The life swap begins with Consort Hua becoming Lady Qin.

One after another.

Gao Xiyue was stunned.

She turned to look at the head maid who had been sent by her father to accompany her in her dowry, only to find the maid standing there in a daze.

Clearly, even she had never seen such detailed regulations before.

After Mo Xin finished reciting the most important rules, she took a breath and then said, "The Madam also heard that the Princess has been weak since childhood and has a habit of taking medicine all year round. She specially asked me to ask the Princess for some prescriptions for the medicines she usually takes, so that the pharmacy in the manor can prepare the medicines in advance."

"If the princess still has any medical records from previous years, it would be best to hand them over to the royal physician as well. In the future, when the imperial physicians come to check the health of the principal wife and the concubine, the principal wife has already instructed that they must also come to the princess's room."

A hint of joy appeared on Gao Xiyue's face. She understood what the Fujin was saying; she was thinking of her!

Mo Xin's cheeks flushed slightly, and her voice lowered: "Also, Madam would like to ask... is the Princess's menstrual cycle still regular?"

Gao Xiyue was taken aback.

Mo Xin continued, "If it is accurate, please inform the Prince Consort of the date. The Prince's residence has its own rules for serving the Prince Consort. If the Prince Consort knows the date, she can make proper arrangements in the future and avoid offending the Princess's health."

Granny Dai finally came to her senses and hurriedly said with a smile, "Your Highness is truly thoughtful in everything you do! Tonight, I will find all the prescriptions for the princess's usual medicines and the old medical records, and write down the dates in detail on paper so that Miss Moxin can deliver them to Your Highness tomorrow."

Mo Xin hurriedly said, "Granny, please don't call me Miss anymore. I was assigned by the Fujin to serve the Princess. From now on, I will be working in this courtyard. I will have to trouble you to give me more guidance."

Seeing her humility, the old woman's smile became more genuine, and she immediately instructed Xingxuan: "Take someone to check on the room that was prepared for Moxin, and quickly add anything that is missing, so that she won't be uncomfortable on her first day."

After Xingxuan and Moxin left, only Gao Xiyue and the head housekeeper remained in the room.

Gao Xiyue asked impatiently, "Granny, why does the Princess Consort set so many rules? They're giving me a headache."

The old woman looked at her master, who still seemed completely bewildered, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's hard to say whether having such a mistress is a blessing or a curse."

Gao Xiyue immediately became anxious upon hearing this: "Granny, don't speak in riddles! What does it mean?"

The old woman had no choice but to break it down and tell her: "These rules of the Fujin seem to govern the servants' comings and goings, their food and medicine, and the expenses of each courtyard, but in reality, they govern the hearts of everyone in the entire inner palace!"

Servants cannot wander about freely, so that news cannot get out. Medicinal herbs and food cannot be purchased privately, so that it is difficult for anyone to steal them. Everything in each courtyard is registered and recorded, so that if something happens in the future, we can easily find out where the item came from and who handled it!

"Right now, there are only the First Lady, the Second Lady, and you, Princess, in the mansion, plus the original Princess Fucha. There are relatively few people, so it's not easy to see how powerful you are."

But as more people gather in the backyard, and if a few with ulterior motives and jealousy arrive, the benefits of these rules will become apparent.

"At least it won't be so easy for anyone to harm another person now."

After listening for a while, Gao Xiyue only grasped the point that concerned her most: "So she's not targeting me?"

Granny Dai was taken aback, then chuckled and said, "It's really not like that. If these rules only applied to the Princess, then it would be considered targeted. But these rules truly bind those with ulterior motives. As long as the Princess lives a peaceful and quiet life, she will only feel that the mansion is peaceful and safe."

Gao Xiyue immediately felt relieved and picked up another pastry.

"Then it's alright."

She thought for a moment, then couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Ruofu is really amazing. No wonder Father said that the position of primary consort is rightfully hers, and told me not to think too much about it. He also said that if I can become a secondary consort in this life, that will be the end of my life, and I shouldn't have any other wishful thinking."

Looking at her innocent and carefree princess, Granny Dai could only hope that this Fucha Fujin was a righteous person.

With swift and decisive measures and a compassionate heart, only then can our princess have a way to live and hope for the future.

Gao Xiyue suddenly clenched her small fists, her face resolute as she made her decision:

Such a formidable wife is not only someone you can't afford to offend, but you also have to cling to her powerful backer!

As she was pondering whether to add a box of South Sea pearls to her collection of hammer-balls tomorrow, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

Gao Xiyue and Granny Dai looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

A moment later, Xingxuan walked in with a complicated expression, even her bowing seemed somewhat absent-minded.

"Princess, the imperial physician has been summoned from the neighboring concubine's courtyard."

Gao Xiyue was startled: "What happened? Is the concubine injured?"

"Not a concubine."

Xingxuan stammered, "It's His Highness."

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Gao Xiyue immediately sat up straight, her face full of worry: "Tell me quickly, I'm so anxious!"

Xingxuan closed her eyes and decided to go all out: "Your Highness's back is injured."

"what?"

The room fell silent.

Xingxuan forced herself to continue, "They said that when he was lifting the veil for the concubine, he accidentally strained his back. The injury seemed quite serious, and the royal physician forbade the prince from overexerting himself, so he couldn't... consummate the marriage with the concubine. In the end, he was carried to the study in the front courtyard on a soft couch to recuperate."

Gao Xiyue sat there blankly for a long time, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Pfft!"

The old woman was terrified and quickly covered her mouth, crying, "Princess!"

It wasn't covered up.

Gao Xiyue's laughter grew louder and louder as she collapsed onto the soft pillow, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

The old woman could only repeatedly order, "Close the door! Quickly tell someone to close the door tightly!"

Xingxuan hurriedly ran to close the door.

Gao Xiyue laughed until tears streamed down her face, but she still couldn't help asking, "Was it really from when you lifted the veil? Just bending over? This prince is so useless!"

"Grandma!"

The old woman practically wanted to kneel down and beg her, "You absolutely mustn't say this! If the Prince finds out, he'll be furious!"

Gao Xiyue clutched her stomach, barely managing to suppress her laughter: "I won't say anything, I'll just laugh inside, okay?"

-

In the main courtyard, Ruofu had just finished giving a speech. At that time, the stewards, eunuchs and nannies of the Prince's mansion knelt all over the courtyard as she sorted out the rules, accounts and duties one by one.

Those who deserve reward should be rewarded, and those who deserve a reprimand should be reprimanded.

A few kind words were enough to save face, and two old grievances were brought up as a warning to others. When everyone left, they all looked respectful and dared not show any contempt for her because of her young age.

Ruo Fu felt completely comfortable; the butler was still so interesting!

After having lunch, she removed her jewelry, changed into light clothes, and was about to lie down and rest when she heard a report from outside that the concubine's quarters had summoned a physician from the household, and that Wang Qin had also sent someone to the palace to invite an imperial physician.

Upon inquiry, it turned out to be her waist.

Ruo Fu stood there stunned for a long time, pressing his lips tightly together to keep from laughing in front of everyone in the room.

"It's gone?"

"Yes."

Zhao Ying lowered her head, her voice trembling slightly: "She said that when she was lifting the veil for the concubine, she bent over and couldn't stand up for a moment. Eunuch Wang Qin shouted very loudly, and half the mansion heard it."

Ruofu took a deep breath, lay back on the couch, and continued to enjoy the coolness of the large ice block beside him.

"That's why I was so concerned this morning, repeatedly reminding him to take it easy and not to push himself too hard," she said coolly. "But some people just don't know what's good for them, insisting they're perfectly healthy. Now look what's happened, they've embarrassed themselves in front of my darling, haven't they?"

His words were full of undisguised schadenfreude.

Shen Guang suppressed a laugh and asked, "The Prince has already had it carried to the study in the front courtyard. Would the Princess Consort like to go and take a look?"

"Isn't he absolutely refusing to go back to the main courtyard?" Ruof rolled over, finding a more comfortable position. "Then let him stay in the study. If I go there now, he'll probably feel even more ashamed."

After thinking for a moment, she finally gave the order: "Tell the kitchen to stew some more nourishing but not too hot food and send it over. Also, have the royal physician keep a close eye on her. Oh, and make things easy for the concubine. If she wants to go to the front courtyard to take care of things, let her go. Don't be too strict."

Shen Guang laughed and said, "There is no more magnanimous wife in this world than our master."

"That's right."

Ruof accepted the compliment without hesitation, yawning and closing his eyes: "Since someone is willing to serve me, why should I compete with her? Let her keep me company."

-

Although Qingying was granted the privilege of going to the front yard to take care of Hongli, there was little joy on her face.

She sat on the edge of the bed, her mind replaying the words the physician had just spoken.

"Even in the honeymoon phase, when you are young and vigorous, Your Highness must not be unrestrained in your sexual relations, otherwise you will suffer a serious injury and need to recuperate for several days..."

Newlyweds.

Unrestrained sexual activity.

How could Qingying not understand?

Hongli's back pain was actually caused by last night...

Her chest felt like it was stuffed with a wad of wet cotton, both sore and stuffy.

Today is clearly also her wedding day with her brother Hongli.

Although he just married his primary consort yesterday, others may not know why Lady Fucha was chosen as the primary consort, but surely Brother Hongli knows?

She originally thought that even if her brother Hongli could not disobey the imperial edict, he would definitely remember her in his heart. His relationship with Lady Fucha was merely a matter of etiquette and rules, and was also due to the power of the Fucha family from the previous dynasty...

Was Lady Fucha really that good?

Is it really that easy to become addicted to such things that Brother Hongli can't even care about today?

Aruo came in from outside and saw that she was still sitting still, so she couldn't help but urge, "My lady, the prince is so badly injured, and the princess has allowed you to go to the front yard. What are we waiting for? Let's go and see him quickly."

Qingying pursed her lips and suddenly collapsed onto the bed.

"I'm not going."

Aruo was stunned: "What?"

"Who cares?"

Qingying turned her back, leaving her with only a defiant silhouette.

"Princess?"

Aruo looked helpless.

-

In the study in the front courtyard, Hongli raised his hand to cover his face, feeling ashamed and indignant.

He has lost all face in his life today!

If the news gets out, people outside will wonder what they'll think of him.

For a fleeting moment, he even had the thought of simply giving up on treatment and just dying.

At least when people talk about him after his death, they can say he died young, instead of that he hurt his back when he lifted his veil on the second day of his marriage, or that he died in bed...

Hongli cried out again.

Wang Qin, standing to the side, shuddered and kept his head down, determined to play dead to the end, lest his master remember that damned shout, in which case he might lose his life!

In the evening, an imperial edict suddenly arrived from the palace.

When Hongli received the imperial decree, he was already prepared for Consort Xi or his father to send someone to reprimand him.

To everyone's surprise, the visitor said with a smile, "Your Highness is really not taking care of yourself. Newlyweds should be resting, but you were thinking about His Majesty's birthday and insisted on making a birthday gift for His Majesty yourself, which injured your back! His Majesty was very distressed when he found out and repeatedly told Your Highness to rest assured and recover. The birthday gift is a small matter. His Majesty already knows Your Highness's filial piety."

Hongli was stunned.

What...what is the Longevity Festival?

The imperial eunuch offered a few words of comfort, left behind the bestowed medicinal herbs, and then took his leave.

As soon as the others left, Wang Qin immediately approached them with a beaming smile.

"My lord, it's the Fujin! The Fujin sent someone to the palace to deliver a message, saying that you are very filial and insist on preparing birthday gifts for His Majesty yourself. However, because you don't know how to do craftsmanship and are stubborn, you insisted on handling those pieces of wood and jade yourself and refused to ask for help or stop to rest. That's why you accidentally injured your back."

Hongli remained silent, his face growing increasingly dark.

Wang Qin, however, continued to praise, "As expected of the Princess Consort, her reaction is truly swift. In the blink of an eye, she has managed to enhance the Prince's reputation for filial piety, even earning a special decree from His Majesty to express his condolences. It's clear that the Princess Consort still cares about the Prince—"

He dared not say any more.

Because Hongli was staring at him with a gloomy expression.

Those eyes looked as if they were about to pounce and devour someone.