It gets dark early in winter, and the sun is about to set outside.
When his subordinates went to invite the heads of the He and Su families, Shen Zhixiu ordered people to serve tea and snacks.
The prince praised, "Old Master Shen is really thoughtful. He knows that I have the habit of eating snacks in the afternoon."
Shen Zhixiu smiled and said it was his duty. But he looked at Su Qingyu and was relieved when he saw her pick up a piece of jujube paste pastry and started eating it.
He knew that she ate little at lunch, so he ordered these snacks to be prepared. He didn't care whether the prince was hungry or not.
After eating a few snacks and a cup of hot tea, Su Qingyu shook off her previous tiredness and prepared to deal with what was next.
Occasionally, she glanced at Su Xiangling, seeing her slightly flustered expression, and shook her head inwardly. To think someone this cunning could ascend to the throne was she simply dreaming.
A quarter of an hour later, He Guangfu, the official head of the He family, arrived. A little later, Su Chengyan and He Shi also arrived.
At this point, everyone who should have come had arrived, and a new round of questioning began.
Shen Zhixiu glanced at the prince, then spoke to a few people.
"Today, the victims suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. We discovered that most of the medicinal materials provided for disaster relief were moldy, and some were counterfeit."
"It's because of those fake medicines that the victims were poisoned, and the imperial doctors are still prescribing medicine to treat them."
"I called you here to ask what's going on. Why is the Su family providing disaster relief, and where did these fake herbs come from?"
Su Xiangling was afraid that her mother would not be able to distinguish the important from the unimportant and would take all the responsibility on herself.
He ignored the rules and said, "Father, Mother, you must tell the truth. This is no small matter. Falsifying the medicinal materials for disaster relief is punishable by death."
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