After looking at it carefully, the executive asked, "Master Liu, I wonder where you got this jade pendant?"
Liu Yuan smiled and said, "This is a jade pendant made in a jade shop in my Liu family. It was originally a pair, made from the same piece of jade, and the master was the same person. An aunt came to the shop to buy this piece. The remaining piece of the jade pendant is the one in the hands of the executive."
Qin Lian was confused when she heard these words, but the executives seemed to have heard some shocking remarks, and their eyes widened in shock.
After a long time, the executive swallowed his saliva and tentatively opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Liu Yuan looked confident and raised his lips, "Executive, I believe you can understand what I mean."
"this……"
The executive looked at the jade pendant in his hand, his expression becoming more and more complicated. After a long delay, the executive seemed to have made some decision, and he cupped his hands towards Liu Yuan and said, "Master Liu, I still need to investigate this matter clearly, and I will have to ask Master Liu for help when the time comes."
"This is natural. Since I chose to tell the executives about this matter, I will definitely help!" Liu Yuan said solemnly.
After he made his promise, the executive's face looked better, and he left without even bothering to drink tea.
Liu Yuan then slowly called the waiter to order dishes.
Qin Lian couldn't understand what he and the executives were talking about the whole time. When the waiter left, she immediately asked, "What do you mean by bringing me here? Also, what exactly did you say to the executives?" what does it mean?"
Liu Yuan didn't hide anything, he took a sip of tea and said.
"When the little princess was sent away, there were only two things on her body that could prove her identity. The other was the birthmark she was born with, right where her neck meets her shoulders." Liu Yuan turned to Qin Lian and pointed to the location. He added, "The other one is the jade pendant that the fifth prince gave to the princess. When the princess was pregnant with the child, she took the jade pendant to a monk to consecrate it. Later, she gave the jade pendant to the newborn child."
"When the little princess was taken away, the jade pendant was on her body. It is exactly the same as the jade pendant in my hand."
Liu Yuan showed the jade pendant to her.
The jade pendant is of excellent color, green and transparent, with exquisite workmanship, and the dragon shape is carved lifelike.
Qin Lian looked at it and didn't understand. "Since it is a jade pendant given by the prince to the princess, why is it also in your store?"
She just heard Liu Yuan say this to the executive's family with her own ears.
Liu Yuandao said, "The craftsmen of our Liu family are recognized by the royal family. The jade pendant that the late emperor gave to the fifth prince was made by our Liu family. Later, we made two other identical pieces according to the order of the late emperor. We originally wanted to send them to the palace. It's just that the late emperor changed his orders temporarily and wanted other jade pendants, so these two jade pendants with dragon patterns were left in the Liu family."
"Until the death of the late emperor, the dragon-patterned jade pendant was not taken away. Some time ago, a generous aunt came to the store. She heard that there were dragon-patterned jade pendants in the store and bought one of them at a high price. Although the late emperor no longer wanted this jade pendant, Yes, but it belongs to the emperor and should not have been bought, but the manager of the store was not there that day, and someone fished in troubled waters and sold the jade pendant."
"I didn't take this matter to heart at first, but when I went to the store that day and asked a few questions, I learned that the person who sold the jade pendant was the wet nurse next to Princess Kangle." Liu Yuan took a sip of tea, "That The wet nurse is the aunt of the Zhou family who followed Zhou Yun'er all the way from Qingxi Town to the capital."
"is her?!"
Qin Lian immediately thought of Zhou's mother, but she didn't expect that the news about Zhou's mother would appear in this way.
She quickly asked, "Why did Mother Zhou buy this dragon-patterned jade pendant?"
Even if she didn't understand jade, she still knew that things related to the emperor's family were very valuable. How could a petty person like Zhou's mother be willing to spend so much money to buy a jade pendant? That jade pendant must be of some use!
"Why are you so stupid?" Liu Yuan knocked on her head, "The people around Zhou Yun'er went out of their way to sell this dragon-patterned jade pendant. It must be because she doesn't have it!"
"but--"
"Both the jade pendant and the birthmark can symbolize the identity of the princess, and one of them alone is not enough. Zhou Yun'er probably sent someone to inquire after arriving in the capital, and then she found out that the Liu family has two other dragon-patterned jade pendants." Liu Yuandao.
"There are three pieces of this jade pendant. The first piece was made separately. It is different from the other two pieces in terms of quality and carving. The first piece of jade pendant was given to the fifth prince by the late emperor and finally fell into the hands of the princess. The second and third pieces were made by the same master and from the same piece of jade. They are very similar in color and carving, and anyone with a little knowledge can tell it at a glance."
As he spoke, he pointed to the jade pendant in the brocade box, "I just showed the third jade pendant to the executive. If he guessed correctly, he should have recognized that this jade pendant is the same as the one in Zhou Yun'er's hand. ”
Qin Lian was a little dizzy because of the confusion. Liu Yuan explained it to her in a good-tempered manner, and then she suddenly realized!
"I understand! If Zhou Yun'er was the real princess, she should be holding the first jade pendant, not the second one! Zhou Yun'er's mother knew that her daughter didn't have a dragon-patterned jade pendant at all, so she secretly I also bought a jade pendant for her."
"Yes, that's what it means."
Liu Yuan smiled and said with sharp eyes, "The executive is a smart man. After I took out the jade pendant and told him its origin, he should have known that the princess he found might be a fake."
Qin Lian frowned, "If the executives really find out that Zhou Yun'er is a fake, will they really drive Zhou Yun'er away?"
Why does she think things are not that simple?
Zhou Yun'er can be so arrogant in the capital precisely because he has the support of the Fifth Prince's Palace. If he really knew that Zhou Yun'er was a fake, would the Fifth Prince's Palace drive him away?
"We will discuss these matters later. Anyway, the Fifth Prince's Palace will not let the strange situation develop like this." Liu Yuan calmly said, "Sooner or later, this matter will reach the ears of the Fifth Princess. In order to stop this matter , the fifth princess will definitely have to put a lot of thought into it.”
Qin Lian thought that this was also the case, but she still felt uneasy.
The waiter pushed in the door at this time and brought the cooked dishes one by one.
After the two of them finished eating, they left the store. As soon as they went out, a biting cold wind blew. Qin Lian shivered and suddenly thought of something.
She took Liu Yuan's hand and said anxiously, "The jade pendants were sold from your store. If the fifth princess wants to settle accounts, she should also come to you!"
