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In Shou'an Hall, the old lady looked at Shulan happily and racked her brains to tease Minglan, but Minglan looked lazy and unmoved, feeling helpless.

Seeing that her granddaughter's eyes were a little blue, she asked the nanny to take Minglan down to rest, and then she pulled Shulan and said, "I know you like Ming girl, and when you see her you think of your sister Pinlan, so you go to tease her whenever you have time, but your body is not made of iron."

"Every morning, I have to go to the academy early to study with Changbai and other scholars from Suizhuang. I have to accompany an old woman like me for lunch when I come back at noon. In the afternoon, I have to learn some tea arrangement, flower arrangement, and housekeeping skills from the nanny. I'd better take more time to rest in the future to avoid exhausting myself."

Shulan has been personally raised by the old lady in the past few years, and a deep relationship between the grandma and granddaughter has been developed during their daily interactions.

At this moment, Shulan was nestled in the old lady's arms, as intimate as a real grandparent and grandchild. The setting sun shone on them through the window, reflecting a picture of peace, tranquility, warmth and harmony.

It is worth mentioning that a few years ago, for Shulan's future, the two families, at Sheng Wei's suggestion, adopted Shulan to the old lady's son who died at a young age.

Therefore, the person most favored by the old lady in the Sheng Mansion, apart from the current Crown Princess, is the old lady's "legitimate granddaughter" - Sheng Shulan.

Look, Sheng Shulan, who is still in her teens, is busy like a top every day, which makes the old lady very distressed.

When Fang's mother came in, she saw the happy scene of the grandparents and grandchildren, quietly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then stepped forward to pay her respects, holding a pink pearl headdress.

The old lady couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Fang Mama's smiling face, and then she turned her gaze to the pearl headdress in her hand.

The housekeeper handed the headdress to the old lady with great tact, and said happily, "Look, old lady, this is the headdress that His Highness sent this old servant to bring to our eldest daughter."

After saying that, he waved towards the door again, and two female officials dressed in rank clothes were invited in by Xiao Yahuan.

Madam Fang quickly introduced, "Madam, these two ladies were given by His Highness to our eldest and sixth daughters, and the Crown Princess also selected two other maids and said they would be sent to our hometown in Youyang."

After hearing this, the old lady excitedly took Shulan's hand, and after meeting the two female officials, she had someone take her to see the eldest lady.

After dealing with the palace affairs, Chen Lan called over a few of her trusted maids, whispered a few instructions to them, and went back to rest. She didn't think about the problem that could be solved by giving orders, and she made things difficult for herself in her heart.

Sure enough, early the next morning, the big drum in front of the Kaifeng government office was beaten. The people around heard the sound and came to watch, pointing at the more than 20 people, old and young, women and children, in front of the drum.

Because this place was relatively close to Lifeng Mansion, they could often see Lord Bao trying cases and were no longer surprised by it.

But today is different from the past because there are more than a dozen plaintiffs, and they are suing the same person at the same time.

As soon as the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture received the news, they immediately sent people to investigate the case. After taking the complaint and taking a closer look, the legal advisor and the clerk felt that the case was a bit tricky and quickly presented the complaint to Bao Zheng.

After reading it, Bao Zheng frowned. After a while, he sent someone to notify the people who submitted the petitions, saying that he would hold a public trial at noon and hoped that they would bring evidence and wait in front of the court.

When the trial time came, the bailiffs followed the rules and quickly ran to both sides of the hall, standing there and shouting "mighty" in unison.

After listening to the subordinates' report on their preliminary inquiries, Bao Zheng walked into the lobby majestically with square steps.

The common people watching the excitement outside originally thought that the melons they ate today would be the same as before. However, when the people inside finished explaining their grievances to Mr. Bao, they almost dropped their jaws in shock.

This is because the person these people sued was none other than the current Crown Princess's aunt, and now the head lady of the Kang family, Lady Kang Wang.

Fortunately, the person hearing the case today is Bao Zheng. If it were any other official, they might not actually accept the case. At most, they would notify the Kang family to find a way to suppress the matter, let alone hold a direct public trial.

Among the dozen or so families in the court who sued Mrs. Kang, two of them sued Mrs. Kang for violently killing their daughter who was a concubine in the family, and one sued Mrs. Kang for causing the death of her own pregnant daughter. What was striking was that a white-haired old woman, even though she was trembling and unable to stand steadily, was still trying hard to seek justice for her granddaughter.

After a long while, the clerk of Kaifeng Prefecture finally brought the lady of the Kang family, who had been invited with great difficulty after more than an hour's effort, into the main hall for interrogation.

At first, Madam Kang was arrogant and looked at the peasant who came to the yamen to sue her with disdain. She gave Bao Zheng a perfunctory salute and did not cooperate with the trial.

It was not until she heard these people talk in more and more detail and shocking stories that Madam Kang began to feel guilty. She threatened them in an outwardly stern but inwardly weak way, trying to make them shut up. She even threatened Bao Zheng by mentioning the Crown Princess as her powerful backer.

But when things got to this point, no one wanted to buy into it, and soon they almost started a quarrel in the classroom.

Fortunately, the yamen runners shouted "mighty! Silence!" in unison in time, which cooled down the tense atmosphere just now, like a cold wind blowing.

As for the rest, more than half were forced to come to the government to file a complaint because the Kang family had lent money at high interest, causing them to either be destroyed or lose the land on which they depended for survival.

In fact, there are many families like Madam Kang who secretly lend money at high interest rates, including some wealthy families. However, not many of them force people to death or even bring disaster to their reputation because of this.

For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar. Some people wanted to defend Queen Kang, some just watched the show and did not care about anything else, and some people, for some unknown reason, even brought up the Crown Princess.

The voices grew louder and louder, attracting the attention of the bailiffs inside, until Bao Zheng slammed the gavel and shouted angrily for silence, and the scene finally quieted down.

After interrogating her and sending people to investigate, Bao Zheng wanted to execute Madam Kang directly according to the laws of the Song Dynasty. However, after the Wang and Kang families learned about this, they wanted to use her status as the Crown Princess to give her a lighter sentence and directly reported the matter to the emperor.

After understanding the whole story, the butler thought about it carefully for a moment, then sent someone to invite the Crown Princess to ask her opinion.

Chen Lan, who hurriedly sent people to investigate and reported the matter to the government, had no idea that her good aunt had her hands stained with the blood of ordinary people. She walked into the hall with a calm face.

After some greetings, she began to ask why she came here. After Zhang Maozhe told her that it was because of the wife of the Kang family, she pretended to notice that her aunt was also here.

"Mr. Zhang, why is my aunt kneeling here? What law has she violated?"

Zhang Maoze said with some embarrassment: "Reporting to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, today..."

The more Zhang Maize talked, the darker Chen Lan's face became. She had not paid much attention to her aunt before, so she was not very clear about some things. Now, after listening, she was just glad that she had brought these things to light early on and prevented her aunt from doing more cruel things.

But at this time, the development of things had already exceeded her expectations. She originally just wanted Madam Kang and the Kang family to be exiled together, so that she would not stay in Tokyo and instigate her not-so-bright mother to do wrong things.

I didn't expect that the matter was so serious. My aunt had so many murder cases on her hands. I almost couldn't help but go forward and kick this vicious aunt.

Therefore, when Zhao Zhen asked her how to deal with Madam Kang, Chen Lan said without hesitation: "My daughter-in-law is now the Crown Princess first, then the daughter of the Sheng family, and finally the niece of King Kang."

"Therefore, I beg you, father, to strictly follow the laws of our Song Dynasty and punish my aunt, so that others will not take chances and harm the people like her."

Zhao Zhen and several senior ministers were very satisfied with the Crown Princess's way of handling the situation, and their eyes became much kinder when they looked at her. When they returned home, they praised the Crown Princess's virtue and noble character to their wives.

Zhao Zhen: "I am very pleased that the Crown Princess is so understanding, but the reason why Wang Wang did such a bad thing is probably because of the connivance of the Kang family. Otherwise, according to the upbringing of Wang Taishi's family, such a disaster should not have happened."

"In that case, the Kang family will be sentenced to exile to Yazhou. As the main culprit, Wang Kang will not be allowed to leave Yazhou for the rest of his life, regardless of whether he is pardoned or not."

As soon as he finished speaking, he thought of his own son who was fighting outside. His heart softened, and he added, "Children under the age of six in the Kang family do not have to be exiled with them, but they are not allowed to take the imperial examination within three generations."

As soon as Zhao Zhenhua fell, all the officials bowed their heads and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Chen Lan was also relieved when she heard the verdict. After all, in this era, it is important to share weal and woe. Now this matter neither involves her family nor has it had much impact on outsiders. It is indeed a blessing.

The heads of the Sheng and Wang families finally put their minds at ease after learning that the emperor did not implicate themselves and the Crown Princess in this matter. After quietly settling Madam Kang's children on the farm, they regained their previous composure.