Chapter 659 This is contempt for the court
The government office sent people to Lezheng Mansion to arrest someone. Xiaomi originally wanted to hide Nanny Mao, but the eldest lady had the detectives let in.
Nanny Mao was taken away just like that.
Nanny Mao was loyal to Xiaomi and did not betray Xiaomi, so she took all the responsibility.
He insisted that Qiao Xuan was rude to his second wife and he couldn't stand it, so he did this in private to vent his anger for the second wife.
She only mentioned Xiaomi and did not mention Le Zhengting at all. After all, it would not be good for her reputation to involve Le Zhengting.
It can be said to be quite thoughtful.
Nothing happened to Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan, but Nanny Mao's attempt to harm the scholars who were taking the exam was different from ordinary cases of injury and revenge.
The imperial court values talents and imperial examinations. If they are not severely punished, will anyone be able to attack scholars at will in the future?
For example, if you see someone who is talented and knowledgeable and can pass the imperial examination, you can secretly bribe people to harm him, and then just push a servant out to take the blame?
How can this be tolerated?
This is contempt for the court!
The prefect made an example of them and sentenced Madam Mao and her brother to 30 strokes of the cane each. They were thrown into prison and exiled to Nandao, a thousand miles away, and were not allowed to return home.
Although the Second Lady of the Yuezheng Mansion was unaware of this, the incident was caused by her, and it was her confidant who plotted this incident, so she was fined to pay 12,000 taels of silver as compensation to Shao Yunduan and apologize.
Madam Mao and her brother were heartbroken. At this point, even if they wanted to go back on their words, it was too late.
There is no chance!
The brother and sister regretted it so much that their intestines turned green and they cried bitterly! Exiled to the South Island thousands of miles away, that is a wild and barbaric place. They can never come back in this life. Just thinking about it makes people want to suffocate with fear!
Madam Mao originally thought that, anyway, nothing had happened to Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan, and with her wife's help, they would at most be beaten with twenty or thirty boards, receive a few lectures, or be imprisoned for another ten days or half a month, and that would be the end of it.
This level of punishment was completely bearable for her.
The Second Madam will definitely take care of things for her, so she won't have to suffer too much.
I didn't expect it to be so serious!
The second wife was also furious. She went to the first wife angrily and said, "Sister-in-law, don't you think this is too much? For an outsider, you treat me like this and even disregard the reputation of the Lezheng family! Sister-in-law, don't forget that you are the wife of the Lezheng family!"
Madam Le Zheng looked at her coldly and said, "The difference between you and me is that I am reasonable, and you are not. I would rather not have a reputation that goes against my conscience! If you care about the reputation of the Le Zheng family, you won't do such a thing. It's obviously you who did the wrong thing, but now instead of learning your lesson and repenting, you are blaming me!"
"I'm telling you now, Xiaoxuan is not an outsider. I get along well with her. Although I haven't officially recognized her as my goddaughter, I treat her like my own daughter. You'd better remember this. If you dare to plot against her and Yunduan again, you'll be making things difficult for me!"
"Since you are against me, I will not show mercy!"
Xiaomi was so angry that she was shaking and her breathing was disordered.
A hint of sarcasm flashed across the eldest lady's eyes, and she added, "Also, do you think that Madam Mao was punished so severely and you were fined ten thousand taels of silver because of my doing?"
Xiaomi's heart suddenly sank: "Isn't it?"
"Oh, of course not! There's no need for me to lie to you. As for who else might have done what, you can think about it yourself."
(End of this chapter)
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