Chapter 20: A Completely Different Person

Consort Guo took a deep breath, took out three slips of paper from her bosom, and handed them to Eunuch Fu.

"Eunuch Fu, I've heard you're an expert in handwriting analysis. Would you please take a look?"

Grandpa Fu took it, examined it carefully, and frowned.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Emeritus, and the Imperial Concubine, two of these three notes were written by the same person."

Jiang Baoqing clenched her fingers excitedly, looking at Jiang Ning with a vicious glare.

“Sister, I told you long ago that you should take responsibility for your mistakes. Not only did you not take responsibility, but now you’ve even taken it to the Emperor and the Emperor Emeritus…”

"This is absolutely humiliating!"

Jiang Ning injured Consort Guo's younger brother and gave birth to an illegitimate child.

With these two major events exposed at the same time, Jiang Ning is doomed!

Once Jiang Ning is dead, her plan can proceed perfectly...

Jiang Ning, however, was not nervous; a hint of sarcasm flashed across her bright and pretty face.

"Jiang Baoqing, how can you be so sure that mine is similar to that note?"

Jiang Baoqing hesitated for a moment, her heart racing.

Looking at Jiang Ning's calm demeanor, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

Jiang Ning was unusually calm, a stark contrast to her former self.

Could it be that this idiot has some other trick up his sleeve?

Yuwen Jue, standing to the side, had a cold and impatient expression and urged in an icy voice, "Eunuch Fu, stop keeping us in suspense and reveal the truth."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at Jiang Ning with his deep black eyes.

Jiang Ning was dressed in coarse linen clothes, which had faded somewhat from washing.

But that still couldn't hide her stunning beauty.

At that moment, she was holding the hand of that little bean sprout.

The little boy's eyes are just like hers, both slightly upturned phoenix eyes, clear and sharp.

Yuwen Jue clenched his cold, large hand tightly and averted his gaze in an instant.

This wicked woman is quite composed.

Now that the palace knows the child isn't his, and she faces accusations of harming Consort Guo's brother, she remains calm and smiling.

They're absolutely courting death!

Consort Guo couldn't help but urge them on.

"Eunuch Fu, if you have an answer, tell me quickly! I will never let the person who hurt my brother get away with it!"

Consort Guo's sharp and ruthless gaze swept over Jiang Ning and Jiang Baoqing, and she said through gritted teeth.

Jiang Baoqing's eyes flickered, but she quickly straightened her back.

Ha, it's not like she hurt Guo Zilin, what does she have to feel guilty about?

In contrast, Jiang Ning acted as if nothing had happened.

With a complex expression, Eunuch Fu bowed to the crowd.

"In that case, this old servant will speak."

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on Grandpa Fu.

Grandpa Fu held the two notes written by Jiang Ning and Jiang Baoqing and slowly began to speak.

"The handwriting on this blood-stained piece of paper is crooked and ugly."

As he spoke, he held up a note in his hand: "And what is written on this note is the style of a master calligrapher."

The style of the writing bears no resemblance to the evidence, therefore it is not this one.

Hearing Grandpa Fu praise her calligraphy for having the air of a master calligrapher, Jiang Baoqing was overjoyed.

Emperor Ming narrowed his tiger-like eyes and nodded in approval.

"Jiang Baoqing, I have heard that you are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and are a famous talented woman in the capital. You truly live up to your reputation."

"I will certainly arrange a good marriage for you another day."

Jiang Baoqing was both shy and happy, and gracefully gave a bow.

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty, but Baoqing already has someone she loves. If she has the opportunity in the future, I beg Your Majesty to grant her wish..."

As she spoke, she glanced at Yuwen Jue with a hesitant expression, her face flushed.

The implications are self-evident.

Even the wise Emperor Ming noticed something amiss.

He looked thoughtfully at the two sisters, Jiang Ning and Jiang Baoqing, and smiled meaningfully.