The guests on all sides turned their gazes towards Yun Shu.
Yun Shu happened to see Chu Rong also looking over. Her face lit up with joy, and she quickly put on a sweet smile, blinking her eyes back at him. To her dismay, after a closer look, she realized his gaze wasn't on her at all, but on the person behind her.
Yun Shu glared fiercely at Quan Jiu, "Showing your face in fake goods, how dare you. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Quan Jiu's eyes turned cold. With the two children by her side, to be so rudely insulted in front of them was truly hateful.
She slightly raised her eyes and looked at Fang Tian, "All clothing designs from Yun Lan Ge are copyrighted, and Yun Lan Ge requires reservations at least three years in advance. Although the dress I'm wearing is only being released this year, the design draft was completed three years ago. Anyone here with a phone can check the Intellectual Property Network."
Those who were curious all took out their phones to check.
Fang Tian's heart skipped a beat. To avoid being tricked, she also took out her phone to search. To her surprise, she actually found it.
Fang Tian felt a little flustered, but on the surface, she still insisted that her design was original, "I also completed this design draft three years ago, and Yun Lan Ge did too. Doesn't this prove that Yun Lan Ge plagiarized my design?"
Quan Jiu smiled faintly, "You're saying that this dress, from the fabric to the embroidery, was all woven and stitched by your own hands, is that right?"
Fang Tian threw her head back, "Everything was made by my own hands."
"Very good," Quan Jiu nodded. "As everyone knows, although Yun Lan Ge's clothes are priceless, their brocade is available for purchase. And Yun Lan Ge's brocade has two characteristics: the first is the well-known hand-weaving, and the second is the anti-counterfeiting mark."
Yun Lan Ge's brocade also had an anti-counterfeiting mark? Many noble ladies who liked Yun Lan Ge's clothes were surprised, having never heard of it.
Jiang Gui Xiu, who had bought clothes from Yun Lan Ge before, couldn't help but speak up at this moment, "Yun Lan Ge's clothes do have an anti-counterfeiting mark. Only Yun Lan Ge members, meaning those who have purchased the clothes, would know."
"Precisely," Quan Jiu looked at Yun Shu. "Since you believe your dress was made by Fang Tian Embroidery House, then testifying for Fang Tian Embroidery House, you wouldn't refuse, would you?"
Yun Shu said angrily, "What am I afraid of? Heh, your dress is the fake one. The reflection under the plum blossoms can only be seen up close. Yun Lan Ge must not have seen it clearly, so they missed the reflection and even changed the name to 'Stepping on Snow.' Shameless."
The noble ladies present all frowned slightly. Was this still a lady of good breeding? Her speech was so vulgar, no different from a shrew.
"Whose daughter is that? Why does she speak with such poor manners and upbringing?"
"She's from the Yun family. I'm truly enlightened. Yun Shu's mother always praised her daughter to the heavens, calling her elegant, refined, dignified, and virtuous. This? It's enough to make one laugh their head off."
A group of women shook their heads repeatedly, their eyes full of disdain.
Yong Cui Rong tugged hard at her daughter's hand, signaling her with her eyes to stop talking. However, Yun Shu's spoiled temper had already flared up, and she naturally paid no heed.
Quan Jiu appeared completely unfazed by Yun Shu's scolding. She said slowly, "If that's the case, then please change your dress. Whether the dress is from Fang Tian Embroidery House or not, everyone can see for themselves."
"Change clothes? Why should I change? If anyone should change, it's you." Yun Shu said angrily.
"Didn't you want to testify for Fang Tian Embroidery House? What, are you guilty? Scared? Don't dare to change?" Quan Jiu chuckled.
Provoked, Yun Shu couldn't think straight and immediately said, "Who said I don't dare? Just you wait, I'll show you."
Yuan Zi Jun had been watching this area. She didn't want any conflict to arise at the banquet, but that person named Yun actually provoked Jiu'er, which was unbearable. She quickly stepped forward, asking Aunt Chen to take people to change clothes.
She believed Quan Jiu's words.
Yong Cui Rong still wanted to stop her daughter, but her daughter had already left with Aunt Chen. She had no choice but to follow.
In the fitting room, Yun Shu quickly changed her clothes. However, as she was about to leave, she was stopped by her mother, Yong Cui Rong.
Yong Cui Rong first sent Aunt Chen away, then picked up the dress and examined it carefully, "Quick, check if there are any marks. Better safe than sorry."
Yun Shu reacted and quickly joined the search. However, the mother and daughter turned the dress inside out and found nothing. Only then did they feel at ease and returned to the banquet hall with the dress.
Throwing the dress back to Quan Jiu, Yun Shu sneered, "Let's see what other tricks you can pull."
Quan Jiu held up the dress and asked Fang Tian again, "Is this dress truly woven and embroidered by your own hands?"
Fang Tian was confident that she wouldn't have made any mistakes. She had inspected the dress inside and out when she was tailoring it, so there shouldn't be any marks.
"Of course," she affirmed.
Quan Jiu nodded slightly and asked Jiang Gui Xiu, "Madam Jiang, since you have purchased clothes from Yun Lan Ge, you should know Yun Lan Ge's anti-counterfeiting mark. To ensure fairness, I would trouble Madam Jiang to demonstrate for everyone."
Jiang Gui Xiu naturally wouldn't refuse. She immediately stood up, turned the dress over, and unfolded it under the sunlight. "Yun Lan Ge's brocade, during weaving, uses extremely fine silver threads to embroider the words 'Yun Lan Ge.' Normally, they are invisible to the naked eye, but when held up to the sunlight, they can be seen."
The guests present all looked over. Indeed, on the inner side of the dress, the words "Yun Lan Ge" shimmered clearly in silver.
Jiang Gui Xiu smiled, "As everyone can see, this is Yun Lan Ge's brocade. I don't think Fang Tian Embroidery House would go to the trouble of embroidering the Yun Lan Ge logo on their own embroidery, would they?"
Yun Shu, standing nearby, snatched the dress. To the naked eye, she really couldn't see anything. Then, she held the dress up to the sunlight, and the silver light appeared.
Yun Shu's face turned extremely ugly. She hadn't expected Fang Tian to dare to lie to her in front of so many people. She gritted her teeth and said, "Mom, I'm going to shut down Fang Tian Embroidery House."
Yong Cui Rong was also furious, scolding Fang Tian, "How dare you! You actually dared to deceive me with fakes."
Fang Tian was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. She refused to believe it and snatched the dress, looking at it again under the sunlight. The words "Yun Lan Ge" were like a brand seared into her eyes.
She clutched the dress tightly, refusing to admit her mistake, and continued to argue stubbornly, "I remembered incorrectly. The fabric of this dress was bought by me from Yun Lan Ge. My embroidery house has so many clothes, how could I remember so clearly? This only proves that the material of the dress is Yun Lan Ge's brocade, it proves nothing else."
Quan Jiu's lips curled slightly, and she said nonchalantly, "You said your dress is called 'Mirror,' that the plum blossoms have reflections beneath them. This is the only difference from Yun Lan Ge's 'Stepping on Snow.' But in my opinion, it's adding feet to a snake and resembling a dog.
Plum blossoms bloom in the snow. Where would there be reflections in the snow? You want to create further on the basis of the original work, but you haven't even grasped the meaning of the original work."
Fang Tian continued to quibble, "Why not? This plum tree grows by the water. How could there be no reflection in the water?"
"The truth is not what you say it is, and everyone will believe you. The so-called intellectual property rights are precisely to prevent people like you." Quan Jiu sat back in her seat and, while everyone was discussing Fang Tian and the Yun mother and daughter, sent a message.
Soon, a reply was received: "Okay, Pavilion Master, we will handle it immediately."
Putting down her phone, Quan Jiu said with a smile, "Since the matter has come to light, I believe Yun Lan Ge will not stand idly by. If you admit your misconduct now, there might still be a possibility of reconciliation."
The people present were all from prominent families. How could Fang Tian admit it? She continued to stubbornly claim her work was original, but before she could finish speaking, she received a lawyer's letter from Yun Lan Ge.
Quan Jiu said slowly, neither lightly nor heavily, "Congratulations, Fang Tian Embroidery House will soon be trending. Although it's not a good thing."