Chapter 035 My face hurts
"Since this is your creative work, you must be familiar with it. Then, you and Xia Lu will re-embroider this 'Two Dragons Playing with Pearls' in front of everyone."
"Letting Ancheng's most talented woman compete with Xia family's concubine is simply an insult to our talented women!" said Prince Lu.
"You talented ladies? Have you become your Prince Lu's family again? If I remember correctly, Prince Lu is going to marry the Ninth Consort, right?"
"you"
Xia Xue ignored him and turned her head, "Why, Miss Qian, are you afraid to show it on the spot? Are you afraid of being exposed?"
Qian Jiaojiao pouted her lips, "It was obviously Xia Lu who plagiarized me, why did she let me show it off? Just like the prince said, you Xia family just want to take advantage of my popularity."
OMG!
Do you still have any shame?
"How can this person be so shameless?"
Qian Jiaojiao's face flushed and she looked at Li Tingting.
Then he straightened his back.
“I can prove that this work is mine without having to embroider it again.”
Xia Xue narrowed her eyes and watched her coldly to see what other tricks she was playing.
Soon, the servants of the Qian Mansion brought a pile of ice silk that had been cut into pieces.
Xia Lu was startled.
"Sister, they"
Xia Xue patted Xia Lu's hand.
Xia Xue originally thought that Xia Lu had carelessly put these scraps of fabric somewhere, but unexpectedly, they had stolen them again.
"A few days ago, our garden at the prime minister's mansion was robbed, but no valuables were lost, only some waste materials. It turns out that they were used for this purpose today." Xia Xue said lightly.
"I didn't expect that the Prime Minister's wife is such a master at making excuses. Even with all the evidence right in front of her, she still pretends to be the victim, Bai Lianhua." Li Tingting mocked.
"Since Miss Qian has taken out all the scraps of fabric, we should also respect Miss Qian. Then please answer me a question, Miss Qian."
Qian Jiaojiao gripped her skirt even tighter.
For some reason, Xia Xue's aura was so strong that she was scared and couldn't answer. No matter what the answer was, just don't let her embroider it on the spot.
"Generally, works made with ice silk are like this fake. So how did Ms. Qian make her work look like an ink print?"
"This..." Qian Jiaojiao looked at Li Tingting.
"Dew." Li Tingting turned her face away and whispered.
"It's dew. I used dew." Qian Jiaojiao said.
"Ms. Qian always looks at Miss Li's face before answering questions. Could it be that Miss Qian's creation also received a lot of help from Miss Li?"
Everyone also noticed this problem and looked at Qian Jiaojiao.
Qian Jiaojiao blushed, "Yes, it was Tingting who came up with the idea of using dew."
"Okay, how do you use it?"
Qian Jiaojiao was stunned. What else could the dew be used for?
"After the embroidery is finished, it is soaked in dew, then taken out and hung to dry."
"Miss Qian didn't add anything else except dew, right?"
Li Tingting shook her head slightly.
"no."
"Since there is no additive, the dew is naturally colorless and odorless. Do you agree, Miss Qian?"
Qian Jiaojiao really didn't want to answer Xia Xue's question, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I agree."
"That's good. I remember that before Xia Lu sent this 'Two Dragons Playing with Pearls' embroidery to the Ye Ting Bureau, she showed it to me, and I smelled a faint scent of Duroc. Later, I thought that the bottle Xia Lu used to collect dew must have once contained Duroc petals, and the bottle was made of fine jasper, so it naturally gathered the fragrance. So you can ask in person whether there is a faint scent of Duroc on this work signed 'Qian Jiaojiao'."
Qian Jiaojiao's face turned pale in an instant.
Concubine Ying took the lead to smell the embroidery, and sure enough,
Then, everyone lined up to smell the
At this time, most people have understood it in their hearts.
Xia Lu looked calm and was willing to embroider her work again or create a new one in front of everyone.
Qian Jiaojiao tried every means to stop them and produced various dead objects as evidence...
That's ridiculous.
If even such an embroidery had to be faked, then were all of Qian Jiaojiao’s previous “great achievements” fake?
Everyone was feeling lucky that they did not make the impulse to place a bet just now.
Prince Lu could no longer sit still. When he thought of the five thousand taels of gold, he felt really upset.
So he stood up and said, "Miss Qian has produced solid evidence, but what you said was just talk. Maybe you just came in and smelled the Du Ruoxiang on the work, so you said it on purpose!"
"Then why didn't Miss Qian know about Du Ruoxiang?"
"Perhaps Jiaojiao forgot, or a servant got involved accidentally."
Everyone listened to Prince Lu's excuses, and although they found it unpleasant, it was useless without evidence to prove the fragrance of something like this.
"So Prince Lu is planning to refuse to admit it until his death?"
"If you have the guts to produce evidence to prove that Du Ruoxiang is related to Xia Lu, I will acknowledge it."
"I can prove it!"
A deep and rich male voice interrupted the original silence, and Yang Junyi strode in.
Xia Lu was dumbfounded and stared at Yang Junyi in disbelief.
Yang Junyi touched her head, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes.
Xia Xue turned around.
The moment Yang Junyi saw her face, he was stunned for a moment, but it disappeared in a flash.
Xia Xue was glad that she had used the Yuji Pills, and Yang Junyi probably didn't recognize her.
"Your Majesty, what did you just say?" Prince Lu was on the verge of collapse, but he tried to remain calm.
"I said, I can prove that Du Ruoxiang belongs to Xia Lu, because the jade bottle that holds Du Ruoxiang was given to her by me, the dew was collected by me and she, and the embroidery was made while I watched her brew it."
The tension in Prince Lu's heart suddenly collapsed, and he lost his balance and fell backwards.
Xia Xue immediately went behind him and kicked him in the butt.
The push from behind made Prince Lu stand up again.
"Hurry up and hold him, he hasn't even said he's a pig's head yet!"
Prince Lu couldn't catch his breath, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.
When Qian Jiaojiao and Li Tingting heard that the emperor had seen it with his own eyes, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, admitting that they had cheated Xia Lu of her embroidery.
What a joke! No matter how important their reputation is, they don't have the guts to deceive you.
The emperor was very angry and wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly. He dismissed the assistant minister of the Yunting Bureau and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to investigate. He also announced that all those involved in the substitution would be severely punished.
The farce ended just like that. Concubine Rong, who was drinking tea in the garden, was waiting for the servants to report the situation. When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Whether it is the Xia family or the Qian family, she is happy to see it.
As a result, the Xia family didn't wait to be hurt, and the Qian family only took Miss Qian away temporarily. In the end, the ones who were most hurt were Prince Lu and Li Tingting.
"Li Tingting?" Rong Fei stood up and grabbed the servant's shoulder. "What did she do again?"
"She bet one thousand taels in your name, betting that Miss Qian will win." The servant's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Idiot!" Concubine Rong said to the servant, "You deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
"The one who deserves the most damage is Li Tingting, idiot, idiot, idiot!!!"
"I'm so angry, so angry, so angry." Rong Fei patted her chest and gasped for breath. She warned this idiot many times, but he still did something stupid.
Losing money is a small matter, but losing face is a big matter. With Li Tingting's involvement, who knows what kind of trouble the people who want to harm the Li family will bring upon the Li family.
Others couldn't even avoid this kind of thing, but Li Tingting, this idiot, took the initiative to get involved, and in the name of Concubine Rong!
What qualifications does Li Tingting have!!!
"My lady, there is one more thing."
The eunuch who was kicked was trembling with fear. It didn't matter if he was kicked once or twice, he might as well say it all at once.
"What is it?"
Concubine Rong gnashed her teeth as if she wanted to eat someone.
"Miss Tingting stole the ice silk remnants from the Chu Xiang Garden herself."
Concubine Rong glared and raised her feet.
The young eunuch closed his eyes, knowing that he could not avoid this kick.
But the next second, before his foot landed, he heard a "bang".
The young eunuch quickly opened his eyes.
Concubine Rong's eyes rolled back and she fainted.