Xiao Qingwan grew angrier the more she thought about it. This was the biggest failure she had suffered since her rebirth, and she simply couldn't accept it!
It must be fake! Since Xiao Baishu had already dug a hole for herself, how could Prince Helian not have been poisoned?
In his past life, he was accused of poisoning and assassination. How did he end up with this "peach blossom rash" in this life? It must be because Xiao Baishu and the imperial physician had already made arrangements!
Xiao Qingwan's face turned bright red, and the anger in her heart burned even more fiercely. Suddenly, she saw Tong Su roll her eyes at her with contempt.
Her reason suddenly collapsed. She jumped up, her eyes bloodshot, and pointed at Tongsu, screaming hoarsely, "She's lying! She's lying! She must be in cahoots with the imperial physician! Both the imperial physician and she are lying!"
"What?" Everyone looked at her in surprise, then at the white-bearded head of the Imperial Medical Academy. "You mean... the Imperial Physician and she conspired to lie?"
“It was all her doing. There was something wrong with the soup, so she spilled it to avoid being discovered,” she said pitifully, trembling. The truth she revealed was so terrible that she leaned weakly on Emperor Xuanyi’s shoulder. “She bribed the imperial physician. He gave false testimony!”
“Uh,” Emperor Xuanyi shifted his shoulders awkwardly, and said in a low voice, “Miss Xiao, don’t get too agitated. Are you confused? The head of the academy is not someone who can be bribed…”
"How could clam soup be harmless? What peach blossom rash? How could such a disease exist? Just have someone drink a bowl, and you'll know there's something wrong with it..."
Xiao Qingwan opened her eyes with teary vision, and upon seeing this, her eloquent mouth was suddenly silenced, and she stared wide-eyed.
"There's a problem...a problem...ask..."
A person stood in front of the clam soup that had been turned over on the ground.
He was tall and slender, dressed in black as ink, with a handsome face and a cold expression. His sharp eyes were like ice and swords, scraping across her swollen face.
"Are you still saying there's something wrong with the clam soup?"
He bent down, gently picked up a clam, his slender fingers holding the plump, white clam meat, his tone indifferent yet chillingly cold.
"There's no need to find anyone else to taste it. I'll eat it in front of everyone. If it's poisonous, I'll be poisoned immediately, is that alright?"
Tongsu cried out urgently, "—Brother!"
He actually offered to try the food?
The soup was spilled on the floor, and he still picked it up—though it wasn't poisonous, it was still covered in dust...
"Grand Tutor, ha, ha, you don't need to. Of course I believe in the innocence of Miss Xiao and the Head of the Academy—"
Emperor Xuanyi's face froze. The head of the academy had saved the late emperor's life. Although he felt sorry for "Xiao Baishu" who would cry in the middle of the night, he refused to believe that the head of the academy could be bribed.
Even he himself found Xiao Baishu's accusations unreasonable.
"Of course we have to eat, otherwise, someone will come up with reasons to say there's something fishy going on."
Xiao Lingchen gave a cold laugh, swallowed the clam meat in one gulp, and stared intently at Xiao Qingwan: "How is it?"
"I—" Xiao Qingwan's voice choked with anger, her vision blurring, "You—"
Emperor Xuanyi, unable to bear it any longer, hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, alright, since there's no poison, the accusation against the Grand Tutor is obviously false. Miss Xiao was misled and made a mistake out of good intentions. The Heir Apparent is unharmed, and the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion won't become estranged from the court, which is the best thing..."
As he was about to leave, he helped Xiao Qingwan up, but Xiao Lingchen suddenly spoke up.
“Your Majesty,” he said coldly, “it is good that the Heir Apparent Helian is safe now. However, while there are no scores to settle between the court and the Prince of Zhenbei’s residence, shouldn’t we settle the scores between my two younger sisters?”
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