Consort Cui cried out in anguish, "Your Majesty, to allow Ye Qingxue to live even a quarter of an hour longer is to disrespect our son! Our son has already died so tragically; we absolutely cannot allow Ye Qingxue to disturb him any further. I beg you, Your Majesty..."

Cui Cairen's face was covered in tears, and her body went limp to the ground.

The emperor's brows furrowed sharply, and he made a move to draw his long sword.

Ye Qingxue suddenly spoke up: "Xiangsi Zi, have you noticed anything unusual?"

"The bloodstains on the wound don't look right," Xiangsi Zi said urgently.

Qiu Shen and the others were already drenched in sweat, fearing that the emperor would draw the long sword from the guards' hands.

Once the emperor strikes, who would dare protect Ye Qingxue?

But now, the words of the acacia seed have blocked the emperor's sword.

Ye Qingxue asked, "Is there anything unusual?"

Everyone looked at Xiang Si Zi, especially the Emperor, Consort Cui, and the two coroners. They couldn't believe that there was something wrong with the Ninth Prince's body.

Xiang Si Zi did not answer Ye Qing Xue's question immediately, but waited for the emperor to ask him, "Princess Jing asked you if there was anything unusual, why didn't you say anything?!"

With the emperor's question, Ye Qingxue was temporarily out of danger.

Xiangsi Zi then said, "The distance is too far, so I'm not very sure. We need to get closer to check."

"..." The emperor felt like he had been tricked.

But since Xiangsi Zi had already said so, he would feel very uncomfortable if he didn't let her check it.

Choi Jae-in felt the same way!

She said angrily, "Since that's the case, then you should get closer and examine him carefully. All of you keep a close eye on him and don't allow him to make any moves!"

The guards should be!

Ye Qingxue and Cui Cairen stood up and approached the coffin again.

And Xiangsizi was finally able to perform an autopsy on the Ninth Prince.

Xiang Si Zi put on gloves and tore open the Ninth Prince's clothes, revealing the wound on his abdomen—the Ninth Prince's appearance had been tidied up, including the wound on his abdomen.

He pressed the wound slightly, and blood oozed out.

Choi Jae-in immediately shouted, "What are you doing?!"

Xiang Si Zi said, "Consort Cui, please look. If the Ninth Prince died from a normal sword wound, the blood from the wound should be dark red. But now, the blood flowing from the Ninth Prince's wound is very viscous."

Consort Cui, unfamiliar with autopsies, instinctively looked at the Emperor.

The emperor also got up and walked over, taking the two coroners with him.

"Is what Xiangsizi said true?" the emperor asked.

The coroner replied, "Yes, the blood from a normal sword wound should be dark red and not viscous."

They also went closer to the coffin to take a look, and then they discovered that the blood was indeed viscous, and it was not caused by a normal sword wound.

Xiang Si Zi's hands landed on either side of the Ninth Prince's wounds, and just as she was about to make a move, Consort Cui grabbed her: "You, what do you want to do! My son has already died a very tragic death, do you want to cut him open again?"

Xiang Si Zi simply withdrew her movements and distanced herself from Cui Cai Ren before saying, "It is obvious that these two gentlemen, out of consideration for the Ninth Prince's status, dared not desecrate the body, so the autopsy results are not accurate."

The two coroners looked embarrassed. They had indeed been prejudiced and assumed that the Ninth Prince died from a sword wound, so they only examined the external condition of the body during the autopsy.

And indeed, as Xiangsi Zi said, they dared not desecrate the Ninth Prince's body and never even considered checking the inside of the corpse.

"Now I need to cut open the wound to determine the true cause of the Ninth Prince's death," Xiangsi Zi said.

“A true sword wound is fatal, and the flesh at the wound should roll outwards, but the Ninth Prince’s wound showed no signs of rolling outwards.”

"Moreover, the Ninth Prince's wounds were treated and cleaned, losing their original color. They were even incense used to mask the smell that his corpse should have had."

After the Ninth Prince died, his appearance would definitely need to be tidied up during the encoffining process, so no one thought there was anything wrong with cleaning his wounds or using incense.

But now...

Everyone was puzzled. Could there really be another hidden story behind the death of the Ninth Prince?

Xiangsi asked, "Your Majesty, may I have my wound opened?"

Choi Jae-in was completely distraught. She wanted to know if there was more to her son's death than met the eye, but she also didn't want his body to be dissected.

"Your Majesty, this is too cruel, this is too cruel..." Consort Cui threw herself into the emperor's arms and burst into tears.

The emperor patted her shoulder, exhaled, and said to Xiangsi Zi, "In that case, cut her open and examine her. If what you say is true, I will spare your life and Ye Qingxue's life; otherwise, you will both die!"

Xiang Si Zi glanced at Ye Qing Xue, who nodded to him. Xiang Si Zi then took out a razor blade and cut open the Ninth Prince's abdomen.

The situation inside was astonishing.