The princess is beautiful and Ziye

Chapter 72

Wei Shi, who had been standing silently behind Xie Boming, pretending to be a transparent person, suddenly raised his head when he heard this.

She remembered that Xie Boming had told her that the one who concurrently served as governor of Shuntian Mansion was the prince who beat her Hui'er yesterday!
A look of hatred burst out from Wei Shi's downcast eyes.

Xie Tinglan walked towards Wei Shi, calling out warmly, "Mother."

The hatred in Wei Shi's eyes faded away, he raised his eyes to look at her, eased his complexion and hummed, "Here we come. How did you rest yesterday?"

Yuxiu's pupils shrank, she quietly looked at Wei Shi a few times, and thought to herself that the sun is coming out from the west again.

After Xie Tinglan and Xie Boming finished their salutes, they stood beside Wei, and said softly, "Shang Ke, thank you for your concern. How is mother? I heard this morning that my sister lost her temper in the Ruyi Pavilion. I haven't heard yet. Ask, why did my sister go back home without permission yesterday? Fortunately, the emperor never blamed her."

At the same time, Xie Boming also heard Xie Tinglan's words, frowned, looked at Wei Shi and said, "When you go back, let Xie Shuhui come to see me."

Wei Shi and Xie Shuhui had already discussed their speeches, and replied calmly.

Before Fu Pingye came in, Xie Boming never thought that the crown prince would really handle Mrs. Xie's matter as Shuntian governor.

Everyone in the room saluted the prince one after another. Fu Pingye walked through the courtroom without looking sideways, went to the head of the court and sat down, and said: "Bring the criminals and witnesses here, and settle it early. There is still something to do."

The crown prince's presence is already a great deal of face to Gu Fucheng, although he can interrogate these matters on his behalf if Shang Feng is invited, but it is better for the crown prince to come if this matter involves the Shang Shufu.

Gu Fucheng winked at the yamen servants in the hall, and they immediately understood, and hurriedly went to the prison to mention Zhong Ling and Nanny Li.

The old lady Xie was forced to straighten her body and knelt on the ground by the yamen servants. Fu Pingye raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then lowered his head and flipped through the file in his hand.

Said: "Xie Meng, under the hall, participated in the cover-up in the capital's Qianjintai, Xianlefang and other gambling houses. The money involved exceeded 3 taels. The evidence is solid. Can you plead guilty?"

He lazily supported the side of his face with his hands, and the files under his hand were rattling. Although his tone was calm, it could not calm down Mrs. Xie.

She can't plead guilty even if she is killed!According to the laws of the capital, as soon as she admits to this crime, her hands will be gone!

Mrs. Xie estimated that her voice was hoarse after all the trouble last night, and she yelled at herself like a broken bellows: "My lord! The women are wronged! The women are wronged!"

Fu Pingye's eyes flashed with impatience, and he stopped turning the scroll, pinching the scroll with his fingertips and twisting it hard.

The reason why he was unwilling to come to Shuntian Mansion Shengtang to try the case in the past was because of this. Those who committed crimes always felt that they could escape if they refused to admit it.

He found a lot of excuses to complain about himself, but in the end he had to sign and pledge. Nothing changed, and he was only wasting his time.

Fu Pingye gave the dossier to Zhizhong beside him, nodded his chin towards Mrs. Xie, and said, "Go and show her."

Xie Boming stood up in embarrassment, "Your Highness...my mother is illiterate..."

"Then you see." Fu Pingye signaled that Zhizhong would hand it over to Xie Boming, and said to Mrs. Xie, "Your son will never wrong you."

Xie Boming didn't want to read the dossier at all, Mrs. Xie is a country woman, how could Gu Fucheng frame her?

Xie Boming flipped through the file with stiff fingers, on which were written the things Mrs. Xie did, like several slaps on Xie Boming's face in turn.

Xie Boming's face turned green, Mrs. Xie turned her head away after a few glances, not daring to look at her son, a low sob sounded in the hall.

Xie Boming returned the dossier and said, "Your Highness and the Fu Cheng will never wrong my mother. This is my mother's own muddleheaded mistake. Please deal with it according to the law."

"Minger!" Mrs. Xie wanted to ask Xie Boming to save her, but just as she called out to him, she saw Xie Boming's eyes looking over, wishing to stab her heart like a knife.

The old lady Xie was completely discouraged.

At this time, the yamen servant also brought Zhong Ling and Nanny Li up.

The two of them had already been tortured until they lost their temper, they knelt down like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and confessed all the filthy things Mrs. Xie had done.

Mrs. Xie liked to gamble when she was in the country. She even lost all the dowry she brought from her natal family, so she was exposed to be beaten by Mrs. Xie, and vowed never to gamble again.

At that time, their family put all their money on Xie Boming's imperial examination. Mrs. Xie had no money to gamble, but she still wanted to, so she secretly went to see him playing horses and hanging flowers to quench his thirst.

Because of this, she settled down for a long time, but she moved to the capital with her son, and she would see the old ladies of those rich families play leaf cards and horse hangers together to play money.

The old lady Xie thought about why they could not do it on their own, so their hearts arose again.

But people looked down on her and didn't take her to play, so Mrs. Xie went to the gambling house under the instigation of the nurse who served her.

According to Nanny Li, Mrs. Xie has been secretly gambling for more than ten years, and stealing Xie Tinglan's things to pay for her gambling debts did not happen in the past few years, but started when she was a child.

Is it because the time for not reporting has not come yet, when the old lady Xie went again this year, she lost a lot of money and stole a lot of jewelry from Xie Tinglan, and she also paid a lot of it herself, but she still didn't make it, and gave it to the people in the gambling shop Secretly threatened several times.

When Mrs. Xie was in a state of desperation, Zhong Ling said that Xie Tinglan got a priceless green jade hairpin from Mrs. Wei, which would definitely plug up Mrs. Xie's hole. The only downside was that the hairpin was too new, if Take it, maybe Xie Tinglan will find out.

But Mrs. Xie has no way out. She already has a criminal record. If Mrs. Xie finds out about this, her life will be in danger.

The old lady Xie became cruel and ordered Zhong Ling to steal it.

Sure enough, those debts were paid off. Mrs. Xie was afraid this time. She said in her heart that this was the last time, and she would never gamble again.

Unexpectedly, this time, she completely exposed herself.

The old lady Xie was crying and howling in the hall, "Master Guan, please spare me! These are all done by them and Nanny Ping to seduce the women! The women did not do it voluntarily! Please forgive me, Lord Guan! Please forgive the women this time." , the woman will never gamble again next time! I beg you to be merciful!"

Fu Pingye took old lady Xie's accusation out of the file, threw it directly to Zhizhong, and said to old lady Xie expressionlessly: "Sign and draw."

The pleadings were transferred to the yamen servants, and they swiftly took out the prepared red clay from their bosoms, and forced Mrs. Xie to sign and deposit it.

There are all witnesses and material evidence, and the old lady Xie is not allowed to be rude. After the pleadings are signed, the execution will be carried out according to the law.

The imperial court still left a way out for these people. First-time offenders don't need to cut off two hands, just one.

The yamen servant had already drawn his knife and was about to execute in court.

Subconsciously, Fu Pingye glanced at Xie Tinglan who was standing aside from the corner of his eye, and interrupted the yamen servant.

"Go out and chop."

The yamen servant answered yes, grabbed the old lady Xie Boming to save her like a lunatic, and couldn't break free, and brought the old lady out of the court.

Knife up and down.

Only the old lady Xie let out a miserable howl like killing a pig, and the whole person fell silent.

Xie Boming's disgust and hatred are greater than his heartache, he just feels tired now, because of Mrs. Xie's stupidity, he was reprimanded by the emperor and forced to 'shut up and think about his mistakes'.

To be honest, he really didn't feel relieved enough to chop off a hand.

(End of this chapter)