Qi Yunqing said sternly, "There is no father or son before the law."
What's more, he was such a worthless big brother. When he thought about what he had done to the county lady, he wanted to do it. He was able to marry such a beautiful county lady but he didn't cherish her at all and even slandered her in front of others.
Qi Yunfeng was beaten with twenty boards and carried back to Duke Qi's mansion.
Shuntian Mansion came to take Fangfei away, and this time Madam Qi and Qi Yunfeng did not stop them.
When she arrived at the yamen, it was hard for Fangfei not to plead guilty. She thought she could survive the punishment. After all, she was mentally strong. As long as she endured it, even being beaten to death would be better than admitting the crime.
Moreover, the yamen runners were puzzled because even a strong man could not withstand 120 strokes of the cane.
The prisoner who had just given birth was in strangely good health.
But in Fangfei's eyes, she felt like she was being tortured every moment since she gave birth. She felt that it must be related to the medicine that the county lady had stuffed into her mouth while she was giving birth.
However, Shuntian Prefecture listened to her and found several doctors to see her, and they all said that she showed no signs of poisoning.
They were even more severe in punishing her deception, as they had to report to the Emperor and the eldest princess.
Besides, there are all the witnesses, so even if she refuses to confess, we can't blame them for being so ruthless.
Fangfei felt that her internal organs were displaced, but she just couldn't die. She couldn't bear the heart-wrenching pain, so she confessed. She felt that the death penalty was actually a relief.
The slave girl plotted to murder her master, a crime of a more serious nature. She was originally to be sentenced to death, and her entire family was to do hard labor for three years before being exiled. However, the county lord was kind-hearted and pleaded for her, securing for her to be exempted from the death penalty and to be exiled after doing hard labor.
Shuntian Prefecture specially arranged a good place for mining for Fangfei and her family.
The family members who usually hold Fangfei in high regard now wish they could eat her alive.
Fangfei wanted to die, but the jailer kept a close eye on her to prevent her from having the chance to commit suicide.
Qi Yunfeng stayed in bed to recuperate for a while, but Duke Qi came back and beat him again, wanting to kick him out of the house.
Madam Qi tried to plead for mercy. She didn't know what had happened to make Duke Qi so angry, so serious as to want to expel him from the family.
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