A couple of days passed by, and Xiaomei was thinking about how she can follow the storyline and not actually try to kill Baozhai or do evil, murderous things. She needs to find an assassin to at least scare Baozhai, so she doesn't change the story. "I could ask Bao...?" she said.

Before she could think more, the door burst open. "Huang Daiyu, you will be coming with us!" a guard said and grabbed both of her arms.

"Let go of my lady," LiMei yelped and tried to pry their hand off Xiaomei.

"What's the meaning of this?" Xiaomei said as they were dragging her out.

"You are summoned to accept your crime of poisoning Miss Baozhai," the guards roared.

"What? Poisoning.... Baozhai!" Xiaomei trying to comprehend as it's only been two months. She doesn't get framed until it's three months in the story.

"Do your talking to the emperor!" the guard said and continued to drag her.

"My lady didn't do anything," LiMei pleaded and clung to one of the guards' legs to stop her. The guard kicked her off of him.

"LiMei!" Xiaomei cried out and struggled to break free. "I will go on by myself! After I helped my maid up." Xiaomei sent chills to the guards as they released her. Xiaomei bent down to help LiMei up. "LiMei, stay here. Don't worry. I'll be fine," she said.

"But, miss...," LiMei said, worried and clung her hand onto Xiaomei's arms and didn't want to let go.

"It's okay," she reassured her before slipping LiMei's hand away. She said firmly, "Lead the way." One of the guards led the way and the other one was behind her, making sure that she didn't run away. She followed, but her mind was completely distracted. She didn't understand why the story has changed, she hasn't changed the story too much. The story barely spoke about her in the book, so she didn't really know what she was doing most of the time. She took a deep breath and prepared herself for the worse. All it matters now is that she doesn't die now.

Once she entered the Emperor's court and was standing in front of the emperor.

LiJie hollered at her, "Huang Daiyu, how vile of you to poison Baozhai!"

"Huang Daiyu, accept your crimes! You evil-hearted human! Knee in front of the emperor!" ChuHua shouted.

"I refuse to accept these crimes against me. I did no such thing to Zhou Baozhai," Xiaomei said.

"How dare you! Not accept your crimes!" ChuHua shouted.

"Silence!" the emperor ordered, as ChuHua became quiet. "Huang Daiyu, how could you..." the emperor said, softly and disappointed.

"Your majesty, believe me, I did not do such a thing. I will put life on the line," Xiaomei said, putting her hand up.

"Your majesty, don't believe her,'' LiJie said.

Xiaomei turns her head and looks at LiJie and ChuHua before saying, "How was she poisoned, and when did it happen? Please explain the whole situation before pointing fingers." For some reason, LiJie and ChuHua had chills run down their spines as Xiaomei shot them a glare.

"She was poisoned this morning from drinking tea," the emperor said.

"And you all frame me that I put something in her tea? How can I possibly poison her tea?" Xiaomei said.

"We have a witness that said they saw you put poison in Baozhai tea," LiJie said. "Bring her in!" He commanded. Then a low-rank maid entered the room as she went on her knees.

"Your majesty, please spare me. I-I ....," the maid said, scared.

"Tell us what you saw," the emperor said, seriously.

The maid trembles in fear as Xiaomei couldn't think why this maid is framing her. In the book, no one was really against Daiyu as she was considered an evil and annoying burden. So Xiaomei is wondering what her motives are.

"Well... last night I- I saw Miss Daiyu in the kitchen putting something in a teapot that was for Miss Baozhai... I assume it was poison," she said.

Before Xiaomei could speak, the door burst open as LiMei ran in and kneeled on the ground. "Your majesty, please believe me! I was with my lady last night, and she didn't go anywhere. I will use my life as evidence!"

ChuHua shouted again, "Don't believe her, your majesty. She is Huang Daiyu's maid. Of course, she will cover for her.''

Then another person burst in, "your majesty, I was close to the cold palace last night and did not see Miss Daiyu step foot out of the cold palace as she was in the cold palace the whole night. Please believe me as I have no relation to them," said Bao, as he was also kneeling to the emperor. Xiaomei was in disbelief at those two.

"I will also put my life as evidence," he said.

"You two, silence!" Xiaomei said, upset as the whole room went quiet as well. She turned her attention to the maid. "You said that you saw me last night, but why was Baozhai poisoned this morning? Why didn't you dump it out? Why did you reheat and serve it to her? I think it's partially your fault. Don't you think?'' Xiaomei said as everyone looked at the maid.

"I-I..., your majesty. I-I ... was afraid," she stuttered.

Before either Xiaomei and the maid could talk, another person came in. "Your majesty, we have found another witness," BoJing said and did a fist and palm salute to the emperor.

"Bring her in," the emperor said, and two guards brought in another female maid. She kneels in front of the emperor. "Speak," the emperor's voice roared.

"It wasn't Miss Daiyu who put something in Miss Baozhai's tea, but Fai." the maid said and pointed at the maid who was framing Xiaomei.

"Don't believe her, your majesty,'' the maid said frantically.

The other maid continued, "I am the one who usually makes Miss Baozhai's tea in the morning. After I just finished making the tea, Fai insisted on bringing it to Miss Baozhai. However, instead of bringing it out she went back to the back of the kitchen and put something in the tea. Once I asked her what she was doing, she said she was adding more flowers into the tea. And, the next thing I heard was that Miss Baozhai was poisoned, and it was Miss Daiyu who did it. I tried my best to report this,'' She finished.

"She's lying!" the maid screamed. "Don't believe her," she shouted again.

"Your majesty, you can ask the other maid in the kitchen as they will tell you that I am the one who usually makes Miss Baozhai's tea and that Fai was the one who insisted on bringing the tea to Miss Baozhai," the maid swore.

"Your majesty, we found a portion of the poison in her room," BoJing reported and lifted a small bag to show everyone.

"That's not mine! I had never seen that before. Someone implanted it in my room, your majesty," she begs.

The emperor ordered, "search her." Maids appeared and started searching her body.

"Your majesty," one of the maids said and lifted another small bag to show the emperor. BoJing steps forward and grabs the bag, and opens it to inspect it. He gave the emperor the nod.

"Take her away," the emperor ordered.

"Crown Prince! It's not what you think!" the maid screamed as she was looking at LiJie. "Crown Prince!" she shouted again before being dragged away. At that moment everyone in the room knew her motives.

Xiaomei thought in her head before sighing, "Another person who fell in love with LiJie."

"Since this has been settled, you all may leave," the emperor said.

At that moment, Xiaomei went on her knees and said, "Your majesty, for this unjustified, I would like to leave the cold palace and divorce the crown prince to live outside of the palace in the village. As you saw, most people wanted my blood on their hands as I am innocent and framed." Everyone in the room was shocked upon hearing this.

The emperor looked down at her as she lowered her head. "Do you agree?" the emperor said, looking at LiJIe.

LiJie looked down at Xiaomei and back at the emperor. "Your majesty, you can decide since you made this arrangement," he spoke with anger in his voice before walking out. LiJie still resented his father for forcing him to marry Daiyu. However, his true anger had nothing to do with Daiyu but with his father, and what he did to his mother, the empress.

The empress stood by her brother (Daiyu's father) to the very end and never believed that her brother was treason against the emperor as she had died along with them. So every time LiJie sees Daiyu, he will be reminded of his mother, and his hatred towards his father continues to grow.