The daughters of officials are either noble or powerful. They also interact with each other. They are sisters in front of others, but enemies behind their backs. From head to toe, they compete with each other. Today you wear a pearl hairpin, tomorrow I must wear a gold hairpin.
The top level of competition is to see who will marry into the royal family.
And today, if she could be favored by Duanmu Qingchen, she would be the Crown Princess! In the future, she would be the Queen of the Three Palaces!
But they didn't know that Emperor Cheng valued education and women's self-cultivation. He was very strict in choosing the Crown Princess. He even didn't trust his own son's vision and had to make the decision himself. He believed that behind the ruler of a country, there must be a wise queen. If he chose the wrong woman, it would be a disaster for the country.
So today, even if Duanmu Qingchen likes her, it’s useless.
"Your Highness will preside over the trial today. After that, the Left Prime Minister Fu and Lord Yao will serve as deputy judges... Hmm? Where is Lord Yao?" Duanmu Qingchen looked at Yao Guang's seat, which was still empty.
"This Yao Guang! He's so arrogant! He even wants you, the prince, to wait for him!" Fu Kun never missed any opportunity to step on Yao Guang. Yao Guang had blackmailed him for 1,500 taels of pocket money, so of course he would remember this grudge!
Duanmu Qingchen smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. There are many girls in their family, and girls like to dress up~~~" Duanmu Qingchen said as he looked out the door eagerly.
Fu Kun miscalculated. He thought Duanmu Qingchen would be angry, but he actually found excuses for Yao Guang's lateness. Fu Kun was a shrewd man, but today he couldn't understand the prince's temper. He always thought that the prince was friends with Rui'er, but today, it seemed that the prince and Yao Guang also had an ambiguous relationship.
The police stopped the crowd at the door and cleared a path. Under the sunlight, two servants came slowly carrying a sedan chair.
The person sitting on the chair was Ma Guanqun, who looked haggard and sick.
When he was carried in, Duanmu Qingchen, Fu Kun, and the surrounding civil and military officials were all shocked! How come Ma Guanqun seemed to have shrunk by half after not seeing him for seven days
Ma Guanqun last attended court seven days ago, and then he took sick leave and never attended court again until today. But he looked like this, which really shocked everyone.
How would they know what Ma Guanqun had been through
Ever since he and Lian Youyou went to look for the corpse and fainted after seeing his son's corpse, he had nightmares every night and couldn't sleep. Even in the daytime, when he opened his eyes, he felt as if he saw his son's skin that had been eaten away.
The excessive shock made him unable to speak. His wife had already gone mad and only talked to the blue butterflies in Ma Yun's room every day, not knowing that their son was only a human skin.
And after these seven days, I'm afraid even the skin will be gone.
After being shocked for seven days, it was no surprise that Ma Guanqun became like this. The only force that supported him today was the public trial. He could finally see the murderer. He wanted to see what the murderer looked like and why he was so vicious! Why did he kill his son so cruelly
The sedan chair was placed in the hall, and the servant took away the stick used to carry it and stepped aside.
Ma Guanqun was sitting in the sedan chair, looking as thin as an old man. He was only breathing out but not in. It seemed as if he would die if he took only a breath.
He tried to bow to Duanmu Qingchen and said, "Please forgive me, Your Highness... I am seriously ill and cannot perform the ceremony..."
Duanmu Qingchen saw that he was almost out of breath and waved his hands repeatedly: "Ma Shangshu, please sit down. Um... go call the imperial physician and have him on standby." Duanmu Qingchen was afraid that Ma Guanqun would die before he finished hearing the case.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince..." Ma Guanqun sat on the chair and expressed his gratitude profusely.
"Wei-Wu-" a majestic shout was heard, and Fu Mingrui walked in heroically from outside the door. The people on both sides immediately applauded and cheered, which shows how popular Fu Mingrui is in the hearts of the people.
A black gauze hat covered his hair, and a string of green beads hung down his temples. He wore a dark blue official robe with a black tiger pattern. He wore a white jade belt and a sword at his waist. Fu Mingrui looked even more majestic and heroic in his formal attire.
Fu Mingrui strode in
Inside the hall, he first saw Fu Mingsu sitting in a corner. Even his elder brother had come to join in the fun of today's case. After returning home that day, Fu Mingsu had nightmares for several days, and Fu Mingrui was scolded by his sister-in-law for several days.
Fu Mingrui lifted his robe and knelt down: "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Get up, get up." Duanmu Qingchen almost stood up, "Why should we be polite? Where are the people? It's getting late, let's start the trial." Duanmu Qingchen held the gavel for a long time, waiting for the crisp sound of it being slammed down, which made people inexplicably refreshed.
Fu Mingrui stood up and looked at the empty seat of Mr. Yao Guang in confusion, then turned around with a hint of anxiety in his eyes. Why haven't the people from Jiumen arrived yet
Just as he was thinking, a familiar crescent-shaped figure appeared outside the door. When Fu Mingrui saw her, his anxious heart finally calmed down.
Lian Youyou was wearing a crescent-colored long gown today, with a string of jade-like silk ribbons on her collar. Her elegance was more solemn, and her tight waist and sleeves added a touch of heroism. Her long hair was all tied up, with a single white jade hairpin passing through it, and two white hairbands hanging between her hair, adding a touch of immortality.
Like a noble chivalrous woman in the mountains, elegant and generous.
Lian Youyou was holding a small lunch basket, and behind her were Wanqing and Lin Tingjun. The people of the Nine Gates kept a low profile, especially in noisy and crowded places like this, they rarely entered.
"Youyou, Youyou." Lord Yao Guang chased after her and grabbed Lian Youyou who was about to enter the house. He instructed again, "When you are interrogating her today, you must be careful with your choice of words. If you mention gods or demons, the common people will be scared." Lord Yao Guang blinked at Lian Youyou.
Lian Youyou raised her chin slightly, chuckled, licked her lips, and looked at Yao Guang: "Xiao Guang, don't worry, I will use scientific methods to analyze Wanqing's methods of committing crimes, and I won't scare the people." Lian Youyou winked at Yao Guang. She knew what Yao Guang meant, that is, to use reasonable theories such as physics, chemistry, and biology to explain this unreasonable thing in front of her. To cover up this veil of the world.
She flicked her sleeves, turned around, and raised her head in the bright sunlight. The crescent-colored dress on her body was stained with a layer of light gold in the sunlight, making her whole body shine like a morning star.
"Master Yao Guang is here—" After hearing the announcement, Yao Guang hurriedly came in holding his official robe, apologized repeatedly to Duanmu Qingchen, then sat in the deputy judge's seat and gave Fu Kun an ambiguous smile.
Fu Kun immediately frowned and turned away from this old enemy.
Lian Youyou, dressed in white, walked slowly towards them. The people on both sides, for some reason, fell silent.
Maybe it was the faint sunlight on her body, or the calm and relaxed demeanor on her face, or... Just as Sanniang said, she had a charm that neither men nor women could resist... (To be continued)