The prefect did not want to offend either the Prince of Jin's or the Prince of Yu's mansion, so he asked the two men to sit aside and listen to the trial.
He thought he was impartial, but in fact he was biased towards the Prince of Yu's Palace. Although Mu Changshi was the Chief Clerk of the Prince's Palace, he was also an official of the imperial court.
But his status is much higher than that of the manager.
The judge followed the procedure, questioned the plaintiff and the defendant, and then called the witness to the stand.
During the trial, Mrs. Wendeber refused to admit that she was the one who had ordered the drug to kill off children, and the old woman who was caught by Tan Yijie also refused to admit that it was Mrs. Wendeber who ordered her to do so.
The woman who drugged her said that it was because Tan Yijie killed her only son, and she hated Tan Yijie so much that she wanted to kill Tan Yijie's offspring.
"This is a rare medicine that can make a man die. It's not something a lowly woman like you can get." The prefect pointed out the key point.
The old woman was stunned for a moment, then said, "My husband gave it to me."
Her husband is dead, there is no evidence.
Mrs. Wendebo raised her lips, and Mu Changshi suggested to the prefect: "People who don't tell the truth should be severely punished."
The steward of Prince Yu's Mansion immediately said, "It won't work if you force a confession under torture."
"These are some deterrent measures during the trial to prevent people from talking nonsense and ignoring the facts." Mu Changshi said.
"I'm just afraid that what people say is the fact, not the fact that some people want." The steward of Prince Yu's Mansion said unyieldingly.
"Are you questioning the fairness and strictness of the prefect?" Mu Changshi asked with a sneer.
The steward of Prince Yu's Mansion glanced at the gloomy-faced prefect and said, "I'm not questioning you, sir. I'm just worried that someone is taking advantage of their power to bully others."
Mu Changshi sneered, "I think someone is taking advantage of the power of others."
"Please don't say too much in the court." The lawyer said with a smile.
Mu Changshi and the steward stopped talking. The prefect took out the token and said, "Give this man twenty strokes of the cane."
"Please spare my life, sir. I am telling the truth, old slave."
The woman was dragged away to be beaten with a stick. After only ten strokes, she said, bloodied and mangled, "I confess, I confess, yes."
"Make way, make way quickly." The onlookers began to riot.
The prefect asked unhappily, "What's going on?"
The man squeezed in. Tan Yijie and Mrs. Wendebo, stepmother and son, rarely said in unison: "Tan Ping, why are you here? What happened to the uncle?"
"Madam, Prince, Uncle, Uncle is gone." Tan Ping cried.
The prefect said humanely: "The case will be postponed. You two should go back to the mansion first to handle Mr. Tan's funeral."
Although Tan Yijie wanted to lock up his stepmother, he could only bow and say, "Thank you, sir."
Mrs. Wendeber looked solemn. Why did the old man die at this time
Once Lord Tan dies, the Crown Prince Tan Yiji will be able to inherit the title smoothly.
But then she thought again, Uncle Tan was dead, and during the funeral, she could do a lot of things, such as killing the witness so that the case would never be tried again.
"Court is adjourned." The prefect slapped the wake-up stick, and left the court with his legal advisor, Mu Changshi, and the steward of Prince Yu's mansion.
Mu Changshi and the steward of Prince Yu's mansion did not stay long and returned to report the matter to their mistress.
Zhao Xifang went to visit the Song Mansion with Prince Yu. Jiang Changning was at home. Upon hearing that Uncle Tan had passed away, he frowned and said, "It's been a roller coaster ride."
The direction of this case is about to become unclear.
At the same time, King Ningxia came to the Song Mansion with a beautiful young woman.
Going to the legal wife's house to attend the legal wife's grandmother's birthday party with a concubine, is this a provocation or a provocation
If you don’t want to come, you don’t have to come, just like the Prince Jin’s Mansion.
"General, do you not welcome me?" King Ningxia asked with a smile.
The Song family is allowed to trample on the reputation of the Ningxia Palace, but he is not allowed to give something in return
General Song gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, please come in."
No matter how powerful he was, he could not arrogantly refuse admission to a prince.
The male guests and female relatives were separated, and the King of Ningxia specifically told the woman, "Ying'er, don't let anyone bully you while I'm here."
The beautiful young woman Ying'er smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never embarrass you."
Upon learning that the King of Ningxia brought a concubine with him, Song Yirou was furious, "Go and kick that bitch out!"
"I dare not." said the maid, shrinking aside.
"You're a waste!" Song Yirou cursed. Her leg was injured, otherwise she would have gone to chase him away herself.
The maid said she would not go out no matter what, and Song Yirou couldn't go out, so she grabbed the things at hand and hit people while roaring.
The maidservant was dodging until Song Yirou smashed everything at hand and the room was in a mess. Then she dared to say, "I will go and invite the second wife."
Mrs. Song II had already arrived without her invitation.
"Who did Helian Yuanzai bring with him? Is it that little bitch surnamed Zhuang?" Song Yirou asked sternly.
"It's not Zhuang, it's a woman named Ying'er, who is very charming and has a worldly air." Mrs. Song's expression was equally ugly.
"Whoever she is, kick her out, kick her out." Song Yirou screamed.
Mrs. Song's face became even uglier. "She refused to leave even though she was kicked out. She even said that she was brought by the prince. If we kick her out, we are kicking out the prince."
"Why not just carry her out by force?" Song Yirou suggested.
"With so many people here, how can we force her out?" Mrs. Song sighed.
"What's wrong with that? She's just a lowly concubine." Song Yirou said as she moved to the bedside, "I'll go, I'll drive her away."
"Don't move. You're still injured." Mrs. Song held her down. "Don't worry about it. Your aunt will find a way to get rid of her."
"Okay." Although Song Yirou was unwilling, she knew that she couldn't go out now and argue with that bitch. Her legs hurt badly as soon as she moved.
Ying'er was also a very thick-skinned person. Even if no one paid attention to her, she would still sit aside, eating melon seeds, watching the show, and enjoying herself.
The newcomers who didn't know her identity started to talk to her, "Which mansion are you from?"
"I'm from the Ningxia Palace." Ying'er didn't need anyone to tell her her identity, she said it herself, "I'm the prince's concubine."
The lady who was talking to him changed her expression slightly. Can a concubine now follow her master to a banquet? And the banquet was held at the wife's parents' home!
"How dare a concubine sit here so brazenly? How disrespectful." A lady said unhappily.
"There's nothing I can do. The prince dotes on me." Ying'er was very proud.
Even if they wanted to impeach the King of Ningxia for favoring his concubine over his wife, they would have to go back and tell their husbands. Right now, these noble ladies really couldn't do anything to Ying'er for the time being.
You can't drive them away, and they pretend not to understand you when you make indirect accusations.
The Song family held this birthday banquet to show off, but now it has become a joke.
I have very few teeth left in my mouth, but I still have toothaches. I can only drink rice water for three days. I look at the meat with green eyes, but I have no teeth and cannot bite it. I feel so pitiful.
(End of this chapter)