Shen Yuan was abandoned in the wilderness at birth and suffered greatly for eighteen years. The only light in her life was a weak scholar. He taught her to read and write, and she gathered herbs to...
"Go away, get away from me!" the constable shouted sternly, startling Jin Mudan into quickly letting go of his hand. She looked up and saw the disgust and aversion in the constables' eyes, and her heart ached.
No matter how beautiful she is, in these people's eyes, she is nothing more than a dirty and lowly thing. They despise her for being filthy and avoid her at all costs.
Jin Mudan dared not approach these yamen runners again, and could only look at them pitifully.
Looking at Jin Mudan, who had just been swaggering around the Flower Garden Restaurant, now cowering and trembling like a mouse before a cat at the sight of the yamen runners, Shen Yuan sneered inwardly.
She felt no sympathy whatsoever for someone like Jin Mudan.
Shen Yuan recounted to the yamen runner in detail how she had argued with Jin Mudan and how Jin Mudan had pushed her down the steps.
Finally, Shen Yuan glanced at Jin Mudan: "You are of lowly status, I am of good status. Great Yan has laws: those of lowly status who harm others are punished even more severely!"
Upon hearing this, Jin Mudan's face turned pale instantly, and her heart sank to the bottom.
The household registration of the people of the Great Yan Kingdom is divided into seven categories: imperial registration, official registration, scholar registration, free registration, slave registration, lowly registration, and criminal registration.
When law-abiding citizens fight each other, all they need to do is pay compensation and apologize.
However, if a servant beats his master, or a prostitute beats a law-abiding citizen, the crime is doubled, and they will not only be punished with a beating but also imprisoned.
She pushed Shen Yuan down in front of everyone. If Shen Yuan insists on taking this law to heart and makes a scene in court, she'll definitely be in big trouble today!
So after hearing Shen Yuan's words, Jin Mudan was so frightened that her legs went weak and she knelt down in front of Shen Yuan.
"I was wrong, please let me go! I can pay for your medical treatment! Please don't send me to the authorities, considering how pitiful my background is!"