He Yunze watched in disbelief as his elderly father kowtowed. He gritted his teeth, a growing resentment rising within him.

It was clearly not his doing, yet his father readily admitted to it.

My father is really getting senile!

Upon seeing this, Emperor Guangqi reached out and rubbed his temples, feeling a surge of emotion.

He had misjudged the situation. He thought this handsome second son of the Marquis's mansion would have some future, but now he saw that he was of low character and not as good as his own brother at all.

But then the emperor thought of He Jingyan, who was fighting on the battlefield and bedridden.

Now that the eldest son of the Marquis of Anding has died for his country and is now a living dead, if his second son is also punished, their family line will probably end.

Emperor Guangqi pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze toward Su Shaoyuan: "I don't mind a minor punishment as a warning, but you have wronged the Su family!"

Upon hearing this, Marquis An Ding spoke without hesitation: "He Yun Ce, apologize to the Su family in front of the Emperor, and then go back to apologize to your sister-in-law!"

He Yunze slowly raised his head, looking at the faces in front of him that were so similar to Song Xizhi's, and almost gritted his teeth.

How could he apologize to the Su family in front of His Majesty?

But he did nothing wrong; he was framed!

He simply couldn't bring himself to apologize to someone like Song Xizhi!

So He Yunze simply turned his head slowly, lowering his eyes:

"Your Majesty, since it was all a misunderstanding and Su Shiyi did not die, then can the Two-Tax System that I devised be considered as compensation from me, with Su Shiyi implementing it?"