Seeing that all the masters present focused their attention on him, Doctor Xu's psychological pressure further increased.

To be on the safe side, he decided to check the spices carefully one by one.

After repeated confirmation, Doctor Xu finally answered the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I can confirm that there is nothing wrong with these spices!"

"Doctor Xu! You said there is nothing wrong with these spices? But I heard from someone that if these spices are combined together, they can be made into spices that are banned in the palace!"

When Concubine Hua heard the conclusion given by Doctor Xu, she could no longer sit still and started asking further questions.

At the same time, Concubine Hua stared at Doctor Xu fiercely, which was obviously a hidden threat.

However, Doctor Xu was too nervous, so he kept his head down while answering and did not look at his masters.

The result was that Concubine Hua was trying hard to glare at people, but Doctor Xu, apart from feeling like a thorn in his back, did not receive any threat from Concubine Hua, let alone understand what she meant.

"Your Highness, I don't know who told you this, but from what I've learned, these spices are made from a combination of multiple ingredients, so they are relatively complicated. If you want to prepare spices, it's not enough to just prepare these ingredients... You also need to go through the corresponding process before they can take shape."

Doctor Xu's specialty is medicine, not the research of these techniques of making and refining incense. Even so, the two are not completely unrelated.

After saying this, Doctor Xu just stood there obediently and didn't say anything else.

The Queen said, "I know that Concubine An is very good at making these things. Why don't you tell the Emperor, me, and the Imperial Concubine why Doctor Xu said that it is impossible to make incense by just preparing the raw materials?"

An Lingrong had been waiting since early morning. When she saw the Queen offering her help at this time, she realized that the other party was deliberately setting a trap for Concubine Hua, intending to embarrass Concubine Hua in front of Yongzheng, and she immediately smiled knowingly at the Queen.

Seeing An Lingrong’s smiling face, the Queen felt relieved instantly.

Very good, very good, An Lingrong is finally starting to exert her strength!

The Queen was very much expecting it, so she looked at An Lingrong with an "encouraging" look.

"Haha, I really want to listen to it!"

Concubine Hua sneered and looked at An Lingrong with cold eyes.

If it were someone else, they would definitely feel uneasy after being looked at by her like this.

But An Lingrong's psychological quality is there, how could she be affected?

An Lingrong said slowly, "As we all know, most incense is made from plants, various fragrant woods, or flowers. Then, they are processed using special methods to extract their fragrance and turn them into scented powders, ointments, and scented oils. When they are used, they are used accordingly, and the fragrance lingers for a long time."

As she spoke, An Lingrong gave a few more examples on the spot.

Concubine Hua originally wanted to mock An Lingrong for being mysterious, but Yongzheng kept nodding his head as he listened to An Lingrong's words.

After discovering this, Concubine Hua was speechless.

The emperor has already agreed. Even if Concubine Hua is resentful, what else can she do now?

"Because of this, different incense compositions require different materials. Depending on the recipe, the processing procedures are naturally different. If you just add the materials together, it will only destroy their characteristics."

As An Lingrong spoke, she glanced at Doctor Xu who was standing aside like a background, and continued, "And if you want to mix a forbidden item with other uses, I'm afraid it won't be effective with just these incense powders. You have to add some medicine, and this is not my forte."

After saying this, An Lingrong nodded to Yongzheng, indicating that she had finished speaking.

"So, can you find any traces of drugs in this?"

Yongzheng also asked his own questions to Doctor Xu, who then shook his head repeatedly.

"I did not detect any medicinal smell in it..."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Hua immediately closed her eyes.

Of course there is no "medicine" in these boxes, because the "medicine powder" that can really work is in Geng Zhao's hands!

Originally, if Songzhi had called the other party over normally, Geng Zhao would have added the things in without anyone noticing during the inspection, and then told the emperor that he had found something wrong!

Unfortunately, Songzhi failed at such a critical moment, and all of Concubine Hua's plans were disrupted!

"That means there's nothing wrong with these spices."

Seeing that Concubine Hua did not continue to find fault, Yongzheng, who had already understood the situation, said to the Queen, "It seems that this matter still needs to be carefully investigated by the Queen."

"I understand. I will definitely give Your Majesty an answer."

The Queen's smile was extremely sincere as she saw Concubine Hua fail completely as she wished.

While answering the emperor, the queen also glanced at An Lingrong beside her and gave her an approving look.

"Okay, now that we're done, I'll take you back. It's a good opportunity to go see Concubine Xin as well."

Yongzheng ignored Concubine Hua's intention and instead said this to An Lingrong.

An Lingrong naturally had no objection to this.

At the same time, Yongzheng seemed to remember something, and said to the Queen, "If the Queen wants to investigate this matter, send someone to seal up the Chuxiu Palace first, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Also, Concubine Xin does not have to continue living here, so let her stay with you, Concubine An, for a while, how about that?"

Yongzheng seemed to be asking An Lingrong, but in fact he was just drawing a conclusion.

Given his understanding of Concubine Hua, how could he not know that Concubine Hua must have other actions involved?

She had just dismissed Huang Guiquan, who was previously arranged by Concubine Hua to work in the Imperial Household Department. Concubine Hua must be quite dissatisfied with this, but she couldn't vent her anger on herself, so poor Concubine Xin became her "punching bag".

However, if Concubine Hua had not wanted to continue to involve An Lingrong, Yongzheng would not have planned to pursue the matter further.

But knowing that An Lingrong was pregnant, Concubine Hua still deliberately set up such a dragon gate formation, which made the emperor quite unhappy, so he instructed the queen to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The Empress and Concubine Hua have never been on good terms. Even though they pretend to be nice on the surface, there are always undercurrents going on in private.

Yongzheng was well aware of all these things, and now he wanted to use the Queen's hand to suppress Concubine Hua openly so that she would restrain herself.

"Okay, let's go."

Seeing that everything was arranged, Yongzheng had no intention of staying here any longer, so he called An Lingrong and was about to send her back to Yonghe Palace.

The queen was not jealous at this time, but deliberately came to Concubine Hua and said with a smile: "Sister, it's really hard for you to work so hard!"

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