When Emperor Xuande heard that Su Qingyu wanted to see the silk paper, he did not refuse and signaled Hu Lu to hand it to her.

Manager Hu took the silk paper and handed it to Su Qingyu respectfully.

Even though Su Qingyu was kneeling at this moment and the Shen family was in danger, Hu Lu still did not dare to neglect it. He had served in the palace for decades, and as long as he was not dead, everything was possible.

Su Qingyu took it and looked at it, "Your Majesty, this piece of silk paper was indeed prepared by me."

As soon as she said this, Song Zan closed his eyes tightly. He thought that Mrs. Shen Zhixiu was young after all, and at this moment, even if she really prepared it, she couldn't admit it.

Princess Yongjia was delighted, as long as she admitted it.

Emperor Xuande said angrily: "Su, are you admitting your guilt? Explain the matter clearly, why did you do this, and who was involved and knew about it."

Su Qingyu shook her head. "Your Majesty, this silk paper was prepared by me, but it is not an evil object, nor is it something that curses the Great Zhou and Empress Chen."

"This was written by Master Ci'en of Huguo Temple himself. The scriptures on it are all prayer scriptures."

"Your Majesty, please take a look at this. The lotus pattern above is the sacred flower of Buddhism. The Buddhist scriptures below are all scriptures for praying for blessings."

"It has nothing to do with the Miao language. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask someone who knows the Miao language to take a look, or ask the monks who pray in the Fengxian Temple to take a look."

After Su Qingyu finished speaking, everyone was stunned. Song Zan looked at Sun Mao meaningfully. Was this director of the Imperial Observatory bribed?

Emperor Xuande was also stunned, then motioned to Hu Lu to bring the silk paper so that he could see it himself.

Sun Mao was also panicking, he didn't know any Miao language, these words were all told to him by Princess Yongjia in advance. He subconsciously glanced at Princess Yongjia, who was also confused at this time, not understanding why this happened.

Emperor Xuande took the silk paper and looked at it, and found that there were indeed lotus flowers and Buddhist scripture runes on it.

However, he did not recognize the Buddhist runes, so he told Hu Lu, "Send someone to Fengxian Temple to invite a master to come and take a look."

"Also, I know that there is a chief clerk in the Honglu Temple who understands Miao language. I will summon him to the palace."

There are monks from the Huguo Temple in the Fengxian Hall all year round, praying and chanting scriptures for the royal ancestors.

After giving instructions to Hu Lu, Emperor Xuande looked at Sun Mao again and asked, "Do you know the Miao language?"

Sun Mao stammered, "I recognize some of it, but not all of it."

Emperor Xuande was so angry that he picked up the white jade paperweight on the table and threw it directly on Sun Mao's head.

"You don't recognize all of them? If you don't recognize all of them, how dare you slander the family of an important official of the court?"

Blood immediately oozed from Sun Mao's forehead, but he didn't even dare to raise his hand to wipe it.

Su Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I think Sun Jianzheng may have had a wrong idea. He divined that there was an evil thing in this room, and when he saw that my gift was different, he made some guesses. Although there are some misunderstandings, I believe that Sun Jianzheng is definitely not lying."

"If the gift my wife sent is fine, then the evil object must have not been found yet. It would be better to continue investigating the gift so that we can feel at ease."

Su Qingyu's words made Li Chaoyun panic. She didn't know how Su Qingyu broke the situation, but since Su Qingyu said so, the thing was likely to have been transferred to someone else's gift.

Thinking of what Danju had reported, Li Chaoyun had some guesses in her mind. But no matter how much she guessed, it was too late. She could only pray that the thing was not in the Li family's gift.

Emperor Xuande ordered the Dragon Guards to conduct a direct search and make sure it was thorough.

The Dragon Guards only followed the Emperor's orders and started to check each item one by one. The Dragon Guards were meticulous and opened and checked all the famous paintings and scrolls that were sent.

As he was about to check the gift from the Li family, Li Chaoyun subconsciously glanced at Su Qingyu's expression.

At this time, Su Qingyu was kneeling on the ground, watching the Dragon Guards search calmly, as if everything was under her control.

Li Chaoyun crossed his hands and twisted his fingers together, feeling very nervous.

Soon, the leader of the Dragon Guard, Puyi, took the jewelry box sent by the Li family. He opened it and saw a layer of silk cloth underneath. He took out the jewelry and lifted the silk cloth. Naturally, he also saw a folded silk paper under the silk cloth.

Puyi handed the thing to Hu Lu, who presented it to the emperor.

Emperor Xuande took it and looked at it, but found that he could not recognize any of the words on it, so he ordered someone to pass the thing to Sun Mao.

"Sun Mao, look at what this is? What evil thing are you talking about?"

Sun Mao took the silk paper and looked at it carefully. It was exactly as Princess Yongjia had described, with a picture and several lines of runes on it.

Could it be that Princess Yongjia has changed her mind? She no longer wants to plot against the Shen family, but wants to plot against others?

Otherwise how to explain that this thing was not in the Shen family's gift, but appeared in someone else's gift.

He thought about it and came up with many possibilities, but he didn't expect that it was a gift from the Li family.

"In reply to the emperor, I think this pattern looks like a curse totem from the Miao region. Didn't your majesty invite Zhao Zhubu from the Honglu Temple? Why don't we wait for him to come and translate it to see what the runes on it mean?"

He also learned to be cautious. Since someone could speak Miao language, he decided to listen to the content first.

Emperor Xuande looked at Sun Mao suspiciously, always feeling that today's events were related to him.

He was worried about the Concubine Chen before, so he was confused due to his concern and did not doubt what Sun Mao and others said.

But now calm down and think about it, is this someone's evil magic at work, or is he taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents?

He signaled Sun Mao to step back first, and then called Su Qingyu up.

Then he asked again: "Who sent this gift?"

Li Chaoyun stood up upon hearing this, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, "Uncle Emperor, Chaoyun prepared this gift. But Chaoyun really didn't know what was inside. Chaoyun didn't have the intention to murder Empress Chen and the Great Zhou, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to put something in a jewelry box. Wouldn't it be easy for Empress Chen to find it when she wears it in the future? Although Chaoyun is not smart, she is not that stupid either."

Emperor Xuande pondered Li Chaoyun's words in his heart, wondering how much truth and how much falsehood there were.

Jiang Ziyan sat aside and kept silent. She didn't know what went wrong. Why was it different from what she had planned before? She decided not to get involved in these things anymore and just be an innocent victim. In this way, whether it was Li Jiasheng or Shen Jiasheng, she would have a chance to get away with it.

After a while, Emperor Xuande signaled Li Chaoyun to stand up as well and wait until the contents of the two pieces of silk paper were thoroughly confirmed before making any further comments.

Soon, Master Kong'an, a monk who came to pray in the Fengxian Hall, walked in.

After Master Kong'an paid his respects, Emperor Xuande said, "Master Kong'an, I invited you to the hall because I want you to help me look at the contents of this paper."

Hu Lu handed the silk paper in Su Qingyu's round fan to Master Kong An.

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