Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Continuation?"

"Weichen first married his wife Pei, and after his old wife died, he married Yu again. This woman is Yu!"

Guo Ye looked at his words and said with a sneer, "Old Shangshu, this Yu family is probably not just your continuation, is it?"

"You are the King of Qin?" Yu Shi didn't hit Xu Ang anymore, and said to Guo Ye panting with his hands on his hips.

"Uh...exactly, Madam Xu, do you have something to say?"

"Hmph, I know what you're thinking! Don't you just hate the Xu family? Don't you just want the Xu family to be ruined? Don't you just want Xu Jingzong to be ransacked and exterminated? It doesn't matter, I will help you."

Guo Ye hurriedly interrupted: "This is really not true! Although Xu Shangshu and I have conflicts, we will never reach that point. What kind of family is ruined and people are destroyed, and the family is ransacked. It is over! It is too much! Someone Guo dares to swear to God , absolutely not in that way."

"Hmph! You didn't, I did!" Yu said, "Anyway, I don't want to live anymore, so I'm going to die with the Xu family!"

Hearing this, Xu Ang was so frightened that his soul trembled. He quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "Mother, my lord, I have made thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of the child. I swear, I will never marry that Lei Shuyao again." ! Just let the baby go, you can't say some things indiscriminately."

Clenching her teeth, Yu said, "I regret it now, it's too late! You have lied to my old lady once or twice. When did you cash in? I don't believe you anymore. Hmph, what do you call me? Mother? Mother? Why did you call me Xiao Tingting last night?"

"Don't...don't say..."

"No, I want to say! Isn't it just death? What are you afraid of? Am I your mother? How can there be a stepson who presses the mother under him? How can there be a stepmother who sleeps with a son in his twenties?"

As soon as she said this, people all looked at Xu Jingzong's head, as if there would be some vision there - such as a green cloud covering the top or something.

In fact, Xu Jingzong's head is of course the same, but his face is wonderful.Green and white for a while, he mastered the face-changing stunt of Sichuan Opera without a teacher.

He pointed at Mrs. Yu with his finger, and said through gritted teeth, "You... you actually had an affair with that rebellious son, it's immoral, it's immoral! This old man wants to kill you!"

He wanted to make a move, but was stopped by Guo Ye, and said: "Xu Shangshu, do you want to commit murder in front of the emperor?"

"of course not."

Xu Jingzong took two steps back, knelt down in front of His Majesty Li Er, and said: "This bitch has done something wrong with Nizi. The old minister really couldn't bear it, so he lost his courtesy. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

His Majesty Li Er's heart was a little tired. Such a nasty thing happened in the house of the minister of the Ministry of Rites that he had chosen, and it was recorded in the history books.His own face is not glorious either.

He said: "Well, I don't blame you. However, even if this is true, the Yu family is not guilty of death. Xu Shangshu must not act recklessly, otherwise I will not be able to protect you."

Xu Jingzong said: "Yes."

Then His Majesty Li Er said to Yu Shi again: "Yu Shi, whether you have had an affair with Xu Ang is your own responsibility. Now, you should step down first."

Mrs. Yu didn't kneel down, instead she smiled contemptuously and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words yet, do you still want to cover up for old thief Xu?"

"Huh? What else do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty Qizuo, this is not the only scandal in my family!" Yu smiled coquettishly, but no one could see the madness in her eyes.

There is a fire in her eyes, and this fire will burn all of them, including herself!

His Majesty Li Er frowned slightly, and said: "I am in charge of the world, and I don't know how many military and state affairs have to be dealt with in a day. As long as it is not a big grievance, I don't care about ordinary cases."

"Oh? Really? What if it's about the Minister of Rites?"

"What's wrong with Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites? Mrs. Yu, don't blame me for not reminding you. If you want to sue Xu Shangshu, you must sue him! If there is no definite evidence, it is considered a false accusation! False accusation is false accusation, do you understand?"

"Of course I understand. However, my evidence is conclusive and cannot be more conclusive."

"Are you a witness?"

"The slave family is not only a witness, but also a physical evidence."

"What do you mean?"

"Hey..." Mrs. Yu chuckled lightly and said, "My family's real surname is not Yu."

"Then your last name..."

Mrs. Yu shook her head lightly, and said: "My slave family was sold into Pei's family since I was a child, and I never knew what my surname should be. But since I can remember, I have always followed my master's surname Pei!"

"Then why did you change your surname to Yu later?"

"Later, the Nu family married into the Xu family together with the Pei family as a dowry maid. In other words, the Nu family was originally a maidservant of the Xu family. But the old thief Xu, who was greedy for the beauty of the Nu family, forcibly occupied the Xu family after his wife died. to the slave's house."

His Majesty Li Er understood immediately after hearing this, and said, "You mean, Xu Jingzong took his concubine as his wife?"

"Exactly. The old thief changed the slave family's surname to Yu in order to deceive others. As a good girl, he married the slave family as his wife."

"If what you said is true, then Xu Shangshu has indeed committed the crime of taking a concubine as his wife. But..."

His Majesty Li Er sighed, and said: "I'm surprised, why did you report him? After all, he broke the law for you. Wouldn't it be much better to be the wife than a concubine? What are you dissatisfied with? "

"What's wrong? He's so old, I don't want to marry him!"

Guo Ye said: "Do you want to marry Xu Ang?"

"Exactly, I gave Ke Xu Ang the body of the yellow flower girl from my slave family. He also promised to take me into the house. But later, it was all bad things done by that old thief. He not only took my body by force, but also wanted me marry him."

This shit is really messy!Guo Ye said helplessly: "Since your heart is for Xu Ang, why did you expose this matter today?"

"Because he lied to me! How many times, he said that he only loves me in this life. How many times he promised that he would find a way to kill the old thief, and then live and fly with the servant. But he always said it. On weekdays It's fine to mess with flowers and grass, I can wait if I don't kill the old thief, but..."

Speaking of this, Yu's voice was steep, and said: "He is going to get married today, and he is still married to a bureaucrat, and he has abandoned all the vows he made with me. Liar, Xu Ang is a big liar! Xu Jingzong It's not a good product either! I want to destroy Xu's family!"

"The Xu family has collapsed, what good does it do you?"

"Hmph, good? I don't even want to live anymore, so what good do I want? Xu Ang, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!" As she spoke, she ran a few steps and resolutely slammed into the pillar. Straight smashed a thousand peach blossoms!

A living life just disappeared like this, and for a while, everyone was speechless.

In any case, the Yu family is also the third-rank imperial wife of the imperial court. When she dies, there must be an explanation. Others can pretend to be dumb, but His Majesty Li Er, as the top leader, has to express his opinion.

After a long time, he coughed lightly, and said: "The evidence of Xu Ang's affair with Mrs. Yu is conclusive. Now that the truth is revealed, Mrs. Yu committed suicide in shame and anger. He is dead, so there will be no further investigation. Xu Ang will hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment for criminal justice. As for Xu Shangshu..."

Yu Chigong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Chapter 2017

"The Duke of E has something to say, please speak."

"Uh... the matter between Xu Ang and the Yu family should be true, but whether Xu Shangshu took his concubine as his wife is just Yu's one-sided statement. She is dead now, and there is no proof of her death. If you want to punish the crime, don't you have to be more cautious? ?”

Many people thought that in ancient times, when the wife died, the concubine could take over.In fact, almost impossible.In ancient times, it was much more difficult for a concubine to ascend to a position than a mistress in modern society.

From the first dynasty of the feudal society, it was stipulated in the form of law that concubines could not be used as wives.Since then, the Zhou, Han, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties have stipulated this in the laws of all dynasties.

For example, in the "Tang Yishu Law", it is clearly stipulated that "those who take their wives as concubines and maidservants as wives will be imprisoned for three years. Those who take concubines and Hakka women as wives and maidservants as concubines will be imprisoned for one and a half years. Make it right."