Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Seeing that Song Ruozhen's expression was not joking, the Empress Dowager's curiosity deepened. "If you can help me find it, I will reward you handsomely!"

Song Ruozhen quickly calculated and understood, saying, "Empress Dowager, Pearl is in the Imperial Study."

The Empress Dowager frowned upon hearing this. "Girl, I'm afraid you've miscalculated."

This hairpin was always kept in my Shaohua Palace, how could it possibly be in the Imperial Study?

Before becoming Empress Dowager and moving into Kunning Palace, she lived in Shaohua Palace. After discovering that the pearl on her hairpin was missing, she ordered a thorough search of Shaohua Palace, leaving no corner unchecked.

Unfortunately, I still can't find it.

As for the Imperial Study... now it's where the Emperor reviews memorials, how could it possibly have been left there?

Song Ruozhen smiled slightly, "Would the Empress Dowager be willing to go and search? If she could find it, it would be a pleasant surprise."

Finding people is more difficult because people can move around, but finding things is relatively simple, especially since the items are inside the palace, making them even easier to find.

"Are you sure?" the Empress Dowager asked.

Song Ruozhen nodded, her tone sincere, "Today, Your Majesty helped me out of a predicament. I have no way to repay you but hope to help Your Majesty find your beloved possession."

She had heard that the late emperor and the empress dowager had a very good relationship. Although he had to make some unavoidable choices after becoming emperor, it was already very rare for the royal family to have such a relationship.

I imagine the Empress Dowager would be very happy if the lost pearl could be found.

In fact, she never envied the Empress. As someone who had traveled through time, she had seen too much suffering in the deep palace. Despite her noble appearance, there was much heartache and bitterness.

The current emperor is amorous and has many children. Although the empress was elegant and noble when he saw her, most women in the world hope to be with one man for life. Once they enter the palace, they are no longer in control of their own lives and are always scheming.

One wrong move and you're doomed.

"Alright, then I will accompany you to the Imperial Study."

The Empress Dowager seemed intrigued; she was also curious whether the little girl whom the King of Chu liked was truly so capable.

With just a casual glance, he could deduce the location of the pearl.

Therefore, when Chu Junting and the other two arrived at Kunning Palace, they ran into the Empress Dowager and Song Ruozhen, who were on their way to the Imperial Study.

"Grandmother, where are you going?" Chu Junting asked.

The Empress Dowager chuckled, "The pearl on my hairpin has been missing for many years. This girl said she could help me find it, so I went with her to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Chu Junting looked at Song Ruozhen in surprise. He naturally knew Song Ruozhen's abilities in this area, and in fact, he had thought of asking her to help him with a calculation before.

At first, it was because the two were not familiar with each other, and the palace was not a place that could be entered casually. Later, he did not want to frighten her and wanted to wait until the time was right before seeing if he could help her with this favor.

Unexpectedly, in that short time, she happened to be chatting about this matter with her grandmother.

"Ruozhen, you were able to figure this out? That's amazing!"

Chu Muyao's eyes were full of admiration. She had heard about Song Ruozhen's skills before, but she never expected to have the opportunity to witness them in person today, which immediately piqued her interest.

"I want to go with them to the Imperial Study."

Chu Yungui's eyes darted around. It just so happened that he had hidden some silver after getting drunk and couldn't find it. Could Miss Song help him look for it?

I've been spending a lot lately, and I'm not exactly flush with cash!

As the group arrived at the Imperial Study, Song Yanzhou happened to come out and bumped into his younger sister, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Has this disturbance reached the Imperial Study?

He immediately stopped and respectfully bowed to the Empress Dowager and the others, but his heart was filled with worry.

Song Ruozhen shook her head slightly, indicating that her elder brother did not need to worry, but there was no chance to explain the situation to him in detail at the moment.

Chu Muyao looked surprised. "You're Miss Song's older brother, right? Your leg is healed?"

Back when the news of General Song's fate being unknown and the eldest son of the Song family being crippled in both legs came back, she also felt sorry for him. Not to mention that a few days ago, the daughter of the Duke of Luo fell into the water and the young master of the Yao family cursed Song Yanzhou, which also caused quite a stir.

Unexpectedly... the eldest son of the Song family, who was considered to be permanently disabled and had no solution to the entire Imperial Medical Academy, stood up like this?

"Your leg has fully recovered," Song Yanzhou said, bowing.

After waking up, I thought I would be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of my life, but I never expected to be able to stand up again. It's like being reborn.

All of this was thanks to my fifth sister.

"Mother, what brings you here?"

When the Emperor saw the Empress Dowager arrive at the Imperial Study with a entourage, his expression was slightly solemn. Could it be that something serious had happened, alarming the Empress Dowager to come in person?

"Your Majesty, it's nothing serious. It's just that I lost a pearl some years ago, and I came to the Imperial Study today to look for it. Maybe it's lost here."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand dismissively, not directly revealing that Song Ruozhen had calculated the matter, but in case they couldn't find it, it would help her cover it up.

"Could it be the South China Sea pearl that Mother has been searching for all along?"

The Emperor also had some recollection of this, after all, the Empress Dowager had once led people to search the entire Shaohua Palace, but in the end, they found nothing.

As a son, he had also specially sought out other pearls to present to the Empress Dowager, but he knew that none of them could compare to the one that had been lost.

"It's kind of you to remember." The Empress Dowager smiled.

"Find more palace maids and eunuchs to help the Empress Dowager search."

The Emperor ordered the memorials in the Imperial Study to be put away, and said nothing more about the search.

This bead is of great significance. Although it is unlikely to be in the Imperial Study, since the Empress Dowager has come, it wouldn't hurt to look for it.

"Your Majesty, the pearl is on the top shelf of that cabinet," Song Ruozhen whispered to the Empress Dowager.

"The very top?" The Empress Dowager raised an eyebrow. She had thought that the bead had been lost by accident and should have fallen to the ground. How could it be placed on the very top of the cabinet in the Imperial Study?

Chu Muyao couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't Grandmother say that the bead fell off by accident? If it's here, doesn't that mean it was deliberately taken away?"

That thief is incredibly audacious! Hiding something here like that, doesn't he have a death wish?

"Could it be that the thief stole it first, hurriedly hid it here, and then didn't have a chance to take it out?" Chu Yungui asked.

The next instant, Chu Yun Gui realized that his third brother was looking at him like he was a fool. He felt that what he said was also correct, and couldn't help but ask:

"Third brother, am I wrong?"

Chu Junting: "If it was theft, why not steal the whole hairpin instead of just one bead?"

Chu Yungui: "..." He had forgotten about that.

"The pearl was lost in Shaohua Palace. If it were hidden there, it would have been hidden there. Why bring it to the Imperial Study? Isn't that redundant?"

Chu Junting raised an eyebrow, already having an answer in his mind: if the bead was really here, then only one person would do this.

Chu Yungui: "!!!"

He was really just focused on the fact that it was stolen and forgot the whole reason why it was lost; he wasn't really stupid!