The pain calmed Empress Wu's panic somewhat. After taking a deep breath, she said, "The Emperor is of course the late Emperor's bloodline. The fact that the Red Jade Bead couldn't be detected means that someone might have tampered with it."
Empress Wu's words were a clear indication that Su Ruojin had tampered with the beads.
Su Ruojin wasn't in a hurry. "Whether I tampered with anything or not, we'll know once we check."
"How else can we test it?"
"That's right. The late emperor only had two princes. One could make the pearl shine, and the other couldn't."
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Upon hearing this, the ministers began to discuss it amongst themselves again.
"The red jade bead can be used to test the royal bloodline, not just princes. It can also be used to test princesses. You can ask a trusted minister to keep the bead safe. Once it turns red again, you can ask any princess to drip blood onto the bead for testing. If you don't mind the trouble, you can bring all of the late emperor's princesses for testing as well."
Su Ruojin casually offered a solution.
"What? This bead can be used to test a princess?"
"Isn't it only allowed to examine princes?"
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The ministers were stunned. Like Lu Hong before, they had always assumed that the bead could only be used to test princes, never expecting that it could also be used to test princesses.
If they could really verify the princess's identity, this matter would be much simpler than Su Ruojin described.
But it will take a long time for the beads to turn red, so who should keep them safe now?
Logically, it should have been entrusted to Empress Dowager Wu for safekeeping, but since this matter involves the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager is the Emperor's own mother, it is not convincing to assume that she should be in charge of it.
After some discussion, the ministers unanimously agreed to entrust the pearl to Duke Xian for safekeeping.
Duke Xian was the late emperor's cousin, a man of high moral character and prestige. He devoted his life to Xiaoyue, never showing favoritism to either side, and no one objected to him being in charge of the affairs of state.
Faced with pressure from the court officials, Empress Dowager Wu and Gao Hongyuan had no choice but to agree, no matter how unwilling they were.
The two exchanged a glance in the shadows, both understanding each other's meaning.
They still have time to deal with everything.
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu naturally saw all of this, but they remained outwardly calm.
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After leaving the palace, Su Ruojin looked at Xiao Yanchu with a smile on her lips, "You picked a pretty good spot."
"Thank you for your praise, Madam." Xiao Yanchu accepted Su Ruojin's compliment naturally.
It's true that he injured Ji Yanzhuo to avenge Ajin, but at the same time, he also wanted to find the right opportunity and angle so that Ji Yanzhuo's blood could be spilled on the Red Pearl, which led to everything that followed.
Ah Jin had told him before that she suspected Ji Yanzhuo was not the late emperor's son at all.
Actually, Su Ruojin felt something was strange when she first met Ji Yanzhuo, because Ji Yanzhuo looked very much like Gao Hongyuan.
Although nephews are said to resemble their uncles, Gao Hongyuan was only a cousin's uncle.
As a doctor, Su Ruojin always felt that the two looked too alike. Although Empress Wu and Gao Hongyuan were cousins, they did not look very similar, which made her suspicious.
Seeing Gao Hongyuan's protection of Ji Yanzhuo, even at the cost of sacrificing ten years of his own lifespan, to find Yuan Hong and eliminate this major threat to Ji Yanzhuo.
When Master Wu saw that Gao Hongyuan had activated the Heavenly Gang Star Array, he told Su Ruojin the conditions required to activate the array.
Gao Hongyuan killed so many children in order to raise the Demon Gu King. Such a selfish person could give up ten years of his life for Ji Yanzhuo. There is only one answer.
Ji Yanzhuo's relationship with him was unusual and could not be explained by a typical cousin relationship.
So after confirming that the Red Jade Bead could indeed test royal bloodlines, she told Xiao Yanchu about it and wanted to find an opportunity to try it out.
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