noffsinger Chapter 397 Yang Manman Cannot Deny
Chapter 397 Yang Manman Cannot Deny
"Okay." Jiang Suining retracted his gaze and said to Queen Shi, "In order to find out the truth, please ask the Queen to order someone to bring hot water."
Although Empress Shi had never heard of bamboo smoke ink, she quickly asked someone to bring hot water because Jiang Suining spoke so seriously.
The palace maid first held the piece of paper over hot water for a while, and then when she put the paper to her nose, she indeed smelled a subtle bamboo fragrance.
"My lady, it really is."
The palace maid's words suddenly made many people excited. It seemed that what Jiang Suining said was true!
Jiang Suining was the first to walk to the hot water and let his sleeves be wrapped in the hot air.
After a while, Jiang Suining raised his sleeves. The palace maid sniffed it carefully and then shook her head at Queen Shi.
"My lady, it has no taste."
"Miss Yang, it's your turn." Jiang Suining looked at Yang Manman.
When the latter heard that the note actually had the scent of bamboo, he immediately felt something was wrong.
She asked someone who was good at imitating handwriting to copy the note, and she had no idea what kind of ink the other person used. Could it be that Jiang Suining was really not trying to scare her?
Seeing that she stopped where she was, looking like she was still trying to find an excuse, Jiang Suining said, "Don't worry, Miss Yang. In case the note is not hidden in your sleeves, if your sleeves don't smell, I can help you change clothes, change out of this dress, and then fumigate it carefully."
Yang Manman's heart choked, and she felt the looks from the people around her. She could only bite the bullet and step forward step by step, silently praying in her heart that her sleeves were not stained.
However, just after she placed her sleeves on the hot steam for a while, the palace maid beside her could already smell a faint bamboo fragrance.
The maid came forward and sniffed carefully, then sniffed the note in her hand.
"My lady, it is indeed the same taste."
Yang Manman trembled all over and her face quickly turned pale.
Everyone present immediately started talking about it.
"It's actually Yang Manman!"
"It turns out that she was the one who framed me. I was wondering why she would explain for Miss Lu."
"She sold Miss Lu a favor to clear her name, and framed Miss Jiang. I thought Yang Manman really didn't want to see Miss Lu wronged. She wanted to kill two birds with one stone."
Yang Manman bit her trembling teeth hard and continued to argue while pretending to be calm.
"Empress, I didn't do that. I don't know what happened. Jiang Suining must be framing me. It must be her..."
"Ms. Yang still wants to deny it. Do you really think there is no way to investigate this matter?"
Jiang Suining shook his head and sighed.
"The handwriting on this note is very skillfully imitated. Without years of practice, it would be impossible to achieve such an effect, so it is definitely not written by you. If you offer a large reward for this note, or find those who are good at imitating handwriting in the imperial city, and check and question them one by one, although it is a bit troublesome, it may not be impossible to find the truth."
Yang Manman was completely frozen, staring at Jiang Suining in a daze, her heart in a mess.
Lu Yan knelt down again in front of Queen Shi, "Your Majesty, I don't want to cause you any trouble, but now that we have evidence, Yang Manman still refuses to admit it. Such an arrogant attitude is really infuriating. I request Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of this matter!"
Many of the women present did not like Yang Manman in the first place, and seeing this situation, they also spoke up, hoping that Queen Shi would conduct a thorough investigation.
At this moment, Queen Shi was certain that Yang Manman was the one who framed Lu Yan. She first asked someone to help Lu Yan up, and after glancing at Jiang Suining, she shifted her gaze to Yang Manman.
"Although Miss Jiang's suggestion just now is time-consuming and laborious, since you refuse to admit it, we can only use this method to investigate in detail. However, this way, the matter will not be so easy. Yang Manman, I can give you one last chance. Does this matter have anything to do with you?"
"I, I..." Yang Manman was very panicked.
Of course she didn't want to admit it, but she never expected that she would fall into the hands of this Zhu Yanmo.
Damn Jiang Suining, how come she found a flaw in her plan that she was so confident in!
If we really offer a large reward, or check one by one, we will definitely be able to find the person, and the matter will definitely be known to everyone...
"Yang Manman, am I asking you a question, or do you need me to order you to be thrown into prison and interrogated thoroughly?" Queen Shi raised her voice. Her cold and majestic tone seemed to knock on Yang Manman's heart, making her heart tremble.
The word "jail" hit the most fearful part of Yang Manman's heart. She finally couldn't hold it anymore, her legs went soft, and she knelt down in front of Queen Shi.
"Please forgive me, Queen. Please forgive me, Queen. I was just confused for a moment, so I asked someone to write this note."
"Miss Yang really loves to tell jokes. If you were just confused for a moment, how could you have calculated everything so clearly. From finding someone to copy the handwriting, to smuggling this note into the palace to frame you, and then pretending to be kind to help Miss Lu get rid of the crime, all these are not things a confused person can do." Jiang Suining's tone was meaningful, with a hint of helplessness after being plotted against.
"Jiang Suining, shut up! It's all because of you. Even if I did all this, I just wanted to take revenge on you!"
"The Queen is in charge of the assessment of female officials. The reason why she didn't search them is because she is kind and generous. But you caused trouble during the assessment. This is not only revenge against me, but also trouble for the Queen."
Yang Manman's heart sank suddenly. She didn't dare to look up at Queen Shi. She could only continue to stare at Jiang Suining fiercely.
"Stop putting the blame on me!"
"Every word Miss Jiang said is true. How can you accuse her of anything? If today's incident is not thoroughly investigated, and if someone with ulterior motives discuss it, the Queen will inevitably be implicated." Lu Yan echoed.
Yang Manman glared at Lu Yan hatefully again. She was indeed the person she hated. She was birds of a feather like Jiang Suining!
But now she no longer cared about insulting Lu Yan and Jiang Suining in her heart. Although she was afraid and panicked, she still hurriedly spoke to Queen Shi.
"Your Majesty, I am just dissatisfied with Jiang Suining's scheme against me before, so I want to vent my anger. I have never thought of causing trouble for you. I hope Your Majesty will not listen to their instigation!"
"Whether I believe these words or not is not important. What is important is that you did frame someone and disrupted the women's assessment." Empress Shi paused for a moment. "Although you have not caused any injustice, you have done something wrong, and I cannot turn a blind eye to it. From now on, you..."
"Empress." Jiang Suining suddenly spoke and stopped Queen Shi from speaking.
Empress Shi looked at Jiang Suining in confusion, "Miss Jiang, do you still want to plead for her?"
"Of course not." Jiang Suining shook her head. "I just don't understand one thing. I want to ask Miss Yang again. Please allow me, Your Majesty."
Although Queen Shi didn't know what Jiang Suining wanted to ask, she nodded anyway.
Jiang Suining looked at the flustered Yang Manman, and after a moment's silence, he smiled and said, "Strangely enough, the content of this note matches the topic of today's exam paper. May I ask how Miss Yang could predict the future?"