And that's how it happened, that's how Asher was able to bribe the woman. He was looking at the woman while they were at the palace hoping she'd keep to what they'd agreed...and she did.
While the woman was searching through Asher's mind, she saw everything, he was the one behind what happened to Ethan's son. But she had been bribed already, so she just moved to the next official and began reading through his mind.
So currently, no one was behind what happened to Aiden according to the woman's statement. The king was still so surprised and so was Ethan as well...but what can they do? The woman has declared already.
The king's voice resounded, "Seems like none of you is behind what happened to Ethan's son. This case has been dismissed, you all can go".
"Before we go, I think we deserve an apology from Ethan for accusing us wrongly back then and even now. He didn't say much in front of us when his son got captured recently, but I'm sure he was still suspecting one of us,