Shen Tingsi was certain that even if Jiang Xiancao twisted her head off, she would not be able to give the correct answer. After he finished speaking, he waited calmly to see her reveal her flaws.
But Jiang Xiancao smiled at him and said without even blinking, "Father's birthmark is two inches below his collarbone."
Shen Tingsi was stunned.
How could she know such a secret? !
It was purely a coincidence that Jiang Xiancao knew where the emperor's birthmark was.
Among the eunuchs who often came to her adoptive parents' stall to drink, there was an old man who had no evil intentions but still had evil intentions. He was attracted by her outstanding appearance and forced her to take advantage of him after getting drunk.
She refused to obey him and in her panic she tore open his clothes, revealing the ugly hairy birthmark on his chest.
He mistook her surprised look for disgust, and drunkenly pointed at that place and said, "My family used to serve the emperor, and the emperor also has a birthmark here. How dare you, a shameless and despicable bitch, despise my family? Do you dare to despise the emperor too?"
Afterwards, the angry old man slapped her several more times. She was beaten until her mouth was bleeding but she didn't dare to fight back. She finally ran away in embarrassment. Afterwards, she was severely punished by her adoptive parents.
This incident was once a nightmare she could not forget, but now it came in handy.
Thinking of the past when he was trapped by his status and was trampled on and despised by everyone, Jiang Xiancao's eyes were cold and he asked Chen Tingsi with a smile:
"Second Miss Jiang, do you still want to confront me?"
Seeing Jiang Xiancao's confidence, the Jiang family members, including Shen Tingsi, who had been shouting, were speechless and put aside their suspicions about the "Ninth Prince".
Jiang Jinyan's mind raced in just a short moment.
What soul swap? Even the most popular folk stories don't have such a ridiculous story. But he really believed what Jiang Xiancao said just now and almost got angry at the Ninth Prince. He was so confused that he was even worse than a three-year-old child!
He calmed his mind and said loudly:
"In this world, the imperial power is undeniable. The so-called supernatural powers are nothing but heretical stories fabricated by those with ulterior motives to deceive the ignorant peasants. We Jiang family members have been reading the classics since childhood. How could we possibly believe such absurd words and seriously doubt the prince's identity?"
After flattering the prince, he changed the subject and rebuked Shen Tingsi:
"You are truly unworthy of the Jiang bloodline in you and bring shame to our ancestors!"
After that, he didn't give Shen Tingsi any chance to speak and ordered the servant beside him to take action immediately.
Shen Tingsi struggled desperately with all his might, but was restrained by Jiang Xiancao's frail and tattered body. In the end, he was only beaten a few more times and fell on the straw mat like a pig to be slaughtered. His limbs were tied tightly and his mouth was blocked with a smelly rag, leaving him breathing only through his nostrils.
Jiang Xiancao was admiring his miserable appearance, but heard Jiang Huaizhu groan at this time.
She slowly raised her head and looked at the frail and delicate sick beauty lying in her brother's arms.
Jiang Huaizhu was left out for a long time by Shen Tingsi's sudden commotion. She felt that the blood from her wound was about to cool down. Now that the troublesome guy was finally silenced, she couldn't wait to start making trouble.
"Sister, stabbing me is a minor offense, but slandering Your Highness is a major offense. Your Highness, please don't let her anger you and ruin your life..."
As she spoke, she started crying again, waiting for the Ninth Prince, who had always doted on her body, to lose his temper for her and drag Jiang Xiancao up and punish her severely as usual.
But the development of things was beyond her expectations.
The Ninth Prince just looked at her coldly, without a trace of sympathy or tenderness on his unruly handsome face.
She was flustered and only cared about observing the Ninth Prince's expression, but she missed the look Jiang Jinyan gave her, "Prince, don't you feel sorry for Zhu'er?"
Jiang Xiancao looked at her, then at the two maids kneeling beside her, and answered irrelevantly:
"What a coincidence, you're all here."
Jiang Huaizhu was stunned and had no idea what she meant by this sentence.
Jiang Jinyan understood and spoke nervously, "Your Highness, Zhu'er has just been stabbed and is very weak. I hope you can give me some time and let me ask the imperial physician to treat her first, and then investigate the matter of her falling into the water."
Hearing this, Jiang Huaizhu couldn't believe his ears.
She looked at Jiang Xiancao in astonishment, and before he could speak, she said in a trembling voice:
"Why does Your Majesty want to investigate the drowning incident? Don't you trust Zhu'er's words?"
She originally thought that the Ninth Prince would deny it outright, and then try to make her happy gently as usual, obey her in everything, and do everything according to her wishes.
But the man standing with his hands behind his back looked at her with an increasingly ruthless look.
"When you fell into the water that day, you were accompanied by these two maids, right?"
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