Shen Yubai was too lazy to pay attention to her. Instead, Jiang Xiancao, who was watching the show coldly, smiled and said:
"Isn't Miss Jiang known for her intelligence and the most talented woman in the capital? How can she not even see this? They will, of course, supervise you to reenact the events of the crime based on your testimony."
Jiang Huaizhu actually had some guesses in her mind, but she couldn't believe that Shen Yubai really wanted to do this!
But before she could pretend to be weak and pitiful and say anything against it, one of the guards grabbed Shen Tingsi's hand and pushed Jiang Huaizhu forward from behind.
In fact, although Shen Tingsi hated Jiang Huaizhu's lies, she was the woman he loved after all, and she had saved his life.
Thinking that she had been bled by Jiang Xiancao before, and now he was going to push her sick and weak body into the icy water in winter, he felt a little reluctant in his heart.
He turned his head and wanted to say to Jiang Xiancao, I was the one who kicked you into the ice water that day, and I am the one who should be punished the most.
If you want revenge, then kick me down. I owe you this!
Unfortunately, the people from the Imperial City Bureau didn't give him a chance to speak.
Before he could react, Jiang Huaizhu staggered forward and fell down due to unstable center of gravity.
When the Jiang family saw this scene, they no longer cared about the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects!
"Pearl!"
"Sister Zhu'er!"
They were about to rush over, but were stopped by the guards of the Imperial City Bureau.
Jiang Jinxing relied on his martial arts skills to fight with the guards, but he could still hold out against one or two people, but when so many people attacked him together, he quickly fell into a disadvantage and was beaten hard several times. In the end, he was pinned down with his head pressed to the ground.
Jiang Jinyan, a mere scholar, was unable to break through the blockade of the Imperial City Division. His eyes flushed red as he looked at Shen Yubai viciously:
"Zhu'er was previously brutally bled by the Ninth Prince, and subsequently suffered repeated injustices, leaving her physically and mentally traumatized. Now she has a high fever that won't subside, and you have cruelly thrown her into ice water. You are not investigating the case, you are trying to kill her!"
At the end, he lost even the last bit of his rationality and roared angrily:
"If anything bad happens to Zhu'er, even if you are a prince and the commander of the Imperial City Bureau, we at the Wenning Marquisate will definitely report it to the emperor and make the people of the Imperial City Bureau pay for her life!"
He roared so heroically that people were deeply shocked.
Jiang Xiancao curled her lips and sighed:
"He's such a good brother who doesn't fear power or self-interest for his sister."
Her sarcastic words irritated the Jiang family.
Jiang Jinyan pointed at him and angrily cursed without caring about anything:
"And you, Ninth Prince, our Wen Ning Marquisate will not let you go either!
Aren't you doing these ridiculous things because you were seduced by Jiang Xiancao's despicable means and didn't want to fulfill your promise to marry Zhu'er?
It's ridiculous that you, a man and a prince at that, are afraid to tell the truth because you're afraid of being called heartless and ungrateful, so you use the cover of investigating a case!"
Seeing him biting like crazy, Chen Yubai smiled and said to Jiang Xiancao:
"No wonder Xiao Jiuer suddenly changed his mind and refused to marry the girl from the Wen Ning Marquis's mansion. The young masters of the Jiang family are as crazy as mad dogs. Even the emperor's uncle finds it scary to look at them."
"That's right. Although my nephew is not a good person, he is still clear-headed. I can't marry a girl from a mad family."
Jiang Xiancao imitated Shen Tingsi's usual carefree tone and made Shen Yubai laugh.
The two turned around and looked towards the lake together.
Jiang Huaizhu was pushed by the people from the Imperial City Bureau and rolled along the mud into the lake. However, because the water on the shore was not deep, she struggled for a few times and then stood up with the instinct of survival.
But her clothes were all wet and her makeup was smudged. Her originally adorable appearance of a sick beauty now looked ridiculous.
She was afraid that she would be pushed down again by the people from the Imperial City Bureau after she climbed ashore, so she stood in the icy water shivering, not daring to come up. She could only look at Shen Yubai miserably and shivered:
"Your Highness Prince Zhan, why do you treat me like this..."
The smile on Shen Yubai's lips cooled down a bit. He walked to where she fell into the water and said slowly:
"That's really strange. Everything just happened just as you said. Then why did you only fall on the shore and not in the middle of the lake?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Huaizhu's expression froze.
She suddenly realized what Shen Yubai was doing when he ordered people to push her into the water!
"Miss Jiang Er is frail, and her arms are so thin. Her strength is far inferior to that of the Imperial City guard who just attacked. Logically, if she had pushed you, you would have landed closer to the shore, or even not fallen into the water at all.
But when the Ninth Prince arrived that day, he rescued you from the center of the lake."
Chen Yubai stroked his chin and looked at her with confusion. "This is what I can't understand the most. How did you end up so far away?"
Jiang Huaizhu's face was pale, she was shivering in the water, unable to utter a word.
Seeing that she didn't answer, Shen Yubai smiled:
"It's okay if Miss Jiang doesn't want to speak. I don't want to force you. But if you don't speak, someone else will speak for you."
The guards from the Imperial City Division brought the two maids over.
I don’t know what methods Shen Yubai used on them, but they were all terrifyingly obedient at this moment.
Shen Yubai just glanced at them, and the one on the left rushed to say:
"That day was planned by the eldest lady. She was the one who asked us to invite the second lady to the orchid garden. She was also the one who suggested taking a walk by the lake. Then, she jumped into the lake when the second lady was not paying attention. As for those lies we told before, they were all taught to us by her!"
Others didn't do anything, but when Jiang Jinyan heard this, he immediately scolded in a deep voice:
“Nonsense!
"Your Highness, Prince Zhan, you just said that Jiang Xiancao's arm strength couldn't push Zhu'er to the center of the lake, but Zhu'er could jump that far by herself? Besides, Zhu'er is not good at swimming. If she jumps into the water and swims to the center of the lake, she won't be able to swim that far and will faint from choking on water!"
Shen Yubai said indifferently:
"What if she took the water-repellent pill before falling into the water?"
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