Bei Yutang and his group stood outside the hall, surrounded by common people, many of whom were servants of various noble households. All of them were sitting outside waiting for the verdict so that they could go back and report as soon as possible.
Lord Wang sat in the main seat, and Lord Zhao sat below.
"Go to the court."
The bailiff brought Gu Pianran to the hall. When the people outside saw Gu Pianran, some of them started shouting and cursing.
"This damn woman."
"A vicious woman with a heart of a snake and a scorpion."
"Kill her."
…
Lord Wang listened to the clamor below, frowned, and banged the gavel in his hand, "Silence."
Everyone who was listening to the trial outside shut their mouths.
"Who is in the hall?"
"I am a commoner named Gu." Gu Pianran replied calmly.
"Gu, the facial cream sold by the Gu's Trading Company run by your family is poisonous. Do you plead guilty to this?" Lord Wang said.
"The face cream is poisonous, I admit it." Gu Pianran did not argue and admitted very straightforwardly that there was something wrong with the face cream.
She personally admitted that the cream was poisonous, which once again aroused the anger of the people outside the hall.
"This black-hearted thing is so vicious."
"For the sake of money, they have ruined the happiness of so many women. The entire Gu family should be thrown into jail."
"This woman is so despicable, she deserves to be cut into pieces."
…
The noisy scene outside made it impossible to continue inside the hall.
"Silence, silence." Lord Wang slammed the gavel twice in succession, which stopped the noise outside.
"You knew that the facial cream was poisonous, yet you still sold it to the people of Chang'an City and the people of Southern Tang. Do you know your crime?" Lord Wang asked sternly, and the sound of the gavel rang out.
Gu Pianran said calmly, "Sir, I admit that there is something wrong with the cream, but I cannot plead guilty to knowingly committing a crime. The cream is poisonous, and I only found out about it yesterday. If I had known about it earlier, how could I have sold it to others?"
"As far as I know, the formula of the cream was developed by you. You know best what ingredients are in it and what was used. If you say you don't know, do you think I and the people outside will believe you?" Lord Wang said in a cold voice.
"Yes, yes, your Excellency is right."
"We don't believe it."
"Don't try to deceive us again."
The people outside the hall expressed their opinions one after another.
Little Moer looked at the people in the hall, his brows slightly furrowed. His little hand grabbed Bei Yutang's sleeve and said, "Mother, don't you think she is too calm?"
Dai Xiang snorted coldly, "In my opinion, she is probably just pretending to be calm."
Xue Qian then said, "There's something wrong with the cream. It's a foregone conclusion. I don't believe she can get away with it."
"Yes." Dai Xiang nodded, "She will definitely not escape this time."
Bei Yutang chuckled, "You underestimate her."
Xue Qian and Dai Xiang looked at her in surprise. They knew Bei Yutang's character very well and would never do anything without a purpose.
"No way." Dai Xiang looked at her in surprise.
"Just wait and see." Bei Yutang had a meaningful smile on his lips.
Seeing this, Xiao Moer felt relieved.
He knew his mother's character. Since she said so, she must have a backup plan.
He was looking forward to seeing how Gu Pianran would help him escape, and even more so to his mother's counterattack.
Lord Wang looked at Gu Pianran, "What else do you have to say?"
"Sir, I have witnesses to prove my innocence."
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