Cao Yueqin shook her head, her face deathly pale and her eyes full of despair.
"Impossible! This is impossible! The jade pendant was clearly given to me by my foster mother. How could she lie to me?"
Jun Ling'er waved her hand and ordered, "Come and take Cao Yueqin and parade her through the streets! Also, announce all of her evil! Make everyone understand that this Cao Yueqin is merely a counterfeit!"
Didn't you ingratiate yourself with Cao Yueqin and sided with the powerful? Then I want to make you understand that Cao Yueqin is nothing but a counterfeit.
Also, Ye Rong, did you predict this day when you betrayed me for Cao Yueqin?
"Yes, Miss!" Two guards came up and grabbed Cao Yueqin, dragging her outside.
"No! I don't want to go! I beg you to forgive me, I beg you!" Cao Yueqin's voice was wrought with grief and heartbreak as she was forcefully dragged out. Her voice became more and more distant, gradually fading from Jun Ling'er's ears.
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The next day, daybreak:
