Li Jiaojiao nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

Li Jiaojiao got into the carriage, and Gu Han immediately sat down next to the coachman.

Soon, the two arrived at the government office.

Before anyone knew it, a crowd of well-fed people had gathered outside the courtroom to watch the spectacle.

"Make way." Little Green walked ahead, clearing a path.

Li Jiaojiao and Gu Han walked to the front, and when they saw the courtroom, Li Jiaojiao's face turned pale.

The last time she went to court, she was sentenced to prison...

"Jiaojiao, hurry up!" Gu Sai urged in a low voice.

Li Jiaojiao suppressed her discomfort and went inside.

A thin, gray-clad man was kneeling in the center of the courtroom, with a bundle spread out in front of him containing a jumble of jewelry.

The servants from the other two families had already arrived: Green Bamboo, a maid from the Mei family, and an old woman from the Zhang family.

Li Jiaojiao curtsied and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency. I am the third young lady of the Duke of Pingguo's mansion."

Prefect Song, who was sitting in the hall, said, "Please rise. Take a look and see which item belongs to your family."

The old woman from the Zhang family stepped forward first, picking up a jade hairpin and a gold-embroidered jade necklace from the bundle on the ground: "These belong to my old lady. Humph, those blind fools, how dare they steal from our house!"

Li Jiaojiao immediately stepped forward and pointed to the ground: "This is my ruby ​​hairpin!"

Xiao Lü said, "Also, these are Madam's bracelet and earrings!"

As she spoke, she picked up Li Jiaojiao's hairpin, a bracelet, and an earring, and wrapped them in a handkerchief.

As Xiao Lü picked up the things and left, only a delicate little blue box remained of the bundle.

Mei's maid, Lüzhu, frowned. She was in charge of managing the lady's jewelry, but there was no such small box, and neither was the young lady's.