Jiang Huaizhu looked a little stiff and walked slowly to the lake.
She looked around and then stopped beside a Taihu stone next to Shen Yubai.
"Your Highness, my sister and I were standing here and talking that day." She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and started coughing.
Chen Yubai smiled and asked her elegantly, "May I ask, Miss Jiang, are you sure you saw it clearly? Are you sure it was here at that time?"
Jiang Huaizhu nodded, grief in her eyes. "My sister's sudden action has dealt a heavy blow to me. I've had nightmares these past few days recalling all this. I'm sure I won't make a mistake."
Jiang Xiancao listened to her words with a look of sarcasm on his face.
This woman's acting skills are so superb that anyone who sees her would be filled with love and affection for her.
What a pity.
The person she faced this time just didn't buy it.
Shen Yubai ignored the tears in her eyes and walked to her side, "So, where was Miss Jiang Er standing at that time?"
Jiang Huaizhu paused before pointing out a location.
Shen Yubai stood there, looking at the lake for a while, then turned to look at her, "Miss Jiang, are you sure?"
Jiang Huaizhu frowned slightly, "Of course."
Shen Yubai chuckled softly, then asked, "Then please ask Miss Jiang to demonstrate to me how Miss Jiang pushed you at that time?"
Jiang Huaizhu's delicate brows furrowed even tighter. She glanced at Jiang Jinyan and the others with some uneasiness before calming herself down and saying, "This humble servant doesn't quite understand what His Royal Highness Prince Zhan meant. Isn't this something that's obvious? My sister suddenly reached out her hand from behind me, and I was pushed into the water."
"If she pushed you from behind, how did you know?"
Shen Yubai's pair of black eyes, tinged with red, stared at her intently, their gaze as cold as a sword. "And according to what you said before, you and Miss Jiang Er were standing here to discuss matters. Since you were talking, you should have stood facing each other. Why did you suddenly turn your back to her?"
Jiang Huaizhu panicked and bit his lip before answering:
"Your Highness, I am well aware. I was indeed talking to my sister face to face, but my sister suddenly said there was something on the lake. I turned around without being on guard, and she took advantage of that moment to push me..."
As she spoke, she started coughing again, as if she was going to die.
Jiang Jinxing felt sorry for his sister and couldn't help it:
"Your Highness Prince Zhan, Zhu'er didn't have eyes behind her, so she couldn't see what Jiang Xiancao did behind her. But at the time, it was just the two of them there, and the maids following them were all ten steps away. If it wasn't Jiang Xiancao who pushed her, could it be a ghost?
This is the truth, so why do you have to nitpick and find flaws in Zhu'er's words?
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard from the Imperial City Department drew his sword and pointed it at him, "How dare you! When is it your turn, a commoner without any official rank or title, to interfere in the investigation of our Highness?"
As the son of a marquis, Jiang Jinxing had never heard such impolite words before, and his face immediately turned red with shame.
He wanted to refute, but Jiang Jinyan glared at him, then bowed to Shen Yubai and said:
"Your Highness Prince Zhan, I do not know the etiquette. I hope your Highness Prince Zhan will forgive me."
Shen Yubai smiled calmly, "You are such a grown-up but still don't know the etiquette. It seems that the family education in your mansion is not good enough."
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Jiang family members present became very ugly.
Aristocratic families are the ones who care the most about their reputation. Being accused of poor upbringing is no different from slapping them in the face in public.
But due to King Zhan's power, they could only swallow their anger.
It was already cowardly enough, but the Ninth Prince just added fuel to the fire by speaking at this moment, "Uncle, it's not been a day or two since the Jiang family's sons have been ignorant of etiquette. Otherwise, how could they do such a thing as praising an adopted daughter and neglecting and abusing the legitimate daughter?"
Jiang Jinxing raised his voice, "Ninth Prince, please don't talk nonsense. When have we brothers ever neglected or abused Jiang Xiancao..."
"Well, you all call your adopted daughter Sister Zhu'er. But you call your blood-related sister by her full name. Who can't tell who your hearts are leaning towards?"
Jiang Xiancao's sarcastic gaze swept over all of them, finally landing on the face of Jiang Jinxing who was particularly unconvinced, and said coldly:
"Jiang Jinxing, considering this was your first time disrespecting the Emperor's uncle, I will let you go for now. But if you do it again, you will be severely punished for your disrespect for the royal family and for interrupting the Imperial City Division's investigation. By then, you will bring disgrace to the Wenning Marquisate."
Jiang Jinxing was so angry that he clenched his fists, as if he was about to rush up and fight her.
But many guards from the Imperial City Bureau stood between them, and at this moment the distance between him and Jiang Xiancao was like an insurmountable chasm.
Jiang Xiancao didn't even bother to look at him again. She turned her head and looked at Shen Yubai, "Uncle, you can continue to try the case."
Shen Yubai smiled at her, "Xiao Jiuer is still considerate."
On the side, the real "Xiao Jiuer" Shen Tingsi was in a complicated mood.
Jiang Xiancao actually used his body to show his affection to the hateful man Shen Yubai!
If this continues, she will ruin his reputation before he can get his body back.
Shen Yubai noticed the abnormal look in the eyes of the Jiang family's second daughter when she looked at them, but he did not say anything and continued to look at Jiang Huaizhu:
"So at the time of the incident, you were standing in front, and Miss Jiang Er was standing behind you. You were absolutely certain that she was the one who pushed you into the water."
Jiang Huaizhu cried pitifully, as if she had really suffered a great injustice:
"This subject is absolutely certain, there is absolutely no lie!"
Shen Yubai asked Shen Tingsi again:
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