C27 Pseudo-jade

The empress was already dissatisfied with the marriage between Shu Jing and the crown prince. After the incident in the palace, she was even more displeased with Shu Jing. However, even though she was displeased, she could not express it clearly.

Shu Jing didn't mind her attitude and handed the box over to the palace maid who came down to receive the wedding gift.

The wedding presents were first opened by the palace maid. Sure enough, there was a soft jade bracelet lying on the brocade handkerchief inside.

Under the bright sunlight, the jade bracelet was actually dim and devoid of light.

Even if everyone present didn't understand jade, they knew that jade should be lustrous and lustrous. However, this jade bracelet's quality was extremely poor, it might even be … It was fake!

The empress and the others were even more astute. They could tell at a glance that it was a fake with a strange expression on their faces.

Gong Wushang glanced at Shu Jing with a sharp gaze.

"Bastard!"

Before the crowd could react, a cold shout came. Prime Minister Shu stood up with a livid face.

"Scoundrel, what crime should you take? You're actually using a fake jade as a congratulatory gift!"

Most of the people held back their laughter, and the empress said without any trace of politeness:

"Prime Minister Shu, although I know that you are usually a clean and honest person, I didn't expect that you would only be able to buy fake gifts. I can't bear it anymore, so I'll skip Prime Minister Shu's gift."

"Puchi!"

Hearing the ridicule from the empress, some people could not help but laugh out loud. It was Fifth Prince Gong Wumin, who was very keen on going against Gong Wushang.

"Second Brother, I, Sister-in-law-to-be, am really 'thrifty'."

"Sister-in-law-to-be's humiliating methods are coming up one after another. Brother must be used to it."

"Isn't it so? Princess Consort To-Be is really a 'new judge' for the sake of attracting attention."

There was a second one after the first one, and everyone laughed.

Gong Wushang looked at Shu Jing with a serious look. He didn't show any emotion at all, as if he was used to this kind of thing.

When Qin Wan'er and Shu Yiyan saw the jade bangle in the box, they couldn't conceal the joy on their faces.

Prime Minister Shu had never been this humiliated before. His face was green and white, and he wanted to strangle Shu Jing, who had lost all his face. He could only bite the bullet and reply:

"Esteemed Empress, please forgive me. This humble girl doesn't know etiquette. I must have made a mistake." As he spoke, he glared at Shu Jing and shouted,

"Damned girl, why aren't you admitting your wrongs to the empress yet? You're mistaken!"

Just like in her previous life, Shu Jing had an expression of being at a loss of what to do. At this time, Lee Qianyun, who had been looking down on her, mocked:

"Imperial Mother, look at her. She didn't even dare to show her face, and even gave fake jade. How could she have the demeanor of a direct daughter of the prime minister? She's not worthy of Second Brother at all."

In her previous life, Shu Jing was most concerned about the marriage between her and the crown prince. When she heard this, she reacted and quickly kneeled on the ground to beg for mercy in fright. What she said the most was to beg the empress not to break off the engagement, which would cause the crown prince and Prime Minister Shu to lose face.

In this life, Shu Jing did not kneel down.

"Then, why is the jade bracelet in the box?"

His voice was clearly loud in the quiet banquet, and everyone present heard him.

Qin Wan'er was even more shocked.

"Ms Jing, you really gave this jade to me?"

From the looks of it, it was obvious that they knew what was going on. Everyone pricked up their ears and waited for the next part.

Shu Jing's heart was very calm. She faced Qin Wan'er with a terrified expression and said,

"What happened to that jade?"

Qin Wan'er was secretly pleased with herself, but she had a difficult expression on her face.

"He spent a hundred thousand silver to buy it from a jade artifact store. It's too, too …"

Qin Wan'er looked as if she couldn't continue her sentence while everyone else automatically understood that she was too stupid to even know the fake jade was worth a hundred thousand taels of silver!