Chapter 341 There are absolutely no Northern Desert spies in my residence.

Xiao Churen noticed that everyone's expressions were off and felt very strange.

When the letter reached the hands of a minister next to him, he could no longer resist reaching out to snatch it.

"How...how could this be? This isn't...this isn't how it's supposed to be!"

Xiao Churen was shocked. The letter he had Su Yu prepare a couple of days ago clearly did not contain this content!

The letter he prepared a couple of days ago was clearly a discussion between Jiang Ruan and the Northern Desert, obviously a letter of treason and collusion. But now this letter is full of Jiang Ruan's longing for Su Zhen.

How could this happen?

"Father, my evidence has been switched! Someone must be guilty, so they switched my evidence! The evidence I prepared originally contained the contents of Jiang Ruan's communications with the Northern Desert people!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Xiao Churen realized what had happened and immediately protested his innocence.

The implication in his words was crystal clear: Su Zhen or the Crown Prince had switched the body.

But Emperor Wenjian did not doubt his words. Instead, he asked seriously, "You said it was switched? What evidence do you have?"

evidence?

He has no evidence, but does this require evidence?

How could he be so foolish as to present the love letter Jiang Ruan wrote to Su Zhen to his father?

This is clearly a setup!

"Your Majesty, whether this letter is genuine or not, and whether Prince Chu has been framed, you might as well investigate whether the handwriting on this letter is Madam Su's."

Just as Xiao Churen was in a panic, the always upright Minister of Personnel stepped forward and spoke.

"You're right, Su Zhen, do you have Jiang Ruan's handwriting on your things?"

Emperor Wenjian nodded, then looked at Su Zhen.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I have a handkerchief on my person with a poem written on it."

After Su Zhen finished speaking, he handed over his handkerchief.

This handkerchief was indeed embroidered by Jiang Ruan as a token of her gratitude.

Emperor Wenjian was very fond of calligraphy and could be considered a semi-calligrapher, so he was quite sensitive to the matter of distinguishing handwriting.

His face darkened again when he compared the words on the letter and the handkerchief side by side.

Although the two pieces were written on different materials and were different sizes, the handwriting was the same. The characters were elegant and graceful, with a calm and steady style. In particular, when using the hook stroke, a sense of etherealness was habitually left at the end.

This is clearly one person's handwriting!

"Xiao Churen! These are clearly the same handwriting, what excuse do you have?"

Emperor Wenjian glared angrily at Xiao Churen again, this time even calling him by his name.

Xiao Churen was shocked. How could this be?

Who exactly is it?

Who switched his letter?

He kept recalling the people he had been in contact with over the past two days. He carried all this evidence with him at all times. Who had the ability to replace it?

Just as he was flustered and at a loss, and before he could explain to Emperor Wenjian, Censor Liu from the Censorate stepped forward from the side.

Holding his tablet, he bowed respectfully to Emperor Wenjian and said, "Your Majesty, I have an important matter to report, concerning the Prince of Chu."

"What is it?"

Emperor Wenjian asked.

He now dislikes Xiao Churen intensely, so it's no surprise that the censor has come to impeach him again.

"Your Majesty, half a month ago, when I passed by the back gate of the Prince of Chu's mansion, I saw a woman sneaking out of the mansion. Out of curiosity, I followed her to take a look."

Later, I saw that the woman was communicating with a strange man in the northern dialect and even handed him some letters. I find this woman suspicious and hope Your Majesty will investigate her.”

"You, you're talking nonsense! There's no woman from the Northern Desert in my palace!"

Upon hearing the censor's words, Xiao Churen immediately retorted with great emotion.

He knew, of course, that Imperial Censor Liu was implying that he was the one crying wolf and trying to shift the blame onto him.

However, his reaction was seen as suspicious by others, especially by Emperor Wenjian, who immediately gave Xiao Churen a dangerous look.

If Jiang Ruan was a spy from the Northern Desert that bothered and made him suspicious, then she was dead after all. But if there was a woman from the Northern Desert still alive hiding in Xiao Churen's mansion, that would be an even more dangerous matter.

Therefore, Emperor Wenjian immediately looked at Xiao Churen with a dangerous expression and asked, "Do you really not have any women from the Northern Desert in your residence? Do I need to search them before you admit it?"

“Father, I am absolutely not lying. There are absolutely no spies from the Northern Desert in my residence.”

Xiao Churen said confidently, having completely forgotten about Qi Yinyin in the manor at this moment.

Ever since Su Wanshi entered his household as a concubine, she had been trying to seduce him in various ways. Moreover, Su Wanshi was quite capable and quick to learn, and before long, she caused Qi Yinyin to lose favor, making him stay in her household every day.

“Father, after hearing what the Imperial Censor said, I remembered something.”

At this moment, Xiao Ye, who had been silent until now, finally stepped forward.

But before he could continue, Xiao Churen heard his voice and became excited again.

"Your Highness, you framed me, didn't you? You framed me for all of this! You switched my letter!"

Xiao Churen pointed at him and affirmed.

Xiao Ye glanced at him indifferently and said calmly, "Prince Chu, everything must be based on evidence. How do I know you are using this letter as evidence?"

"you......"

Xiao Churen was speechless.

Yeah, how did he know?

Could it be that he sent someone to spy on him?

But he also has bodyguards around him, and if they are monitoring him, someone will surely report it.

But he never expected that his bodyguards had already been drugged with a drug specially made by Su Liluo by Xiao Ye's men.

Xiao Ye's bodyguards were not trained by the palace, but were given to him by the empress and further trained by him. Their martial arts skills were much better than those of the bodyguards trained by the palace.

When they entered the Chu Prince's mansion, they had already knocked out the other guards and given them a drug that would cause them to lose their memory.

In other words, Xiao Churen's bodyguards were not only beaten down, but also did not remember that they had ever deserted their posts.

Xiao Ye didn't say anything more to Xiao Churen. Instead, he turned to Emperor Wenjian and slowly said, "Father, three years ago, when I was fighting against the Northern Desert, I suffered a great defeat due to a mistake. At that time, I did not explain the reason because I lost my evidence."

But a month ago, I discovered that the person who impersonated a royal messenger in my military camp years ago had appeared at the Chu Prince's residence, and it turned out to be a woman.

"What did you say?"

Upon hearing Xiao Ye's words, Emperor Wenjian exclaimed in surprise.

A bad feeling crept into his heart. Could the war three years ago be related to Xiao Churen?

Similarly, Xiao Churen looked at Xiao Ye in shock, a hint of panic in his heart.

Three years ago, it was indeed him and his mother who framed Xiao Ye, but that messenger is already dead, isn't he?