Zhao Guangtao shook his head. "I don't know this person. Yunquan Villa was originally a gift I gave to Yi'er for his fifteenth birthday. After Yi'er fell into a coma, I didn't have time to take care of it. Now it should be Song'er managing it. Perhaps it was someone Yi'er or Song'er hired. When Song'er comes back, I will call him over and ask him."
Zhao Tingsong has his own courtyard and estate, and he also manages some of the Zhao family's businesses. It is common for him not to return to the Zhao residence.
"Grand-uncle, where are the other jade pendants besides mine?"
"After Yi'er fell into a coma, I kept the jade pendant for him. The rest are with the children." After Zhao Guangtao finished speaking, he turned around, opened a hidden compartment on the bed, took out a small box, and handed it to Su Ruojin.
"These are Yi'er's jade pendants. The five jade pendants look the same on the surface, but there is a hidden mark on the bottom of the pendants. When the five jade pendants are put together, the hidden mark can be combined into a circle."
Su Ruojin took the box and opened it. Inside was a jade pendant the same size as hers.
Su Ruojin took out the jade pendant she was wearing and compared it with the two others. She frowned slightly and said, "Grand-uncle, the engraved marks on these two jade pendants don't seem to form a circle."
Zhao Guangtao's expression changed drastically. He quickly took the jade pendant and examined it, and sure enough, it was true.
Both jade pendants have hidden engravings, but the engravings are not positioned correctly, so they cannot be pieced together to form a complete circle.
This only proves that one of the jade pendants is fake.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and Zhao Jingning walked in carrying a bowl of medicine.
"Grandfather, it's time to take your medicine."
She didn't trust anyone else, so she personally oversaw her brother's and grandfather's medicine, not daring to entrust it to anyone else.
Seeing Zhao Jingning enter, Zhao Guangtao waved his hand, "Ning'er, do you have your jade pendant? Take it out and let me see."
Zhao Jingning didn't know why her grandfather suddenly wanted the jade pendant, so she didn't say anything and took it out.
Upon comparison, Zhao Jingning's jade pendant could be matched with the one Zhao Guangtao had brought out.
So Su Ruojin's piece is fake?
Zhao Guangtao looked shocked. "That's impossible. This jade pendant has never left my side."
The jade pendant that Zhao Guangtao gave to Su Ruojin originally belonged to him. Before giving it to Su Ruojin, he carried it with him at all times, so it couldn't be fake.
"Grand-uncle, are there any other ways to verify the authenticity of the jade pendant?" Su Ruojin asked.
Zhao Guangtao slapped his forehead. "That's right. When I was young, I went out to do business with my father. I fell on a mountain road, and my jade pendant hit a rock, leaving a small crack. Xiao Jin, take a look at the lower right corner of your jade pendant. Is there a crack there?"
Su Ruojin turned the jade pendant over and found a very small crack in the inconspicuous lower right corner, which was almost invisible without careful searching.
The crack proves that the jade pendant in her hand is genuine, but what about the jade pendants belonging to Zhao Jingning and Zhao Tingyi...?
The three looked at each other, wondering where the real jade pendant was.
Considering that Zhao Jingyi had already married out of the Third Prince's residence, and that Zhao Tingsong was clearly on the Third Prince's side, therefore...
The answer is obvious.
“Grand Uncle, if I’m not mistaken, the other party already has four jade pendants from the Zhao family, and now they only need the one I have.”
So this was the real reason why the other party wanted her dead at all costs and stole the jade pendant.
Zhao Guangtao could not believe that the Zhao family's heirloom jade pendant had been switched so easily.
"This is impossible, this is impossible..." he muttered to himself, tears streaming down his face. "I have failed the ancestors of the Zhao family."
Zhao Guangtao's body has not fully recovered, and his emotions should not fluctuate too much. Su Ruojin and Zhao Jingning quickly comforted Zhao Guangtao.
After Zhao Guangtao calmed down, Su Ruojin turned to Zhao Jingning and asked, "Cousin Ning, do you know when your jade pendant was switched?"
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