Qi Gaoming, who had been turned away by Lord Sun, kept muttering to himself, "We were the ones who developed the method for making glass, how did others know? What's going on?"
When Lord Sun returned, he reported everything he had seen outside the door to the Crown Prince.
The eldest prince was furious.
So all that praise and drinking with him turned out to be with a slow learner.
Perhaps Qi Gaoming's family stole someone else's method to please him.
As a prince, he couldn't swallow this insult!
Xiao Zhenzhen and Qi Jiating questioned Qi Jinlan and Qi Gaoming: "Tell the truth, did you steal the formula from somewhere and make us lose face along with you?"
The brother and sister shook their heads: "No, no! Jinlan found out first."
Qi Jiating: "That's utter nonsense! She's just a girl who can't even read many words, how could she possibly know how to make glass?!"
Qi Jinlan said, feeling wronged, "I really was the one who found out first!"
Qi Jiating, without offering any explanation to Qi Jinlan, pushed through the crowd.
He saw a familiar little head.
It's a chirp!
Chiu Chiu, a maid, and a guard are hawking glass.
At this moment, the prince and Lord Sun came out, wanting to see what kind of person could make such an identical piece of glass.
Lord Sun impatiently pushed through the crowd: "Make way, make way! Don't block the way of the important person!"
Everyone made way for the prince.
The prince looked at the glassware on the stall, and then took out the glassware that Jinlan had offered.
Sure enough, Qiuqiu's glass was hundreds or thousands of times better than the one he had!
Chiu Chiu looked at the glass in the prince's hand and burst into laughter.
Chiu Chiu pointed at his glass and said, "Hahaha! It's fake, it's fake!"
The prince became even angrier and asked Qiuqiu, "What did you say?"
Chiu Chiu said very sincerely, "What you're holding is fake glass! Don't you know that?"
Xiao Zhenzhen hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please don't listen to her nonsense! She's just a two-year-old girl, how could she know how to distinguish between truth and falsehood?"
Qi Gaoming quickly said, "Yes, Your Highness, don't be deceived by a young girl!"
Qiuqiu said, "Xiaofeng, you tell them!"
Xiao Feng: "Yes!"
Xiao Feng picked up their glassware and placed it together with the prince's glassware.
Then Xiaofeng tapped the two glass beads.
The two pieces of glass made different sounds.
Xiao Feng said, "Real glass makes a clear, metallic sound. Fake glass makes a dull sound. Listen, everyone, it's obvious their glass is fake!"
The prince's face turned extremely ugly.
Xiao Feng continued, "From the appearance, fake glass doesn't have any air bubbles, while real glass is made by hand at low temperatures, so it will have some air bubbles."
The sword dragon, whose form was the Flame God Sword, was also providing commentary from the side.
Stegosaurus: "Real glass is hard and has a brilliant color, while fake glass doesn't look as clear and transparent. Please take a look and compare them to see the difference."
The onlookers chattered amongst themselves as they watched Xiao Feng and Jian Long's demonstration and explanation.
"That's really true!"
"Thank goodness you told us how to identify it. Otherwise, they would have made fake glass, passed it off as high-quality, and sold it at exorbitant prices, cheating us out of our hard-earned money!"
"That's right, we really should thank you!"
"I just don't know what their intentions are in passing off fakes as genuine?"
Everyone glared angrily at the eldest prince and Lord Sun.
Lord Sun hurriedly explained, "This has nothing to do with us. We were also deceived!"
The prince grabbed Qi Gaoming by the collar and said, "You little brat, you're trying to trick me!"
Qi Jiating stood apologetically beside him: "Your Highness, please spare my life! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
The prince kicked Qi Gaoming away and said, "Forgive me? How can I forgive you?"
Xiao Zhenzhen and Qi Jinlan also pleaded for them.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Someone recognized Qi Jiating and asked curiously, "Lord Qi, aren't these two your daughters? How come one is the real one and the other is a fake? Are you doing this on purpose?"
Someone in the crowd said, "Alas! You all don't know this! His two daughters, one was born to a first-rank wife, the principal wife. The other was born to a concubine who rose to power outside the marriage. How could they be the same?"
"The truth is always right; a fake can never be faked!"
Xiao Zhenzhen blushed as people talked about her.
The prince looked at Qiuqiu, then at Jinlan.
He glared angrily at Qi Jiating and said, "These two are your daughters. Are you playing a trick on me?"
Qi Jiating quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, that's not it! It's not like that, Your Highness!"
Chiu Chiu turned her head to the side and said, "I'm not his daughter, we've already broken off all ties with him!"
Qi Jiating was still hoping that Qiuqiu would tell him the method of making real glass so that he could use it to please the prince.
Well, that's great, Chiu Chiu has directly severed ties with him right here and now.
With so many people around, Qi Jiating was too embarrassed to get angry, so he could only say, "Chirp chirp, stop fooling around. Come home with Daddy!"
Qi Jiating reached out to grab Qiuqiu's hand, but Qiuqiu shook him off.
Chirp said angrily, "Who's going back to your house? You kicked us out a long time ago! If you want to go back, take them with you!"
Chuchu's chubby face looks both innocent and adorable when she's angry.
This action garnered further sympathy from the public.
People were saying, "Has Lord Qi gone blind? He's got such a good daughter and wife, and instead he's making his mistress his official wife. He must have lost his mind."
"Exactly! I heard that the First Rank Lady's two sons have both passed the imperial examinations, and one of them even holds an important position. To kick such good children out like that! It's insane!"
"Who told him to be unable to distinguish between good and bad? Just like this glass. He thought he was doing well with a fake one, but little did he know that the real one was exceptionally dazzling! Hahaha!"
Qi Jiating certainly had his regrets.
He thought that everything would be better after leaving Xu Ruyun, and that he could live a happy and fulfilling life with Xiao Zhenzhen as he pleased.
However, things didn't seem to be like that.
After leaving his first wife, Xu Ruyun, Qi Jiating's fortunes took a sharp downturn, and his official career gradually declined.
Now, even his reputation is ruined.
He couldn't understand why things had turned out this way, and he was completely baffled.
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