Tai Jingwan didn't say anything, just smiled.
Of course, she couldn't tell Jiang Jinyue that she had replaced not only this painting, but all her dowry in the warehouse with fakes.
"Sister, is that right?" Jiang Jinyue didn't get the answer she wanted, so she kept staying close to Tai Jingwan.
Tai Jingwan smiled slightly and whispered, "Sister is really smart."
Jiang Jinyue's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she moved closer to Tai Jingwan: "Sister is awesome! But that Gu Huaizhi actually wants to pass the blame to the Tai family, how shameless!"
Jiang Jinyue thought that she found Gu Huaizhi's pretentious look quite annoying.
"Sister, what if she wants you to give money to that rascal again?" Jiang Jinyue said worriedly.
"It's okay, just watch it later." Tai Jingwan smiled and gave Jiang Jinyue a shot of prevention.
[Is the beautiful sister going to give the fallen dog a beating today? Wow, so looking forward to it! 】
After hearing Jiang Jinyue's thoughts, Tai Jingwan couldn't help but smile.
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"Sister, have you asked Lord Tai to come over?" Jiang Jinyue thought, how could she not use such an important backer?
"It's okay, I can handle it." Tai Jingwan thought, even if her father didn't come, he could still ruin Gu Huai's reputation.
As they were talking, they arrived at Shuntian Prefecture. The yamen runner in front stopped and said, "We are here. Please go in and wait for the master to come."
In the lobby of Shuntian Prefecture, Shunfu Yin Lord Chang sat at a desk, looking at the people below with a solemn expression and a frown on his face.
The bailiff had just explained the situation to him. What made Lord Chang feel a little tricky about this matter was that it involved the daughter of the Minister of Personnel.
Lord Chang also didn't think that Lord Tai would prepare a fake painting as a dowry for his daughter.
Thinking of what the girl who had just come to see him said, Lord Chang felt a little embarrassed.
As soon as Niu San entered the room and saw Lord Chang sitting on the upper floor, he knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Lord, please be clear! It was this Mr. Gu who used a fake painting to cheat me of 100,000 taels of gold, and he even turned around and accused me of tearing up their original works! Please, Lord, let this be resolved!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Huaizhi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Sir, this person is lying. He not only hurt my third brother, but also tore up my wife's dowry. I beg you to take charge of the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion!"
"Silence!" Lord Chang struck the bell and looked at the people below.
"Among you, who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?"
"Sir, I am the plaintiff, I am the plaintiff!" Niu San said proudly.
"Who is here? Who are you suing?" Lord Chang looked at the sharp-nosed and monkey-faced Niu San and felt a little puzzled. How did this man offend the daughter of the Minister of Personnel?
What’s funny is that this person is so arrogant as to sue others?
"Sir, I am Niu San from Dong'an Lane. Today, I had a few rounds of gambling with Mr. Gu San in Zhuangyuanfang. Mr. Gu San brought a painting and wanted to bet with me, saying it was an ancient painting heirloom in their family. He swore that it was an authentic work and worth one hundred thousand taels of gold. But when I took it to Xuanbaozhai, they took one look and found out that the painting was fake! I was so angry that I went to the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion to ask for it back, but they actually falsely accused me of blackmail!" Niu San complained with tears and snot.
"Sir, please investigate carefully. It is obvious that this man beat my third brother, and then came to my house and tore up an ancient painting in my wife's dowry." Gu Huaizhi hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Sir, this is the painting that was torn into two pieces by Niu San." The bailiff took out the painting that had been torn into two pieces by Niu San and brought it to Sir Chang.
Chang Qing opened the scroll and saw that the signature on it was Wu Qiu Zi, and the title on the painting was "The Heavenly King Grants a Child".
Is this painting worth a fortune?
Even if he was given a hundred taels of silver, Chang Qing would still feel it was too much.
The prefect frowned and looked at Tai Jingwan, and asked in confusion: "Miss Tai, is this painting your dowry?"
Tai Jingwan bowed and said calmly: "My Lord, the painting was indeed taken from my dowry by my maid, but..."
Tai Jingwan paused, glanced at Gu Huai, and then said, "When I got married, my father prepared a generous dowry for me, and a dowry list was sent to the government office. Your Excellency can check my dowry list to see if there is this painting."
Tai Jingwan said seriously.
"But, given my father's character, it is impossible for him to prepare a fake painting for me," Tai Jingwan added.
Gu Huaizhi's face turned a little unhappy when he heard this. After all, he remembered clearly that he had seen Wu Daozi's "Heavenly King Giving A Child" in Tai Jingwan's dowry. Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi was a little undecided, so he quickly said, "Madam, could it be that my father-in-law specially prepared this "Heavenly King Giving A Child" for good luck?"
"Miss." Liuli on the side quickly handed the dowry list that had been prepared long ago to Tai Jingwan.
Although Jiang Jinyue was curious about what Tai Jingwan was holding in her hand, she had a hunch that this matter must be complicated.
"Sir, this is my dowry list. You can check it." Tai Jingwan said gently.
Gu Huaizhi, who had been confident at first, now had a bad feeling for some reason.
"Madam?" Gu Huaizhi looked at Tai Jingwan with some disapproval, not understanding why she had to take out the dowry list for this matter?
Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi felt vaguely uneasy.
"Don't be afraid, my husband. If the dowry my father prepared for me contained the painting "The Heavenly King Delivering a Child", my lord would definitely seek justice for us." Tai Jingwan still said gently.
Those who don't know think that this matter must be Niu San who framed the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
Chang Qing looked through Tai Jingwan's long list of concubines and couldn't help but marvel in his heart that the Minister of Personnel really loved his daughter. The dowry was so generous!
I'm afraid even a royal princess wouldn't have such a generous dowry when she gets married.
Chang Qing glanced again at Gu Huaizhi, who looked unhappy, and thought to himself: This is really a flower stuck in cow dung.
I don't know why Lord Tai, who loves his daughter so much, found such a son-in-law for her.
It's just a name of Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
Chang Qing looked for a long time and finally saw the words "Emperor Sending a Child" written on the dowry list by Wu Daozi.
Chang Qing put down the dowry list in his hand, then looked at Tai Jingwan and asked, "Miss Tai, are you sure this is an ancient painting from your dowry?"
Chang Qing asked with a frown.
This is clearly not true.
Chang Qing didn't know which link went wrong.
"Your Excellency, this painting was indeed taken out by me from the young lady's dowry storehouse." Zhenzhu quickly knelt in front of Changqing and said seriously.
"I said that the Gu family was just trying to fool me with the fake paintings!" Niu San said proudly.
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