And Xie Xin is also an idiot.

But idiots like them can live a life of luxury just because they were born in Chen Fang's belly.

You don’t have to worry about anything, and you don’t need to fight with anyone.

Xu Maochun suppressed his jealousy and looked at Xie Jia and the others with sarcasm. Even though he knew he was doomed, he felt particularly happy when he saw Chen Fang and Xie Yi in trouble.

Except for the time when he poisoned the groom and took double revenge on him, he hadn't felt so happy for a long time.

Even if he is bound to die this time, at least he will not be on the road alone.

It's just a pity for those two kids.

Xie You, this idiot, actually knew their life stories and deliberately told them in class.

If he had known this, he should have gotten rid of this scourge after Jinrong was born!

Xu Maochun regretted it deeply.

Minister Zhou asked about the details of Xie Jia's kidnapping. Xie Jia directly recited the story that Pei Rong had made up in advance. However, the two of them made up this story just to deal with ordinary people.

Now that she was being interrogated by Minister Zhou, how could Xie Jia, a little girl with an empty head, make up a flawless story?

Soon her words became inconsistent. After being harshly scolded by Minister Zhou, she was so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground, choking and saying, "I... I was so scared at the time that I can't remember..."

Minister Zhou sent someone to summon Pei Rong.

In fact, he had long guessed that Xie Jia and Pei Rong had eloped, and he had never thought of exposing their scandal.

After all, if the Xie family did not report the elopement to the government, there would be no need for the government to investigate.

But Xie Jia insisted that he was abducted by kidnappers, and said that Xu Maochun was in collusion with the kidnappers. If he did not investigate thoroughly, wouldn't he be derelict in his duty?

Pei Rong was brought over quickly.

He was much smarter than Xie Jia and had thought of a story in advance. Not only was it watertight, but it also didn't implicate Xu Maochun.

He even described the beggar's appearance in detail.

Since the Xie family members didn't admit that the two had eloped, Minister Zhou didn't investigate the matter any further. He just warned Pei Rong a few words and let him go.

After Pei Rong left, Chen Fang and Xie Yun both breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if the government confirmed that Xie Jia had eloped, they would be completely disgraced.

Xie Jia is now considered useless, but Xie Yun has two daughters besides her.

How can Xie Jia's reputation be ruined?

Bai Yuzhu was unwilling to accept this, but after Xie Jia eloped, all the people who served her were dealt with by the furious Chen Fang. Now, even if she wanted to find someone to ask, she couldn't do it.

Instead, her adultery with Xu Maochun was completely confirmed.

In addition, he let Feicui take the blame, and asked Li Kun to kill Feicui to silence her, and then he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

Bai Yuzhu was directly sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and to be executed in the autumn.

Because she was a woman, had been poisoned, and was weak, the one hundred strokes of the cane would not be carried out all at once, but in several sessions. This time, twenty strokes would be given first to avoid beating her to death directly.

Xu Maochun committed adultery with Bai Yuzhu and colluded with bandits to kill Xie Xiu and his group, and also killed two women and framed Xie Xiu.

He deserved death for his crime, but he had other cases on his hands, so Minister Zhou only sentenced him to 200 strokes of the cane for the time being. The rest would have to wait until the other cases were fully investigated before a further sentence could be passed.

Not only that, Liu Ma and Zhenzhu, who assisted the two in committing adultery, will also be punished.

Zhenzhu was sentenced to sixty strokes of the cane, but she was given a break because she was a servant and had no choice.

Like Bai Yuzhu, Madam Liu was sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and to be executed in the autumn.

Minister Zhou showed some mercy and did not allow anyone to strip Bai Yuzhu of all her clothes.

But she still had to be tortured with her bare bottom.

How could Bai Yuzhu be willing to endure this humiliation?

She wanted to commit suicide, but there was a cloth stuffed in her mouth, so she couldn't bite her tongue to commit suicide. She could only watch herself being dragged away by the yamen runners.

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