees in the yard are clearly well cared for.
Nian Yunrong was secretly surprised. She did not expect Li Jingshu to be so magnanimous and to show such mercy to the person who killed her child.
It wasn't that Li Jingshu was showing mercy; she had once considered using this opportunity to quietly eliminate Ulanara.
But after a deep conversation with Geng Youran, she suddenly realized something: 'Living is torture for someone like Ulanara.'
Afterwards, Li Jingshu had people regularly enter Ulanara's courtyard to tend to the flowers, plants, and trees, and also clean Ulanara's rooms. Even the meals were prepared according to her preferences.
This tranquility, however, was a form of torture for Ulanara.
She watched as her former servants entered her courtyard and room without her permission, and the only maidservant she had left had her voice injured and become mute.
No one spoke to her, and she would even see Honghui's shadow when she was half asleep.
When she couldn't sleep, she ran into the yard and shouted, banging on the locked gate, but there was no sound, only the rustling of leaves hitting each other.
Her pride wouldn't allow her to do something like 'suicide'.
I can't die; I can only live like a madman.
Just in case, Qingyan went into the house first and saw that Ulanara was sitting on a chair in the main room, staring at her with her eyes wide open.
"This servant...this servant greets the Princess Consort. May the Princess Consort be blessed."
Ulanara snorted, her voice hoarse with a hint of sharpness.
"You must be Qingyan, Nian Yunrong's maid. What are you doing here?"
"Replying to the Madam, my concubine has something to tell you and is waiting outside."
Ulanara sat up straight in surprise.
"Please let her in."
"yes."
Nian Yunrong then entered the room and, as was customary, bowed to Ulanara.
Ulanara didn't understand why Nian Yunrong had suddenly come over, but she didn't ask.
Nian Yunrong didn't bother with any nonsense and directly stated her purpose.
"Madam, the Prince has already removed all the people from your door. Your servants will be here shortly. I've come on the Prince's orders to tell you that he has just lifted your confinement."
This outcome was unexpected for Ulanara; she hadn't anticipated that Yinzhen would let her off so easily.
"Is Consort Nian deliberately trying to make fun of me?"
"You can go to the door and take a look."
It wasn't that Nian Yunrong was deliberately speaking in a sarcastic tone; she genuinely felt uncomfortable and didn't want to talk.
From the moment she entered the room, she noticed a pungent odor, not strong, but it made her very uncomfortable.
So after speaking, Nian Yunrong left.
After Nian Yunrong left, Ulanara really did run to the door, and the guards at the door were indeed all removed.
She went back inside, laughing hysterically.
As for Geng Youran and Niohuru Wanru, they were also discussing this matter.
“Sister, I have a feeling this matter isn’t so simple. The Prince is a man who hates evil, how could he possibly let Ulanara off so easily?”
Geng Youran was actually suspicious of Yinzhen's intentions, but she never figured it out.
"Forget it, it's a done deal, let's not think about it anymore. In any case, we should stay away from the Ulanara clan in the future."
She felt that Yinzhen had ulterior motives in making this decision, and Ulanara would naturally not let this opportunity pass.
In the palace, Consort De, who was imprisoned around the same time, had been lying in bed for several days. Because of the favor she received from the Fourteenth Prince, the people around her took good care of her.
However, no matter what Consort De said, they would not do something as suicidal as sending a message to the Emperor.
With the care of several maids, Consort De's health improved somewhat.
"Yunzhu, did you really see the Emperor?"
In an effort to improve Consort De's condition, a maid named Yunzhu fabricated a lie, claiming that she had seen the Emperor and that he had inquired about Consort De.
Upon hearing this, Consort De's spirits indeed improved considerably.
"Your Majesty, how could this servant dare to lie to you?"
Consort De believed that the Emperor still had feelings for her, so she forced herself to stay strong, wearing heavy makeup every day, waiting for the day the Emperor would release her.
However, day after day passed, and the emperor never came to see her.
On this day, Yunzhu somehow learned that the wife of Prince Yong's mansion had been released from confinement, and she told Consort De about it.
“Yinzhen is a cautious person. He would not do this without the Emperor’s permission.”
So Consort De continued to wait patiently.
However, instead of receiving news from Kangxi, he received news that his youngest son, Yinzhen, had been injured.
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