Chapter 1053 Lord Lu Xiang hit you and scolded you
Xiang Weinan was shocked upon hearing this, and his expression became even more serious. "There is such a thing? This is unacceptable. Our Great Su Dynasty has always had a clear distinction between superiors and inferiors, and the laws are very strict. The county princess is naturally more noble than the village lady. How can we allow such insubordination to happen?"
County Magistrate Zhang quickly shook her head, "No, Lord Xiang, it's not..."
Xiang Weinan didn't give her a chance to speak, and asked with a stern face, "Princess Zhang, tell me, how did Lady Lu commit such an act of insubordination? Did she hit you?"
County Magistrate Zhang was taken aback and subconsciously shook her head.
"She didn't hit you? Then she must have scolded you?"
County Magistrate Zhang also shook her head.
Xiang Weinan frowned. "If Lady Lu didn't hit you or scold you, how could she have committed such an act of insubordination? What did she do?"
"She, she..."
Seeing that she couldn't speak for a long time, Xiang Weinan frowned slightly. "It seems that County Princess Zhang is indeed quite frightened. In that case, you should rest for a while, and I will ask Lord Lu Xiang."
So he turned his head and asked Shu Yu very seriously, "Lord Lu, what exactly did you do to Princess Zhang?"
Shu Yu sighed, "I didn't do anything to Princess Zhang. I only scolded her younger brother, Zhang Maolin, and had two of Zhang Maolin's and Princess Zhang's guards beaten. Lord Xiang, am I, a mere village head, considered to have committed insubordination by hitting and scolding the princess's brother? Princess Zhang is a county princess; does her brother's status necessarily exceed mine?"
Xiang Weinan was taken aback, his brows furrowing tightly. "Of course not."
He glanced at Lady Zhang again, and after a moment of silence, he asked as if he were standing by her side and about to speak up for her, "Lady Lu, although Zhang Maolin is just a commoner, as a lady of the county, you can't just beat and scold him at will. What did he do that you wanted to poison him?"
“My lord, you must be fair in your words. It was Zhang Maolin who came to our doorstep and attacked my servants first. So many people here can testify to this; they saw it all clearly. My servants didn’t even intend to fight back at first. As a lady of the village, on such an important day as my coming-of-age ceremony, someone came to my door to attack me. Surely I can’t just let it go like this? I was acting in self-defense, wasn’t I?”
No, that's right.
"Besides, I scolded him. He's a person of bad character who actually came to my door to propose marriage. When I rejected him, he came to cause trouble. What's wrong with me scolding him? No normal person could tolerate that, right?"
Xiang Weinan stared wide-eyed in surprise, turned to look Zhang Maolin up and down, and after a while, nodded slightly and said, "Princess Zhang, this... Lord Lu didn't scold him wrong."
Your younger brother is indeed rather unattractive. Not to mention he can't compare to Meng Yunzheng, any slightly handsome man is much better than him.
The problem is that his appearance is secondary; his character is also bad, and he deserves to be criticized.
Shu Yu asked innocently, "So I hit Zhang Maolin, I cursed Zhang Maolin, and he was in the wrong first. If we're talking about insubordination, shouldn't we say that Zhang Maolin disrespected me first? If County Chief Zhang wants to sue me, wouldn't that be considered false accusation?"
Xiang Weinan's expression was solemn. "Princess Zhang, is what Lord Lu said true?"
County Magistrate Zhang wanted to say that this was wrong, but upon reflection, it seemed that what Lu Xiangjun said made sense.
It was indeed her younger brother who started it, and she was the one who was scolding her younger brother.
But, but I still feel it shouldn't be like this.
Xiang Weinan then asked the onlookers, "Then let me ask you all, you all saw it from beginning to end, is what Lord Lu said just now true?"
(End of this chapter)
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