Chapter 166 Public Trial

"The girl is back? Oh, I heard that the girl encountered a landslide and was very scared. I'm glad that she is okay."

As soon as Lu Shuyan entered the house, she saw her aunt, who was dressed seductively. She didn't look like she was worried about her, but rather, she hoped she would die outside.

Lu Shuyan didn't even give her a glance and just walked straight ahead.

Lu Shuyan's behavior made Gao Shi very angry. "Why are you so arrogant? Tomorrow, the Si Nanbo Mansion will belong to my son. She is just a money-losing girl who will be married off sooner or later!"

What Gao hated most was the mother and daughter of the Guan family. Although they were obviously not favored, they always acted superior and looked down on her, as if she were some dirty thing.

Lu Shuyan had no time to pay attention to her. She went back to her room, changed into clean clothes, and then hurried to her mother's yard. If she didn't change her clothes, her mother would definitely feel distressed.

But when Gao heard that something happened to Lu Shuyan when she returned to Beijing, she immediately came to tell Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu was so anxious that she fainted and just woke up after the doctor gave her an acupuncture.

"Mother!"

"Shu'er! Shuyan, are you okay?" As soon as Mrs. Lu saw her daughter, she struggled to get up from the bed.

"Mother, please lie down quickly. Your daughter is fine. Look, I am fine. But why are you so ill?"

When Lu Shuyan saw her mother's current appearance, she couldn't stop crying.

"It's nothing, it's just an old illness. When I saw you, I was almost cured. I haven't seen you get married yet, so I can't bear to die."

"What's the point of talking about death? Don't talk nonsense, mom."

Lu Shuyan's mother sat up and slowly spoke to her daughter, "You were staying well at your grandparents' house, why did you come back?"

She wrote a letter asking her parents and brother to find a good marriage for Shuyan in Ezhou.

"You are sick, how can I not come back? Unless you divorce father and go back to Ezhou with your daughter."

"If I divorce, wouldn't that be what Gao wants? I will have to make her a concubine for the rest of her life. Besides, do you really think I can't beat her?"

Even if they wanted to divorce, Guan didn't want to do it so easily. Wouldn't that be a bargain for Si Nanbo and Gao? As for the reward, if she didn't want to let it go, no one could take it away. If Gao wanted to take care of it, let her do it. It wasn't a great thing.

Her own yard and her daughter's yard were firmly in her hands. As for those outside, Gao was in charge, but she was happy and relaxed.

"Mother, this won't make you happy either."

"It's okay, Shu'er, you must be tired from the journey, go back and rest first."

Lu Shuyan and her mother did not share the same idea. The next day after she returned home, she took back the right of reward, which made Gao so angry that she smashed many things in the room.

Afterwards, she went to visit Qiulan in the clinic. Qiulan had a broken leg and was not suitable to move, so Lu Shuyan asked her to stay in the clinic for treatment. She also paid out of her own pocket to reward the injured guards with 50 taels of silver each, and the remaining guards with 20 taels each.

"Jiang Li, follow me to the warehouse."

The warehouse that Lu Shuyan mentioned was the warehouse in her own courtyard. She planned to pick some things from the warehouse and send them to Lord Yuwen's residence to thank her. She heard the eldest prince call that Lord "Lord Yuwen". She had inquired and found out that there was only one Lord Yuwen in the capital, and that was Yuwen Mu, the commander of the Imperial City Administration.

Most of the things in her own warehouse were for women, so it was not appropriate to give them to Yuwen Mu. However, she thought that the lord might have female relatives in his house, so she picked some as well.

When Mrs. Lu heard about this, she asked her daughter to go to her private storehouse to get some. When she first married into the capital, her brother gave her a lot of weapons as a dowry, and she was worried about where to use them.

Lord Yuwen, who was on vacation at home, received a thank-you gift from Sinanbo's mansion, half of which was jewelry and the other half was swords and weapons.

Giving weapons as a thank-you gift is indeed not very appropriate, but Lu Shuyan thought that the commander is a military general, so since she is giving a gift, she might as well give him something he can use.

Yuwen Mu was indeed very happy. He now felt that it was not in vain that he helped Miss Lu. She was so generous! She gave away all the good things.

(Lu Shuyan: I think too much. I just don’t know the goods.)

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As soon as Shi Jiarui was sent to the Dali Temple, Shen Yun and Xie Hui began the trial. However, Shi Jiarui looked confident and even requested a fair trial.

The so-called public trial means that the trial process is open to the public.

On the day of the court hearing, Zi Yan from Yihonglou and the house broker both came forward as witnesses to identify Shi Jiarui.

Shen Yuan is now considered half a member of the Dali Temple, and this time he can sit in the hall and watch openly.

"Your Excellency, I have been to Yihonglou before and I knew Yuyu, but Yuyu was a prostitute and she had many lovers. How can you say that I killed her?"

When he said "the guest of honor", many of the onlookers outside started laughing. Shen Yun clapped his hands twice to stop them.

[It's really annoying, but why would you make such a big fuss over the death of a prostitute? A woman who wanted to marry into a rich family, she should just die.]

"But before Qiqi disappeared, it was you who redeemed her."

At this time, Ziyan also came to the court as a witness, "I can prove that Yuyu once told me in person that someone wanted to redeem her, and that person was him."

"Hey, let me go over and take a look. The price of this Yihonglou is not low. I couldn't see it before. Wow, it's worthy of being called Yihonglou. This little waist is so sexy."

There were constant laughs from the crowd, but Zi Yan pretended not to hear them and continued to straighten her back.

"You, contempt of the court, come with me."

Xu Buhuan suddenly appeared in the crowd and took away the person who had just said the most. When the others saw this, they also behaved themselves and did not dare to say anything dirty anymore.

Shi Jiarui first squinted his eyes and looked at Zi Yan, then said: "Sir, you can't believe what this woman says. I used to be her prostitute. At that time, she wanted me to redeem her virginity, but I didn't agree."

Then he said to Zi Yan frivolously: "Even if I don't redeem you, you can't slander me like this. At worst, I can redeem you."

"Don't slander me!"

"Your Excellency, I am telling the truth."

Shi Jiarui was fearless because he knew that his family had already taken care of everything for him.

Sure enough, the madam of Yihonglou said that Shi Jiarui had not been to Yihonglou for more than half a year. The broker said that he had met Shi Jiarui, but Shi Jiarui denied it. He said that the broker had read it wrong, and Shi Jiarui's name was not written on the book of the store and property department. The signature on it was found to be the person who helped Shi Jiarui rent the yard, but he was also paid to do the job and did not know the details.

[The yard is now empty, so who would know that I lived there?]

"My Lord, I have not been to the capital for a long time. My family members and many people in Yanzhou can testify to this. Please go ahead and investigate."

Everyone in the Dali Temple knew that he dared to say this, which showed that he was not afraid of people asking questions, but was afraid that people would not go. According to Dazhao law, if there is insufficient evidence and the suspect does not admit it, he can request a retrial at a later time.

"My Lord, I didn't lie. More than half a month ago, Qianqian told me in person that Master Cheng wanted to redeem her and marry her. They would first live in the courtyard that Master Cheng had rented, and then return home! It was Master Cheng who came to see Qianqian every time. I saw it clearly."

"Don't make random comments. You said you were Master Cheng, but I don't know any Master Cheng. I am the legitimate son of the Shi family in Yanzhou. How could I marry a prostitute? Could it be that some nobody is using my name to deceive people? Even if you want to curry favor with someone powerful, you shouldn't believe such talk."

[This woman is so ignorant of the world. She just wanted to play around but she thought I would really marry her. She even dared to bite me when she was doing it. It would be a good thing for her to kill her with a knife. ]