Cai Xiang was kicked and fell to the ground. She looked up and saw the open door. She struggled to sit up. Fucha thought Cai Xiang was going to struggle and was waiting for her to get up so she could teach her a lesson. But to her surprise, Cai Xiang rushed towards the door.

Fucha panicked and rushed forward to stop her, but Caixiang had already run out of the courtyard. Fucha shouted, "Someone, catch Caixiang!" The maid sweeping the courtyard looked at Caixiang and then at Fucha. Caixiang was usually quite nice to everyone. If she were caught, she would definitely be beaten severely, and her life might not even be safe. So she simply stood still.

"You...!" Fucha looked at these lowly maids who usually ate her food and lived in her house, and they actually dared to disobey her. She hurriedly chased after them, but Caixiang's figure was getting further and further away from her.

As Fucha watched Caixiang run away, she thought it was all over. She hurriedly ran back to her palace, opened the secret compartment, and found that the soul-snatching drug was gone. Now she was really doomed. Caixiang would definitely give the drug to Niohuru.

Fucha slumped into a chair and table, and Yun'er followed behind her.

"Your Excellency, you..." Fucha waved her hand weakly, "You may leave now, this is none of your business."

Thinking back on all these years of fighting with the Niohuru clan, with no clear winner, I was ultimately defeated by my own personal maid. Caixiang, why did you do this to me?

Cai Xiang left Zhongcui Palace, attracting the attention of eunuchs and palace maids on the road. Cai Xiang knew her current predicament, but she could not let it go and hurriedly rushed to Changchun Palace.

Just as Cui Niang was about to go out, she saw a woman with disheveled hair and a swollen face. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was Cai Xiang.

"Caixiang, what happened to you?" Cui Niang asked as she stepped forward.

Seeing that it was Cui Niang, Cai Xiang felt relieved. "Cui Niang, please take me to the Empress. I have found the evidence." Cui Niang led Cai Xiang to the main hall, where Lan Qin was studying calligraphy.

"Your Majesty, Cai Xiang requests an audience!" Lan Qin turned around and saw Cai Xiang covered in wounds.

"Caixiang, what happened to you?" Caixiang lowered her head, not daring to let the Empress see her disheveled appearance.

"Your Majesty, Caixiang is alright. I have come to tell you that I have found evidence against Fucha." Caixiang took out a piece of silk from her pocket and handed it to Lanqin.

Lanqin took the silk from Caixiang's hand, opened it, and sure enough, it was a soul-snatching drug, exactly the same as the one she had found at Consort Sun's place. "It really is a soul-snatching drug. How did you get it from Lady Fucha?"

"Your Majesty, it was...it was something I stole...and was caught by the nobleman." Cai Xiang's voice choked with sobs. Hearing Cai Xiang say this, Lan Qin knew how she had gotten injured.

"Cui Niang, quickly take some men to Zhongcui Palace and capture Fucha Shi." After Cui Niang accepted the order, she withdrew. Lanqin then said to the maid beside her, "Take Caixiang downstairs to change her clothes, and then let her wash up."

Cai Xiang followed her downstairs, feeling deeply moved. She hadn't expected that someone who wasn't her own master would treat her so well.

Cui Niang quickly arrived at Zhongcui Palace. Fucha Shi seemed prepared to be arrested, sitting in her bedchamber waiting for Lanqin's people to arrive. Fucha Shi did not struggle, obediently being led behind Cui Niang, her face turning deathly pale, her whole being utterly still.