Ning Qiuze, who originally wanted to convict someone directly, suddenly froze and looked a little unnatural.
"Why doesn't the prefect answer my question?"
Ning Qiuze put on a serious expression and said, "Of course not. As a senior official, I naturally look at the evidence and speak accordingly. How could I slander someone based on a few words when the facts are unclear? If you continue to talk nonsense, I will be rude to you!"
Hearing this, Song Qianning chuckled and looked at Ning Qiuze meaningfully: "It seems that I have misunderstood the prefect."
"An official like the prefect always values evidence and would certainly not slander someone simply because of a few words."
Following Song Qianning's words, Ning Qiuze's expression became more and more unnatural, and his eyes were somewhat unhappy, but he had to respond, suppressing his impatience: "... Not bad."
At this moment, the lady boss next to her suddenly said, "Sir, I have something to say."
"allow."
Everyone's eyes were focused on the proprietress. She composed herself and said seriously, "Actually, a few days ago, Song Qianning praised Miss Pan's silk and said it was beautiful."
"At the time, I thought it was her first time seeing silk, and I thought it was beautiful so I just praised it a few times, but I didn't think much of it. It wasn't until today that I realized something was wrong."
Clearing her throat, the proprietress continued, "I suspect Song Qianning saw the value of silk and secretly tampered with it while I wasn't paying attention, replacing Miss Pan's piece of silk."
Because of what the boss lady said, Ning Qiuze immediately turned his gaze to Song Qianning: "Song Qianning, are you serious about what the boss lady said?"
Looking at the proprietress next to her with a righteous look on her face, Song Qianning sneered and felt disgusted in her heart.
Apart from asking the boss lady to make clothes for Da Wang and Xiao Ya, she didn't even say a few words to her. This frame-up is really out of line.
Feeling guilty under Song Qianning's gaze, the proprietress pretended to be righteous and looked at her: "Song Qianning, it's useless for you to look at me again. I will not cover up your crime for you."
Sizing up and down the proprietress, Song Qianning sneered and said, "According to what the proprietress said, I saw that silk was precious, so I deliberately replaced the fabric with silk while you weren't paying attention?"
"That's right, you were the one who replaced the silk."
"Since the boss lady said that I was the one who secretly replaced the fabric, why didn't you notice anything wrong when the clothes were being made?"
"Even ordinary people know that silk is more valuable than ordinary cloth. There are many differences. You have run a cloth shop for so long and have handled countless cloths. You should know the difference between silk and ordinary cloth better than anyone else."
"Why didn't you notice the fabric had been changed until the clothes were delivered to me? Didn't you even notice it at all?"
Unexpectedly, Song Qianning would say this. The proprietress's expression froze and her eyes avoided.
Finally, under Song Qianning's intense gaze, the proprietress composed herself, trying to appear calm, her voice hesitant: "That's because... because my eyesight isn't very good, I can't see clearly, so I didn't notice you changing the fabric."
"Really?" Song Qianning sneered again: "But silk and ordinary cloth are not only different in appearance, but also in texture. As someone who has been in contact with cloth for many years, even if you didn't notice it at the time, you should have discovered that the cloth was replaced afterwards, and..."
Halfway through her speech, she reached out and took Da Wang and Xiao Ya's hands, leading them to walk around the court.
After walking around, Song Qianning gently lifted a corner of their clothes and pointed at the lifted corner: "Everyone, please look."
Including the yamen runners, everyone's eyes turned to Da Wang and Xiao Ya.
The clothes they were wearing had fine stitches and not even a wrong stitch, which was enough to show how good the craftsmanship of the person who sewed the clothes was.
After making sure everyone had seen clearly, Song Qianning put down a corner of Dawang and Xiaoya's clothes: "Everyone should have seen it clearly."
I looked at the proprietress again. She was smiling and curious, and repeated what she had just said, "Your eyesight is not good, and you couldn't see clearly, so you didn't notice that I changed the fabric... Then I have a question for you, proprietress."
"You said your eyesight is bad and you can't see clearly, so how come you can still sew clothes so well? Or is it that your eyesight is only bad when I steal the fabric, and it is fine after I finish stealing the fabric?"
"If that's true, I think many doctors will be curious about the boss lady's condition." Song Qianning's smile was very "sincere".
Noticing the smile on Song Qianning's face, the proprietress's expression completely froze, her eyes dodged, revealing obvious guilt.
She opened her mouth to say something, but Song Qianning's words just now made her unable to refute.
"Why is the boss lady silent?"
Pan Ruoruo, who was standing next to him, was finally able to make a sound. When she saw the scene in front of her, she immediately became anxious.
Without thinking, she started to interrupt: "Song Qianning, the silk clothes are now worn by your two little... children. You must have secretly replaced the fabric."
"Don't think I can't see it. You're just greedy because of my precious silk. You deliberately tried to steal it and framed the boss lady. I won't fall for your trick. Your excuses are useless."
Pan Ruoruo spoke a lot in one breath, not giving Song Qianning a chance to speak, and then continued: "My silk is high-quality silk, and it is very expensive. It is not comparable to those ordinary fabrics."
"You deliberately replaced my silk and made clothes for your child. I can't let this go. You must return the silk to me."
Halfway through her words, Pan Ruoruo turned up her nose and snorted coldly, "I bought that piece of silk with great difficulty. It's worth a fortune."
After rolling her eyes, Pan Ruoruo said condescendingly, "That piece of silk is very precious to me. I bought it for one thousand taels a piece. You should compensate me with the original price, and pay it now."
Even if Song Qianning had never bought silk, she knew that the price of silk could never be so outrageously high.
At the beginning, she asked for compensation for the price difference in the cloth shop, but Pan Ruoruo disagreed and insisted on taking the case to court. Now he openly asked her to pay 1,000 taels of silver as compensation, which was clearly intentional.
"Song Qianning, you have to pay for the 1,000 taels of silver today, whether you want to or not. I only want 1,000 taels of silver, which is a bargain. If you know what's good for you, stop talking nonsense and pay quickly."
Faced with Pan Ruoruo's entanglement and clamor, Song Qianning frowned, feeling only irritation and impatience in her heart.
She looked at Pan Ruoruo with a cold expression: "I've already said that I didn't know anything about the silk matter, and being replaced has nothing to do with me."
"Whoever did something wrong is responsible. Ultimately, this was the fault of the cloth shop owner. It has nothing to do with me, and I won't pay for her mistake."
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