Tangyuan shook her head knowingly, "If it were only your relation with the Cao Family, it would be nothing, but doesn’t this also involve Consort De Lady? No harm, no foul, right? At least my innocence has been proven, and those young maids who testified for Cao Xuehua have all lost face, haven’t they? After this incident, they surely faced reprimands from their elders once they returned home. I achieved my goal, and as for Cao Xuehua apologizing to me, let’s just skip that, I could hardly bear it."
"She? Heh, you probably don’t know Cao Bingkun’s character. He values his own feathers more than the whole Cao Family. The reason I invited him over this time was to see what he would do. And indeed, he didn’t disappoint me. As soon as he arrived, he was below standard, showing bias towards Cao Xuehua. If it hadn’t been for your way of proving your innocence, your methods may be good, but they didn’t actually prove your innocence, did they?" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
Tangyuan laughed heartily, "Oh, you’ve noticed? You’re quick-witted! You are right, despite my flashy methods, I actually took advantage of the fact that they didn’t have a systematic set of detailed witness statements. If Cao Xuehua had been meticulous in his work, he wouldn’t have given me this opportunity so readily. I was banking on their insufficient attention to detail. Once the witnesses are separated, ten people will give ten different statements. With the mock reenactment on the scene not hitting the mark, copper coins, aligning none of the statements—naturally, it didn’t count as a testimony. Therefore, her so-called evidence didn’t hold up."
"Without the so-called evidence, and with no stronger evidence to prove that I was lying, whatever I said had issues. Naturally, I came out clean. It’s not a complete success, but they can’t find reasons to criticize me. I’m quite content with this outcome. As for a total victory, that’s impossible. Thus, when Cao Bingkun said what he did, I naturally took the chance to step down gracefully, fully aware that continuing the argument could lead to mutual destruction."
Rong Heng couldn’t help but give her a thumbs up, "Do you know? Your drawing talents and memory are so remarkable they are infuriating. You’ve opened my eyes once again!"
Tangyuan hadn’t expected that the sketching she learned as a child would come in handy now. In truth, she was but a dabbler, from starting with apples to now sketching people. It was the portraits in pencil that caught the attention of the ancients. The actual portrayal of a person was the hardest because she wasn’t drawing the person, just their distinguishing features, like the clothes and accessories. When it came to the details, one could probably spot her considerable weaknesses. In proper fine arts, it’s the portrayal of the person that distinguishes the level of skill.
"I’m not that good at drawing either, but if you’re interested, I can teach you."
What intrigued Rong Heng even more was her memory, "How did you manage to recreate such a chaotic scene?"
I watched the video recordings over and over.
She replied with an embarrassed smile, "It’s nothing much, perhaps my attention wasn’t focused on the clothes or jewelry that much at the scene, but more on watching those young ladies. Haha~"
"I’m sorry that because of me, you had to exit early, the Emperor and Consort De Lady...,"
"No problem, they were bound to find out about this sooner or later, especially since it involves the Cao Family. Just watch, this time Cao Xuehua is in for bad luck."
"Does she like you?" A woman’s intuition told her that this girl named Cao Xuehua probably knew her.