Qi Le naturally chose the Royal Family's side, but she also pleaded with the previous Emperor to allow her to search for the whereabouts of the Golden Seal at her home and present it to the Royal Family once found.
The previous Emperor agreed but feared she might not be diligent, so he arranged for the Hidden Guard to be by Qi Le's side to search for the Golden Seal at the Qi Family.
However, no matter how Qi Le and the Hidden Guard searched, they found nothing.
Qi Le used her status to extract information from her parents and elders but discovered that none of them knew about the existence of the Golden Seal.
In the end, she could only turn her attention to Scholar Qi, as he was the only one outside at that time.
Thus, Scholar Qi was summoned to the Capital City, but despite Qi Le and the Hidden Guard's multiple investigations, even after drugging him and searching him, they found no trace of the Golden Seal.
