"What?" Rong Xiu was puzzled.

"Qionghua." Hua Yuanzhao smiled bitterly, "And it has to be fresh."

Based on her current knowledge, she really couldn't understand what the use of magnolia was, but she also believed in the results of the instrumental analysis.

Besides, wasn’t she just walking out of the jade flower forest when she was attacked at Princess Changle’s birthday banquet that day?

At that time, Fuling stood outside the magnolia forest to help her watch out for passers-by, and that’s how she escaped the disaster.

After these words were spoken, Rong Xiu and Shi Hu both looked embarrassed.

"Miss Hua, is it necessary to have Qionghua?" Shihu asked anxiously.

Hua Yuanzhao nodded, but seemed a little puzzled.

She said that this medicine was difficult to use because, in her understanding, the medicinal properties of Qionghua were not consistent with this hallucinogenic drug, and she needed to conduct experiments to get definite results.

But these two don’t seem to mean that?

"Fortunately, it is the flowering season of the magnolia now. It shouldn't be difficult to pick the flowers, right?" Hua Yuanzhao comforted.

Fuling gently tugged at her sleeve, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

Rong Xiu glanced at Hua Yuanzhao and said softly, "Other herbs are easy to deal with, but this Qionghua..."

"Miss, private planting of magnolia flowers is strictly prohibited in the capital." Fuling whispered in Hua Yuanzhao's ear.

Hua Yuanzhao was stunned and couldn't help but think of the magnolia forest he saw at Princess Changle's birthday banquet.

"Princess Qionghui prefers magnolia flowers, and only the royal family can grow magnolia flowers." Rong Xiu said carefully, "You rest first, I will enter the palace tonight."

Hua Yuanzhao's heart skipped a beat. She looked at Rong Xiu's cynical look and asked blankly, "You're not going to break into the palace at night, are you?"

If he were caught, wouldn't he be accused of assassinating the king?

Shihu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and said hastily, "Sir, I will go there! I will definitely bring Qionghua back!"

Anyway, he wanted to use the magnolia flowers to make an antidote to save the princess. Couldn't he just ask the lady for help? Wouldn't it be easier to ask the spies in the palace to pick some magnolia flowers and send them out than for them to go into the palace?

Under Shihu's pleading gaze, Rong Xiu shook his head and his eyes gradually became firm.

"You stay here, I'll go." He said, reaching out to pull Hua Yuanzhao's wrist: "Come and have some fish soup."

The fish soup in the bamboo tube was bubbling, and a light bamboo fragrance was floating in the milky white soup.

Rong Xiu used several layers of leaves to provide insulation before handing the wrapped bamboo tube to Hua Yuanzhao.

"You are a poor maid, the fish soup you made has a fishy smell." Rong Xiu said disdainfully, "Just drink a little first, I'll make it again for you tomorrow."

Fuling looked up and stammered, "Mr. Rong, this fish soup was made by my young lady."

"I was wondering who would have such a clever idea to use bamboo tubes to stew fish soup. It turns out to be Miss Hua!" Rong Xiu said calmly, his face as thick as a city wall.

Hua Yuanzhao held the fish soup and sipped it, looking at him with a half-smile when he heard the sound. The smile in his eyes made Rong Xiu feel uneasy.

She slowly finished her fish soup, then said calmly, "You two should go together, so that we can take care of each other."

Shihu nodded vigorously beside him. Even if he didn't go to the lady to ask for Qionghua, he could always go to other friendly families.

He must keep an eye on the little ancestor this time! He must not let him break into the palace alone at night!

Rong Xiu's expression eased a little, and he asked, "Are you worried about me?"

Hua Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows. What nonsense is this idiot talking about?

She went to sleep right after eating, not choosing a particular place, and slept soundly. When she woke up, the cave was already filled with the aroma of fish.

Fuling was sitting by the fire roasting fish. There were a few burnt bamboo tubes lying beside her, and the tragic scene was vaguely visible.

"Miss, are you awake?" Fuling looked at her sleepy face and felt so distressed that she wanted to cry.

After all, her young lady is the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. How tired must she be to fall asleep in a place like this?

Hua Yuanzhao hummed, and when she stood up, her black coat slipped off, startling her for a moment.

"It was Master Rong who covered it for you." Fuling said reluctantly, "Master Rong and Shihu have already left. They said they wanted to sneak in before the palace gates were locked."

"Why didn't you call me?" Hua Yuanzhao wondered, grabbing his coat and standing up.

She brought some self-defense powder last night and was thinking of giving it to them!

"Mr. Rong said you were too tired, so he didn't bother you." Fuling said with a stern face.

Hua Yuanzhao's expression was complicated. He just nodded lightly and said nothing more.

Fuling came up to her and said to her seriously, "Miss, you can't be moved by him!"

Hua Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"Mr. Rong is indeed handsome and devoted to you. He even did something as outrageous as helping you escape from prison..." Fuling's face was filled with sorrow: "But..."

She glanced at Hua Yuanzhao and gritted her teeth and said, "But if he hadn't asked you to detoxify Princess Lin'an, and if the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo hadn't locked you up in the water dungeon, you wouldn't have been caught red-handed while refining the medicine!"

How could there be any subsequent imprisonment?

Hua Yuanzhao raised his hand and touched her head, and felt more and more that something was not right.

"If it weren't for the water dungeon, I might have been killed by the Hua family." Hua Yuanzhao said with a wry smile: "If I died madly, the Hua family would no longer be suspected."

By this calculation, she could be said to have gotten a blessing in disguise.

Besides...

Thinking back on what happened now, she felt more and more that the behavior of Lady Zhenguo after she abducted her seemed more like she was looking for trouble rather than asking her to help treat Princess Lin'an.

But why? Just to put her in a water dungeon to vent her anger?

Or...

To help her?

…

On the other side, Shihu was hiding in an alley not far from the palace wall, scratching his head anxiously like an ant on hot pan.

The moment he heard footsteps falling behind him, Shihu finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said, "Little ancestor, you finally - oh my god, what the hell is this!"