The noble ladies at the banquet turned around in alarm, looking at Tong Su: "Qing Wan, what's going on? Did you put poison in the soup you ordered?"

The tent flap was suddenly torn open by the wind, and the guards of the Prince of Zhenbei rushed forward in shock and anger, helping the Prince of Helian to his feet and shouting urgently, "Prince? How is the Prince? Men, the Prince has been assassinated! Seize Xiao Qingwan at once!"

At the same time, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent, growing ever closer, accompanied by a cacophony of voices. A eunuch shouted in a shrill voice, "His Majesty has arrived—"

"Why has Your Majesty come?"

"Stop talking, hurry, go and greet His Majesty!"

There was another flurry of activity. The noble ladies, still shaken, knelt to greet him. The guards of the Helian Prince's Palace glared at Tongsu, knelt outside the tent, and shouted, "Your Majesty, please do justice for the Crown Prince!"

A young man in a dragon robe, exuding nobility, approached anxiously. Eunuchs hurriedly cleared a path for him, but he impatiently kicked them aside, asking urgently, "What is this? What poison? Who is in trouble?"

Amidst the uproar, Xiao Qingwan suddenly stepped forward from behind the crowd, knelt down, and kowtowed heavily!

"His Majesty!"

She looked up, tears streaming down her face, her body trembling with fear. Her delicate face looked pitiful as she met the astonished and doubtful expressions of the people who had gathered around. She stretched her hand behind her back, pointed at Tongsu, and sobbed.

She cried, “Your Majesty, I am Xiao Baishu, the second daughter of the Xiao family. I am bullied by my elder sister, Xiao Qingwan, and I have nowhere to complain when I see her wantonly harming the servants. Today, I am fortunate to see you. Please let me speak out my grievances and ask you to do me justice!”

She sobbed, "My elder brother, Xiao Lingchen, is of questionable character and disloyal to the Emperor. He often conspires with my sister. Today's banquet is supposed to be a gathering of noble ladies, but in reality, they are plotting to lure Prince Helian here so they can poison him!"

She looked up pitifully, tears streaming down her face: "My sister tricked Prince Helian into drinking a poisoned soup. He only took one sip before collapsing from the poison. This all happened in full view of everyone. If Your Majesty has any doubts, you may ask everyone!"

She snapped out of her daze, tears streaming down her face. Pointing at the red silk, her expression was a mixture of confusion and resentment, a mixture of grievance and determination, like a pitiful child who had endured too much and had no choice but to stand up for the sake of her convictions and justice, righteously revealing the truth.

“Sister, I can’t stand to see you and brother make one mistake after another! His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can you harbor disloyal thoughts? I know your plans. You want Helian Shizi to have an accident during the winter hunt, so that the Zhenbei Prince’s Mansion will break with the court. At that time, brother will be like the fisherman, seeing the clam fighting with the shell, he can then profit from it! Sister, you’ve gone too far!”

Before me lay an overturned bowl of soup, the supposedly "poisonous" clam soup seeping into the ground, making any further testing impossible; before me lay the unconscious Prince Helian, his body covered in red spots, his throat swollen and painful, resembling symptoms of poisoning.

The second daughter of the Xiao family, upholding justice even at the cost of her own family, revealed the truth in front of everyone. The guards of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion glared with rage, while many noble ladies shook their heads in disbelief, yet forced to accept it. Emperor Xuanyi, feeling both pity and sympathy, reached out to help the kneeling girl up, turning his hatred towards himself—

"Xiao Qingwan, what else do you have to say!"

For a moment, Tong Su was amazed by Xiao Qingwan's scheme.

Look how well she pulled off the deception!

So what if she impersonated someone else? She simply switched their identities!

Now, she is "Xiao Qingwan" in everyone's eyes, while Xiao Qingwan is "Xiao Baishu" who is bullied.

No matter what Xiao Qingwan did before, all her mistakes and sins are now her own responsibility!