"It seems we've misunderstood!"
A cold glint flashed in Zheng Yurong's eyes, but a faint smile remained on her face.
"Of course, of course!"
Seeing that he had successfully escaped another calamity under Cui Boyong's protection, County Magistrate Zheng raised his chin triumphantly.
He glanced contemptuously at the smiling Zheng Yurong, the indignant Zhou Wencheng, and the several witnesses in the courtroom—
What good are witnesses and physical evidence if there are both?
In Lingnan, in Yuezhou, the imperial laws are utterly worthless!
As long as his brother-in-law Cui Boyong is around, no one can do anything to him.
The former county magistrate was like this, and so is the current Princess of Yue.
Seeing Zheng, the county magistrate, looking smug, Cui Boyong cursed under his breath again: Fool!
However, despite his stupidity, Magistrate Zheng was still very useful.
Furthermore, County Magistrate Zheng was not wrong; within the territory of Yuezhou, Cui Boyong was indeed a local tyrant.
With his protection, even though Magistrate Zheng had committed numerous crimes, no one dared to interfere or could interfere!
However, the slap in the face came like a tornado, so fast and so hard—
Before the smug look on Magistrate Zheng's face had faded, a servant-like man rushed in from outside.
He trotted up behind Cui Boyong, leaned close to his ear, and whispered a whole bunch of things.
As the servant spoke, he kept glancing at Zheng Yurong.
Zheng Yurong still wore a proper smile, but a hint of pleasure flashed in her eyes—Here they come!
Sure enough, Cui Boyong's face instantly turned very ugly.
The moment he received the news that County Magistrate Zheng had gotten into trouble, Cui Boyong immediately sent someone to the Zheng family.
Firstly, he wanted to help Magistrate Zheng keep an eye on his backyard, preventing any unexpected complications from arising.
Secondly, he also wanted to kill Physician Feng to eliminate evidence and give Princess Xie a warning.
Cui Boyong wanted the Xie family to know who truly held power in Yuezhou!
However, the servant who had gone to do the work ran back and told him, "Sir, we're too late! County Magistrate Zheng's back office and private residence have all been searched."
"I heard that the group that ransacked the Zheng family's house carried out box after box of valuables; they probably took all of Magistrate Zheng's wealth."
"And that Imperial Physician Feng was also rescued..."
Upon hearing the first few sentences, Cui Boyong's heart trembled.
How ruthless!
What a ruthless Princess Consort of Yue!
They actually confiscated all of Zheng County Magistrate's assets.
The key point is that even though they knew it was Princess Yue who did it, they couldn't do anything about it.
They can't even make a scene.
What's the fuss about?
If things get out of hand, how will we handle it?
The fact that Magistrate Zheng's family fortune, worth over a million strings of cash, is not enough to explain it!
In ancient times, there was no crime of "possessing large sums of property of unknown origin," but such matters were always out in the open—
Oh, you said that Magistrate Zheng is honest and upright, and a good official.
How come his family has so much money?
What?
You said his family was already wealthy?
Haha, do you really think everyone else is stupid and doesn't know how to get to the bottom of things?
No wonder Zheng Yurong didn't get angry when Cui Boyong reminded her to shift the blame to the former magistrate; instead, she seemed to agree with him.
So she was waiting here all along.
Since Magistrate Zheng had become an "honest official," the huge amount of property confiscated from his home naturally had nothing to do with him.
Therefore, County Magistrate Zheng, and even Cui Boyong, were determined to suffer this injustice in silence!
Having reigned supreme in Yuezhou for several years, Cui Boyong had long been accustomed to being arrogant and willful.
Just when he was feeling smug and had once again given the Yue Prince's mansion a hard time, he was slapped in the face!
It hurts!
My face is about to be swollen from being slapped!
County Magistrate Zheng was unaware that his home had been confiscated, and that his years of extortion had all gone into other people's pockets.
He stood up triumphantly and swaggered up to Zheng Yurong: "Now you know it was a misunderstanding? Humph! You lowly servant!"
He even dared to provoke us.
Zheng Yurong already knew that County Magistrate Zheng had become penniless and that his death was imminent.
Why bother arguing with someone who's about to die?
Zheng Yurong is a kind-hearted and beautiful fairy.
Thinking this to herself, Zheng Yurong felt no anger whatsoever.
Cui Boyong was so engrossed in his anger at Xie's ruthlessness and domineering nature that he failed to notice the subtle expressions of Zheng Yurong, a nobody.
"Alright, alright! Since it's all a misunderstanding, let's adjourn the court!"
Cui Boyong was in a bad mood and had no interest in playing along with these people anymore. He simply flung his sleeves and strode out of the courtroom.
Zheng Yurong bowed respectfully and watched Cui Boyong leave.
Zhou Wencheng frowned. He made up his mind to go back and write a memorial to report Cui's behavior to the Emperor.
County Magistrate Zheng swaggered out of the prefectural government office, just in time to see several aggrieved parties waiting outside. He rolled his eyes disdainfully: "You dare to sue me? You have some nerve!"
"You just wait and see, this is a long time coming! In He County, let's see who can do anything to me!"
He was extremely arrogant, and his words were full of threats to the complainants.
"...corrupt official! Kill him!"
"Yes! Kill him! He'll get his revenge on us."
"Since we're all doomed anyway, we might as well die together!"
"Charge! Kill the corrupt official! Avenge our unjustly killed families!"
"Revenge! Revenge!"
The "victims" shouted their grievances, and they actually came towards Magistrate Zheng.
The common people and passersby who were originally gathered outside the governor's mansion to watch the commotion were stirred up or coerced and rushed over as well.
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