Pang Yungui's case is still under trial, but Ning Yuanchen's case has already been sentenced.
Han Zeyu was puzzled. Wasn't it said that their case would be used to expose Ma Zheng's corruption case? Why was the verdict already made before the New Year?
Tie Zhu said mysteriously, "Pang Yungui knows more and is involved in a wider range of matters."
Su Shien also added: "The eunuch superintendent of the Imperial Horse Administration has been replaced. The original one should be imprisoned in the Ministry of Prudence."
Han Zeyu suddenly realized: "Knowing too much makes you vulnerable to being silenced, while being too ignorant makes you appear worthless. The officialdom is truly dark."
In short, the emperor found a more suitable tainted witness.
As a result, Ning Yuanchen, whose reputation was ruined and who was involved in four cases, was eliminated.
Originally, Ning Yuanchen was about to be transferred to the Ministry of Justice prison, awaiting execution in the autumn.
But Marquis Wu'an could not let go of his illegitimate son, so he secretly went to the palace to plead with the emperor, hoping to spare his life.
When the old lady found out, she was furious and gave Marquis Wu'an a severe beating.
The emperor did not give in at first, and rebuked Wu'an Hou in righteous words, saying that the country has its laws and the family has its rules.
Ning Yuanchen did such a heartless thing. Without the connivance of Marquis Wu'an, how could a concubine's son of a marquis and a sixth-rank official have the courage to murder an official appointed by the court?
Marquis Wu'an pleaded humbly, willing to pay a huge price in exchange for the life of his eldest son.
The emperor was also quite bad. He first agreed to the Marquis of Wu'an, and then advanced the proposed sentence.
Execution after autumn refers to the execution of the death penalty in autumn and winter. As it is near the end of the year and it is not appropriate to see blood, Ning Yuanchen's execution will probably be scheduled for late autumn next year.
Since I promised Marquis Wu'an to spare his life, I might as well move the sentence to this year.
Ning Yuanchen was charged with four serious crimes and was punished for multiple crimes, starting with the lightest punishment of caning.
Caning, flogging, hanging, beheading.
There are four kinds of punishment, and it all depends on how long he can endure.
As a result, Ning Yuanchen was beaten with fifty sticks and then with twenty lashes.
The whole person lay motionless on the torture device, covered in blood and lifeless.
Even when a bucket of cold water was poured on him, Ning Yuanchen showed no reaction.
The people in the Ministry of Justice's prison were sensible and knew that he was on the verge of life and death.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice waved his hand, and several people hurriedly sent the dying Ning Yuanchen back to the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion secretly.
The person is already disabled. Even if he manages to survive, he will be paralyzed for life and unable to take care of himself.
Marquis Wu'an was heartbroken and cried bitterly while holding his son who looked like a bloody man.
At the same time, the Minister of Justice also handed a secret document to the old lady.
This is the result of an investigation many years ago, and all the information about Ning Yuanchen's life is included in it.
After seeing this, the old couple were so angry that their hands were shaking. This stupid son was completely hopeless.
The results of the investigation were right in front of me. The charming young man back then was actually a man in disguise.
A low-class actor fooled them around.
Speaking of Ning Yuanchen, why does he look so similar to that actor?
After all this time, it turned out that Ning Yuanchen was indeed his own flesh and blood, but he did not come out of "his" belly.
When the actor saw that Marquis Wu'an was about to get married, he was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he hurriedly found a wife for himself, a pretty widow with a considerable fortune.
The widow was eight years older than him, and Ning Yuanchen was the son of him and the pretty widow.
Later, in order to completely get rid of Wu'an Hou's entanglement, the actor lied that the child was his.
In the end, Marquis Wu'an got the "fruit of their love".
The pretty widow lost her money and her child.
The culprit had already fled to a neighboring country with his considerable wealth.
Marquis Wu'an looked at the investigation results in disbelief, and felt as if he had been struck by lightning. That person was not the young man, and he had deceived him so badly!
Marquis Wu'an's infatuation was shattered into pieces.
After sitting there for a long time, I didn't know what was wrong with my brain.
Ning Yuanchen, who was lying prone on the couch, was turned over.
He stared blankly for a while, then stretched out his finger, dipped it in the bright red blood, and with trembling hands, he put a dot of blood between Ning Yuanchen's eyebrows.
After looking at it carefully for a moment, he murmured, "What a resemblance! They look exactly the same."
Not long after, news came from the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion that the Wu'an Marquis had just experienced the pain of losing his son, and felt guilty towards his ancestors for not teaching his children well, so he fell ill out of self-blame.
No one found Ning Yuanchen's affairs strange. Even if he was favored, he was not the legitimate son after all.
Even a huge marquisate would not set up a white sail for a young man born out of wedlock.
Just when everyone was lamenting that there was no successor to the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, the "weak and sickly" Ning Yuanzhao stood up tenaciously.
Turn the tide when it is about to fall, and support the collapsing building.
He resolutely took over the mess at home and stabilized the situation at an unexpected speed.
When Su Shien saw Ning Yuanzhao again, who was dragging his "sick body" to the Hanlin Academy to work, he went forward to greet him enthusiastically.
Li Tang and his companions curled their lips in disdain. It turned out that someone was really just pretending to be noble.
Seeing others in power, they rush to get close to them, but they don't know that given Ning Yuanzhao's physical condition, even if he became the prince of a marquisate, he might not live to see the day when he can successfully ascend to the throne.
Su Shien ignored the strange looks from those around her and took on the responsibilities of a gold medal salesperson proactively and enthusiastically.
"Master Ning, you look so ordinary, are you tired recently?"
Ning Yuanzhao's mouth twitched slightly. What was he talking about?
The weasel definitely has no good intentions when it pays a New Year's visit to the chicken.
As expected, before they had even chatted for five sentences, Su Shien's true intentions were exposed.
"You know Censor Ding's son, Ding Junjie, who works at the Dali Temple, right?"
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