Xie Jingyan chuckled and looked at the Duke of Mao, "If the real pardon isn't in the Yun family, could it be in your Duke of Mao's residence?"
Shen Wan, "..."
That's really bold of you.
Duke Maoguo nearly choked on his breath, "Prince Ling, be careful what you say!"
Xie Jingyan said, "The Duke of Mao is well aware that there are only two death-exemption tokens in the entire Great Chu. Even if someone steals them, they are useless. Yet he is so suspicious. I am curious where this suspicion comes from?"
Xie Jingyan's eyes were sharp, and the Duke of Mao felt inexplicably guilty. He said, "The Yun family has been slow to use the death-exemption token to save the Prince of Yanping. There are rumors outside that the Yun family is not unwilling to save the Prince of Yanping, but that the death-exemption token has been stolen!"
Xie Jingyan said calmly, "There have been a lot of rumors circulating on the streets these past few days, especially since the Yun family used the death-exemption token as a betrothal gift, and the Prince of Yanping was imprisoned and needed the death-exemption token, yet they remained indifferent. All sorts of speculations have come up, but rumors stop with the wise. You, Duke Mao, believed that the Yun family's death-exemption token was stolen. Haven't you heard people suspect that it was you, Duke Mao, who stole it?"
Shen Wan, "..."
Eunuch Yuan, "..."
It's truly remarkable that someone could be so brazen and shameless after fabricating evidence.
His composure was so remarkable that even Eunuch Yuan began to doubt whether the pardon was genuine.
The Empress Dowager, seated on her phoenix throne, grew increasingly enraged as she listened. "No matter how eloquent you, Prince Ling, are, this fake pardon will never become real!"
Xie Jingyan asked, "On what basis did the Empress Dowager determine that this pardon was fake?"
The Empress Dowager threw the pardon to the ground with a crisp sound. "With such crude workmanship, who do you think you can fool?!"
Xie Jingyan bent down and picked up the pardon. Shen Wan glanced at it and her heart trembled like a sieve. The hastily made pardon looked exactly like the real thing from a distance, but upon closer inspection, two places could be seen to be slightly rough.
Shen Wan was extremely anxious, but Xie Jingyan looked at Duke Mao and said, "Duke Mao, you have quite the nerve! In order to prevent the Yun family from using the pardon to save the Prince of Yanping's heir, you are willing to destroy the imperial gift!"
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