Xia Qianlin studied Xie Huaishan closely, and when he met the infant's shrewd, calculating gaze-
He could not help shuddering!
That unsettling gaze was so familiar.
"Your Highness!" Seeing his troubled expression, Xie Jin'an spoke up to remind him.
Xia Qianlin came back to his senses and asked, "He is the Noble Infant Master Yuantong spoke of?"
He looked at Xia Wanwan again, his eyes full of doubt.
Eunuch Yu stepped forward to take a look, then bowed to Xia Qianlin. "Your Highness, I heard Master Yuantong gave the Noble Infant a Sharira. Wouldn't asking him to produce it settle the matter?"
At the mention of the Sharira, Xie Jin'an's heart leaped with joy.
"That completely transparent Sharira was given to Huai Shan by Master Yuantong!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Then we must trouble the Heir Apparent to produce it as proof!" Eunuch Yu said.
Xie Jin'an's smile froze.
"But that Sharira exploded yesterday!" Zhong Youyan said quietly from the side.
At those words, everyone present fell silent.
Yes, it had exploded.
They had seen it with their own eyes.
"Exploded?" Eunuch Yu was skeptical!
How could a Buddhist Sharira simply explode?
Afraid they would not believe him, Xie Jin'an hurriedly said, "Everyone in the Marquis's Residence can testify that the Sharira truly belonged to Huai Shan. Jing'an Marquis Manor would never dare deceive His Majesty!"
At this, Madam Li and Xie Jinqiu hurriedly nodded and stepped forward to corroborate his words.
But Xia Qianlin was hardly an incautious man. He watched quietly without saying a word.
The atmosphere was awkward.
Just then-
A transparent bead rolled to the Crown Prince's feet. Eunuch Yu quickly picked it up to inspect it and discovered that it was precisely the Sharira Master Yuantong had described.
His eyes filled with delight as he