Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

The main hall of the East Palace.

The body of the virtuous king was placed in the middle and was examined by the imperial physician and the coroner. The emperor sat in the main seat with a gloomy face, while Mu Yuanzhi stood aside with an ambiguous expression.

"Are you sure she fainted before you?"

The emperor asked the question again.

Mu Yuanzhi thought carefully about the situation at that time. The shock he showed when Song Zhi said he had drugged him did not seem to be an act. In the last second before he lost consciousness, he indeed saw Song Zhi faint before him.

"Father, this matter should have nothing to do with Zhier."

Song Zhi's every move was under his surveillance throughout the whole process, and he was finally caught red-handed in the study. Apart from that, there was nothing unusual.

The most important thing is that Song Zhi couldn't have known that the virtuous king was still alive, and it was even more impossible for him to know that there was a secret room in the study of the East Palace.

When he woke up, he immediately checked the antique display cabinet and found no signs of it being touched.

Mu Yuanzhi analyzed everything in his mind, and without Song Zhi having to explain herself, he had already completely excused her in his mind.

At this time, the imperial physician and the coroner raised their heads at the same time and told their results.

The virtuous king must have died because his body had reached its limit after being tortured so severely, and he did not die from any external interference.

For some reason, Mu Yuanzhi finally felt relieved when he heard this conclusion.

The emperor's frown relaxed slightly. "Since his death was an accident, there's no need to worry about it. Instead, we must catch the thief who lost the treasures in your treasury. Otherwise, how can the face of my royal family be saved?"

Mu Yuanzhi would investigate this thoroughly without the emperor's reminder, "Your son obeys."

The emperor waved his sleeves and left. Looking at the emperor's back, Mu Yuanzhi felt heavy in his heart.

There wasn't actually much money in the Eastern Palace's treasury, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much time lobbying the aristocratic families just to buy cotton clothes.

And even if he stole the money, he was confident that he could prevent the other party from spending it.

So what he cared about from beginning to end was not the money.

What he cared about was that if the other party could steal things quietly in his East Palace, wouldn't that mean it would be easy for them to take his life?

Mu Yuanzhi's heart skipped a beat. He ordered his men to continue catching the thief while strengthening the patrol guards of the East Palace.

This kind of thing must never happen again.

While his thoughts were churning, a palace maid came to tell him that Tuoba Yu was coming to visit him.

Only then did Mu Yuanzhi remember that he had a nominal future Crown Princess.

The woman in red was still as bright and arrogant as ever. She symbolically placed a box of Tuoba's unique tranquilizing herbs on the table.

"I heard someone robbed you here? What was stolen? Was it serious? It won't affect my future as a married woman living here and enjoying a comfortable life, will it?"

"You are such a poor prince, how could you be so easily taken advantage of? This is the East Palace, not the East Street Vegetable Market. How could you be taken advantage of so easily?"

"Alas, you were not rich to begin with, and now it's even worse. It's so miserable."

Every time Tuoba Yu said something, Mu Yuanzhi, who always showed a good temper, couldn't help but look a little darker.

In the end, he felt like fainting again so that he wouldn't have to face Tuoba Yu's gloating face.

Suddenly, something occurred to him.

"How good are you? You will still be married here in a year at most. If I am miserable, you will have to suffer with me."

Tuoba Yu's eyes widened. This man's words were so irritating that he even dared to curse her. He was even more excessive than Song Zhi.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Why are you so arrogant? It's still unknown whether this princess will marry you or not, humph."

If she had known this earlier, she would have asked the witch when this person could be killed. He was really annoying.

Tuoba Yu was too lazy to stay here, so he turned around and was about to leave angrily.

After taking two steps, he turned back and said viciously, "Also, I'm going to go and promise your second brother that we'll go watch the moon together tonight!"

With that, he shook his head and walked away proudly.

Mu Yuanzhi laughed in anger, "Okay, okay, it seems that my second brother is very idle recently, why not find him something to do."

So that night, the emperor ordered Mu Yunhe to help the Eastern Palace find the thief overnight to show their brotherhood.

Mu Yunhe came to the East Palace with an innocent look on his face, staring at the guards coming and going with disbelief.

Hadn't he been keeping a low profile recently? How did he still get drafted?!

The culprit Tuoba Yu had no idea that her casual angry words had trapped the confused Second Prince. After nightfall, she planned to sneak out in the dark to find Song Zhi.

She subconsciously thought that the person who could make Mu Yuanzhi suffer such a big setback was Song Zhi.

But before she even walked out of the gate, she found that the security in the entire palace was more than doubled. Not to mention sneaking out, she would probably be discovered before she could get far.

Finally, she had no choice but to postpone her plan to leave the palace.

As for Song Zhi, she originally thought that the dog emperor would definitely summon her to the palace for questioning, but after waiting for a whole day and night, there was no movement in the palace.

Song Zhike would not be naive enough to think that this matter could be easily turned over. The calmer the situation was, the more she would not take it lightly.

In the next few days, she stayed in the Song Mansion obediently, tending flowers and feeding fish. She was really bored, so she and Xiaotao took people to take care of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Oh no, it’s now called Tinglanju.

A new plaque has been put up, with the three words "Tinglanju" hanging brightly on the main gate.

As soon as Xiaotao entered, she fell in love with this grand mansion, especially the large patch of plum blossoms in the backyard. It will surely be beautiful when they bloom in a while.

Only Song Zhi secretly regretted that it would have been better if it were peach blossoms, so that she could pick peach blossoms from her own yard to make wine.

On the fifth day, the Eastern Palace finally released the news that the thief who had gone to the Eastern Palace to steal had been caught and executed, and all the stolen items had been recovered.

Upon hearing the news, Song Zhi silently held his chin in his hand and began to think.

The little thief has been caught and executed, so what is she?

Now that all the stolen items have been recovered, the pile of things hidden in Gouer Lane is nothing.

The map she had given to the secret guards was mainly to allow them to find the warehouse accurately, which would not only empty Mu Yuan's family's savings, but also help her divert suspicion.

As a result, Mu Yuanzhi did this now.

It seems that he couldn't catch the thief, and he felt that this matter was too embarrassing to explain, so he pretended to have solved the case in order to save face.

Poor thing for that non-existent "little thief", what a big pot to blame.

Song Zhi observed two seconds of silence for the little thief. Then the housekeeper walked in from outside with an exquisite box in his hand.

"Miss, someone from the palace sent this over."

Song Zhi raised his eyebrows, took the box and opened it, and saw a snow-white flower placed neatly inside.

The flowers seem to have been specially treated and still look like they were just picked.

The petals are layered, as white as snow, and graceful and dignified in shape, just like a fairy who is isolated from the world, cold and noble.

The housekeeper had never seen such flowers before and was amazed, saying, "There are flowers like this in the world."