Chapter 6 — The Portrait That Condemned the Noble Consort

"Don't forget, Dali Temple once captured a flower thief alive! Before drawing, I personally asked the flower thief. He provided detailed characteristics!" Big brother looked at me, somewhat suspicious. When did I come to heaven, even he doesn't know. But his face still didn't change, and he didn't ask much. Hoa Ngoc Nghien incited Prince Ninh, leaning in his ear and saying something. Prince Ninh laughed coldly: "If you say so, today this king will take care of this case to the end!" "Minister of Dali Temple, escort the remaining five flower thieves here! This king wants to personally interrogate them, so that they can confirm in front of everyone whether their sixth accomplice really has this appearance or not!" Although Hoa Ngoc Nghien was vicious, she was not actually one of the flower thieves. Those people couldn't just accept her. Last night the arrest was too hasty and there was no time for questioning. Normally, they would be publicly paraded before being taken to prison and interrogated. Only then will there be space for manipulation. Hoa Ngoc Nghien was afraid that someone inside would move their hands and feet. Now that she was blocked by Prince Ninh and had Prince Ninh's back, she thought she was safe. "Tong Cam Chau, when this palace is restored to purity, I will definitely give you an eye for an eye and let you taste the taste of having your hair shaved and destroyed!" 12 Five flower thieves were escorted by prison car to Prince Ninh's residence. The five flower thieves were bound, dragged from the prison cart, and forced to kneel before Prince Ninh. Hoa Ngoc Nghien was not ashamed, standing in front of the group of flower thieves. Prince Ninh interrogated: "Tell everyone, is your sixth accomplice the woman in front of you?" The leader of the flower thieves frowned: "Who is this guy? I don't know him!" Everyone was excited. Hoa Ngoc Nghien laughed loudly and pointed at me: "Tong Cam Chau, you're done! You slandered this palace and wanted to turn this palace into a flower thief. This time you're completely done!" Big brother was also panicked: "Cam Chau, are you really wrong?" The crowd was also excited: "What do you mean? Arrested the wrong person?" "This woman is not a flower thief, is she really a noble consort?" "Tong Cam Chau drew it wrong? It can't be! Does she really dare to harm you?" Hoa Ngoc Nghien was extremely pleased. She couldn't wait, immediately rushed up and ordered: "Where are you? Arrest this bastard Tong Cam Chau and give it to this palace!" "Wait!" A tall and thin flower thief suddenly changed his words: "Big brother, you're old so your eyesight is blurry! Isn't that our Sixth Sister?" The leader stretched his neck, looked closely at Hoa Ngoc Nghien, suddenly smiled crookedly, and changed his words: "It's me who is old and blind! Sixth sister, you peeled off a layer of human skin, making big brother almost unable to recognize his true appearance!" Hoa Ngoc Nghien was frightened: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could this palace collude with people like you?" The flower thief said: "Sister, stop pretending. I know that you admire the noble consort who also comes from the world, but you can't go crazy enough to say that you are a noble consort!" Prince Ninh stepped up to block Hoa Ngoc Nghien and asked: "What do you mean?" The tall and thin flower thief said: "Our sixth sister is best at translating. Sometimes she pretends to be the girl next door, sometimes she pretends to be the old woman in the village. She is clever and smart, she can always help us trick young, honest ladies to come for us to enjoy." "Time has passed, even we have forgotten her original appearance." The leader raised his hand covered in iron chains, pointed at Hoa Ngoc Nghien, and said to the people: "Do you know why we couldn't capture our Sixth Sister? It's because no one knows her true appearance!" "On the day the Tong family held the embroidered-ball ceremony, our brothers had already targeted the Tong residence, so we sent Sister Luc to become the prince!" "Anyway, Prince Ninh always wears a mask, impersonating him is the most convenient! The elegant young master you saw that day, even his hair is fake!" Another flower thief chimed in: "Sixth sister was born ugly, with birthmarks on her face, no hair, so she trained hard from a young age." "She was an expert at disguises. The woman you see today is simply her true appearance; what is so strange about that?" Having been splashed with such a large pot of dirty water, Hoa Ngoc Nghien was so anxious that she stamped her feet and screamed: "You guys are talking nonsense! You guys talk nonsense!" "Once we are caught, our only option is death. Sixth sister, more than twenty of the ladies' lives are stained with blood on your hands. Don't expect to pretend to be a noble consort to clear your name!" The flower thief stared at Hoa Ngoc Nghien: "Good sister, let's go down to the yellow spring with our brothers. When we get to the underworld, you'll help us lure a female ghost to have fun, is that okay?" 13 The testimony of the flower thief explained all the previous suspicious points. Everyone watching was extremely angry, and the people's resentment was sky-high! "You beasts, give the lives of innocent women!" Seeing that the people were so angry and out of control, Prince Ninh also panicked.