Upon hearing this, the people below immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy. The eunuch in charge of Qixiang Palace crawled forward two steps on his knees and reached Lanqin's feet, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive this servant. This servant truly knew nothing about it."

Fucha's mouth was covered, so she couldn't speak and could only stare at him fiercely.

Lanqin changed the subject, saying, "However, if anyone knows what Fucha has done, they should report it immediately, and they can make amends for their past misdeeds."

Meanwhile, the Empress received the report. It turned out that it was an informant sent by the Empress to keep an eye on Lady Fucha.

"You said that Consort Xi led people to Lady Fucha's place?" the Empress asked.

A palace maid standing nearby said worriedly, "Yes, Your Highness, do you think it's possible that Consort Xi discovered that Consort Nian's poison was administered by Lady Fucha?"

The Empress said nervously, "Quickly, take me to Qixiang Palace. We can't let Consort Xi find any evidence."

Upon hearing Lanqin's words, the palace servants of Qixiang Palace began to hesitate. They knew Fucha's methods; if they betrayed her, she would perish with them. So they were too afraid to utter a word.

Fucha suddenly felt a sense of panic. She had always thought that Consort Xi was only favored by the Fourth Prince, but she did not expect that she would be so difficult to deal with, and that she would drive her to her death with her first move.

She made muffled noises and kept cursing Lanqin, but what angered her was that no matter how much she cursed, Lanqin couldn't hear her.

Seeing that the palace servants dared not step forward to say anything, Lanqin said, "I originally wanted to save your lives, but you kept silent. Since that's the case, I won't interfere anymore. What happens to you is up to your own fate."

Lanqin said to Eunuch Duo, "Eunuch Duo, you should take Lady Fucha away first and lock her up in the Shenxing Division and keep her under strict guard."

Just then, a voice came from outside, "Her Majesty the Empress has arrived."

Fucha's previously dim eyes instantly lit up. She knew her savior had arrived; the Empress had come to rescue her!

Lanqin had a bad feeling; she didn't know why the Empress had come.

After the Empress entered, Lanqin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects."

The Empress looked around and asked, "What's going on here?"

She ordered someone to remove the gag from Fucha's mouth. After the gag was removed, Fucha immediately shouted to the Empress, "Your Majesty, save me! Consort Xi has wronged me and wants to kill me!"

The Empress asked Lanqin, "Consort Xi, I ask you, what exactly is the reason for taking Lady Fucha away? What crime did she commit?"

Lanqin said, "The Fucha clan is practicing witchcraft in the palace. I have already found something ominous in Qixiang Palace, a witchcraft doll with my birth date and time written on it. Now we have caught her and her account. Please allow me to take the Fucha clan to the Shenxing Division, Your Majesty." The Empress breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't because of Consort Nian. But what was this witchcraft all about?

She asked suspiciously, "What witchcraft? What witchcraft doll? May I take a look at that witchcraft doll?"

Lanqin had no choice but to say to Eunuch Duo, "Eunuch Duo, show the things we found to Her Majesty the Empress."

Eunuch Duo picked up the rag doll that Lanqin had thrown on the ground earlier and respectfully presented it to the Empress, saying, "Your Majesty, please take a look." The Empress did not care that the rag doll had just been picked up from the ground; she held the rag doll in her hands and examined it repeatedly.

After looking at it for a while, the Empress said, "In my opinion, this thing definitely does not belong to the Fucha clan."

Lanqin was surprised that the Empress would help Fucha, and she asked, "Why is Your Majesty so sure?"