Whether it was her or Consort Fu, it didn’t matter at all!

The servants dragged out to take the blame must have been Consort Fu’s people. She couldn’t bear to part with her own.

In fact, Consort Fu intended for Nanny Ling to bear all the responsibility. If other madams faced such a situation, they would certainly push the responsibility onto high-status servants to show sincerity.

Consort Su, on the other hand, was delusional enough to want to wash her hands clean. She couldn’t even bear to have a servant take the blame.

It wasn’t about sincerity; she was playing Madam Shao for a fool.

Madam Shao could either swallow her anger and accept the humiliation or ignore her altogether.

Consort Fu glanced at her and nodded in agreement. What else could she do? Reason with Consort Su? Consort Su would definitely not listen and might even scold her instead.

Regardless, if Madam Shao didn’t forgive her, it wouldn’t be Consort Fu’s fault.

Consort Fu had thought it through. She only needed to placate Consort Su on this trip and protect herself. As long as she could survive and return safely, everything would be fine.

It was better to let Consort Su earn the credit for persuading Lord Shao to surrender.

Tomorrow, she needed to find a way to show Madam Shao that she wasn’t on Consort Su’s side.

Forced to become the Emperor’s concubine because of Lord Shao, she harbored deep hatred for him. However, as a weak woman, what good was hatred? All she could do was protect herself.

Consort Fu smiled obsequiously and said, “Since you have said so, I will take charge of this matter. Since we are making peace, we should prepare a gift.”

Consort Su immediately retorted, “If you want to prepare something, do it yourself! I’m not doing it!”

She wasn’t about to give Ms. Qiao anything she had, feeling it would be too fortunate for her.

Consort Fu didn’t expect anything from her, and this was exactly what she wanted to hear. She immediately agreed with a smile and took the opportunity to leave.

After settling the matter, Consort Su was in a rather good mood. She didn’t trouble anyone and let everyone go happily.

Nanny Ling heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly smiled ingratiatingly. “I was worried you would let me handle this matter. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. Since you’re so protective of me, I’ll definitely repay you loyally!”

Consort Su chuckled. “I’m not that stupid. Consort Fu wants to hide from everything. Hmph, she’s dreaming!”

Nanny Ling flattered her happily.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Ling’s happiness was short-lived. That night, as she went out, she slipped in the courtyard and fell heavily to the ground. She bit her tongue and lost a tooth. Her palm bled, and she cried out in pain.

The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly came over with lanterns to help her up, only to realize that someone had scattered round soybeans on the ground.

Nanny Ling hadn’t noticed them. Stepping on them had led to her fall.

“Who is it? Who did this? Investigate! Find out and I want them dead!”

Even though Nanny Ling was in so much pain that every word she said affected the wound in her mouth, she didn’t hesitate to scold people.

She had always served Consort Su and had naturally learned some of her fierceness. When she was angry, she could easily take someone’s life.

But where could they go to investigate? Everyone was in a panic, and no results came of it.