The day her husband welcomed the time-traveling girl into the house, she woke up

Then she lowered her voice and said, "To be honest, last night when Ning Jin kicked down the courtyard door and came to question me with Xie Yu in his arms, looking menacing and murderous, I was a little scared. I always felt that one day he might beat me up, or even use a knife against me, because of Xie Yu..."

"He dares! There's no way he would do that! Xie Yu isn't even as good as one of your fingers, sister. Even if he was momentarily bewildered and truly fell in love with Xie Yu, there's no way he would be willing to give up on you, sister!"

"Things are unpredictable, and people always change, right? Regardless of whether he dares or not, I'm already truly frightened. So last night, after careful consideration, I had someone select several maids with strong martial arts skills for me. However, if I were to ask them to enter the Marquis's mansion, it might cause a lot of trouble. I want you to ask the Queen for an oral order to allow them to enter the mansion."

"That's easy! I'll go find Mother when I get back to the palace, and she'll definitely agree! But I can't leave the palace today, so you have to send your people into the palace to find me..."

At this point, Yin Feier fell silent, raised a somewhat mischievous smile, and approached Li Shu and asked, "Speaking of which, sister, where did you find that secret guard you sent to deliver the letter to me last night? He was able to quietly enter and exit the palace in the middle of the night without alerting anyone around me. His skills are truly amazing! And his extraordinary appearance! It's very rare even among the royal family!"

Li Shu smiled and said truthfully, "He was a friend of my mother's when she was alive. When I approached that friend, he happened to have to leave Beijing for some time, so he was temporarily sent to my side."

"Oh……"

Yin Fei'er stopped smiling and remained silent for a moment, as if thinking about something. She then continued, "Sister, do you still remember when you went to the palace to pay your respects to Mother on the eve of your wedding? Mother held your hand and said something incoherent."

Li Shu frowned slightly and thought for a long time before she vaguely remembered.

Almost at the same time, Yin Feier's voice rang out again, "The Queen Mother muttered to herself at that time, in a nostalgic and puzzled tone, saying that she had always believed that your mother must have made other arrangements for you, and why hadn't she made any progress at all even at this time?"

"Well, the Queen did say that..." After a pause, Li Shu asked, "Do you think that old friend is the one my mother left for me?"

"Well! What do you think, sister?"

"I'm not sure..."

Li Shu frowned slightly.

She didn't know much about Peacock Terrace before.

But she had heard that there was someone behind the Peacock Terrace who was not only financially strong but also powerful enough to be underestimated, so even the troublemakers in the capital did not dare to cause trouble in the Peacock Terrace.

But although their mother also came from a wealthy family and left her a generous dowry, she had no power.

Besides, he has been dead for many years.

It can't be the person behind Peacock Terrace.

but……

Lin Yuan's respect for her was so great that it seemed as if he truly considered her his master, rather than someone who had come to protect her temporarily...

Seeing her frown deepen, Yin Feier hurriedly said, "I think the truth will be revealed once that old friend returns to the capital, so there's no need to bother pondering it too much, sister."

"Ah."

"Then go to sleep for a while, sister. I will go back to the palace first. I will come to see you another day."

"How can I allow a princess like you to visit me all day? I'll come to the palace to see you in a few days when I feel better."

"Then I will wait for my sister in the palace!"

After saying this, Yin Feier stood up. Seeing Li Shu also stood up, she hurriedly said, "Sister, you don't have to see me off. If I had known you didn't sleep well last night, I wouldn't have come so early. I must have disturbed your sleep. Go and get some rest."

Li Shu nodded, but still sent Yin Feier and her group out of the courtyard.

After Yin Fei'er and her group left, she stopped at the gate and carefully looked at the two collapsed gates before saying, "It's time to send someone to repair them."

"Yes."

Qinghong left in response.

After Li Shu returned to her room, Nanny Gui immediately brought her food.

She still has a poor appetite.

But I still forced myself to eat a lot.

When she could no longer eat, she put down her chopsticks and said to Madam Gui, "Madam, go to my jewelry shop this afternoon and choose a set of the latest head ornaments. It should be expensive, and then have someone send it to the palace for Fei'er. This will be my apology for taking advantage of her this time."

"Yes."

……

At the same time, in the main courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion.

Nanny Xiang quickly walked to the side of the Marquis's mistress, Princess Xuanping, Xu Daijun, and said in a low voice, "Princess, the Crown Prince is still with Miss Xie in Tongxin Garden."

Xu Daijun was concentrating on pruning a pot of red plum blossoms.

Upon hearing this, he stopped what he was doing and waved his hand to dismiss the servants except Nanny Xiang.

Then she said, "I didn't want Jin'er to only have eyes for Li Shu, which would lead to a deserted backyard and few offspring in the future, so I allowed him to be nice to Xie Yu. But am I being too indulgent?"

"Ever since I've been with the princess, her decisions have never been wrong. Furthermore, Miss Xie, aside from her somewhat resembling the Crown Prince's consort, has no other special qualities. Even if our Crown Prince truly harbors feelings for her beyond saving her life, they won't last. Therefore, I believe the princess must be exhausted from checking accounts lately and overthinking things, which is why she's worried."

"Really? But I originally thought that with how much Li Shu loves Jin'er, no matter how outrageous Jin'er's words and actions were because of Xie Yu, she would at most cry and throw a tantrum, and would never be completely disheartened with Jin'er. But her behavior yesterday far exceeded my expectations."

"The Crown Prince's Consort is still young, and she has been pampered by her father and brothers since she was a child. She has suffered a lot of grievances, so it is inevitable that she will have a temper."

"She wasn't this angry before. And in the past, she would never have just left the gate that Jin'er had kicked down like that. She would have ordered it to be repaired immediately to prevent any rumors that would harm Jin'er from spreading..."

At this point, Xu Daijun narrowed his eyes, "Perhaps Princess Feiyun's unusual decision not to stay in our mansion for dinner today was instigated by Li Shu!"

"No, that's impossible. That's not something the Crown Prince's Consort would do..."

"Humph! Burning Jin'er's clothes, telling her to stay away from Xie Yu, and even leaving the gate Jin'er had kicked down unattended, which one of these things is something she would do? And yet she did it all!"

"..."

Nanny Xiang was silent.

Those actions were indeed a bit abnormal for the Crown Prince's Consort.

Then she remembered something and said hurriedly, "My Lady, I heard that the people from Bamboo Garden didn't deliver bird's nests to the other courtyards today."

"Oh? The main hospital didn't send it either?"

"Yes, so today the people in the small kitchen had to use the golden-threaded blood swallows that you had previously treasured to make porridge for me, princess."

"..."

Xu Daijun frowned slightly.

She was planning to give the golden blood swallow to Xie Yu to nourish his body.

Because Xie Yu was too thin and had a heart disease, if she didn't take good care of herself, she would not be able to have children in the future.

Ever since Li Shu came into the family, she has been responsible for the bird's nest production in several courtyards, including her main courtyard.

Not only did it save her a lot of expenses, but it also helped her raise several concubines' daughters whom she valued and made them have rosy complexions and fair skin.

Today, Li Shu's people suddenly stopped delivering bird's nests to the various courtyards...

Is it because Li Shu was not feeling well today and neglected it?

Or was it Li Shu who gave the hint?

If it was the latter, then she couldn't just let Jin'er be nice to Xie Yu any longer!

We have to find a way to stabilize Li Shu's side, so that in the future Li Shu can come forward to ask for the opportunity for Jin'er to take a concubine!

To this end, she continued to prune the branches and whispered, "Have someone keep an eye on the bamboo garden for the next few days."

"Yes."

"Pick some more supplements for Li Shu..."

After a pause, Xu Daijun added, "Send some to Xie Yu as well."