Chapter 179 She Helped Herself
Jiang Jinnian, however, looked extremely confident. "I'm sure it was you who stole my jade pendant. Otherwise, let me search it!"
Xing Chuxue couldn't hold it in any longer and opened fire.
"Everyone knows that you just suffered a loss at the hands of the county lady, and now you are deliberately seeking revenge and throwing dirty water on her!"
Xing Chuying couldn't stop him even if she wanted to, and a hint of annoyance flashed in her eyes.
This sister always speaks without restraint and causes troubles on weekdays, which is bad enough. Now she is in the palace and still does not change her bad habits in front of the nobles. Sooner or later, one day I will be implicated by her.
Jiang Jinnian retorted, "I'm not throwing dirty water on anyone. I'm telling the truth. To verify my words, just search her!"
"You're being searched as soon as you open your mouth. How shameless!"
Concubine Li shouted angrily, "Alright, this is the imperial palace, not a place for you to talk nonsense."
The two of them shut up immediately and didn't dare to act rashly.
Concubine Li looked at Lu Zhiran and said, "Princess Pingle, since this matter is caused by you, please cooperate and let them search you. If you are innocent, no one can wrongly accuse you."
These words were very biased, and Jiang Jinnian immediately looked at Lu Zhiran with pride.
Now that the imperial concubine has spoken, let’s see what else she has to say!
Ye Hanyi stood behind Concubine Rou at some point, with an upright posture, like a flower-guarding messenger.
Concubine Rou spoke softly, "Wait a minute. Sister Guifei, I'm afraid your treatment is not very fair."
"How is it unfair? Since she is suspected, I ordered people to investigate the matter and clear her name. Isn't that the most fair way to deal with it?"
Concubine Rou retorted, "According to what you said, if I say you stole my things, can I also search you?"
Concubine Li's face stiffened slightly, "Concubine Rou, please stop making unfounded arguments."
Concubine Rou fiddled with her fingers and said leisurely, "I am applying this rationally. Otherwise, why should we search Miss Jiang just because she said she stole it? Is her statement an imperial decree?"
These words made Jiang Jinnian break out in a sweat.
How dare she compare herself to the imperial edict? This hat is really too big.
"Besides, the Princess of Pingle County is as wealthy as a nation. Is it worth stealing her worthless jade pendant?"
This statement made many people agree.
Not to mention Princess Pingle, even they wouldn't be so blind as to steal things, especially in a place like the palace.
Concubine Li's face was gloomy. It turned out that the little bitch Lu Zhiran had been hooking up with Xiao Yanci for a long time, otherwise Concubine Rou would not have spoken up for her openly.
The more this happened, the more she couldn't bear to see them both succeed.
"In that case, why not search for her? If the thing isn't on her, there's no way we'll find it no matter how hard we search."
Concubine Rou snorted coldly, "Even if we want to search, we should search Miss Jiang herself first. Who knows if she is the one who is crying thief."
Jiang Jinnian immediately stated, "I am willing to cooperate with the search!"
Lu Zhiran said calmly, "Since that's the case, I'm willing to cooperate with the search. If anything is found on me, I'm willing to be punished. But what if I don't have the jade pendant?"
Concubine Li glanced at her and said lightly, "If not, this is just a misunderstanding. Miss Jiang just wants to apologize to you."
Concubine Rou laughed out loud. "To frame someone, all you need is a simple apology? That's too cheap. From now on, I'll frame someone for fun. After all, all I need to do is apologize."
Concubine Li: ...
"What do you think, sister?"
Concubine Rou said as a matter of course: "Of course she should be eliminated from the list of candidates. How can someone with such bad character be worthy of the position of royal daughter-in-law?"
A hint of coldness flashed across Concubine Li's eyes. "If Princess Pingle really did something she shouldn't have done, she should be dealt with in the same way. I hope my sister won't be partial to her then."
"That's natural. I'm not one of those unreasonable people."
The two concubines were at loggerheads with each other, and all the noble ladies were silent.
For some reason, Jiang Jinnian felt a sense of unease in his heart.
No, no, she clearly already...
Before she finished this thought, the palace servant who was searching her felt something and then found a jade pendant in her purse.
The texture of the jade pendant was in the shape of auspicious clouds!
Xing Chuxue immediately yelled, "The jade pendant is on her body. She really is framing me!"
Jiang Jinnian widened his eyes in disbelief.
The smile of anticipation on Concubine Li's lips froze instantly, and her face was stiff. The long armor dug into her flesh, almost causing her to bleed.
How could this be! How could this idiot even do anything? How could he not even frame someone?
A strange look flashed in Lu Zhiran's eyes.
Just now, Jiang Jinnian deliberately passed by her, and she felt her sleeve being pulled.
Before she had time to find out what was going on, Ye Hanyi suddenly walked towards her and bumped into her. Everyone thought she was deliberately provoking them.
Only Lu Zhiran heard what she whispered quickly.
"Someone stuffed something into you."
She took advantage of the moment when it hit her to quickly take the dirt away.
While Lu Zhiran was talking to Xing Chuxue, she kept her eyes on Ye Hanyi and noticed that she was walking around Jiang Jinnian.
Finally, she gave herself a sly smile.
She understood what was going on then.
She helped herself.
If she hadn't taken action, Lu Zhiran would at most have realized that Jiang Jinnian was framing her and then thrown the dirty stuff away. She would never have been able to put the dirty stuff back on Jiang Jinnian intact.
Now, everything Jiang Jinnian encountered was his own fault.
She looked at Ye Hanyi with a look of sincere gratitude.
Lu Zhiran cherishes people who are kind to her very much, and she is willing to repay every kindness from others tenfold.
She remembered this favor.
Concubine Rou looked at Concubine Li Guifei and said, "Sister Guifei, you saw it with your own eyes. I didn't slander her. She really had ulterior motives and deliberately slandered others."
Jiang Jinnian finally found his voice and spoke in panic.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I don't have any, I don't know what's going on! My jade pendant is really missing!"
She had just quietly placed the jade pendant on Lu Zhiran, so how did it end up back in her pocket?
Lu Zhiran must have discovered his plan, so he quietly put the jade pendant back.
But how did she do it? Why didn't I notice it at all?
Jiang Jinnian's mind was in a mess and she completely lost the ability to think. She could only beg for mercy.
But this time, no one stood on her side.
Concubine Li looked at her with gritted teeth, "Shut up! You dare to play tricks on me? You deserve to die! Come, drag her out!"
If today was not the day of selecting a concubine and blood was not allowed to be shed, she would have ordered someone to beat the bitch severely with a stick.
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