The case in which Xia Wan'er, the second daughter of the Xiangfu family, sued Hu Huanxi, the eldest daughter of the Hu family of Dingfenghao, for assault caused an uproar in the capital.
Hu Huanxi denied the charge and said that she had not seen Xia Wan'er since she beat her that day.
She submitted evidence of her alibi, and there was supporting evidence. Many people saw with their own eyes that after Xia Wan'er left, she went into the Charity House and did not come out until more than an hour later.
Moreover, people in the charity home also said that Hu Huanxi had been in the charity home all this time and had never gone out.
This does not match the time period submitted by Xia Wan'er.
Xia Wan'er almost spat out a mouthful of blood after hearing what the Ministry of Justice said. How dare that woman let the people testify for her? She had deceived the people.
"Oh, right," Xia Wan'er suddenly remembered that she went into a residential building after beating someone up, "You go check that residential building. She escaped from this residential building after beating me up. There were people in the residential building at the time, and there were residential buildings nearby. She beat me up with such a loud noise, everyone nearby must have known about it."
The Ministry of Justice had no choice but to continue sending people to investigate, but when they asked the residents in the nearby houses, they all said in unison that there was indeed a lively scene that day, but the scene was just tung oil dealers quarreling and fighting, not the eldest daughter of the Hu family beating the second daughter of the prime minister's mansion.
As for Hu Huanxi leaving a private house, the officers also went to inquire about it, but the family said they had never seen anyone come in and did not know Hu Huanxi.
Xia Wan'er knew that Hu Huanxi must have bribed those people. She was rich and powerful, and those people were also blinded by money. It was easiest to make those people shut up.
She lost her temper in the Ministry of Justice and asked the officials to investigate. This matter even alarmed the prime minister. When the prime minister rushed over, the situation was already out of control.
What was out of control was that the Hu family went to the government to file a complaint, saying that Xia Wan'er had beaten someone in the street.
The government office had no choice but to investigate, and they found out that Xia Wan'er had indeed beaten someone, and that many people had witnessed it with their own eyes. So, Xia Wan'er had to be arrested.
However, the government was also in a difficult situation, because Xia Wan'er was the daughter of the prime minister and the future crown princess. If she was detained, would the queen be furious
Lord Liang, the Jingzhao Yin, had no idea how to deal with the situation and had to ask for instructions from Grand Tutor Liang.
When Taifu Liang heard that it was another dirty business of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he could not help but get furious, "Why are you asking me this? Go find your boss, let the Ministry of Justice handle this matter."
"However, if the Ministry of Justice handles it, I'm afraid it will be handled impartially."
Tutor Liang was in a dilemma. He couldn't offend the Hu family at this critical juncture. However, if Xia Wan'er was convicted of beating someone in the street, how could a guilty person become the Crown Princess
If this marriage fails, Xia Huaijun will probably turn against us. Now it is heard that he has close contacts with the noble concubine.
But if he came forward to help Xia Wan'er, how would he explain to Hu Huanxi? It was a rare opportunity for her to invite the prince out, and this time she established a positive image for the prince. If it was not handled well, and the Hu family backed off, their losses would be great.
"Why is Xia Wan'er so troublesome? Does she have a pig brain? Now even the prince doesn't like her, and she still goes to cause trouble?" Taifu Liang was helpless and could only complain angrily.
Lord Liang said, "Indeed, no daughter of a rich family is as twisted as Xia Wan'er. I really don't know why the Crown Prince fell in love with her in the first place. Now it seems that the eldest daughter of the Xiangfu, Xia Zi'an, is a hundred times more outstanding than her."
Taifu Liang was also angry. Didn't he think Xia Zian was not favored at the beginning? That's why he let the prince approach Xia Wan'er. Moreover, Xia Wan'er was not like this at the beginning. She got along well with the prince and the prince liked her. Unexpectedly, she became more and more out of shape later.
"How about this, you try to find a middleman to mediate and let the Ministry of Justice handle it at its discretion. Don't just hold the case against him. I can't interfere in this matter."
After a pause, Taifu Liang suddenly said, "Go and tell Prime Minister Xia to go find Duke Jin and have him go to the Ministry of Justice to say a few words. It would be best if Xia Wan'er went to apologize to Hu Huanxi and let this matter be settled."
After receiving the order, Lord Liang first went to find Prime Minister Xia. Prime Minister Xia knew the seriousness of the situation, so he went to find Ximen Xiaoyue as instructed and asked Ximen Xiaoyue to ask Duke Jin to say a few words on his behalf.
Seeing that Prime Minister Xia had divorced Ximen Xiaoyue but was still in contact with her, Duke Jin hoped to form an in-law relationship with the Prime Minister's family in the future, so he went to the Ministry of Justice to negotiate the matter.
The Ministry of Justice didn't want to bother with the fight between the two women, so they followed the Duke of Jin's instructions and told Xia Wan'er to apologize to Hu Huanxi.
Xia Wan'er was originally waiting for the Ministry of Justice to arrest someone, but she didn't expect that the Ministry of Justice would also ask her to apologize. How could she swallow this
She refused to apologize and asked the Ministry of Justice to continue investigating the beating. When the Ministry of Justice tried to reason with her, she instead made a scene and smashed many things in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice.
The Ministry of Justice had no choice but to order her to be detained first.
This matter is bound to reach the ears of the Empress Dowager.
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager said nothing, but asked Eunuch Sun to go and call the Queen.
The Queen had just learned about this matter and had not had time to deal with it when she heard Eunuch Sun come to report it. She sighed softly and ordered the maid beside her, "Go and tell the Grand Tutor that this marriage is probably going to fail. Ask him to think of another way to keep Prime Minister Xia. If he can't keep him, forget it."
"Yes!" said the maid.
Concubine Yi happened to go over to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. Of course, this "coincident" was not really a coincidence, because Concubine Yi was very sharp-eyed and knew about this matter, so she came over to pay her respects.
When Concubine Yi heard the Empress Dowager talking about this, she frowned and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me for saying so much. I really don't understand why the Empress wanted His Royal Highness to marry Xia Wan'er. Everyone knows that Xia Wan'er is not the Prime Minister's biological daughter. When Chen Linglong married, she was already pregnant and gave birth to Xia Lin and Xia Wan'er. Prime Minister Xia couldn't admit it because of his face. But their Prime Minister's Mansion pretended to be confused about this matter, but we in the royal family can't pretend to be confused. If we marry a woman of unknown origin, she will be the mother of the country in the future."
The Empress Dowager had heard of this before, but she had not tried to tell the difference between true and false rumors. In addition, she had received instructions from the ancestor Hanshan before, asking her to stop this marriage, and saying that Xia Zian would take action. After all the twists and turns, Xia Zian had done nothing, and it all came back to her.
Of course, she didn't actually know that it was Xia Zian who did it this time.
The Queen Mother sighed softly, "I have always disagreed, but it was the Queen who issued the decree. Wasn't I looking for an opportunity to cancel this marriage? Now seems to be a good time, but..."
Concubine Yi asked, "Does the Queen Mother still have concerns?"
"I have no concerns, but some people have disappointed me." The Queen Mother was talking about Xia Zian. She had been waiting for Xia Zian to take action, but it was obvious that she was only concerned with fighting for some land, or developing feelings with Ajie, and had no intention of changing the current situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Prime Minister's Mansion needs to deliver a severe blow to Xia Huaijun before he can feel awe.
(End of this chapter)