The guests naturally would not refuse, and they sent their servants to help Xu Jiner find the lost jade pendant.

The maidservant who received Xu Jin'er's order pretended to search around with everyone else.

When she found Song Qianning's location, the maid suddenly covered her mouth and screamed, "Miss, your jade pendant is here!"

Xu Jin'er's eyes lit up, and she hurried over, asking as she walked, "Where's the jade pendant?"

Grabbing the maid's arm, she said excitedly, "Where is the jade pendant?"

The maid cautiously glanced in Song Qianning's direction and said in an uneasy voice, "The jade pendant is under the stool where Miss Song is sitting. It's really difficult for this servant to go over and get it."

"What?!" Xu Jin'er was stunned, her expression extremely shocked: "Miss Song and I are so far apart, how could my jade pendant be under her stool..."

She didn't know what she was thinking about, but her expression suddenly became subtle, and the way she looked at Song Qianning also changed, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.

When everyone looked over, Xu Jin'er bit her lip and said, "Miss Song is from a small place. It's normal for her to not know the rules of the capital when she first arrived."

"It's just that this jade pendant was given to me by my father. Its value to me is not comparable to that of ordinary jade pendants. Its high value is secondary. Otherwise, I could have given it to Miss Song."

Looking at Song Qianning with a complicated expression, she said softly, "I believe Miss Song definitely didn't do it on purpose. Next time, if Miss Song takes a fancy to something on me, you can tell me. There's no need to do such a despicable thing, which will also affect the prince's reputation."

After giving some gentle advice, Xu Jin'er looked at the other guests and said with great understanding: "Today's incident was caused by Miss Song's momentary greed. Fortunately, the jade pendant was found. For the sake of the prince, I will let it go."

She said she was speaking for Song Qianning, but her words and actions showed that she was from a small place and had never seen such good things, which was why she was greedy.

Song Qianning was bored at the banquet and was a little absent-minded. She ate her food in a disjointed manner and wondered in her mind when the banquet would end.

In the blink of an eye, the daughter of the prime minister appeared and said that she had stolen the jade pendant and said some incomprehensible words.

No matter how stupid one is, one will understand what is going on. Song Qianning's face immediately turned cold.

If she can tolerate this, she is unworthy of being a fish!

Before Xu Jin'er could finish her words, she interrupted him with a sneer and looked straight over: "I don't even know when I stole Miss Xu's jade pendant. Could it be that Miss Xu is a worm in my stomach and knows everything I have done?"

Facing her rebuttal, Xu Jin'er was disdainful in her heart, but pretended to be reluctant on the surface: "Miss Song, I know you definitely didn't steal the jade pendant on purpose. I won't blame you."

"I'm sorry, if you don't blame me, I will blame you." Song Qianning retorted bluntly.

The maid standing next to Xu Jin'er stepped forward angrily and glared at Song Qianning: "Miss, why did you say so much to her?"

"That jade pendant was given to you by the Prime Minister. It's worth a fortune. Not only did she steal it, but she even dared to deny it when she was caught!"

Turning her gaze to the maid, Song Qianning raised her eyebrows curiously: "I really want to know, how can you be sure that I stole the jade pendant?"

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes!" The maid puffed out her chest and said with an indignant expression, "I saw with my own eyes that you stole the young lady's jade pendant!"

Seeing that this was a deliberate trap set against her, Song Qianning rolled her eyes: "Really? Since you saw me stealing your young lady's jade pendant, why didn't you come out and explain it at the time?"

The maid choked, then quickly realized, "At the time, I wasn't sure what you were doing. I was worried about causing misunderstandings, so I didn't take it seriously. I never thought you would actually steal my young lady's jade pendant."

Faced with the maid's words full of loopholes, Song Qianning secretly complained in her heart.

He wanted to frame someone but didn't know how to find a better way, as if he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to find a loophole.

While complaining, Song Qianning was not polite: "According to what you said, you saw me stealing your young lady's jade pendant with your own eyes?"

“That’s right!”

Looking at the maid with great interest, Song Qianning sneered and said, "Then I want to ask you a question. Why didn't I hide the jade pendant after I stole it, but waited for you to come and expose me?"

"Could it be that I'm out of my mind and stole the jade pendant and deliberately put it under the stool so that you can come and find it at a glance and then use it to frame me?"

The maid was almost speechless under her aggressive tone.

Trying to calm herself, the maid pretended to be wronged and said, "You stole the jade pendant, so how could I know what you were thinking? Maybe it just fell out of your body by accident."

"I'm so awesome that I can make the jade pendant fall under the stool." Song Qianning stretched out her palm and clapped it a few times, showing her sarcasm.

The maid was speechless. She curled her lips and sneered, pointing to the jade pendant on the ground: "The jade pendant is stained with pastry powder. If I stole the jade pendant, why is there no pastry powder on my hand?"

When the others heard this, they subconsciously looked at the jade pendant on the ground and clearly saw the pastry powder on it.

Taking her eyes off the jade pendant, Song Qianning said slowly, "And what about the powder on your hand?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the maid again, and sure enough, they saw that her hands were stained with pastry powder. In contrast, Song Qianning's hands were clean.

That's the powder used in making pastries. If it gets on you, it won't be wiped off in a short time.

With the ironclad evidence, Song Qianning was completely cleared of suspicion.

Completely unaware of this, the maid's face turned pale in an instant and she fell limply to the ground.

She's finished.

The maid was dragged away in public. Xu Jin'er's face turned pale and blue, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to pieces by her.

All eyes were focused on Xu Jiner, making her feel like a thorn in her back.

She had to force herself to look at Song Qianning and squeeze out a smile: "Miss Song, I'm so sorry."

"I didn't expect my maid to be so bold as to steal my jade pendant and put the blame on you. It's my fault for not managing my servants well. I apologize."

"Miss Xu, there's no need to apologize." Song Qianning smiled. "It was that maid who framed me, not you. But Miss Xu, you really need to discipline the servants around you in the future."

Xu Jin'er's smile almost failed to hold, and she nodded awkwardly: "Miss Song is right."

Only she herself knows how resentful she is.

The other side.

There was a person who had been paying attention to this side since the farce began. It was none other than our dynasty's general Feng Qianjing.

It was not until the farce was over that he withdrew his gaze from Song Qianning, a hint of deep thought flashing across his eyes.

The way Song Qianning debated just now looked very much like someone he knew.