"Madam Song, why are you here at this hour? Is there anything the Empress Dowager wants you to do?"
Concubine Xia used to be a maidservant to the Empress Dowager, and Nanny Song was quite polite to her. "The Empress Dowager has ordered this servant to conduct a thorough investigation of Mingde Palace. If I have offended you, please forgive me."
"Search the palace?" Concubine Xia was stunned and immediately realized that something was wrong. "Why search the palace for no reason?"
"Your Majesty, I am also following orders. Please give me some leniency so that I can return and report as soon as possible."
After she finished speaking, Nanny Song stopped talking to Concubine Xia and led her people in directly.
With such a big scene, Concubine Xia felt a little uneasy. She ordered the wet nurse to carry the princess out, and then followed her into the bedroom.
"Madame Song, what exactly happened?"
Nanny Song's eyes were slightly cold. "To answer your Majesty's question, the imperial physician said that the Emperor fainted because he recently used aphrodisiac incense. Your Majesty has been sleeping with him the most during this period, so the Empress Dowager ordered this servant to search the palace."
"Ridiculous!" Concubine Xia was horrified. "Palace rules forbid using such vile things to deceive the Emperor. How could I knowingly break the rules?"
"I hope your Majesty can keep her words and her heart true."
But after searching, there was nothing suspicious. Concubine Xia immediately felt confident and looked at Nanny Song coldly, "Nanny, can you go back and report now?"
Nanny Song smiled slightly and said, "I am just following orders. If I have offended you, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Concubine Xia sneered, "Of course I won't argue with Madam."
Nanny Song bowed to Concubine Xia and was about to leave when she saw the eldest princess walking towards her happily, holding something that looked like a rag doll in her hand.
"Mother, what do you see? Why is there a doll in our yard?"
The princess' words immediately attracted the attention of Nanny Song. Concubine Xia was also a little confused, but when she saw clearly what her daughter was holding, she was stunned.
"Why, how come Mingde Palace has these things?"
Nanny Song quickly grabbed it, and although the fabric for sewing the doll was covered with a thick layer of mud and water, she could still make out what was written on it if she looked closely.
Concubine Xia was completely panicked. Nanny Song narrowed her eyes and said, "Come here, search Mingde Palace thoroughly. Don't let any place go undetected!"
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