Madam Zhang hurriedly called out, "Wait, Granny Zhou. Give the cooling medicine powder and various balms and ointments to Sixth Miss. I want to make 'Sixth Miss' look like the real Sixth Miss. I want to make 'Sixth Miss' become the real Sixth Miss."

Then Zhang took out a small porcelain bottle from the cabinet and placed it in Zhou's hand.

Granny Zhou asked with a puzzled look, "Madam, what is this?"

Zhang smiled enigmatically and said in a sinister tone, "This is a secret medicine from the palace, a gift from Consort Yin. Consort Yin has already told me the formula for this ointment, and I've already had a large batch secretly prepared. Granny Zhou, just ask me for it when Sixth Miss runs out."

Granny Zhou said, "Don't worry, Madam. Once the Sixth Miss is feeling better, she will use this medicine immediately."

Zhang quickly replied, "No, let Sixth Miss use it tonight. The ointment will be even more effective when used together with the juice of the Artemisia argyi."

To be on the safe side, I'll have my trusted physician examine the Sixth Miss, and publicly announce that she has a cold due to wind-heat and is temporarily unable to see anyone, needing to rest quietly and not allowing any visitors. She should pick up her menstrual pads, tonics, and medicines from me daily, not from the main kitchen. The maids and servants in the Yimei Courtyard should also be secretly warned to prevent any trouble…”

Granny Zhou nodded and said, "Alright, Madam, this old servant will fetch the things, give the servants a warning, and then go back to take care of Sixth Miss. Also, Sixth Miss should already know she's different. Are we being too obvious about it now?"

Madam Zhang waved her hand and said, "Sixth Miss will find out sooner or later. It all depends on what Granny Zhou says. Just think it over and tell Sixth Miss. Go! Go! Go back and take good care of Sixth Miss."

Granny Zhou quickly performed a curtsy and said, "This old servant understands. This old servant will take her leave now."

Seeing that Granny Zhou had left, Madam Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the daybed, thinking maliciously, "So what if you, Li, have won your husband's favor? I'll make you wish you were dead, watch your child be ruined by me... and then you'll marry, have children, and be trapped in the inner quarters forever..."

After completing the tasks assigned by Madam Zhang, Granny Zhou, wearing her daily menstrual pad and carrying tonics and supplements, headed towards Bihe Pavilion. Just as she reached the small red gate, Granny Zhou instructed the servant guarding it: "Qingliu, from now on, close the small red gate for the next three months. After that, without my permission, no one except Granny Liu and I are allowed to enter or leave."

The girls can simply have what they need passed through the window of the little red door.

Qingliu, who was guarding the Little Red Gate, replied tremblingly, "Yes, Granny Zhou. This servant will remember."

After Granny Zhou went inside, Qingliu quickly closed the small red door and guarded it cautiously. Granny Zhou had repeatedly warned her to guard the door carefully. In the old house, she guarded the main gate of Yimei Courtyard, and now in the new house, she guarded this small red door. She was determined not to let any outsider have any chance to contact the three young ladies, not even male servants or pageboys.

Granny Zhou had said that if the three young ladies' innocence were tarnished, and if she failed to guard the door, she herself would not survive and would be beaten to death by the madam. Therefore, Qingliu lived in constant fear. In Qingliu's world, there was nothing but that door.

Granny Zhou returned to Bihe Pavilion, lifted the curtain of the canopy bed, and went inside. At that moment, Xiaolan was wiping Yin Zijin's body again. Yin Zijin was sleeping naked on the bed, exposed to the sight of Granny Zhou, Xiaolan, and Ruhe.

At this moment, Yin Zijing's lips were dry and white, her face was pale and covered in cold sweat, her black hair was disheveled, her thin bangs were already wet, her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes were closed as if she were asleep. Her fair skin was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and her body, which had been coated with a secret royal perfume for a long time, now emitted a faint fragrance.

Looking at Yin Zijing, who was still so beautiful even though she was sick, Granny Zhou couldn't help but think, "Even if she were a man, this body is so delicate and beautiful. Even if her husband discovers that she is a man, he probably won't mind because of her beauty!"

When Xiaolan saw Zhou Mama arrive, she said, "Zhou Mama, you've come. The ice chest in the young lady's room has been taken out. What did Madam say?"

Granny Zhou withdrew her gaze and said, "It's nothing serious, just take good care of her. Just give her more nourishing and blood-tonifying supplements and medicines. This is a menstrual pad, change it for the young lady in a bit, change it every hour, and make sure it's clean and hygienic."

Xiaolan took the menstrual pad and nodded...

Granny Zhou nodded, took out brown sugar from the food box and handed it to Ruhe, instructing, "Go, make some brown sugar water for the young lady."

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Granny Zhou was about to say something when Xiaolan quickly stopped her, saying, "Granny Zhou, let's talk privately. I don't know if the young lady is asleep or not. Don't let her hear us."

Granny Zhou waved her hand and continued, "It's alright, the young lady will find out sooner or later. It's better if the young lady is awake."

Then, Granny Zhou took out a small porcelain bottle and said to Xiaolan, "This was given to me by the madam. In a little while, after you put on the menstrual pad and clean your body, apply this ointment to the young lady."

Xiaolan nodded, and together with Granny Zhou, she put a menstrual pad on Yin Zijin and tied the string on the pad tightly around Yin Zijin's waist. Then the two of them wiped Yin Zijin's body clean.

Granny Zhou took the ointment, scooped out a small amount of the pale blue paste, and smeared it vigorously onto the ointment.

Yin Zijing slightly opened her eyes and weakly said, "Granny Zhou..."

Granny Zhou replied perfunctorily, "Miss, hang in there for a while."

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