My Fair Princess: The Queen's Rebirth

"Zhihua...you..." Xiaoyanzi saw Zhihua was about to mention the comb she had given her before, but she opened her mouth but hadn't said anything yet.

Ertai was quick to pull Xiaoyanzi's hand.

Xiaoyanzi immediately gave up the idea after Ertai's reminder.

This matter should be told directly to the Empress Dowager and let her handle it. If the matter is made clear to Zhihua in person now, it will give Zhihua the opportunity to dispose of the evidence.

There would be no point in settling accounts with her then.

Seeing that Xiaoyanzi stopped talking halfway through her sentence, Zhihua slowly asked, "Xiaoyanzi, do you like the comb I gave you the day before yesterday? Is it working well?"

Little Swallow opened her mouth.

Unexpectedly, just as Erkang and Ertai said, Zhihua actually asked about her comb.

Xiaoyanzi replied as they had agreed: "Zhihua, the comb you gave me is very easy to use..." At this point, Xiaoyanzi suddenly felt a little uneasy, but in order to prevent Zhihua from getting suspicious, she continued: "Thank you so much."

"Oh, don't be so polite." Zhihua waved her hand and looked at Yongqi, "Yongqi, it's getting late. Why don't we go back first and not disturb Xiaoyanzi and the others from paying their respects to the Empress Dowager."

Yongqi stepped forward and held Zhihua's hand, then nodded slightly to them and left Kunning Palace.

Qing'er watched Yongqi and Zhihua leave and said meaningfully, "Why are they suddenly so affectionate?" Qing'er turned back to look at Ertai again, "Don't you think Yongqi is strange? He used to ignore Zhihua like a stranger, but now he's so kind to her."

Ertai shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

But when you think about it carefully, it is indeed a bit strange.

Before people knew Zhihua's true character, they all thought that Zhihua was just jealous and that was why she wronged Xiaoyanzi, and even advised Yongqi to be nicer to her.

It’s a pity that everyone underestimated Zhihua at the beginning.

Ertai sneered and then looked at Qing'er and Xiaoyanzi, "Let's go in, there will be a good show to watch next."

After saying that.

Ertai held Xiaoyanzi's hand and turned to walk inside.

Qing'er followed them with a curious look on her face.

"May the Empress Dowager be blessed with good fortune and may the Empress Dowager be blessed with long life and good health."

Ertai and Xiaoyanzi said in unison.

Qing'er also bowed, "May the Queen be blessed with good fortune."

The queen was extremely happy when she saw them coming.

Madam Rong quickly had chairs brought and placed behind them.

"Xiaoyanzi, your belly is getting bigger and bigger." The Queen leaned forward slightly and stretched out her hands towards Xiaoyanzi, pulling her close to her. "You will give birth in half a year."

Xiaoyanzi smiled and nodded.

Then the queen spoke again, "Is there anything that brought you here today?" As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes fell squarely on the two brocade boxes in Ertai's hands.

Ertai noticed that the Empress Dowager was looking at the brocade boxes in his hand at this moment, so he immediately placed the two brocade boxes respectfully on the table, and then opened the lids of the brocade boxes.

The queen glanced at the comb that had fallen into the river and then asked, "What's wrong with all of you today? Zhihua just brought me a sachet, and now you brought me two combs."

"Empress Dowager, please take a look at the difference between these two combs first." Ertai asked instead of saying it directly.

The queen looked at the two combs with a puzzled look on her face, then slowly took the combs out of the two brocade boxes.

But after looking at them for a long time, I couldn't find anything special about these two combs.

"Empress Mother," Ertai said word by word, "These two combs were given by Zhihua to Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei respectively. But the most surprising thing is that the comb Zhihua gave to Xiaoyanzi was tampered with. If you don't believe me, you can smell it. After smelling it, you will find that the comb engraved with the swallow pattern has a fragrant aroma."

The queen picked up the comb engraved with a swallow pattern with some doubt, put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it carefully, and found that there was indeed a fragrance.

The Queen then held up the comb and asked, "So what do you think happened to this comb?"

"Musk," Ertai replied. "It has musk. I asked Doctor Hu to examine it, and he confirmed it."

After hearing Ertai's words, the Queen and Qing'er both looked at Xiaoyanzi.

Xiaoyanzi nodded and replied, "Doctor Hu did say it smelled of musk, but they also used enough spices to mask the musk smell... But luckily Ziwei discovered this problem first, otherwise we would probably never know."

Ertai continued seriously, "Madam, that's why we came to the palace today to report this to you. What do you think should be done about this?"

The queen frowned tightly and said nothing.

At this moment, her eyes stayed on the sachet that Zhihua had just handed her. She then picked up the sachet and smelled it, but there was no special fragrance. Then she opened the sachet and poured all the spices inside onto the table.

When she has nothing to do, she will read some books about medicine. Although she is not very proficient in them, she has some understanding of them.

The queen spread out the spices one by one and examined them carefully.

"There is nothing wrong with the spices in this sachet." As the queen spoke, she thought of what Zhihua had done in her previous life. Zhihua was not a good person to begin with, and the fact that the spices were fine did not mean anything.

At this moment, Aunt Rong said, "My Lady, do you want me to send someone to keep an eye on the Fifth Lady and Aunt Gui?"

Rong Mama knew that she shouldn't say too much at this time, but she really couldn't bear to see the princess being bullied like this, not to mention that the Fifth Lady actually dared to tamper with the comb. Who knows what she would do next time.

The queen didn't say anything but nodded slightly.

After getting permission from her queen, Madam Rong quickly turned around and prepared to leave.

But when Rong Mama just walked to the door, the Queen suddenly called Rong Mama back.

"Madame Rong, tell the people you sent out to report every visitor and every action taken by everyone in Jingyang Palace. I want to know their every move." The Queen paused before continuing, "Also, go get Gao Yuan and Gao Da."

"Yes, my lady, I will give the order right away."

After saying this, Madam Rong immediately retreated respectfully.

Qing'er took a deep breath, then she grabbed Xiaoyanzi's hand and said nervously, "Xiaoyanzi, let's stay away from Jingyang Palace from now on. I really don't understand what Zhihua is up to. But when I think about it, we don't have any connection with Zhihua, so why is she so obsessed with you?"

"Well, who knows?" Xiaoyanzi shook her head helplessly. "I feel a little speechless too, and... and when she came to the scholar's residence to deliver the comb that day, I even stood up for her."

When Xiaoyanzi finished saying this.

Ertai said again: "Xiaoyanzi, what you said actually reminded me. Do you remember that day when she accidentally fell to the ground and you reached out to help her?"

Xiaoyanzi nodded heavily and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you fall that day too?"

Ertai had just finished speaking when Qing'er responded, "Ertai, actually, Xiaoyanzi's fall that day was also an important part of Zhihua's arrangement."

"Yes."

Ertai confirmed Qing'er's guess.

"This person may look kind, but she's actually completely evil underneath," the Queen sighed. "I originally thought she did those things out of necessity to get Yongqi, but now it seems she's just evil."