Wang Qing quickly brought in a box, opened it, and said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the jade pendant in Qi Huaiyu's hand does not belong to my wife and young lady. It is a fake that he bought from somewhere to try and deceive you."
"And this one is the jade pendant that my mistress left for Miss, and it has always been carefully kept in Miss's boudoir."
Xin Jiuwei looked around at everyone and said slowly, "If you don't believe me, you can come forward and compare."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qi was the first to come over and say, "Young Master Qi, then let's borrow your jade to compare."
Qi Huaiyu hesitated, but he was in a difficult position and could only take off the jade pendant and hand it over with a grim face.
The Liu family is a scholarly family, and is most famous in Yingzhou for its profound heritage. Liu Qi carefully compared the two jade pieces, and his expression was quite obvious.
Young Master Chen, who had seen the picture of the prince's artifact at the last treasure appraisal event, strode forward and examined it carefully before affirming, "Although the workmanship of this imitation is quite exquisite, it is obviously a fake compared to the genuine article!"
“So,” Xin Xiyao spoke up at this moment, “he dared to produce a fake jade pendant to deceive everyone, so who can say that what he just said wasn’t a lie!”
Xin Yunzhou said, "That's right! My younger sister and he have never been engaged!"
Qi Huaiyu gritted his teeth, clinging to his last plan. He slowly calmed the distorted expression on his face and put on a humble and submissive look.
“Brother Yunzhou, Jiuwei, I know you are angry. Please forgive the many misunderstandings in the past, as I was the one who was wrong.”
"I am willing to bear everything for Jiuwei, but I am worried that after such a mess today, how will Jiuwei face herself in Yingzhou in the future?"
"No matter how you misunderstand me, my feelings for Jiuwei are genuine. Our engagement can be called off, but I'm only worried about ruining her marriage..."
"No need for you to worry about that." Xin Jiuwei interrupted his act in a calm voice, taking something out of her sleeve.
"I imagine you have all heard about how I recently fell off my carriage on the mountain and was rescued by Master Jueming of Lingyin Temple."
“Some of you must be thinking that I wasn’t saved by the master at all, but rather suffered and was violated, so even if Qi Huaiyu is a scoundrel, I still have no choice but to marry him.”
She slowly raised her hand slightly, letting everyone see what she was holding.
It was a string of Buddhist prayer beads.
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