PDLP Chapter 1437 This kind of trash doesn't even deserve it?
Chapter 1437 This kind of trash doesn't even deserve it?
"Later, because he was lazy and unambitious, you couldn't make ends meet. So you followed his advice and found an honest and reliable man to take over, who is our poor Mr. Wang Tiechui."
“I lied to him and said you were an orphan who had wandered here, which won his sympathy and made him spend all his savings to marry you.”
"And you, on the other hand, spend his money with a clear conscience, while secretly meeting with your old lover in the grove behind his back."
"Am I wrong?"
Lin Zhen's every word was deeply etched in Zhao Shou'er's heart!
Her already pale face was now as white as a sheet of paper!
"No! That's not true! You're making false accusations!" she screamed hysterically.
"Slanderous accusations?" Lin Zhen sneered. "Liu Wenxuan, you tell me yourself."
"I..." The pretty boy called "Liu Wenxuan" glanced at the cold-eyed guard beside him, and his legs went weak, causing him to kneel down on the ground.
"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me!" He kowtowed frantically on the ground like a dog, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"
"It's her! It's all because of that bitch who seduced me!" He pointed at Zhao Shou'er, his once handsome face now contorted with rage!
"She said Wang Tiechui was a fool, rich but stupid and easy to fool! She wanted me to act in a play with her, and after we swindled all his money, we would run away together!"
"Your Highness, this really has nothing to do with me! I was just confused for a moment and was blinded by this vile woman!"
His irresponsible words, pushing all the blame onto the woman, drew contempt from everyone present.
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Shou'er looked at the man who had sworn eternal love to her just a few days ago, and now he had betrayed her so heartlessly. Her big, watery eyes were instantly filled with endless resentment and venom!
"Liu Wenxuan! You ungrateful beast! I must have been blind to have ever fallen for you!"
"That's enough." Lin Zhen waved his hand impatiently at the scene of dogs fighting each other.
His gaze fell on the trembling middle-aged man.
"and who are you?"
"Your Highness," the middle-aged man replied, startled. "My name is Zhang San, and I am the manager of the Yihong Courtyard in the city."
"The brothel?" Lin Zhen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
“Yes.” Zhang San nodded. “This woman worked as a maid in our courtyard for a period of time before she married Wang Tiechui.”
boom--!
His words shocked everyone in the hall!
Everyone's face was filled with shock!
A courtesan?
Isn't that just a prostitute?
Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to the woman who was slumped on the ground.
The sympathy and pity they once showed were gone from their eyes.
All that remained was contempt and disgust.
"No! He's talking nonsense!" Zhao Shou'er looked around with disdain and roared!
"Silence!" The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was so shocked by the dramatic reversal of the year's biggest story that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
He picked up the gavel and slammed it down heavily.
The lobby gradually quieted down.
All eyes were on Lin Zhen.
They were waiting for the Great Qian Prince, who had orchestrated this whole drama, to deliver the final verdict.
Lin Zhen looked down at the pitiful creatures struggling for their lives, his face showing no emotion whatsoever.
He spoke slowly, his voice cold and devoid of any emotion.
"In this case, the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive."
"Although Wang Tiechui acted inappropriately while drunk, considering that he was a victim and his situation was pitiful, he was found not guilty and released in court."
"Zhao Shou'er, as a woman, has failed to uphold the virtues of womanhood, losing her virginity before marriage and committing adultery after marriage. Furthermore, she has conspired with her lover to swindle money. Her heart is despicable! Her actions are contemptible! She is sentenced to eighty strokes of the cane, tattooed, and exiled, never to return to the capital!"
"Liu Wenxuan, as a scholar, is unambitious, wicked, and colludes with adulterous women to swindle money from others and tarnish the reputation of scholars. He is hereby stripped of his academic titles, given one hundred strokes of the cane, and exiled to the frontier to perform military service!"
"Zhang San, as the manager of the brothel, knowingly failed to report the crime and aided and abetted the evildoer. He is sentenced to fifty strokes of the cane and fined one thousand taels of silver!"
Every word Lin Zhen uttered was like a branding iron, leaving a deep imprint on everyone's appreciation!
This verdict is undeniably severe!
In particular, the punishments imposed on Zhao Shou'er and Liu Wenxuan were so severe that they felt like they were living a life worse than death!
"No! Your Highness, spare us! Your Highness, spare us!" Zhao Shou'er and Liu Wenxuan cried out in anguish after hearing the verdict!
They didn't want to be exiled!
Don't go to those godforsaken frontiers!
All they received in response were the cold water and fire sticks from the yamen runners.
"Drag down."
"Yes!"
The piercing screams gradually faded into the distance.
The lobby fell silent again.
After recovering from the shocking reversal, all the onlookers erupted in thunderous cheers!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"My lord is mighty!"
They shouted, their voices merging into a torrent that echoed endlessly above the Dali Temple.
The honest man who had been kneeling silently in the courtroom the whole time was so moved by the fact that he was found not guilty that he burst into tears!
He kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of Lin Zhen and Murong Yan.
"This humble subject kowtows in gratitude to His Majesty for his divine grace! And to His Highness for his divine grace!"
His voice was filled with gratitude.
Lin Zhen smiled at him but didn't say anything.
He turned his head and looked at Murong Yan beside him.
Next up was her, the Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty.
Murong Yan looked down at the excited crowd, her beautiful face, as cold as the moon, remained completely calm.
She walked slowly to the center of the lobby.
The jet-black phoenix-adorned dress, bathed in sunlight, reflected an aura of majesty that was almost too dazzling to behold.
A five-zhang-long, dark gold train silently unfurled behind her, like a giant black net woven from authority and majesty.
On the hem of the skirt, a giant phoenix woven from real gold thread, its eyes gleaming in the sunlight, is lifelike and seems to be overlooking the land that belongs to it.
An invisible, supreme majesty belonging to the Empress instantly enveloped the entire hall.
All the noise disappeared at that moment.
The entire lobby became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"I'm sure you've all seen what happened today," Murong Yan said slowly, her voice cold.
"A seemingly simple 'rape case' has actually uncovered a sordid marriage fraud and adultery."
"This forces me to think deeply."
"Are there still loopholes in the laws of my Great Qian Dynasty?"
"Does the marriage system of our Great Qian need improvement?"
Her words caused everyone present to fall into deep thought.
Yes.
If it weren't for the Prince's keen observation and discovery of the truth, we would not have known what happened today.
Wang Tiechui is likely to suffer an injustice.
The shameless couple can get away with it.
Is there any justice left in this world?