Chapter 33 Want to pretend to be a princess? No way!
Shen Yutang covered his burning cheeks and looked at Shen Yan in disbelief.
"Father, why do you hit me too?!"
Shen Yan said coldly.
"You talked back to your mother! Who taught you to be so unruly?! Why don't you kneel down and admit your mistake to your mother?"
Shen Yutang stiffened his neck, naturally unwilling to accept it.
"I'm not wrong! It was clearly Mother who attacked Yan'er first. You saw it with your own eyes, Father. I was just speaking up for Yan'er. What's wrong with that?!"
Murong Heng rushed in and was also very angry when he saw the situation. He turned to Nangong Jing and questioned him.
"Prime Minister, are there still laws under the feet of this emperor? Just because she's a marquis' wife, does that mean she can do whatever she wants?! This fierce woman is so lawless in front of you, don't you know how rampant she must be when you can't see her?"
Nangong Jing was also confused by the situation. He felt that this group of people were about to fight. However, since it was related to the whereabouts of the eldest princess, he had to be cautious and asked.
"Madam, I don't think you are an unreasonable person... I just don't know why you treat Miss Murong like this?"
Jiang Wanning knew that his reaction just now was a bit too big, which attracted the attention of many people in the teahouse.
However, there was no way she would let Murong Yan'er succeed!
Trying to pretend to be a princess right under her nose?
Ha, no way!
"This girl has evil intentions. She just pretended to be the Crown Prince's Consort in the Qinzhai, and now she's trying to steal Qingqing's jade pendant. This is simply outrageous! I was being polite by not kicking her!"
"I don't……"
Murong Yan'er hurriedly defended herself, not even caring about the wound on her forehead. She tightly grasped Shen Yutang's arm with both hands, tears in her eyes, and looked more wronged than Dou E.
"Brother Yutang, I didn't pretend to be the Crown Prince's Consort. The owner of the Qinzhai mistook me for someone else... I didn't steal anything from my sister! This jade pendant originally belonged to me. If others don't believe me, don't you believe me too?"
Murong Qing was also angered by her shamelessness and couldn't help but curse at her.
“Shameless!”
Jiang Wanning watched her perform quietly and asked back.
"You say the jade pendant is yours, so it's yours? Tsk, who can prove it?"
"I can prove—"
At the entrance of the teahouse, a slightly familiar voice suddenly came.
Jiang Wanning looked back and saw, what a coincidence!
No wonder Murong Yan'er refused to leave. It turned out that she had found a backer at Prince Ruyang's Mansion, and was waiting for her here in a sinister manner!
Seeing Princess Rong'an, Nangong Jing couldn't help but feel a little surprised and asked.
"Princess, have you seen this jade pendant?"
"yes!"
Princess Rong'an responded loudly, lying without blinking.
"I saw Yan'er a few days ago, and she was wearing this jade pendant. How come, in the blink of an eye, she's been accused of stealing it from someone else? I know the Marquis is very powerful in the court, but bullying others by taking advantage of your power shouldn't be done this way... What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Although Nangong Jing watched the Qinzhai incident with great interest and privately felt that Murong Yan'er was very fake, he could not be too obviously biased now that Princess Rong'an was there to testify.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke again.
"It's not that I don't believe what the princess said, but this jade pendant is of great importance, and two people have come to claim it... For the sake of caution, please allow me to ask Miss Murong a few questions."
Murong Yan'er shed tears, but she didn't feel guilty at all. Upon hearing this, she nodded slightly and said.
"Whatever you want to ask, just ask!"
Nangong Jing asked.
"What pattern is engraved on this jade pendant?"
Murong Yan'er replied, "It's mandarin ducks, lotus flowers, lotus leaves, lotus roots, and bees and butterflies."
Nangong Jing nodded slightly and asked again.
"Do you know what the words on the back are?"
Murong Yan'er replied, "It's half a poem - Watching the lotuses floating on the Taiye Lake, and the orchid oars floating on the water; emerald mandarin ducks playing with the green lotus."
Nangong Jing nodded again, then suddenly changed the subject, his eyes blazing.
"This mandarin duck pendant is a token of love between husband and wife. How could you, an unmarried girl, wear it? Could it be a gift from your lover?"
Hearing this, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but glance at Nangong Jing.
He thought to himself that although this child looked weak, he was actually quite scheming. No wonder he could become the prime minister at such a young age.
His words seemed to be probing, but in fact he was setting a trap for the other party. The first two sentences were to lower the other party's guard, and the third sentence was the real focus.
If Murong Yan'er can't explain it, then she is not the real owner of the jade pendant.
After all, this half of the mandarin duck pendant was a token of love given by the late emperor to the empress dowager himself. Later, the empress dowager gave it to the eldest princess in a hurry. Ordinary unengaged young ladies rarely wear such items.
Murong Yan'er's heart trembled at his sharp gaze, and she felt inexplicably frightened.
She didn't know where Murong Qing got this jade pendant. It seemed like she had seen her wearing it before she got married. It obviously couldn't have been a gift from Shen Yutang... She was just angry about losing face in Qinzhai, so she came to snatch the jade pendant, but she didn't expect Nangong Jing to value it so much.
It seems that this matter is not as simple as it seems.
After thinking for a moment, Murong Yan'er explained in a low voice, but did not fall into the trap easily.
"This is a token of my grandmother's love before she passed away. I've worn it since I was a child... If you don't believe me, you can go to the mansion and ask my mother and wet nurse for confirmation. It's just half a jade pendant. It wouldn't be worth much if I took it to a pawnshop, so what's there to steal? It's my sister, though. She wasn't satisfied with stealing the Jiuxiao Huanpei Qin, and now she won't even return this half of the jade pendant to me... ahem!"
As she spoke, Murong Yan'er fell weakly into Shen Yutang's arms, with a bright red wound on her forehead, looking as pitiful as she could be.
Everyone looked at her with pity.
"Ms. Murong is truly a filial child..."
"It's this Marquis' wife who is a bit overbearing."
"I think the Crown Prince's Consort is the one who is scheming. She just stands there silently, instigating her mother-in-law to bully others on her behalf."
"You can know a person's face but not his heart!"
…
Although the discussion was very quiet, it all reached Shen Yutang's ears, making his face darken.
After handing Murong Yan'er over to her brother, Shen Yutang pulled Murong Qing and was about to walk out.
"You've been making such a fuss all day, it's time for you to have enough of it... Don't rely on your mother's indulgence to be so aggressive and make a fool of yourself for others!"
"stop--"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but shout to stop Shen Yutang.
Just now, when Murong Yan'er showed up to snatch the jade pendant, she felt a headache.
This jade pendant had been stolen once. Murong Yan'er had handled it before, so she naturally knew what it looked like. If she tried to claim it as her own, it would be difficult to tell which was real and which was fake.
So Jiang Wanning has been thinking about how to "return the property to its original owner" and shatter Murong Yan'er's lies!
Shen Yutang stopped and complained in annoyance.
"Mother, what do you want to do..."
Jiang Wanning glared at him and said, "Shut up! Or I'll let your dad beat you up!"
Chen Yan just smiled and said nothing: It’s included.
Shen Yutang: "..." His life is so miserable.
Jiang Wanning quickly came up with an idea and looked at Nangong Jingdao.
"Prime Minister, if you want to find the true owner of the jade pendant, it's actually very simple... I have a method, would you like to try it?"
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