Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

Yang Luoxiu's lips trembled with anger. She couldn't believe that Su Feiran dared to quibble when the evidence was so conclusive.

"Liu Ronghua, is there any basis for your statement?" Yang Luoxiu sneered, "Don't let yourself down. If we really find the complete piece of paper and discover that there is a longer love message written on it, wouldn't we be bringing shame upon ourselves?"

Wu Jiayan did not comment on Yang Luoxiu's statement. She raised her head slightly and asked Su Feiran to explain further.

Su Feiran asked Ling'er for a piece of rice paper and wrote a sentence with a wave of his hand:

“I love your poem.”

"What does this mean?" Everyone was puzzled.

"What this sentence means is, 'I like your poem.'" Su Feiran explained, "If you don't believe it, you can ask the Grand Secretary to verify it. There is no need for me to lie."

Most people still don't know what Su Feiran meant by writing this, but some people have already seen the clues.

"Those symbols in front seem to be the same as those on the paper..." Ma Shuya muttered softly.

The hall was very quiet, and no matter how softly Ma Shuya spoke, others could still hear her. After she said this, everyone focused on the first half of the sentence and found that it was just as she said.

The words Su Feiran had just written were the same as the words on the piece of paper, except for the different fonts, the structure and framework were the same.

After everyone had seen it clearly, Su Feiran raised his hand and tore the freshly written paper in half!

"It's the same sentence!" Xie Zhiqi exclaimed.

Everyone looked over and saw that it was true! The half piece of rice paper left in Su Feiran's hand had the same sentence written on it as on the scrap of paper: "I love you."

Yang Luoxiu's brows were furious, and she scolded, "Nonsense! Although the sisters don't know the imported characters, they can still recognize punctuation marks. The foreign guest clearly put a period at the end of the paper. The so-called second half of the sentence you mentioned doesn't exist at all!"

"Period?" Su Feiran chuckled twice, turned around to face Yang Luoxiu, and presented the complete sentence on the rice paper to her.

"What?! How could this happen--"

Yang Luoxiu's pupils shrank slightly, and she couldn't believe what she saw.

There was also a period on the torn rice paper. Su Feiran picked up the second half that had just been thrown on the ground and put them together. Everyone then realized that the period was torn into only a small "r".

Su Feiran held up two pieces of paper, compared them, and explained slowly:

"In fact, this incident was caused by the foreign guest's choice of paper."

"The foreigner was not familiar with ancient writing and could not use a brush well, let alone know that rice paper is easy to absorb water and ink. Moreover, he used the softest cotton paper among all the rice paper, so it was even more difficult to control the speed of ink drop when writing. Therefore, the characters he wrote were thick and rough. Although only a dot was left after the lower part of the 'r' was torn, it was still hard to ignore."

"If you use other paper, you might be able to tell that it's not a period, but an incomplete symbol. I specifically asked for raw rice paper to replicate the scene when the foreign guest was writing the letter."

After saying this, Su Feiran looked at Yang Luoxiu, whose cheeks were flushed, and asked, "Are you satisfied with this self-affirmation?"

On the surface, Su Feiran was extremely calm, and she was able to explain calmly even after being accused of such a serious crime. In fact, anyone who was slightly close to her could hear her violent heartbeat.

She was really panicked.

If she hadn't been obsessed with abstract painting recently and had wasted a lot of good paper, she wouldn't have been able to recognize the type of paper!

Every time Su Feiran finished a painting, Yu Xiao would say beside him, "This is the best cotton paper," "This is the most precious Songhua paper," "You should use these Buddhist scriptures paper sparingly."...

Over time, Su Feiran's painting skills did not improve much, but his knowledge increased a lot.

Yang Luoxiu's face changed and looked extremely ugly.

"In the final analysis, you don't have any solid evidence." Yang Luoxiu said angrily, "If you can't find the other half of the paper, no matter how reasonable your words are, they are just conjectures!"

"So, you admit that what I said makes sense?" Su Feiran immediately retorted.

The expression on Yang Luoxiu's face suddenly changed like an overturned color palette, from red to blue, and then from blue to pale, "You——"

She was so angry that she couldn't speak. She could only clench her fists and stomp her feet hard, as if she wanted to trample Su Feiran to death.

The angrier Yang Luoxiu got, the happier Su Feiran felt.

After realizing that something was wrong with him, Su Feiran's heart skipped a beat: "What's going on? Do I have the potential to be a sadist?"

The self-doubt lasted only a moment, and the next moment, she was at peace with herself.

It's not bad to be offensive sometimes. It's refreshing to see others being bullied! No wonder there are so many people who enjoy being keyboard warriors nowadays.

Although Su Feiran had the upper hand in the verbal dispute, decisions in the harem cannot be made through quarrels.

Wu Jiayan snorted coldly at the right time, attracting everyone's attention: "Yang Cainu is right. If Liu Ronghua can't produce solid evidence, I can't clear your name either."

Yang Luoxiu just relaxed her brows after hearing this, when she heard Wu Jiayan continue, "Yang Cainu's accusation already has loopholes, and there is no point in continuing the trial. I will report this matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty will make a thorough investigation and make the final decision."

Everyone looked at each other and understood Concubine Jia's thoughts. She felt that the matter had been delayed for too long. If she really wanted to investigate it thoroughly, she would have to coordinate with the palace guards and scholars. Although she could do so, if the affairs of the harem disturbed the peace of the imperial palace, everyone would doubt Concubine Jia's ability to manage the harem. Therefore, it would be better for her to be a hands-off boss and let the emperor investigate, which would not only absolve her of responsibility, but also allow her to conduct a comprehensive investigation.

"Even if I report it to His Majesty, I am not afraid!" Yang Luoxiu hesitated for a moment, then responded stubbornly, "Liu Ronghua wrote love poems to seduce the outsider, and the outsider responded to her feelings - how could this be wrong!"

It's not that Yang Luoxiu didn't have the thought of retreating, but the opportunity to bring down Su Feiran was hard to come by. If she waited until the next time she could catch Su Feiran's handle, she didn't know how long she would have to wait.

People are born to be gamblers. After a gamble, a court lady can become a royal concubine!

"There is no need to alarm His Majesty about this matter."

Su Feiran said calmly,

"My maid and everyone in the Purple Palace can prove that I only had this one correspondence with the outsider. If I really had a private relationship with the outsider, I would definitely find an opportunity to contact or even meet again. And it has been half a month since we last exchanged letters. In this half month, I painted more and wrote less. I even asked Yuxiao to get raw rice paper, and I never sent out a single letter. Yang Cainu's so-called evidence is really untenable."

"Besides, there is an obvious flaw in Yang Cainu's logic."

Su Feiran cleared his throat.

"Although I can't find the whereabouts of the other half of the paper, the poem I wrote must still be in Linghua Garden. If the imperial concubine is interested, you can give this poem to the university scholar and check whether there is a sentence of "thank you and praise" or something similar before the poem. Then you can know the order in which I sent the letter to the foreign guest."