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The eunuch thought about it very seriously, ”No one has ever come before.”

Wei Qing's face completely darkened, ”Let me give you a word of advice, if this matter was deliberately set up by someone, you won't escape your responsibility!”

The eunuch trembled even more violently when he saw her pair of cold eyes brimming with a fierce light.

He hastily wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and thought very seriously for a moment, ”It seems that this servant felt very sleepy this morning, so I slept for a while.”

Wei Qing squinted her eyes, and thought about it seriously, ”Mo Qi!”

Mo Qi appeared when he heard her, ”What orders do you have for me, Eldest Miss?”

Wei Qing asked Mo Qi to call him over, and when he saw the deliberately dirtied medical manual, she narrowed her eyes.

”Who do you think did it?”

Wei Qing snorted, ”If you think with your knees, you can imagine that such a brainless thing is definitely related to the Empress.”

The eunuch had just said that he suddenly felt very sleepy. This meant that someone had used incense.

Once the eunuch was unconscious, this person could easily sneak in, tear up the medical manual, and leave behind a large puddle of ink on top of it.

However, the empress had never thought that she would use charcoal.

Just as Xiao Qingqian was about to rush to the Yi Kun Palace, footsteps came from outside and the chorus was getting closer and closer.

Old Emperor actually came!

Wei Qing frowned, it really was as if rain had fallen on a rainy night.

The moment the yellow glow appeared in the Compendium Pavilion, the crowd hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects.

”Wei Qing, we were just about to pass by. Seeing that the candles are lit, we came to take a look.”

Wei Qing did not panic at all, only that the eunuch was worried that she would be implicated, and he anxiously shouted towards the Old Emperor: ”Your majesty, it is really not this servant who has failed in his duty, this servant is also not clear as to how the medical manual ended up like this.”

Old Emperor was confused when he heard him. He frowned and looked at him for a while, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Wei Qing quickly cut him off and said, ”Your majesty, look at this medical manual …”

When Old Emperor's gaze moved to the large puddle of ink on the medical book, his expression suddenly changed. He snatched the medical book from Wei Qing's hands and scolded with a voice as cold as ice: ”We have previously said that the books in the library are all extremely precious. How did they become like this?”

These books were extremely precious and could not be measured in gold or silver at all.

The eunuch's entire body trembled like a sieve, as he continuously said ”I don't know”, Old Emperor's gaze once again moved onto Wei Qing's face, the temperature around him quickly dropped.

”Wei Qing, you explain it to us.”

Wei Qing said unhurriedly, ”Your Majesty, a page has been torn apart here.”

Old Emperor's originally creased eyebrows became deeper. If Wei Qing were to say that she dirtied the medical book, it would have some credibility, but she would definitely not tear away a page.

Wei Qing had been carefully observing Old Emperor's expression the entire time, but when she saw the space between Old Emperor's brows widen slightly, he finally said, ”Your majesty, today, I used a charcoal brush, so I didn't manage to get these ink stains myself.”

Old Emperor slightly frowned, ”Charcoal?”

Wei Qing presented the charcoal pen with her hands. ”This kind of brush won't dirty the books, furthermore, it'll tear as many slips of paper as are wrapped outside no matter how long it is used, it's very convenient.”

Other than Wei Qing, who else has been here before? Old Emperor's pupils trembled as she stared coldly at the trembling eunuch.

The eunuch's forehead was covered in sweat. If he knew who else was here, he wouldn't be so apprehensive.