My Fair Princess: The Queen's Rebirth

At this point, Zhihua paused for a moment, then slowly began to speak, "Unless... unless someone deliberately instigated this?" Zhihua walked up to the old Buddha and knelt on the ground, "Old Buddha, please, you and the Emperor, clear my name."

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor nodded at this moment.

Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei, Qing'er, Erkang, Ertai and Xiao Jian, they watched Zhihua's every move calmly.

I thought her performance was simply amazing.

The Queen looked at Zhihua kneeling on the ground, and found her harmless face very funny.

The Emperor looked at the Empress and said, "What do you think should be done? It was you who first proposed to search Jingyang Palace."

The Queen had long anticipated this outcome. She bowed slightly to the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, since I have proposed searching Jingyang Palace, I will certainly not let you down."

"Empress, you mean..." Concubine Ling's gaze suddenly shifted to Zhihua and Yongqi's room. She said, "I feel like there's one place we haven't searched yet."

"Oh? There's another one?"

The Emperor and Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Ling in surprise and then at the Empress.

The Queen said to the eunuchs standing before her, "Have you checked the rooms of the Fifth Prince and the Fifth Lady?"

The eunuchs shook their heads to indicate that it was the room of the Fifth Prince and the Fifth Lady, and they did not dare to go in and search it at will.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager looked at each other for a moment, and then the Emperor immediately ordered them to go in and search. "Every one of you must look carefully for me. Don't miss any clues. If I find out that you haven't searched carefully, I will certainly not forgive you. You will all be beheaded."

The emperor said this.

The eunuchs must have searched more diligently.

They must find something in there.

Zhihua saw them rummaging through the drawers and cabinets one by one, and she suddenly felt uneasy.

She looked flustered and her eyes were evasive.

Seeing Zhihua like this, Yongqi went up to her and held her hand tightly, and comforted her: "Don't worry, no one will wrongly accuse you of something you didn't do."

Zhihua pursed her lips and didn't dare to say anything.

Yet at this moment.

A young eunuch ran out in a panic.

He was holding a brocade box in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The young eunuch respectfully handed the brocade box to them. "I just found this brocade box in a wardrobe in the room of the Fifth Prince and the Fifth Lady. Please examine it, Your Majesty and Your Majesty."

The old lady's gaze rested on the brocade box.

Qing'er said, "Don't say anything else, just open the brocade box quickly."

After hearing what Princess Qing said, the young eunuch did not hesitate much. He immediately opened the brocade box and presented it to the Empress Dowager.

The old lady looked into the brocade box and found that there was indeed something similar to tree bark inside.

The emperor, empress and Concubine Ling also hurried over.

Upon seeing this, Madam Rong quickly said to the head eunuch of the Imperial Pharmacy, "Go up and see if this is the bark of the jujube tree you mentioned."

The chief eunuch stood up straight and slowly walked to the young eunuch.

The young eunuch turned around and handed the brocade box to the chief eunuch.

After seeing the contents of the brocade box, the chief eunuch immediately knelt on the ground again and said, "Your Majesty, in response to the Empress Dowager, this brocade box does contain the missing Albizia Julibrissin bark from the Imperial Pharmacy. However, I will need to take it back and verify the quantity before I can confirm it."

The voice just fell.

Several eunuchs took out several brocade boxes containing cassia bark.

The old lady turned to look at Zhihua and said seriously, "Zhihua, why are there so many barks in your room? What do you want them for?"

Zhihua opened her mouth and hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Master Buddha, I want these barks to make sachets for everyone, because... because I read in medical books that barks have the effect of calming the nerves and promoting sleep, so... so... the extra ones are just what I haven't used up yet."

"In that case, why not return the remaining Albizia Julibrissin bark to the Imperial Pharmacy?" the old Buddha asked again.

"Because I thought I might need it in the future, I didn't have to go to the Imperial Pharmacy to ask for it, so I kept it for myself." Zhihua explained word by word.

But Zhihua had just finished speaking.

The Queen suddenly questioned, "Zhihua, even if you deny that you've gone to get the bark of the Albizia Julibrissin multiple times, it's fine. But based on the number of sachets you've made, you simply can't use that much bark."

Zhihua knew she couldn't explain why she took more bark, nor could she come up with a suitable excuse, so she retorted, "Empress Dowager, I don't think it's a big deal even if I took more bark. At most, they would just accuse me of stealing medicinal herbs from the palace without permission."

When Zhihua finished saying this.

Another eunuch rushed out of the room, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this servant... This servant found a packet of yellow-brown powder inside."

"Bring it up quickly." The emperor waved his hand.

The eunuch slowly opened the thing in his hand.

The Queen pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What is this? Do you recognize it, Chief Eunuch?"

The chief eunuch shook his head to indicate that he didn't know what it was.

The Empress continued, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, how about asking Doctor Hu from the Imperial Hospital to come and take a look?"

The emperor and the Empress Dowager nodded.

Since an unknown powder was found in the room, it is natural to find out what this powder is.

After Doctor Hu arrived, the emperor quickly waved to the eunuch. Doctor Hu took some powder from the package in his hand and put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it.

"This packet of powder is musk, and it is an extremely rare musk." Doctor Hu explained everything.

When Lao Foye heard the word "musk", her face instantly fell. She looked at Zhihua and asked, "Why is there musk in your room? Zhihua, why don't you tell me the truth? Why do you have musk? Don't tell me that musk has a calming effect."

Zhihua was completely at a loss at this time.

She looked at Mr. Lafayette and was about to say something.

Ziwei suddenly interrupted Zhihua and walked in front of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, "Zhihua, if you won't tell me, let me answer for you."

The old lady looked confused after hearing Ziwei's words.

"Ziwei, it seems you know something," the old Buddha asked. "Good boy, tell me why Zhihua has musk."