Chapter 1243: All Fake
Facing the Empress Dowager's dissatisfied gaze, Yu Zhilan bowed and said, "Empress Dowager, since Prince Xiao says so, why not let Prince Xiao take both paintings away?"
The Empress Dowager: “…”
A stagnation.
If she hadn't believed that Yu Zhilan had not defected, she would have really doubted Yu Zhilan's loyalty to Dayan.
I spent so much effort copying just one painting, but ended up giving both of them away.
The Queen Mother suppressed her heartache and looked at Prince Xiao, saying, "What are you saying, Prince Xiao? Prince Xiao was willing to lend the Ten Thousand Buddhas Painting back then, so why would I be reluctant to part with a fake copy? Prince Xiao, just take the paintings with you."
Even if we are extremely unwilling, we cannot lose the dignity of the royal family and the reputation of Dayan, right?
After all, they lent you the originals in the first place, and now you don't lend them the fakes, and you can't tell anyone about it.
However, the Queen Mother was still unhappy, so she added, "I never thought that the master painter of Dayan could copy it so vividly that Prince Xiao couldn't tell the difference. In this case, it is my fault."
Prince Xiao: "..."
I felt like I was stabbed in the heart.
Yu Zhilan said, "Please, King Xiao, after you have verified the authenticity, please return my imitation as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, Mr. Yu, I will ask someone to identify the authenticity and return the painting to you." Prince Xiao said with gritted teeth.
It's both frustrating and aggrieved.
After Prince Xiao finished speaking, he signaled his followers to put away the two paintings and left Tianlong Temple with a grim face.
The Empress Dowager looked at Yu Zhilan.
"Master Yu, you have done a great job in copying the Ten Thousand Buddhas Painting, but the credit is not yours alone. Tang Bao also has a share." The Queen Mother said with some mixed feelings, "Now, if the original Ten Thousand Buddhas Painting is damaged, I am afraid it will undermine your merit."
If Yu Zhilan had denied copying the Ten Thousand Buddhas Painting, King Xiao would have had no choice.
As a result, Yu Zhilan not only admitted it voluntarily, but also took the original painting and let Prince Xiao take it away.
After hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Yu Zhilan bowed and said, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager. The two paintings Prince Xiao took away are both fakes."
The Empress Dowager: “…”
His face was full of disbelief.
"Master Yu means... that you have copied another painting these days?" The Empress Dowager guessed.
"To answer the Empress Dowager, that's exactly what she said," said Yu Zhilan.
The Empress Dowager: “…”
Suddenly I felt a little sympathy for King Xiao.
"Amitabha." Master Zhiren said, "Donor Yu is a master strategist. He must have anticipated that Prince Xiao would question the authenticity of the information, so he deliberately revealed some clues to draw Prince Xiao's suspicion..."
In this way, King Xiao would no longer doubt that the original painting of Ten Thousand Buddhas had been replaced.
After all, if both pictures were taken away, one of them must be the real one, right?
Little did they know that both paintings were fake.
Outside the mountain gate.
As Huck walked, he asked, "Your Majesty, should we find someone to help us verify the authenticity?"
"What kind of appraisal is that!" Hasselblad said bitterly, "Isn't it just a crappy painting? Who cares if it's real or fake? Now that we have both pictures, let's just leave Dayan!"
After saying that, he glanced back and continued, "Come back another day and kill all those old thieves and bald men in Tianlong Temple! And that damn top scholar, chop his neck with a knife!"
As soon as Hasu finished speaking, several other followers echoed him.
When they thought about how Xuanyuan Jin had plotted against them these days and how they had lost so many people, they were so angry that their teeth were itching.
Prince Xiao's face was gloomy. He jumped on his horse and said, "Let's go to Prince Ning's Mansion!"
If he really left without saying goodbye, it would be tantamount to breaking off relations with Dayan, and the emperor of Dayan would definitely not let him leave.
In this case, the return journey will be extremely dangerous.
What's more, most of the secret agents he had arranged had been eliminated.
Without anyone to pick us up along the way, it would be difficult to leave Dayan.
Prince Xiao had to admit that the current situation was extremely passive for him!
If it weren't for the kidnapping of Princess Ford, he would never have come to this point.
Prince Xiao felt like if he took one wrong step, everything would be lost.
As for the matter of injuring the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Rong's Mansion, Prince Xiao didn't take it to heart at all.
In his opinion, Prince Rong had hidden ambitions and would never become enemies with him, a prince of Northern Qi, for the sake of a woman.
A follower asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why are we going to Prince Ning's Mansion? To pick a fight with the Third Prince?"
When Prince Xiao heard people mention Xuanyuan Jin, he became furious.
"Identify the Ten Thousand Buddhas!" Prince Xiao said, suppressing his anger. "I am not skilled in painting and cannot distinguish the real from the fake. I wonder if those scholars and poets of Dayan can tell the difference?"
"Your Highness, those people are treacherous and cunning. How can we trust them?" Hasu said in a rough voice, "They might even deliberately point to something fake and say it's real."
"Then let's do the opposite!" Prince Xiao kicked his horse's belly and galloped away.
Huck opened his mouth to say that they had no invitations.
However, seeing his own prince leaving, he had no choice but to urge his horse to follow him.
In Prince Ning's mansion, Wu Yunjin had ointment and gauze on her face, and left in a carriage in a panic.
She was extremely dissatisfied that her two sisters-in-law stayed for the banquet and did not go back with her.
Naturally, as the Crown Princess of Prince Rong's Mansion, she was even more angry when such a thing happened at the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion and Prince Ning was unable to make a decision for her.
If she hadn't come to congratulate Princess Ning on her birthday, how could she have been injured?
After Wu Yunjin returned to Prince Rong's Mansion, she naturally went to her man to complain immediately.
The prince of Prince Rong's mansion was not at home, so Wu Yunjin first went to cry to her mother-in-law.
When Princess Rong saw her daughter-in-law like this, she was shocked and angry. She immediately took her daughter-in-law to the study to find Prince Rong who was reflecting on his mistakes at home.
"This is simply too much!" Princess Rong said angrily, "He's just a prince from Northern Qi, but he hurt the daughter-in-law of our Rong Palace and didn't even say a word of apology. He doesn't even take our Rong Palace seriously!"
"Oh, oh, oh... Please, father, make the decision for your daughter-in-law." Wu Yunjin cried, "It's a small matter that your daughter-in-law lost face, but the reputation of our Rong Palace cannot be trampled on by an outsider. We must not be ridiculed by the whole world..."
"That's right." Princess Rong gasped in anger, clutching her chest and saying, "Your Highness, this matter must not be let go!"
I was already feeling uncomfortable in my heart, and now I felt even more uncomfortable.
When had their Rong Wang Mansion ever been treated with such contempt?
After hearing this, Prince Rong did not look angry like Princess Rong and her mother-in-law.
Instead, he looked at Wu Yunjin and asked with a gloomy face, "Where is your father now? Is there no news? Is there no news about the military token in his hand?"
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