Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door and a group of people rushed in.
Everyone who came was wearing the uniform of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The leading man took out a token from his waist, on which was written the Northern Pacification Division.
This person is none other than the Northern Pacification Envoy. "Lord Xu is obstructing the porridge distribution and attempting to abuse his power for personal gain. The evidence is irrefutable; he is being arrested!"
"I don't have any, I just want to invite Mr. Ruan to come to my house for a gathering!" Lord Xu struggled.
The Northern Pacification Envoy patted Lord Xu on the shoulder and said, "We'll know if there are any. Bring them back and we'll know, along with the attendants you sent."
"Your Excellency should know the rules of our Northern Pacification Division. Any bad things you have done will be exposed to you once you enter our Northern Pacification Division."
"You can't hide it if you want to."
Upon hearing this, Lord Xu's shoulders trembled and fear was in his eyes.
It's too late to regret. I should have listened to the Prime Minister and not touched the Ruan family.
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The study of the prime minister's residence.
The guards heard the news and rushed into Prime Minister Su's study. "Sir, this is bad. Lord Xu has been captured by the Northern Pacification Division."
"What's going on?" Su Xiang frowned.
"Sir, the Ruan family's boss is actually the son-in-law of the Xiao family, Xiao Qingmu's husband, and the biological father of the little genius doctor!"
The attendant said, "Lord Xu sent people to the Ruan family's almshouse to cause trouble, and was caught on the spot by the Xiao family."
Su Xiang frowned: "Xiao Qingmu's husband?"
Isn't the father of the little genius doctor the Prince of Jin? Didn't Prince Qing find Xiao Qingmu in the Prince of Jin's mansion?
"Yes, the young doctor's surname is Ruan, and Xiao Qingmu's husband's surname is also Ruan." said the servant.
"Prime Minister, His Majesty has sent someone to tell you to come to the palace." The servant outside said.
The servant said anxiously, "Sir, His Majesty is calling you over at this time..."
Prime Minister Su waved his hand and said, "Master Xu's affairs have nothing to do with me. His Majesty will not punish me. At most, he will ask some questions."
He stood up from the chair, gathered his sleeves, went back to his room to change his clothes, walked out of the room and glanced at the servant guarding the door.
"Why do these two look familiar?"
"They are new guards." The servant responded.
Su Xiang glanced at the two of them again and asked, "Are your identities clean?"
The servant said: "My Lord, I asked someone to check and everything is clean."
Only then did Su Xiang leave with peace of mind.
The two people in front of the door looked at each other, and while Su Xiang was away, one of them pushed open the door and sneaked in.
Side hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
When Prime Minister Su entered, several civil servants were already kneeling in the hall, almost all of whom were on good terms with his office.
The atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely depressing, and no one in the court dared to speak.
When Su Xiang saw that they were all looking at him with strange eyes, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Yesterday, Minister Xu sent people to cause trouble at the charity site, and the Northern Pacification Office has submitted evidence." The emperor looked at him and handed the memorial to Chunxi. Chunxi took the memorial and handed it to Prime Minister Su.
After reading the memorial, Prime Minister Su bowed and said, "Since Lord Xu has confessed his guilt, then naturally the law of the country will be followed."
"Prime Minister Su has been at home on sick leave for the past few days. I thought he was terminally ill, but now I see that he is in good health." The emperor stared at Prime Minister Su.
Prime Minister Su said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am feeling much better now."
"That's good."
"I have something to ask you." The emperor's expression became serious.
Su Xiang noticed something was wrong and didn't dare to say anything.
"You have been serving as an official in the country for these years. Have I ever treated you unfairly?"
The emperor snorted coldly, "I promoted you out of kindness because you are Concubine Su's brother, but you actually instigated Prince Qing to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, and even harmed the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and slandered him, accusing him of collaborating with the enemy and treason!"
"He murdered three generations of veteran officials and even allowed Prince Qing to sow discord between Prince Xiao's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion, plotting to murder Xiao Qingmu, the daughter of the Xiao family."
"For my position, you have forgotten who you are and even colluded with the Northern Rong. You are so bold."
"Do you think that by banishing the Prince of Jin to Qingzhou, I will appoint the Prince of Qing as the crown prince?"
The emperor gestured to Chunxi beside him, who took out the emperor's decree, "Prime Minister Su, Prince Qing, Concubine Su, and Su Qiao'er colluded with the Northern Rong, murdered loyal ministers and generals, instigated the framing of Prince Jin, and murdered Prince Xiao's daughter..."
It records everything that Prince Su Xiangqing, Concubine Su, and Su Qiaoer have done over the years.
"Your Majesty, if you don't like me, I will resign. Why accuse me of so many false charges?" Prime Minister Su suppressed his inner emotions and spoke while kneeling on the ground.
"Fictitious? You want evidence? Okay, I'll give you evidence. Let's see how you can argue." The emperor waved his hand at Chunxi beside him.
Chunxi raised his voice and said, "Call the witness Xiao Qingmu."
Su Xiang was stunned when he heard Xiao Qingmu's name. Wasn't it possible that Xiao Qingmu was poisoned and would never wake up in this life?
The wizard from Beirong told him that no one in the world could cure this poison.
Even if the young miracle doctor could really detoxify the poison, there was no way Xiao Qingmu would wake up.
I saw a man pushing a woman sitting on a strange iron chair slowly towards me, followed by two children.
"This...this young lady of the Xiao family is really awake?" The ministers nearby looked at Xiao Qingmu in surprise. They only knew that this young lady of the Xiao family was poisoned by Su Qiaoer and has been in a coma ever since.
"Xiao Qingmu of the Xiao family greets Your Majesty." Xiao Qingmu bowed his head and glanced at the emperor.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite."
"My daughter, when I was playing in Prince Jin's mansion, I accidentally heard the voice of Prince Qing talking to his servants..." Xiao Qingmu began to talk about what happened at that time.
Prime Minister Su's face turned pale. "Your Majesty, it is because I, as your uncle, failed to discipline you that you have gone astray. I beg Your Majesty to punish you."
"Inadequate discipline?" the emperor sneered.
"The poison Xiao Qingmu was poisoned by Su Qiao'er, but in reality, it was given by Concubine Su. The poison came from the Northern Rong. I have already asked Envoy Wen to investigate this matter."
"How do you think Concubine Su, a woman who has lived in the palace for years, could have found this poison from the Northern Rong? Prince Qing is still young and has never come into contact with the Northern Rong people. How could he have contacted them?"
"I know what kind of person my son is like better than anyone else. How could Prince Qing have such ability if there was no one behind him instructing him?" The emperor was not trying to insult his own son, but he knew Prince Qing's character too well.
His son had no ability to begin with. If it weren't for Prime Minister Su stirring up trouble behind his back, Prince Qing wouldn't have made any waves.
"Prime Minister, just confess. You actually colluded with the Northern Rong..." The ministers who had originally stood beside Prime Minister Su spoke up one after another.
In front of the emperor, Prime Minister Su was about to be imprisoned for treason and collaborating with the enemy. If they didn't speak out quickly, it would be their turn later.
Su Xiang raised his eyes to glance at them and chuckled, "Do you think that if I plead guilty, I can rest easy?"
"If His Majesty can let you go, can Prince Jin do the same?"
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