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The next morning, Han Xiao woke up early and put on his court uniform that he had kept in his wardrobe for almost half a month. He opened the door and saw Han Xiangtian's personal guard, Zhao Kuan, already waiting outside.

"Seventh Prince, the Emperor has asked me to invite you to the court." Zhao Kuan slightly bowed and said.

"I was also planning to head to the imperial court, but I'm really sorry for making Director Zhao make another trip." Han Xiao said with a faint smile.

The Seventh Prince is too polite. This is what a servant should do, but before I leave, I just reminded him, although His Majesty wants to protect you, there are still many ministers who are dissatisfied with the order to punish you. Zhao Kuan said respectfully.

These short words not only explained how Han Xiangtian defended Han Xiao, but also explained Han Xiangtian's difficulties. Although these words were intended to prepare Han Xiao mentally, he was actually warning Han Xiao not to have any conflicts with other ministers, making it even more difficult for Han Xiangtian to do so.

"I know what I'm doing. Head Manager Zhao, don't worry, it's getting late. If we don't leave now, it might really be too late." Han Xiao looked at the sky and said.

"Yes, your servant will lead you to the court now." Zhao Kuan slightly turned to give way and said.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Director Zhao." Han Xiao smiled lightly and followed Zhao Kuan towards the True Sun Palace.

Although Han Xiao thought he left early, when he arrived at the True Sun Palace, he saw that almost all of the ministers had arrived, and Han Zhao was waiting in front of the True Sun Palace. After seeing him, his lips curled up into a sneer as he walked towards him.

"Seventh Imperial Brother, you arrived earlier than usual today. Could it be that you've already thought of an explanation for yesterday's Hall's fire?" Han Zhao asked coldly.

Han Zhao's voice wasn't loud, but it entered everyone's ears. Instantly, those who were talking stopped talking and turned their heads to look at Han Xiao. A few older officials looked at Han Xiao with disgust in their eyes.

Taking in everyone's expression, Han Xiao lightly smiled and said, "Of course, that's right, Third Imperial Brother's mother, Imperial Concubine Wen, lives in the Bead Palace, right?"

"Yes, what does this have to do with you?" Hearing Han Xiao's question, a trace of unease arose in his heart.

"Nothing, just curious." A faint smile appeared on Han Xiao's face.

Just when he was about to ask again, the doors of True Sun Palace opened. Han Zhao could only suppress his uneasiness and walked into the hall, while Han Xiao followed Han Zhao into True Sun Palace.

Han Zong and Han Xiao entered the True Sun Hall one after another. They stood in two rows according to the order. No one dared to speak another word as they waited for Han Xiangtian to arrive.

"The Emperor has arrived." Han Xiao raised his head to see that Zhao Kuan had arrived at the Dragon Throne at the True Sun Palace at some point, carefully supporting Han Xiangtian on the Dragon Throne in the middle.

"Greetings, Emperor. I wish you all the best in your Dao of Immortality." After seeing Han Xiangtian, all the ministers kneeled down. Although Han Xiao didn't want to kneel down, he had no choice but to suppress the unhappiness in his heart and kneel down as well.

"Everyone, please rise." Han Xiangtian raised his hand and said.

Hearing Han Xiangtian tell him to get up, all the ministers stood up, and Han Xiao followed, calmly looking at Han Xiangtian.

"Your majesty, this subject has something to begin with." Just as everyone stood up, a man wearing a second-rate paper suit stood up and said.

"Xu Qing, go ahead." Han Xiangtian lightly said as he leaned his hand on the dragon throne.

"Yes, your majesty. This subject heard that yesterday, a fire broke out in the Hall of Literature, causing the examinees to almost lose their lives in the sea of fire. Is this true?" Xu Ming asked as he straightened up.

"That's right, this is indeed the case. Furthermore, I am responsible for the safety of the Hall of Wen. If Lord Xu has any questions, you can just ask me." Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Ming as he spoke.

When they saw that Han Xiangtian had not even spoken, and Han Xiao had directly returned to the hall, most of the old officials looked at Han Xiao with eyes full of dissatisfaction, and Xiao Ba Ya also secretly broke out in a cold sweat for Han Xiao.

"Seventh Prince, this humble subject is requesting the Emperor for yesterday's matter. Do you feel like disrespecting the Emperor by speaking now?" Xu Ming looked at Han Xiao in dissatisfaction.

"I am only narrating the truth to save time. What's more, Lord Xu, the tone in which you asked my Imperial Father was filled with doubt. This is the first time I've heard a subject use a questioning tone against the king." Han Xiao said as the corner of his mouth slightly rose.

"Me." Xu Ming wanted to retort, but was cut off by Han Xiao.

"Hey, Lord Xu just said that I'm disrespectful to the king, but now, you're actually using the word 'I' in front of me, the prince, and the royal father. Shouldn't you punish Lord Xu with a great disrespect?" Han Xiao pointed at Xu Ming.

Seeing Han Xiao instantly put on his disrespectful hat, Xu Ming panicked, and before he could kneel down, he heard Han Xiangtian say, "Xu Qing, I don't believe you had that intention. Xiao'er, Zheng Shuang has already reported what happened yesterday to me, you were the one who failed to take responsibility for the fire in the Hall of Arts, but later on you also put the fire out, and you promised to continue the Literature test, so you won't be held responsible if we overdo it." Han Xiangtian said.

"Your majesty, although the Seventh Prince put out the fire, the Seventh Prince is responsible for igniting a fire in the Hall of Literature. This is more important than merit, I ask that Your Majesty handle this impartially." Xu Ming stood out again and said with an angry expression on his face, as if Han Xiangtian had done something evil if he didn't punish Han Xiao.

"Xu Qing, how do you think we should deal with Xiao'er?" Han Xiangtian asked with raised eyebrows.

"It is true that this subject has seen the Seventh Prince's work, but the corresponding one also has achievements. However, the Seventh Prince should be in charge of perfecting and perfecting the Hall of Literature. He should be punished for three years, and then have the blame be written down to announce the world to show the Seventh Prince's guilty conscience." Xu Ming said as he raised his head.

"Father, I think what Sir Xu said is wrong. It is your servant's responsibility to fail to notice the fire in the Hall of Literature, but more importantly, the fire in the Hall of Literature was deliberately set by someone, and the person who set the fire was in the hall." Han Xiao said as he looked at Xu Ming.

"Someone set fire to it? "Xiao'er, do you have evidence?" Han Xiangtian asked.

"I do know who the person who set the fire was, but I found a way to set the fire." Han Xiao said with a faint smile.

Just when Han Xiangtian was about to ask what method it was, the True Sun Palace's door was suddenly pushed open. A guard rushed in and said, "Your majesty, it's bad. For some reason, there's a fire inside the Liujin Palace. When we found it, it was about to burn Imperial Concubine Wen's Pearl Palace."

"What?" Han Xiangtian couldn't help but stand up when he heard about the fire. His eyes were filled with disbelief. In just a short two days, fire had been started in the palace. It was truly strange.

"I understand. Hurry up and get someone to put out the fire." Han Xiangtian was about to sit down.

"Father, wait a minute, the fire in the Willow Palace was deliberately set by me using the method used by the person who set the fire yesterday." Han Xiao took a step forward and said.

"What? Seventh Prince, you intentionally let him go?" Wei Jinggrong looked at Han Xiao with a surprised expression.

"Yes, I will present the soul stones that the Glazed Embroidery Palace has been repairing. However, I dare to invite royal father to come with all of you to the Glazed Embroidery Palace to solve the riddle of the fire yesterday." Han Xiao said with a faint smile, his eyes full of confidence.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Han Xiangtian looked up at Han Xiao for a long time before slowly nodding his head, "Okay." With that, Han Xiangtian got down from the dragon throne and strode towards the door. When he saw Han Xiangtian get up, the other ministers also followed respectfully behind him towards the Embroidery Palace.

Actually, the fire today was not as big as the fire in the Hall of Wen, in addition, Han Xiao had already told Xiao Jianfeng and the rest to be prepared in advance, so when Han Xiangtian and the rest arrived, they were only left with a few sparks, but the strange thing was that the small fire had actually spread to the entire Palace. Although it was just a side hall fire, it still caused Imperial Concubine Wen quite a bit of fright.

"Your majesty, if you want to severely punish those who serve in the inner palace, then it must be them who have failed in their duty to start a fire for no reason at all." When Imperial Concubine Wen saw Han Xiangtian, she immediately threw herself into his arms and said with grievance.

"We already know about this." Han Xiangtian nodded and pushed her away.

"Your majesty, these examinees came out of the Glazed Embroidery Palace when the fire started. This servant suspects that they were the ones who set the fire." The Head Attendant, Xie Da, came over with a few examinees and said.

"Your majesty, this commoner is wrongly accused. We were responsible for the seventh prince's actions because someone said that there was a problem with yesterday's test and wanted us to rewrite it in this Liujin Palace. We were halfway through writing when, out of nowhere, a fire broke out." Cao Jiu hastily said.

"That's right, Your Majesty. This commoner really doesn't know how this fire works." The other three hastily knelt on the ground and kowtowed, afraid that Han Xiangtian wouldn't believe them.

"Father, they were indeed called over by me. It was also I who asked them to write another paper here, and I told them to use the fire attribute source energy to write it." Han Xiao stepped forward and said with a faint smile.

"Fire attribute source energy. Xiao'er, you also mentioned that you would like to know the reason behind yesterday's fire. Why don't you explain it now?" Han Xiangtian lightly looked at Han Xiao and said.

"Yes, your son will come right now to explain it. Actually, they did not do anything in the Palace but used fire attribute Origin Energy to write a paper. However, I placed a Spirit Stone near them." Royal Father should know that the attribute of the Soul Stone is affected by the source energy that is closest to it. When there is fire type source energy near the Soul Stone, then the source energy inside will be contaminated with fire type source energy. In addition to that, the sunlight will focus the source energy around the Soul Stone, causing it to ignite with flames. As Han Xiao spoke, he flipped his hand and took out a Soul Stone, passing it in front of Han Xiangtian. Golden flames wrapped around the Soul Stone, shining brightly under the sunlight.