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Prince Su laughed, "Your Majesty, do you completely believe what Lady Jiang said?"

"Uncle, although I respect you and am willing to do as you wish, I cannot pretend to be blind when it comes to the laws of the court and human lives.

“Although the Jiang family is just a merchant family, they are also considered to be the best in the imperial city. In addition, given the relationship between Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi, why would they want to weave prohibited flowers and plants on the silk?

"As for Jiang Mushi's poisoning, I believe Jiang Suining did not lie or make false accusations. This matter was indeed the work of the Emperor's uncle."

Prince Su did not feel the slightest bit nervous because of Emperor Xiao's words, and even his facial expression did not change much.

"Your Majesty is right. This was indeed done by me."

"Why?"

"Firstly, because of the alchemy incident at the Women's Academy, Lady Officer Jiang and I are not on good terms. She even sneaked into the alchemy room with the Fifth Princess, which was really disrespectful to me."

"Is this true?" Emperor Xiao was surprised. "Why didn't the uncle report it to me directly?"

"After all, there is no evidence. Even if we bring this to the Emperor, it will only cause him more trouble."

Prince Su sighed and continued.

"The Fifth Princess is my junior after all. Even if I consider the Emperor's face, I can let it go. But Jiang Suining is just a female official, but she doesn't take me seriously. Naturally, I have to teach her a lesson. But she has Prime Minister Shen to protect her, and I don't want to make things too ugly, so I set up a trap to deceive the Jiang family as a warning and a lesson."

"Is there any other reason?"

"Yes." Prince Su nodded. "I want to collect the birth dates of those female students. If I go directly to the Women's Academy to announce it, Jiang Suining will definitely stop me. Although she is just a woman, she is not easy to deal with, so I took advantage of the situation and poisoned Jiang Mushi when he was imprisoned. I thought that in this way, Jiang Suining would be cautious and at least would not interfere in my affairs anymore."

"Uncle, even if you have these two reasons, you shouldn't do this. The Jiang family is innocent, and Jiang Mushi has done nothing wrong." There was disapproval in Emperor Xiao's tone, and his expression was also unhappy.

Upon seeing this, Prince Su knelt down before Emperor Xiao.

"Uncle, please stand up. There is no need to do this. I am not saying this to blame you. I just think this is inappropriate."

"Your Majesty, I was not thoughtful enough and made a mistake in this matter. However, Jiang Mushi's antidote has been delivered. I will also explain the case of the banned flowers and plants. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

After all, Prince Su is the elder, and according to the rules, he does not have to kneel in front of Emperor Xiao.

Kneeling down and admitting the mistake at this moment has already shown him a very humble attitude.

Although he did do something wrong, it did not cause any serious consequences. Emperor Xiao could not continue to blame him and could only speak to the eunuch next to him.

"Help the emperor uncle up."

The eunuch hurried forward and carefully helped Prince Su up.

"Uncle, now that this matter has been made clear, let's stop here. As for the Jiang family, I will give them some rewards to appease them. But I hope that you can be careful about your words and actions in the future and don't do such things again."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Please rest assured, I will remember this."

"In that case, please go back and rest. As for the evil spirit you mentioned... let your uncle investigate this matter. Once you find out the result, please report it to me immediately. Don't make any decisions on your own."

Prince Su agreed and left the imperial study.

Outside the imperial study, Jiang Suining and Lu Yan were still waiting there. When they saw Prince Su coming out, they both frowned unconsciously.

"The two ladies can go in now." Prince Su smiled, "But I'm afraid you've come here in vain today."

Before Jiang Suining and Lu Yan could speak, the eunuchs in the imperial study summoned them.

The two walked in in silence.

"Your Majesty, I wonder what Prince Su said just now?" Jiang Suining asked.

"Prince Su admitted that the Jiang family incident was framed by him, and that he was indeed the one who poisoned Jiang Mushi."

Emperor Xiao's words surprised Jiang Suining and Lu Yan. Prince Su had not stayed in the imperial study for long, and they did not expect the other party to admit it so readily.

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, then..."

"According to what the uncle said, he has handed over the antidote, and the Jiang family will also find him innocent. In addition, I will reward him with 100 taels of gold and 10 antiques as an apology to the Jiang family on behalf of the uncle."

Emperor Xiao's words made Jiang Suining silent.

This statement obviously meant that the matter was to end here and not to pursue further.

Although he was mentally prepared, when Jiang Suining really heard what Emperor Xiao said, some disappointment still appeared on his face.

Feeling the eunuch's gaze on his face, Jiang Suining glanced at him.

The latter coughed lightly and reminded: "Madam Jiang, the emperor has already spoken, and he also said that he would reward the Jiang family. Why don't you obey his orders and thank him?"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Suining knelt down to express his gratitude.

"Get up." Emperor Xiao waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, what about the birth dates of the female students?" Lu Yan asked.

Emperor Xiao glanced at the eunuch beside him.

"Go ahead and tell them what Prince Su just said."

"Your Majesty, what about..." The eunuch paused for a moment, obviously asking about the evil spirit.

"Tell me everything." Emperor Xiao leaned back in his chair and spoke.

The eunuch took the order and quickly repeated the conversation that had just taken place.

"Evil spirit?" Jiang Suining looked surprised. "Does the emperor believe what Prince Su said?"

"This matter concerns the royal family and the imperial court. Even if there is no other evidence, I will believe Prince Su's one-sided statement. This is why I allowed Prince Su to observe at the Women's Academy from the beginning."

Jiang Suining carefully watched Emperor Xiao's expression and spoke after a moment.

"So the emperor doesn't believe it now?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the eunuch and Lu Yan both showed surprise on their faces.

Lu Yan looked at Jiang Suining, somewhat puzzled by her question. If the emperor didn't believe it, why did he let Prince Su go so easily just now, and even helped Prince Su clean up the mess?

Emperor Xiao stared at Jiang Suining for a long time before speaking in a deep voice.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but I am the ruler of a country after all. I can't ignore other suspicious things just because of the evil spirit. After all, this may involve human lives."

Jiang Suining asked carefully, "What does the emperor mean?"

"You don't have to pretend you don't know. I think you had already suspected this before you came, but you didn't mention it in front of me because you were worried that it would anger me." Emperor Xiao took a deep breath, "You suspect that the emperor's uncle is related to the missing woman's case."