klisemfg Chapter 523: The Court of Justice and Law
Chapter 523: The Court of Justice and Law
Chapter 523: Court Argument, the Land of Law
Yin paused, and stole a glance at the prefect Zheng Tong in the hall...
Seeing Zheng Tong’s calm face, not angry at all, he continued, “Besides, the eldest lady in the mansion is a daughter of gold!
We have raised and taken care of the young lady for so many years, doesn't that cost money?
Just say it is... just say it is the pair of children born to me;
If...if the late madam were still alive, my two children would also call the late madam mother!
Isn't it a mother's job to raise her children?
Now, it’s just that the late lady is gone.
I also know that now that the late wife is gone, her dowry will naturally fall on the eldest daughter.
But the eldest daughter is still young after all, and she still needs to be raised by her father and stepmother, right?
Without the careful care of the young lady, the marquis, and the old lady, how could the eldest lady have grown up safely to this day?
In the final analysis, it’s nothing more than... after the late lady passed away, we... we secretly used some of the late lady’s dowry.
We admit we were wrong.
But it’s hard to say how big a sin it is, right?
There is no need to arrest our whole family and interrogate them, and to torture the Marquis and my wife!
May I ask, sir, is it unjust that my family and I have suffered such a great crime now?"
Yin endured the pain and kissed for such a long time. She was even glad that she was not interrupted by Zheng Tong.
Of course no one interrupted him.
Since it is a trial, the prisoner naturally has the right to appeal in court.
Say, let her say;
Let her argue.
But in the end, it’s based on facts and evidence.
Yin talked until he was at a loss for words and had nothing more to say.
Yin didn't dare to say any more, as the saying goes, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make.
At least until now she still doesn't know what Leng Xian said in the Golden Palace?
What if... what if things get sidetracked... it might lead to trouble.
Thinking of this, Yin simply shut up.
Yin stopped talking.
The lobby suddenly fell into silence.
Yin was just feeling lucky that Zheng Tong didn't interrupt her when she was arguing;
But at this moment, I was frightened by the silence again...
I have been talking for so long and have said so much...
What did Zheng Tong, the prefect, think after hearing this?
What would you think?
What will happen next?
There must be an explanation and a result!
But... Zheng Tong didn't say anything...
This silence made Yin more and more nervous, until she was covered in cold sweat, soaking her clothes.
At this moment, the pain on Yin's face seemed to have eased a little, leaving only a tingling numbness.
Yin's lips trembled, she wanted to say something else, but she had nothing to say;
I wanted to ask Zheng Tong, but I didn’t know what to ask.
What's more, Yin didn't dare to ask the prefect Zheng Tong for an explanation in court.
So Yin had no choice but to shut up.
Zheng Tong sat behind the desk in the lobby, just looking at Yin who was kneeling below. He did not interrogate her or ask any questions, just left her alone.
It was obvious that Yin was left feeling lost and at a loss.
The lobby was still quiet.
The crowd listening to the trial also fell into an eerie silence due to the silence in the hall...
There were so many people present, but no one made a sound; people even breathed softly!
It was not until Yin was about to faint from the silence that she heard the prefect Zheng Tong's question in the hall: "Yin, are you done?
Are you sure you don't want to say it?"
The prefect Zheng Tong said this lightly, and clearly did not say anything threatening;
But when he suddenly spoke, Yin felt as if all the hairs on her body stood up!
Yin's thick, swollen lips moved but no sound came out.
How should she answer?
Answer: Am I done?
Not going to say anymore?
Or what else do you want to say?
Zheng Tong snorted coldly and slammed the gavel lightly.
"Yin, you really have a good mouth for making excuses and flattering statements!
You actually cried out for injustice!
Are you really wronged?
As you just said, this government ordered that all the people from your Qinxing Marquis Mansion be arrested and imprisoned in Shuntian Prefecture, just to recover the dowry of the late wife of Qinxing Marquis Mansion.
Come to think of it...it's true.
This government wants to recover the dowry for the late madam and the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Qinxing's mansion, the dowry that originally belonged to them.
But it's more than that.
Speaking of my late wife’s dowry…
Now that the late madam is gone, her dowry naturally belongs to her only daughter, Leng Rongyue.
Neither Leng Xian nor his mother had the right to use or enjoy it;
What's more, you have no right to use even a penny of your illegitimate concubine, and the pair of illegitimate children you gave birth to.
If you use it, it is a sin!
Also, you just said that it was the Anguo Mansion that hated you and made things difficult for you because Leng Xian, the Marquis of Qinxing, married you as his second wife after his first wife passed away and had a pair of children with you.
I advise you to keep your words to yourself behind closed doors.
This is the court of Shuntian Prefecture!
The court of Shuntian Prefecture is a place where the law is enforced!"