Jiang Yao said "oh" with a long tail sound, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't you say you didn't see me yesterday?"
Zhao Huang chuckled, tilted his head and said to Zhao Ce, "This girl is quite smart."
Zhao Ce nodded, his eyes fixed on Jiang Yao, looking forward to hearing the subsequent confrontation between her and Xu Jing.
Xu Jing was obviously panicked and her face turned pale.
She looked at Jiang Shu behind her at a loss.
Jiang Shu felt a little disappointed with her and glared at her coldly.
Since Xu Jing is not up to the task, Jiang Shu will take action on her own. The most important thing today is to drag Jiang Yao into the water.
"When did Second Sister ever wear red clothes? Grandpa taught us to be careful with our words and actions when we go out. How could you speak nonsense in front of the emperor? This is deceiving the emperor."
"And what did you say? Sister Xu Jing likes it. You can't say such nonsense. When did Sister Xu Jing say that?"
"Sister, you weren't with us, so how do you know she didn't tell us? And who said I don't have red clothes? I just didn't wear them yesterday."
"Then since you weren't wearing any, why did you mention that you were wearing red when you were with Sister Xu Jing yesterday?"
"I remembered it wrongly, sister, you know I have a bad memory. Besides, didn't Xu Jing help me correct it? I was wearing green clothes yesterday."
Jiang Shu was completely speechless.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhang frowned and looked at Xu Jing, questioning, "Miss Xu, since you've never met Second Miss Jiang, how did you know she was wearing green clothes yesterday?"
Xu Jing was trembling with fear. "I...I...I...Oh, that's right. It was Jiang Yao. Jiang Yao always wears green clothes, so I instinctively thought of her wearing green clothes. I didn't even meet her yesterday."
"No." Jiang Yao slowly began to question again: "You clearly met me, and you talked to me a lot. Not only did you say you liked the prince, you also told me about your family. You said you didn't like your stepmother, you wanted her dead, and you even poisoned her snacks."
"You are talking nonsense, Jiang Yao. You are deceiving the emperor." Xu Jing was at a loss for words.
Before the plan, they thought it would be Jiang Yao who would make excuses in the end, but why is it that she is the one making excuses now?
"You said it, and you said you don't like your little sister. Even though she's only ten years old, she's already vying for favor. You also said you're going to take action against her when you go back this time."
"Jiang Yao, shut up! Don't talk nonsense about something that doesn't exist."
Jiang Yao was indeed talking nonsense, but these things were true. She heard them from overheard. As for whether Xu Jing had thought about doing those things, she didn't know. Anyway, there was no need for evidence to talk nonsense.
"Why are you so excited about nothing?"
"How can I not be excited when you wrongly accuse me?"
"Strange, you just wronged me too, and I was so calm."
Not only was she calm, she even felt a little bored. She had seen this kind of trick many times in costume dramas.
Usually at this time the person who is wronged will be very excited, and then will speak incoherently and explain himself unclearly, and finally die because of his own lack of calmness.
That's why Jiang Yao was so calm and not afraid at all. Even if she was the one who lit the calming incense, if she was really guilty of what happened yesterday afternoon, Su Qianji would not let her have any chance to breathe.
"How have I wronged you?" Xu Jing cried, "You yourself admitted that you lit the calming incense, and you even found the purse containing the incense in your room. Now you are accusing me of the incense I gave you. Jiang Yao, even if you don't like me, you don't have to be so against me, right? You also say those inexplicable words to slander me. Although my father's official position is not as high as Jiang Taifu's, he also serves in front of the emperor. You can't rely on Jiang Taifu's official position to insult me like this, right?"
These words don't sound like something Xu Jing would say at all.
Jiang Yao glanced at Jiang Shu. It should be her tone. Only Jiang Shu would act like a green tea when she couldn't beat him, as if she was bullying me because I'm stronger than her.
"Yes, you are right. I did admit that I ordered the calming incense. I will not argue with this. I will take responsibility for any mistakes. But it is also true that you gave me the calming incense. Moreover, Master Su did not know that it was the calming incense, so he asked me to order it. Therefore, you are the culprit."
"I didn't, you're talking nonsense. You're clearly relying on the position of Grand Tutor Jiang."
"Look at what you said. I want to rely on my grandfather's official position, and you still have the right to speak?"
Xu Jing's eyes widened as she kowtowed to Zhao Huang: "Your Majesty, you heard it. Jiang Yao said she insulted me because she relied on her position as Grand Tutor Jiang."
Before Zhao Huang could say anything, Zhao Ce couldn't help but say, "Jiang Yao meant that if she really wanted to bully others, she wouldn't admit that she lit the calming incense, but would just put the blame on you."
At this point, no one present could tell who was lying.
Even Lord Zhang had exchanged glances with Zhao Huang several times, and both felt that Xu Jing was much more suspicious than Jiang Yao.
Because Jiang Yao was not at all flustered from beginning to end. She admitted what she should admit and insisted on not doing it. If she really wanted to evade responsibility, it would have been better for her to deny it from the beginning.
"Prince, don't you believe me either?"
Xu Jing cried until she was hoarse and her voice became hoarse.
"I only believe in facts."
Xu Jing was completely panicked. Jiang Yao took this opportunity to look back at her and said, "Xu Jing, you better admit it. It was you who gave me the calming incense."
"I don't."
"We've been talking for so long, and you still refuse to admit it. The public has sharp eyes."
"You're talking nonsense. That amount of time is not enough. How could I possibly talk to you so much?"
Jiang Yao suddenly realized and turned to look at Zhao Huang: "Your Majesty, you heard it. Xu Jing admitted that she met with me yesterday and said that the short time was not enough to talk to me so much."
Zhao Huang was almost amused by her cleverness. Although she was a bit noisy, it was indeed effective.
"Xu Jing, why don't you tell the truth?"
Hearing Zhao Huang's harsh shout, Xu Jing was so frightened that she fell to the ground. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and explained hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am telling the truth."
"Did you see Jiang Yao yesterday?"
"No, I haven't met her. What I just said was because... because... because Jiang Yao said it herself. She said that I left after giving her the tranquilizing incense, so how could I have talked to her so much in such a short time?"
Jiang Yao shrugged innocently and stopped explaining. He had already said this much and any further explanation would be excessive.
Jiang Shu took a look at the situation and didn't want to get involved, but seeing that Xu Jing was no match for Jiang Yao, she said, "Then how do you explain the purse that was found in the room?"
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