Chapter 1168 But now, it’s hard to tell
"Come here, take him away! Put Qiao Hongxi in jail and we will judge him later!"
Qiao Hongxi was shocked!
"My Lord! You can't be an official in the same court—My Lord! My Lord!"
Qiao Hongxi's voice gradually faded away and finally could no longer be heard.
The prefect rubbed his forehead and gathered his energy to deal with the aftermath.
This matter involves court officials and the prince's favorite, and also involves the morals of men and women, so it is imperative to get to the bottom of it.
Shao Yunduan originally thought that by arresting Qiao Hongxi, he would most likely be able to interrogate the mastermind behind the scenes. However, he did not expect that the mastermind behind the scenes could convince Qiao Hongxi with just a letter, and the letter was missing!
No matter how hard the Shuntian prefect tried, he could not find out anything.
Because Qiao Hongxi himself couldn't explain it clearly.
He didn't know who had given him the letter, and now even the letter was gone!
Shao Yunduan believed that such a letter must exist, otherwise, Qiao Hongxi would not dare to come and cause trouble for him so confidently.
But now, it’s hard to tell.
Since Qiao Hongxi couldn't produce it, it meant that it was hard to say whether the letter existed or not.
As for Qiao Wei?
Because she was a member of an official family, and this matter had nothing to do with her directly - it was all Qiao Hongxi's lies.
Therefore, she was not summoned to court, but Shuntian Prefecture sent people to her home for questioning.
When asked, she just cried and insisted that she was not missing at all, that she was at home all night and did not go anywhere. She did not know why her brother said that, she knew nothing.
Qiao Wei cried very sadly and angrily. She was really crying and really sad and angrily.
She is so unlucky!
It was clearly an easy task, and she was only half a step away from success, but she ultimately failed to take that half step. She was eventually discovered by Shao Yunduan, and was knocked unconscious by him. When she woke up, she found that she was blindfolded and didn't know where she was.
Then I fainted again!
When I woke up again, I was woken by the cold in the garden of my own home.
What could she say? Could she tell the people at Shuntian Prefecture that she had sneaked into Shao Yunduan's house in the middle of the night with the help of others and tried to climb into his bed and frame him, thus destroying his reputation?
How could she possibly say such a thing!
Of course I insisted that I knew nothing!
Therefore, all the evidence points to the proof that Qiao Hongxi lied!
Finally, with Shao Yunduan's tacit approval and the threats from Shuntian Prefecture Governor, Qiao Hongxi had to change his words, saying that there was no such letter from the beginning to the end, and that he had made it up all by himself. He was just jealous of Shao Yunduan and wanted to cause trouble for Shao Yunduan, so he made up this matter out of nothing.
Qiao Hongxi was eventually dismissed from office and could no longer even be a minor official in the Hanlin Academy!
Moreover, because of the groundless accusation and framing of Shao Yunduan, he was forced to compensate Shao Yunduan with one thousand and two taels of silver.
In fact, this kind of case did not require such compensation. However, the prince had some complaints about the case, so Shuntian Prefecture tried to be a good person and went with the flow, and sentenced the defendant to one thousand taels.
At least it was a comfort to Shao Yunduan.
Qiao Hongxi was dejected and depressed. From then on, he never recovered and never had the chance to serve as an official in the court again.
He was ashamed to stay in Beijing, so he simply left the capital to travel and hide away, living in poverty all his life.
Besides, where does he get the money to pay compensation right now?
If not, that’s easy. Just stay in Shuntian Prefecture Jail for a year.
This is even worse, it's tantamount to asking for his life!
(End of this chapter)
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