Freya naturally guessed where her thoughts were going and immediately gave her a blunt response, "What kind of relationship could there be? It's difficult for Ye Lu Mingshuo to even get out of bed with his physical condition. That kind of thing is absolutely impossible."

The White Fox thought about it and realized that was right.

Ye Lu Mingshuo was almost like an invalid now. How could he possibly do that sort of thing?

"But if it's not that, what else could a man and a woman do alone together?" The White Fox couldn't figure it out.

She had been keeping an eye on this maid almost all day, and the more she watched, the more she felt something was off.

But she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong. After all, she was just lurking outside to observe and didn't know what the people inside were talking about or doing.

"Is there a possibility that they're plotting something?"

Hearing what the White Fox said, Freya also thought it was unusual. But she quickly thought of something and asked, "What are the characteristics of that maid?"

The White Fox scratched her head and thought for a moment, then said, "She's quite good-looking. She's probably about 1.65 meters tall and around twenty years old. Anyway, her face looks very young."

"Is there a mole the size of a grain of rice on her neck?" Freya asked.

The White Fox shook her head. "I didn't observe that closely. I haven't noticed it so far."

Freya frowned and thought carefully. The description the White Fox had just given was almost exactly the same as the maid she had seen.

If she wasn't mistaken, it should be the same person.

"Little Fox, get close to that maid. I want to know her identity." Freya had a vague premonition that this maid's identity was not simple.

Even if she had no connection with Ye Lu Mingshuo, she definitely wasn't an ordinary person.

"Don't worry. I've already been keeping an eye on her. I'll find a way to get familiar with her and then come back to report the situation to you."

"Okay, go ahead." Freya waved her hand.

The White Fox quickly went to do it. She was very interested in the relationship between this maid and Ye Lu Mingshuo and had been following the maid's trail all day.

In the evening, the White Fox followed the maid to the outside of Ye Lu Mingshuo's residence and waited there until she came out.

The time was just right, exactly one hour.

When the maid walked to the corridor, the White Fox pretended to have an accidental encounter with her and bumped into her shoulder. The maid let out a scream, and the things in her hand fell to the ground.

"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to." The White Fox quickly bent down to help her pick up the things.

Since the maid came out, the things in her hand had been covered with a white cloth, and the White Fox had no idea what she was holding.

But now, with the collision, all the things fell to the ground, and the White Fox clearly saw that they were some dirty bandages and ointment.

So this maid...

Was she there to treat Ye Lu Mingshuo's wounds?

Could she practice medicine?

The White Fox picked up the things and returned them to the maid. She smiled sweetly at the maid and said, "Sister, I've never seen you in the royal palace before. Are you new here?"

The maid lowered her eyes, and her expression changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal. She also smiled in response and said, "Yes, I just entered the palace not long ago."

"Then are you in charge of taking care of the eldest prince? Can you practice medicine?" The White Fox asked, pretending to be innocent.

She was like a cunning little fox. When she was fierce, she could be deadly, and when she was cute, she could be irresistible.

The maid's face changed when she heard this, and she said nervously, "No, no, no. I don't know anything about medicine."

The maid's flustered appearance seemed as if she was hiding something, which made the White Fox even more curious, and she just wouldn't let the matter go.

"Sister, don't be afraid. I don't have any friends in the royal palace, and I won't blabber it out."

The maid blinked her eyes suspiciously, looked at the White Fox for a long time, and finally, as if she had made a great decision, she whispered, "Then I'll only tell you. You mustn't tell anyone else, okay?"

The White Fox nodded vigorously.

I won't tell, won't tell anyone. But this "anyone" doesn't include the boss, of course.

After getting her assurance, the maid leaned close to her ear and said, "I used to work in a beauty salon and know some beauty recipes. The eldest prince wants to restore his appearance as soon as possible, so he asked me to treat him."

"This matter mustn't be spread. If people find out that I'm giving medicine to the eldest prince privately, I'll definitely be in big trouble."

After saying that, the maid looked around nervously, as if she was afraid of being heard.

The White Fox patted her chest and promised, "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone."

The maid smiled.

The White Fox said again, "Let's be friends. If you need any help in the future, just tell me."

The maid said, "Okay. My name is Cheng Huimin. What's your name?"

The White Fox made up a name and said, "My name is Xu Zhuxiu."

The two of them got to know each other's identities and then sat in the pavilion opposite and started chatting.

The White Fox wanted to know more about Cheng Huimin, so she asked about her situation in the beauty salon.

Cheng Huimin didn't hold back and told her everything at once. "Working as a beautician in a beauty salon doesn't earn much money. My parents are sick, and the medical expenses are too high. The salary from the beauty salon can't cover it at all. But working in the royal palace is different. Not only is the salary high, but the environment is also much better than that of the beauty salon. It's just that the masters are not easy to serve and we have to endure some grievances."

Having said this, Cheng Huimin sighed.

The White Fox comforted her, "Which job of serving others doesn't involve enduring some grievances? Besides, this is the royal palace, a place of great importance. The people we face every day are of noble status, so their tempers are naturally a bit worse than ordinary people's."

"But Min'er, just for the sake of the high salary, we can all endure it! My grandmother is also sick and needs a large sum of money for the operation. So no matter how difficult it is, I have to stick it out here."

The two women comforted each other with sympathetic words, but they didn't know that each had their own thoughts.

Cheng Huimin talked about her own background and love situation, and the White Fox also took the opportunity to make herself sound very pitiful.

In the end, the two of them exchanged contact information and regarded each other as sisters they could confide in.

...

As soon as the White Fox obtained the information, she rushed to report to Freya.

"Boss, I've looked into it. Cheng Huimin is just a poor woman and there's nothing unusual about her!"

Through their communication, the White Fox had already been convinced in her heart that Cheng Huimin was not a problem.

She told Freya everything she knew, including the fact that Cheng Huimin knew something about medical beauty.

Freya listened quietly and didn't interrupt until the White Fox had finished speaking.

But when she heard the White Fox say that Cheng Huimin was okay, she always felt that there was a big problem.

"Don't draw conclusions so early. Keep trying to get familiar with this Cheng Huimin and see if you can get more useful information, such as the situation on Ye Lu Mingshuo's side."

Freya was always cautious and always maintained a mindset of believing seventy percent and doubting thirty percent about everything. The more perfect a person seemed, the more they were worth suspecting.

What's more, when she first saw Cheng Huimin, she had a strange sense of déjà vu, which made her feel extremely eerie.

Also, the last time she picked up those wound medicines, they were all traditional Chinese medicines. If they weren't prescribed by a professional doctor, how could a woman who had studied medical beauty know so much about them?