The four rhetorical questions, especially the last one, hit the Prefect of Jingzhao right where it hurt, making him blush with shame and indignation.
"This grandfather and grandson are the plaintiff and the victim, I and my people are the witnesses, and the overbearing contract of servitude in my possession is the physical evidence. With both witnesses and physical evidence, the evidence is conclusive. I wonder how your son's crime should be judged?" Ye Jingchen asked aggressively.
"This—" The Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture never imagined that one day he would have to sentence his own son, and not lightly at that.
He hesitated for a long time before cautiously speaking: "Those who forcibly abduct women shall be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and three years' imprisonment."
Anyway, the caning was carried out by the yamen runners of the prefectural government, and the imprisonment was also carried out in the Jingzhao Prefecture, so it was no different from being at home.
The Prefect of Jingzhao thought to himself that he only needed to put on a show, and once the storm had passed and His Highness the Crown Prince had forgotten about it, his son could continue to live a life of endless glory as before.
His Highness the Crown Prince is just a child, and he only has a three-tenths interest in everything. He will probably forget about this matter soon. If he sends someone to kill that grandfather and grandson, who will still oppose the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Minister's Mansion, and who will remember this matter?
In fact, Ye Jingchen hadn't had time to read the laws of Dayuan since he transmigrated into the book, so he had no idea what punishment would be given for forcibly abducting women in Dayuan.
However, starting today, this matter needs to be put on the agenda.
As the saying goes, "Without rules, there can be no order." As the crown prince, he must be the most loyal supporter of the law so that the law will not become a mere formality and will also prevent princes and princesses from becoming lawless outlaws!
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