Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

Fuqing was furious, but he held back his anger as she pulled herself back.

"Even if the princess doesn't care, you should know your limits! Also, you can search the palace, but I must keep an eye on it. I can't give in on this!"

The head of the guards was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, with Auntie watching over us, nothing will go wrong, and we can report back to them another day."

After reaching an agreement, a group of people marched into the west wing hall where Shen Mengyao lived.

"Search carefully!"

Fu Qing watched and they did not dare to do anything excessive.

"What are these boxes?" asked the leader of the guards.

"These are all the clothes that this princess brought in from outside the palace." Shen Mengyao frowned: "Before I entered the palace, I sought the imperial decree of the Empress Dowager."

"Search!" the guard leader ordered coldly.

Fu Qing was furious and blocked their way: "The princess is of noble status, how can you men touch her clothes at will?"

"We are following the orders of the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation in the palace. Anyone who obstructs us will be disobeying his order." The chief of the guards was equally unwilling to be outdone.

The atmosphere was tense, and seeing the two of them fighting, things were looking unfavorable.

Shen Mengyao had a clear conscience and was naturally not afraid of the investigation, so she persuaded Fuqing to stay.

"Aunt Fuqing, this guard came here on the orders of the Emperor. You don't have to bear the charge of disobeying the Emperor's orders for my sake."

"Princess, the Queen Mother is now unconscious, are you going to let these people bully you?" Fu Qing's eyes were slightly red again.

She knew in her heart that there was no way to avoid this.

"Aunt, if you are worried, just show them one by one. The Queen Mother was assassinated, and I also want to find the culprit. First, check Xingqing Palace, and then slowly check other places. It will be a matter of time before we find out the cause."

After hearing this, Fuqing felt a lot more relaxed.

She was so tough only because she was afraid that once the Queen Mother fell, these people would find ways to bully the family of Duke Shen, who was protected by the Queen Mother.

She took out the things inside one by one, displayed them, and then put them aside.

After checking all the boxes, she said unhappily, "Did you get the answer you wanted? Can you leave Xingqing Palace now? The Queen Mother still needs to rest and recuperate."

The guard leader narrowed his eyes and waved his hand: "Retreat!"

As they were leaving in an orderly manner, the leader of the guards suddenly found a tiny grass seed at the corner of the threshold.

He picked it up and examined it carefully: "This seems to be the orchid seeds that Doctor Zhang mentioned."

"What orchid seeds?" Shen Mengyao frowned, not understanding what it meant.

In just a moment, the guard had confirmed it.

Because this thing is oval in shape, very plump, with a dark brown pattern on it, and is about half the size of an ordinary mung bean, so it can match.

"Someone come! Take the princess away."

Shen Mengyao looked at the guard who was approaching calmly and asked calmly: "What do you think this means?"

The guard snorted coldly, as if doubting her. Are you playing dumb?

"The emperor suspects that the person who drugged the empress dowager was a member of the Xingqing Palace. This grass seed is called Youlan Seed, which is the reason why the empress dowager is seriously ill and cannot recover. The emperor sent us to search the palace to find this thing."

"You mean the princess plotted to murder the empress dowager? How is that possible?" Fu Qing was the first to disbelieve it.

"Of course I didn't say that. It's just that the evidence has been delivered to the emperor, and he has to make the final decision. The person must be taken back." The chief guards' attitude was unyielding.

Shen Mengyao tried hard to digest the news.

Two guards held her, one on each side, and tried to take her away.

Fu Qingtou was the first to react: "No, the princess is the queen mother's person, we have to wait until the queen mother wakes up!"

"If the princess still stays in Xingqing Palace and does evil, the queen mother may never wake up. Take her away!"

At the command, two guards directly held Shen Mengyao.

Shen Mengyao shook off their hands and said calmly, "Let me go. I can walk by myself."

When they arrived outside the Qinzheng Hall, she waited outside the hall, while the chief guard held the evidence and walked quickly into the hall after being summoned.

The emperor looked exhausted as he had been busy lately. He was talking to Lord Zhang, apparently discussing the empress dowager's illness, but he stopped talking when he saw him walk in quickly.

The emperor frowned and asked in a deep voice, "How is the search going in Xingqing Palace?"

The chief of the guards knelt on the ground and reported with his fists clasped.

"I searched all the servants' rooms, but didn't find anything unusual. It wasn't until I searched the princess' room that I found a grass seed. It looked very much like the orchid seed that the emperor asked Lord Zhang to show me. So I brought this evidence here for your inspection."

Debao immediately stepped forward and took the grass seeds wrapped in the guard's handkerchief.

He originally wanted to present it to the emperor, but the emperor waved his hand and signaled him to give it directly to Lord Zhang.

Debao immediately gave the things to Lord Zhang.

After carefully observing it, Lord Zhang immediately turned around and said with certainty: "Your Majesty, this is undoubtedly the orchid seed. The substance added to the dregs of the empress dowager is exactly the same as this."

The emperor's expression suddenly darkened.

He lowered his head and looked at the guard who was deliberately attacking him: "Where did you find it? Why is there only this one?"

Upon seeing this, the guard immediately reported truthfully: "We did not find a large number of orchid seeds in the princess' room. When we were preparing to evacuate, I found this small one in the shadow under the threshold. At first I thought it was a grass seed, but when I picked it up I found that it looked very similar to orchid seeds, so I brought it back for Your Majesty to have a look."

The emperor originally suspected that someone had deliberately given false testimony, but when he heard that it was a small piece of evidence discovered accidentally, he immediately thought that Shen Mengyao was the one who murdered the empress dowager.

"Where is the sinner?"

"They have been taken outside the Qinzheng Hall." The guard immediately avoided them.

"Well done. You go down first and call the princess to the palace." There was a hint of anger in the emperor's voice.

Debao went out quickly and asked Shen Mengyao to go to the palace.

This was Shen Mengyao's first time visiting the Qinzheng Hall and she felt it was majestic and magnificent. The huge incense burner was burning with ambergris, which smelled very pleasant. Behind the desk, the emperor, the supreme ruler, sat at the back with a dignified look on his face.

"See the Emperor."

Shen Mengyao knelt down and greeted him.

"You should have heard about it." The emperor pondered for a moment and said slowly, "The Queen Mother is seriously ill, not because of disease, but because someone murdered her and poisoned her."

"I heard about it." Shen Mengyao raised her eyes, her expression firm: "I also heard that no one among the imperial doctors can cure the Queen Mother, so I hope to recruit talented people from the people to help the Queen Mother solve her problems."

The emperor frowned and slapped the table: "Shen Mengyao, you really don't know why I called you here?"