The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 493 Cao Fangqing dies!

"mother!"

Seeing Cao Fangqing almost going crazy, the two young masters of Anyang Marquis's Mansion held her back from the left and right as she was about to rush into the crowd, with complicated expressions on their faces: shock, disappointment, sadness, shame...

"Cao Fangqing, I know about this. The Marquis of Anyang favored the eldest daughter of the Cao family, not you, Cao Fangqing. You are so shameless to say that the Marquis of Anyang is yours! Bah!"

"To snatch the good marriage of my eldest sister, he actually killed someone. How vicious!"

In the crowd, two ladies who usually acted submissive in front of Cao Fangqing looked at Cao Fangqing who was about to rush up to them with mocking faces.

"You! How did you try to please me on weekdays? Now that I'm down and out, you're here to add insult to injury? No matter how despicable I am, Cao Fangqing, I can't be compared to you two bastards who are not loved by your father or mother!"

Cao Fangqing's face was distorted, and she shouted at the two of them! Seeing the obvious contempt in their eyes, she suddenly had a lot of strength, broke free from her two sons' hands, and rushed towards them.

The two ladies were caught off guard and were knocked to the ground by her. In the blink of an eye, their hair was messed up by Cao Fangqing and their faces were burning with pain.

The two of them were hot-tempered by nature and would not suffer any loss, so they started to wrestle with Cao Fangqing and vented all the grievances they had suffered from her on a daily basis.

The Damazi mother also took the opportunity to help the two ladies. After secretly kicking Cao Fangqing again, she quickly stepped back a few steps and hid in the crowd to watch the fun.

It all happened so fast that by the time everyone reacted, the three of them were already in disarray and twisted into a ball.

"Don't hit my mother, stop it!" The two young masters of Anyang Marquis' Mansion reacted the fastest. They shouted at the same time, took a few steps forward, pried open the hands of the two ladies who were grabbing Cao Fangqing's hair and clothes, and let Cao Fangqing let go of the two men's hair, and protected her and retreated back to the lobby.

"Madame Zhao, why don't you bring people up to help!" Almost at the same time, Zhao Ting'er yelled at Madame Zhao outside the yamen. Seeing her daughter being bullied, her face was so gloomy that water could drip out.

The two ladies also brought their maids with them. Just now, the three ladies were fighting, and they didn't dare to fight. They could only anxiously persuade the ladies to calm down. At this time, they saw Madam Zhao leading a group of servants to fight with their ladies. How could they let them touch their ladies? They thought they would die if they went back, so they rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward.

Seeing that a group of people were about to fight at the gate of the yamen, the prefect was so angry that his head hurt and he slammed the gavel heavily.

"How disgraceful! How disgraceful! Come here, if they make trouble again, arrest them all and give them twenty lashes each!"

Frightened by the gavel of the prefect, the two ladies and their maids ran away as the officials were about to arrest them. Aunt Zhao also stood aside obediently with a sullen look on her face.

"Fangqing, let me see where you are hurt?"

Zhao Ting'er held Cao Fangqing's hand, her face full of heartache.

"Master, are you just going to watch our daughter being bullied like this?"

Zhao Ting'er felt a chill in her heart when she saw that everyone in the hall except her two nephews looked on coldly. She looked at General Cao and asked with gritted teeth.

"She is reaping the fruits of her own labor!" General Cao had no sympathy for the mother and daughter. He looked at Zhao Ting'er and her daughter with disgust, then turned to the prefect and said, "Sir, since the facts of the case are clear, please make the decision for my daughter Cao Fangruo."

Zhao Ting'er looked at General Cao's heartless expression, her head felt dizzy, and she fell to the ground in despair. All the past events came to her mind. Was it all her own wishful thinking? He had clearly doted on her in every way some time ago.

But looking at her daughter who was leaning against her side in a dishevel, Zhao Ting'er pinched herself and regained her spirits. She wanted to find a way to protect her daughter.

"Your Excellency, although Fang Qing and I did plot to cause Cao Fangruo to fall off the cliff, she is still standing here in good health and is fine! Please be lenient with her!"

Zhao Ting'er knelt on her knees and bowed deeply to the prefect, with pleading eyes.

"I am still alive because of my good fortune, and my husband spared no effort to save me. They killed me and didn't even think of letting me live. Their intentions were vicious. Please, sir, give them a heavy sentence!"

Cao Fangruo flicked his sleeves, knelt down in front of the prefect, and spoke loudly.

"Your Excellency, you should think carefully. If the sentence is too light, people will follow suit and the impact will be so great that Your Excellency cannot afford it!"

The old prime minister stroked his beard, squinted his eyes and looked at the prefect.

The prefect held in his hand the note that his legal advisor had just quietly handed to him. It was sent by his mentor, the Minister of Rites, and he had not had time to read it.

But he could roughly guess what was written on it.

His forehead was sweating and he was in a dilemma.

Looking at the old prime minister, old general Cao, and junior general Cao staring at him, he gritted his teeth and pronounced a verdict on Zhao Ting'er and Cao Fangqing: "According to the law of the hall, Cao Fangqing plotted to murder my eldest sister, and shall be caned 100 times. Zhao Ting'er helped to plan it, and shall be caned 50 times."

After all, Cao Fangruo was not dead yet, he could not directly sentence Cao Fangqing to death. This was the only way. Cao Fangqing's body would not be able to withstand 100 strokes of the cane, and this would give an explanation to the old prime minister and the others. Zhao Ting'er would be beaten with 50 strokes of the cane, and his people would show mercy and she would just need to rest for a while, and this would also make sense to his mentor.

"Someone, come and punish me!"

Seeing that the old prime minister and others had no objection, the prefect rang the gavel and the court official gave orders.

"Wait!"

Seeing that the officers were about to come over to grab them, Zhao Ting'er hugged the trembling Cao Fangqing, raised her head and shouted loudly.

"Fang Qing and I are first-rank imperial officials. According to Daxia law, we can be exempted from caning and redeem our sins with silver!"

Hearing Zhao Ting'er's words, Lin Xi frowned. Does Daxia still have such a broken rule?

She looked at the old prime minister, who nodded at her, looked outside the yamen, and signaled her to be patient.

"Miss Cao, we in Daxia do have this law! Do you think so?"

The prefect looked at Cao Fangruo with a kind face and said.

This is not his fault. He did not cover up for Zhao Ting'er and Cao Fangqing this time. Da Xia had this rule and he couldn't do anything about it.

Before Cao Fangruo could say anything, a voice suddenly came from outside the government office: "Send the order of the Regent! The wife of General Fuguo, Zhao Ting'er, and the wife of Marquis Anyang, Cao Fangqing, are vicious and have bad character. They are not worthy of the title of Consorts of Imperial Consorts. The titles of Consorts of Imperial Consorts for them are hereby revoked!"

Everyone looked up and saw Leng Yi walking in with a token in hand and announced loudly.

"Sir, I have passed on the order from the Regent. It will not affect your investigation!"

Leng Yi deliberately held up the token and paused for a while in front of the prefect. After he finished speaking, he bowed to Lin Xi and said, "Greetings, Miss Lin. The Regent ordered me to pass on a message. If you are willing, you can visit the palace!"

"Guard Leng, long time no see! Well, after I finish my work in the capital, I will definitely go to the palace to take a good look!"

Lin Xi smiled at Leng Yi, bowed, and said in a crisp voice.

Seeing that Lin Xi agreed to enter the palace, Leng Yi raised the corner of his lips, bowed rudely to the old prime minister and others, and left quickly.

The prefect watched the interaction between Leng Yi and Lin Xi, his eyes rolled around, and after Leng Yi left, he smiled politely at Lin Xi and said, "I wonder which family this young lady belongs to?"

"I am not a noble lady, but just an ordinary citizen. This is my mother, and this is my father! Please continue to investigate the case and make a decision for my mother!"

Lin Xi pointed at Cao Fangruo and Lin Dayong, and spoke politely to the prefect.

The prefect heard this and his mind turned slightly. His expression straightened as he looked at Zhao Ting'er and Cao Fangqing in the hall and said, "You two no longer have imperial decrees. Accept your punishment!"

After saying this, he made a gesture to the officer, who knew that the gesture meant no mercy.

"I don't want to be beaten! I am the wife of the Marquis of Anyang, you can't hit me!"

After hearing the order from the Regent, Cao Fangqing was stunned! It was not until her arm was pulled that Cao Fangqing woke up from her fear and shouted at the top of her voice.

"Don't touch my daughter! Master, please save our daughter. Fang Qing will definitely die if she is lashed with a hundred sticks!"

Zhao Ting'er held Cao Fangqing tightly and refused to let go, watching General Cao begging bitterly.

General Cao turned his face to the other side and did not look at the mother and daughter.

Upon seeing this, the prefect raised his hand to the official, and Zhao Ting'er and her daughter were pulled apart and pressed firmly onto the bench. As the boards kept falling, the hall became quiet, leaving only the screams of the mother and daughter.

"Ah! Cao Fang, Fang Ruo, you must not die well! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"

Cao Fangqing screamed and cursed. Seeing Lin Xi frowning, the prefect glanced at the legal advisor next to him. The legal advisor quickly walked up to Cao Fangqing and stuffed a rag into her mouth.

Zhao Ting'er glared at the people in the hall fiercely, bit her lips tightly, and said nothing more.

"Go notify the people from Anyang Marquis' Mansion to come pick them up!"

The prefect looked around and did not find the two sons of the Marquis of Anyang who were still in the yamen before the execution, so he gave instructions to the officers.

After a hundred strokes of the cane, Cao Fangqing was already dead. They said they were picking someone up, but in fact they were just taking the body back.

"Mom! Mom! Wake up! Your son has brought grandma and father to save you! Wake up!"

Just after hearing that the Regent had revoked the imperial edicts and titles of their mother and grandmother, the two young masters knew that something was wrong and quickly returned home to seek help.

Unexpectedly, it was still a step too late. Cao Fangqing had already completed his punishment and died.

The two young masters and Wang Siruo hugged Cao Fangqing's body and cried bitterly. Zhao Ting'er looked at her daughter's bloody body, tears streaming down her face. She secretly vowed to kill all the people present and avenge her daughter.

"The old lady and the marquis are here, please take the wife of the Marquis of Anyang back with you!"

The prefect stood up and said with a sigh.

"My Lord and I are here to give Cao a divorce letter! She is a vicious person and is not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of our Wang family. From today on, she is no longer a member of the Wang family. We in the Marquisate will not take her body!"

The old lady of Anyang Marquis pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve, threw it at Cao Fangqing, and said while holding the Buddhist beads in her hand.

She had originally planned to consult with Cao Fangruo privately when she came to Beijing for revenge, and to get rid of Cao Fangqing without causing any trouble, so as not to drag down the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion. However, she had no idea that she would come to Beijing so quickly and without any noise.

"Grandmother! Father! Aren't we here to save mother? How can we divorce her?"

"Father, please take back the divorce letter. You can't do this to mother!"

"Grandma! Grandma! You love me the most. I beg you to take my mother back and bury her in the ancestral tomb!"

The two sons of Marquis Anyang and Wang Siruo knelt before the old lady and Marquis Anyang, begging bitterly.

"Stupid! Your mother did such a cruel thing, how could the Marquisate tolerate her? Having such a mother will affect your future career and marriage!"

The old lady of Marquis Anyang looked at the three people crying miserably, suppressed her heartache, and said cruelly.

"Stop making trouble! Go back home with Daddy and Grandma!"

Across Cao Fangqing's body, Marquis Anyang took a deep look at the person he had missed for many years, and said to his three children.

After saying this, he supported the old lady of Marquis Anyang and slowly left with a group of guards.

Wang Siruo looked at her grandmother and father who had already walked away, then looked at her mother who was lying on the ground in a bloody mess. She gritted her teeth and chased after her father and grandmother.

"I apologize to you for the crime my mother committed. Now that the hatred has been resolved, please allow the two of us brothers to bury my mother!"

The eldest son of the Anyang Marquis's Mansion knelt down before Cao Fangruo, kowtowed respectfully to her, and said in a mournful voice.

"She has received the punishment she deserves. I will not stop you from fulfilling your filial piety!"

Cao Fangruo looked at the young man in front of him, sighed and said, the evil deeds done by adults still hurt the children.

The eldest son of the Anyang Marquis's Mansion bowed to Cao Fangruo again, and then returned to his younger brother and mother.

"Second brother, help mother onto my back, and let's go bury her!"

"Okay, big brother!"

The eldest son of the Anyang Marquis's Mansion carried Cao Fangqing on his back, and the second son carefully supported her from behind. The two of them staggered all the way towards the city gate. From time to time, a drop of Cao Fangqing's blood flowed out, raising fine dust.

The crowd that was watching the joke just now became quiet. Cao Fangqing was a vicious person, but his two sons were loyal and righteous.

Zhao Ting'er watched her nephew carrying her daughter's body farther and farther away, and finally couldn't help but yelled: "Ah!"

The cry was shrill!

The onlookers touched their ears, and seeing that they had watched enough of the fun, they left one after another.

"Cao Fangruo, you are the one who killed my daughter. Just wait, I will not let you go!"

Zhao Ting'er was so injured that she dared not move just now, but in just a short while, her injuries were almost healed. She hobbled to Cao Fangruo and said viciously.

Lin Xi frowned when he saw this. The imperial teacher's medicine was so effective. No, he couldn't let Zhao Tinger cause trouble any more. He had to get rid of her quickly.

"Great-grandfather, the people who accused Zhao Ting'er have all been brought back. Let's just get rid of Zhao Ting'er today. We can't keep her here!"

Hearing Lin Xi's voice transmission, the old prime minister looked at her in surprise, thought for a moment, nodded to Lin Xi, then strode to the hall, bowed to the prefect and said: "I want to sue this Zhao Ting'er for causing my daughter Zhao Yan'er to die in an avalanche during childbirth many years ago."