The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

Chapter 166 The Marriage Certificate is Fake

On the day of the opening of the court, the courtyard of the yamen was crowded with common people. Bai Zhaozhao stood calmly in the hall, the Jingzhao Yin sat at the top, and the prince, who was dressed in plain clothes, sat far away and almost became a background.

Chen Tianlin stood on the other side and confronted Bai Zhaozhao, with a mocking look in his eyes but a calm expression.

"Princess Zhaohe, why are you doing this? If you don't want to fulfill the marriage contract, you can just discuss it properly. My Chen family is not unreasonable. Is there any benefit for you to go to court?"

Bai Zhaozhao said calmly, "Chen Shizi, are you blind? I am going to court with your Dingyuan Marquis Mansion not because I am unwilling to fulfill the engagement, but because the engagement is fake. Not only did you cheat me into marriage, you also slandered my reputation and linked me to the Crown Prince. I have no choice but to go to court now. Otherwise, how can I clear my name?"

Prince Chen was shocked. Was Bai Zhaozhao stupid? How dare he speak like that when the prince was right beside him?

"Princess Zhaohe, be careful with your words. These are just rumors. Don't take them seriously. Besides, these rumors were not spread by my Chen family. You have found the wrong person."

Bai Zhaozhao snorted coldly: "The rumors about me are of course not true, but it's hard to say about Chen Shizi."

"You!" Prince Chen was furious. He didn't expect that this Princess Zhaohe was so difficult to deal with. She had none of the reserve and shyness of a woman. He was so angry!

Jingzhao Yin glanced at the prince and raised the gavel: "Silence, Prince Chen, please calm down first. May I ask Princess Zhaohe, you said the marriage certificate is fake, do you have any evidence?"

Bai Zhaozhao nodded: "Of course, my father has some calligraphy works of the former princess, all of which are stamped with her personal seal. We can compare them with the fake marriage certificate."

Jing Zhao Yin nodded and said, "Indeed, His Royal Highness Prince An provided several of the former princess's old servants, all of whom said they had never heard of the marriage contract. He also provided some of the former princess's calligraphy."

Chen Tianlin immediately retorted: "Sir, His Royal Highness Prince An is the adoptive father of Princess Zhaohe. Even if you provide more evidence and witnesses, you must have other supporting evidence!"

Jingzhao Yin nodded again. Yes, the evidence from relatives was suspected of being forged, and the words of servants could not be adopted alone. More convincing evidence was needed.

"Does the county lady have any other evidence?"

Bai Zhaozhao was silent for a while and said, "No."

Seeing this, Chen Tianlin smiled smugly: "It's normal for the county lady to have no evidence, but it's different for me. Sir, I have evidence to prove that the marriage certificate in my hand is real!"

Jingzhao Yin asked, "What is the evidence of Prince Chen? Who provided it?"

Chen Tianlin said loudly: "When the late princess was alive, she donated a scroll of calligraphy to Yunshan Academy, which has been kept by the academy's principal since then. As we all know, Principal Gongshu is a famous scholar, and his words are highly credible. I have sent someone to invite him. All we need to do is compare the calligraphy in his hand with the handwriting and seal on the marriage certificate, isn't that enough?"

After hearing this, the people nodded one after another. Such strong evidence was the final word and there was no way to refute it. Could it be that Princess Showa was really making a false accusation?

Jingzhao Yin glanced at Bai Zhaozhao and felt puzzled. Based on his years of experience, he felt that the evidence provided by His Royal Highness Prince An was most likely true. Although he had not carefully compared them, there was a high probability that they were different.

But Chen Tianlin's words were absolutely flawless. The great scholar Gongshu would never forge a lie for such a small matter, otherwise, wouldn't it ruin his good reputation for most of his life?

But he still wanted to do things in a businesslike manner: "In that case, let's wait a while."

Chen Tianlin took the opportunity to say, "Sir, once the marriage certificate is confirmed to be authentic, will Princess Zhaohe be convicted of false accusation and counter-attack?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people became as quiet as chickens. Generally speaking, false accusations would certainly lead to retribution, but after all, she was a county lord appointed by the emperor himself, so whether she was guilty or not depended on the poor master, so he didn't want to pursue the matter.

The prince on the side secretly despised Chen Tianlin. Does he have to marry Princess Zhaohe? She has gone to court to avoid marrying you. How can you live well with such a daughter-in-law?

Unfortunately, the emperor didn't allow him to interfere, so he said nothing.

Jingzhao Yin had a blank expression on his face: "If it is confirmed that the county lady has made a false accusation, there are laws to follow. I will report it to the emperor for his judgment."

Chen Tianlin didn't say anything, but heard Jingzhao Yin say, "In addition to suing the Chen family for marriage fraud, Princess Zhaohe also accused the Chen family of deliberately fabricating rumors to slander her reputation!"

Suddenly, Chen Tianlin was angry again: "What nonsense! That is not passed down from my Chen family!"

Bai Zhaozhao said calmly, "Oh? So, Master Chen, do you know from whose family this was passed down?"

Chen Tianlin froze: "I don't know!"

The Jingzhao Yin ordered several idle men to be brought in. During the interrogation, they panicked and confessed one after another, saying that a person who claimed to be a maid of the Chen family asked them to spread the rumors and gave them hundreds of taels of silver. The silver had not been spent yet and was at home.

In the end, the statements of several people corroborated and supplemented each other, and the evidence was absolutely conclusive.

Chen Tianlin's eyes widened: "Impossible, who would be so stupid as to reveal their family name? Someone must be displeased with Princess Zhaohe and is using the name of my Chen family to deliberately slander me!"

Bai Zhaozhao secretly agreed. Yes, that should be the fact, but who asked you to go with the flow and become someone else's gun without even checking?

Jingzhao Yin said: "Since you are not convinced, does the Chen family have any other evidence?"

Chen Tianlin looked unhappy. It seemed that he had been tricked! Hateful!

At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd. It turned out that a student from Yunshan Academy had arrived, bringing with him a long box.

"Your Excellency, my headmaster ordered me to bring the calligraphy as evidence for comparison, and to explain that it has been hanging in the academy's library for more than ten years and is intact."

Jingzhao Yin: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After saying that, he asked someone to present the calligraphy, and asked Chen Tianlin to hand over the marriage certificate for a careful comparison.

Chen Tianlin saw that Bai Zhaozhao was still calm and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, but then he thought of Princess Changxing's words: "The private seals are all with me, whether they are fake or real!"

He felt relieved again.

Then they heard Jingzhao Yin calling His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over. The two of them compared their appearances carefully and nodded to each other.

Jing Zhao Yin said: "This marriage certificate from Prince Chen is fake!"

Suddenly, the people were in an uproar, and Chen Tianlin was shocked: "Impossible!"

The prince said expressionlessly, "I have already seen that the seal on your marriage certificate is slightly different from the seal on the calligraphy. There is an extra dot in the lower left corner, while all the seals in the calligraphy provided by Uncle An are exactly the same as the one on the calligraphy!"

Chen Tianlin was even more surprised. He rushed to the front and took a closer look. Sure enough, there was a subtle but unignorable dot in the lower left corner of the marriage certificate he brought.

What's going on? How is this possible?

Bai Zhaozhao said happily, "Oh, Master Chen, you wouldn't say that this marriage certificate was taken by mistake, right? As far as I know, there are at least eight hundred passers-by who have seen this marriage certificate!"

Chen Tianlin was at a loss for a moment. He quickly thought about how to get out of this situation and went to find Princess Changxing to think of a solution. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice: "My lord, I have more evidence to provide!"

Everyone looked back and saw Prince An standing outside the door.

Jingzhao Yin said, "Prince An, please come in. What evidence do you have?"

Prince An stood steadily behind Bai Zhaozhao, holding out something in his hand: "My father sent people to search the warehouse and finally found this private seal of my mother. If we just print it on paper and compare it, won't the truth be revealed?"

Chen Tianlin felt a chill all over his body when he looked at the private seal in Prince An's hand. He instantly understood why Bai Zhaozhao dared to complain directly. It was obvious that they had used some tricks to get the private seal from the princess!

It's over! That person was right. Don't touch Bai Zhaozhao rashly!

This time, I’m afraid even the princess won’t protect him!