Chapter 38: It’s still too cheap for her! 】

Zhang Zhou said:

"Your Excellency, please be wise. Even if Sun and I were incredibly bold, we wouldn't dare to lie under your watchful eyes. I do have some silver on me, but it was just dropped on the floor by Miss Qin. Although she didn't mention it, I'm afraid she was trying to bribe us. How could we dare to play dirty tricks for these two taels of silver? We had intended to hand it over to you after we'd reported the results, but who knew this little bitch was deliberately framing us? Please, Your Excellency, help us!"

As she spoke, Zhang Zhou took out the two taels of silver and handed it to Chen Wu with both hands.

Qin Huanhuan's expression changed. "You...what are you talking about, old woman? Where did I throw silver at you? This is clearly a bribe from Chen Fenghe!"

Zhang Zhou glanced at her but ignored her, saying to Chen Wu, "Sir, I dare not lie. If you don't trust my examination, we can have another examination by the county midwife when we get to the county government."

Seeing how confident Zhang Zhou was, everyone who had originally suspected that they had accepted bribes and told lies changed their minds.

"It seems that this unmarried girl from the Qin family has really lost her virginity. And she is from a high-class family, how shameful!"

"That's right! But Princess...I mean, it's really surprising that Miss Shen is still a virgin."

"I heard that the Crown Prince led his troops out to battle the very night of his wedding, and that he didn't consummate his marriage with the Crown Princess. Is that surprising?"

“That’s right, it’s a good thing we didn’t consummate the marriage, otherwise, wouldn’t Miss Shen have been wrongly accused to death by the Qin family today?”

"The Qin family is hilarious. Their own unmarried daughter is a philanderer and has a secret affair with another man, yet they still have the nerve to fabricate rumors about others! What kind of people are they?"

"That's right...you'd better stay away from them from now on. They have bad family traditions, don't let them lead you astray!"

The Qin family couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Qin Liqing and Liu Cui glared at Qin Lizheng and Qin Huanhuan fiercely.

It’s all because the first wife is so ignorant that the second wife is also being criticized!

Seeing that it was almost done, Chen Wu said loudly: "Qin Lizheng, now that the results of the physical examination are out, Miss Shen has proven her innocence, but your daughter is shameless. What else do you have to say!"

Qin Lizheng's face turned pale as he looked at Qin Huanhuan, wishing he had never given birth to this daughter. He glared at Chen Fenghe coldly before muttering, "Humph! Just prove your innocence! I want to see if she can endure the loneliness and stay a widow in the future!"

Chen Fenghe sneered, be a widow?

She must be crazy, being a widow for a man she has never met.

If she has always been single, it is only because she has not met any good men in this dynasty. If she meets one, she should naturally fall in love and enjoy her life alone.

Seeing that he was in the wrong and still making such sarcastic remarks, Chen Wu sneered, "Qin Lizheng, you just ruined Miss Shen's reputation, and also ruined the reputations of several of us brothers. You don't think you can just let it go like this, do you? Come on, arrest Qin Lizheng and give him thirty lashes!"

Upon hearing this, several of his officers who had suffered unjust accusations stepped forward immediately, quickly arrested Qin Lizheng, and then whipped him severely.

Qin Lizheng's last whipping wound had not yet healed fully, and he was whipped again this time. The pain was so severe that he didn't care about his image and cried out in pain.

Qian Qiuyun was beaten black and blue by Qin Mengyue, and Qin Huanhuan's loss of virginity became known to everyone. The two of them were so ashamed that they held their heads in their hands and were too embarrassed to see anyone.

Qian Qiuyun was so angry that she slapped Qin Huanhuan a few more times and demanded, "You troublesome thing, tell me! Who is that wild man?"

Qin Huanhuan was smarter than her mother. She forced herself to hold back and did not give Li Yong away.

"Mom! Beat me to death! Even if you kill me, I...I won't tell anyone!"

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Li Yong.

Now, there would be no benefit in giving Li Yong out in public. Instead, it would completely offend the officials. She would be tortured and made to suffer in the future. Even Li Yong would probably not protect her anymore.

It would be better if she took on everything, as this might make Li Yong feel guilty towards her.

Chen Wu guessed the relationship between Qin Huanhuan and Li Yong, so he did not pursue the matter any further.

Chen Fenghe watched Qin Huanhuan acting coldly, and did not comment on the result.

Compared to Qin Huanhuan deliberately letting Qin Ziming lure Yichuan, Xing'er, Hao'er and others to eat poisonous wild fruits, Qin Huanhuan's current disgraced end is still too easy for her!

However, because the matter involved the official Li Yong, and Chen Wu's attitude was clearly to protect her subordinates, she did not continue to be aggressive.

Qin Mengyue took back the golden hairpin. Now that she saw that Chen Fenghe had proved her innocence, her heart finally settled down.

Everyone went their separate ways.

Qin Mengyue then said apologetically: "Feng He, it turns out that you and Shuo'er... really wronged you."

She knew that Xiao Yunshuo had gone to war on the night of his wedding. But she had thought that at least the marriage had been consummated, but she hadn't expected it to turn out like this...

Chen Fenghe comforted her and said, "Mother, if it weren't for the last resort, I wouldn't tell these things in public. I can only blame the fact that the relationship between His Highness and I is too shallow..."

As he spoke, he lifted the corner of his clothes to wipe the corners of his eyes, looking sad.

Seeing this, Qin Mengyue quickly said, "My dear, how have you treated me and Hao'er these past few days? Don't you know? I naturally know how much pain you're feeling... It's just that Shuo'er is unlucky..."

Chen Fenghe wiped her tears and smiled, "Mom, let's not talk about this anymore. Yichuan Hao'er and the others should be hungry too, let's get something to eat first. We can have a good meal with that wild boar meat."

After hearing this, Qin Mengyue wiped away her tears and said, "You are right."

Chen Fenghe immediately went to Chen Wu, and Chen Wu sent Yuan Xun to deliver half of the wild boar meat to Chen Fenghe, which was divided into small pieces. The other half was kept to be given to Chen Fenghe after being sold for silver.

Chen Fenghe borrowed a dagger, took the fat and lean pork belly from the wild boar's belly, and cut it into twenty or thirty square pieces, intending to make pork belly.

The fattier parts of the meat are cut off specifically and boiled into lard later. This makes it easy to store and you can use it on the road later with justification.

The other two pig trotters, pig legs and ribs were marinated with salt first, and planned to be made into ham, so that they would be easier to preserve.

The salt on her body had just been used up to induce vomiting in Shen Qingxing and Xiao Yunhao. She took out some more from the space and told Qin Mengyue that she had bought it from the officials.

After the uses of half of the wild boar meat were sorted out, Shen Fenghe called Shen Yichuan, Qin Mengyue and others to collect firewood, set up the pot, and start making braised pork.

Among the seasonings, soy sauce and rock sugar are the most important. She secretly took them out from the space and said that she bought them when she was shopping in town.

Throw large pieces of pork belly directly into the pot and stir-fry. After the fat is fried out, sprinkle powdered sugar into the pot and stir-fry until the sugar turns brown. Then add water and soy sauce, and then cover and simmer.

Just the step of stir-frying the pork belly to release the fat was enough to make Shen Yichuan, Shen Qingxing, and Xiao Yunhao almost drool.

"It smells so good! Sister, when can we eat it?"

"Sister-in-law, Hao'er also wants to eat braised pork!"

Even Qin Mengyue, who had tasted countless delicacies from land and sea, couldn't help swallowing her saliva and said, "This smells so delicious!"

The other exiles were jealous of the braised pork being made here and could only lick their lips.

Anyone who had some spare money would pool their money and go to Chen Wu and the others to buy some meat and have a good meal.

The exile life was so hard, they hadn’t eaten meat for a long time!