Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

"Correct!"

Huo Jingxuan confirmed Jiang Xi's guess.

Jiang Xi's expression was somewhat unpleasant: "Heh, my imperial brother's orientation is perfectly normal. Have you forgotten about Fu'er?"

If Jiang Ji has any strange or unusual hobbies, then where did Fu'er come from?

Seeing that Jiang Xi didn't take it seriously, Huo Jingxuan had to emphasize his words: "Your brother is normal, but Su Huanqing's treatment of your brother is also an undeniable fact!"

Huo Jingxuan's voice was a bit loud, and Jiang Xi shrank back: "Even if it's true, why are you shouting like that? You scared me!"

Huo Jingxuan's face turned ugly as Jiang Xi yelled at him; this woman always had a way of provoking his anger.

"Did you think I was putting on a monologue after all that I just said? Or are you saying you've already fallen for Su Huanqing?"

Jiang Xi really wanted to rush over and cover Huo Jingxuan's mouth. Oh my god, Su Huanqing might be waiting outside the door. How embarrassing would it be if someone heard them!

"I told you not to raise your voice so loudly, I don't like it, okay!"

Huo Jingxuan finally heard the answer he wanted and smiled: "So you agreed to my proposal?"

Jiang Xi secretly rolled her eyes: "You won't force me if I don't agree?"

“That won’t do!” Huo Jingxuan immediately said.

Jiang Xi spread her hands: "That's settled then, I promise you, I promise you, but..."

As she spoke, she wrapped her arms around Huo Jingxuan's neck, pressed her face against his chest, and said in a ethereal voice, "But I hope that in the future Fu'er will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, so that I won't have to choose between you two!"

Although the possibility was extremely slim, Jiang Xi still held onto hope.

The next day, as soon as it was broad daylight, Lu Ye rushed in from outside.

Jiang Xi was having breakfast with Chun Tao in the hall when Lu Ye rushed in to report: "News has come from the Xie family that the second master of the Xie family has died suddenly!"

Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with disbelief: "Sudden death? How could this happen?"

The poison she put in the calligraphy and paintings could at most make Xie Qingshan seriously ill, how could he suddenly die?

Lu Ye replied, "I don't know the specifics, but it's said that she died in the bed of Madam Xue, the owner of Hanmoxuan, and the news has spread throughout the capital!"

"What? What about Madam Xue?" Jiang Xi was even more shocked.

"When the body was discovered, Madam Xue, fearing she would be implicated, had already fled overnight!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xi felt even more puzzled.

Given Xue Hewan's personality, there's no reason why she would submit to Xie Qingshan for a fake painting.

Could it be that Xie Qingshan's death was due to that painting, and Xue Hewan was actually just a tool in someone's hands?

So who exactly wanted to kill Xie Qingshan? And who ended up with his painting?

Just as Jiang Xi was completely confused, Huo Jingxuan returned from court.

Dressed in a dark, ice-silk python robe, he exuded a strong sense of oppression with every move he made.

Everyone bowed, but Jiang Xi went forward and asked, "Did you kill Xie Qingshan? Is Xue Hewan one of your people?"

Huo Jingxuan's expression was solemn. His gaze fell on the hand that Jiang Xi was holding his arm, and he remained silent for a long time before shaking his head.

"No, but I roughly know who killed Xie Qingshan."

"Who?" Jiang Xi asked in surprise.

"Yang Xuerou!"

Huo Jingxuan exposed the truth in one sentence.

"I had someone spread the word that Xie Qingshan was about to become the head of the Xie family. Given Yang Xuerou's personality, she certainly wouldn't sit idly by."

However, to my surprise, she was so ruthless that she killed him directly.

And he died in a widow's bed, his reputation ruined!

When Jiang Xi heard that it was Yang Xuerou, he wasn't surprised at all, as this woman always put her own interests first.

"Wouldn't the Xie family be in complete chaos right now?"

Huo Jingxuan nodded: "Xie Zhuguo has ruined two of his three sons and is furious. He has already sent people to hunt down Xue Hewan!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you send someone to intercept Xue Hewan and secretly deliver her to Xie Zhuguo?"

Before he finished speaking, Han Chuan had already returned with Jiang Cheng.

"See you, my lord!"

Jiang Cheng knelt down to pay his respects.

Huo Jingxuan raised his hand to help him up, and then asked, "How did things go?"

"My subordinates captured Liu Chang in Hengfeng Town, and on the way back to Beijing, we received a message from the Beijing Film Academy via carrier pigeon, and intercepted Xue Hewan halfway."

Xue Hewan has already been secretly handed over to the Xie family guards and is currently being escorted back to the capital!

Jiang Cheng gave a detailed and thorough answer.

"Very well, this time you've redeemed yourself. You may leave!" Huo Jingxuan waved for Jiang Cheng to leave.

Jiang Cheng bowed and took his leave.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xi couldn't help but feel overjoyed: "Xue Hewan will definitely implicate Yang Xuerou; she's doomed this time!"

Sure enough, three days later, news came from the Xie family that Yang Xuerou and Xue Yang had eloped.

Xie Jiayun sent Longyue to kill the two men. Just as Longyue had placed them on the throne, Huo Jingxuan and his men surrounded them.

Longyue was captured and taken back to the secret prison of the Surveillance Department. Under Huo Jingxuan's perverse torture, she handed over the antidote for the Life and Death Gu.

Jiang Xi used the antidote to cure Imperial Censor Xiao of the poison.

Meanwhile, Yang Tingzhou, due to the death of his daughter, completely broke with the Xie family, and the two fought fiercely in the imperial court.

Huo Jingxuan took action, collected evidence of the two men's crimes, and presented it to Jiang Gu, demanding that Jiang Gu strip them of their official positions and sentence them to beheading as a warning to others.

Looking at the imperial edict that Huo Jingxuan had drafted himself, Jiang Gu's hands trembled uncontrollably, and cold sweat poured down his face.

He knew perfectly well that Huo Jingxuan had eliminated the Xie family, and now it would be his turn.

"Emperor...Uncle Emperor..."

Jiang Gu ultimately couldn't bring himself to stamp the seal. He put the jade seal aside, turned his head to look at Huo Jingxuan, his eyes filled with both resentment and fear.

"I was put to the throne by my uncle, so why is he making things difficult for me now? Doesn't that disregard my father's instructions?"

Huo Jingxuan glanced down at Jiang Gu, who was sitting upright in the imperial study.

He said coldly, "Since Your Majesty knows that I helped you ascend the throne, you shouldn't be thinking of kicking me while I'm down."

What I need is an obedient and good emperor, not a monarch who only wants my life!

"How dare you!" Jiang Gu finally couldn't keep up the act any longer. He slammed his fist on the table, attempting to berate Huo Jingxuan: "Killing the emperor and usurping the throne is an outrageous crime, and everyone in the world has the right to kill him!"

Huo Jingxuan smiled and said, "Who said I was going to usurp the throne? If you don't sit on this throne, plenty of members of the Jiang family will!"

Jiang Gu was speechless: "You...you...you don't mean you want to revive Jiang Tang?"

No, impossible. Jiang Tang has the Wang family as his backer, making him even harder to control than him.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Xiao Fuzi, the chief eunuch beside Jiang Gu, rushed in in a panic.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! News has come from Chen Commandery: Prince Xian has been murdered!"

"What?" Jiang Gu slumped into the chair behind him, a complicated expression on his face, his eyes filled with incomprehension as he looked at Huo Jingxuan.

"Besides me and Jiang Tang, who else in the Jiang family is qualified to sit on the dragon throne?"