In movies and TV dramas, there are always princes and marquises who jump out to make decisions for the heroine. No matter what the situation is, as long as the heroine is wronged, the hero will definitely come out to protect her from the wind and rain. This kind of love is really touching and deserves praise.
Tian Wan'er is clearly a peasant girl, and her ancestors were so lucky to have her find a prince. Now that she's suffered a little injustice, she expects the prince to support her. What a joke, she doesn't consider the actual situation at all.
Xu Jing solemnly read out the laws of Great Yan, then added, "Your Highness may only observe and not interfere in the affairs of this official's office. If Your Highness is dissatisfied with me, you may instigate the censors to impeach me in court."
Ye Changge angrily shouted, "Jiang Xuqing, do you really want to go against me?"
A prince actually spoke so bluntly to an official appointed by the imperial court. I don’t know who gave him the courage.
To prevent foreign relatives from interfering in government affairs, the princes of Dayan were powerless, receiving only a monthly salary. To be honest, their power wasn't as great as that of the local government, but it was only because of their status as princes that the local officials treated them with courtesy. Now, did they really think they were just a dish?
Xu Jing said calmly, "I am acting in accordance with the laws of Great Yan. If Your Majesty wishes to intervene, please do not blame me for being unkind. Tian, do you have anything else to say?"
Tian Wan'er is not stupid. If she were hit by twenty sticks, she would be crippled.
As the saying goes, if you have the green mountains, you will never worry about firewood. She can find a way to do it slowly, but she must not suffer any physical pain.
"In reply to your Excellency's words, I will not sue you."
When these words were spoken, not only Xu Jing was surprised, but everyone present also found it very funny.
The drum at the county yamen gate was not easily beaten. It was only beaten to address an urgent grievance. If the matter was trivial, the county magistrate had the right to punish the person with flogging or imprisonment.
Especially in places thousands of miles away from the emperor, the county magistrate had the final say. Taking someone's life was a simple matter. All they had to do was beat them half to death and then claim they died of their injuries. Then, they could just give the prefect some money and everything would be over.
Xu Jing felt that Tian Wan'er was out of her mind to do something that harmed others and benefited herself, so he asked again. "Are you really not going to sue?"
Tian Wan'er thought about it for a while and said, "I won't sue."
"Come here, drag Tian, who is disturbing the court, out and give her forty blows with the cane, and then take her to jail."
Tian Wan'er was greatly shocked and hurriedly asked, "Sir, why did I suffer such severe punishment instead of complaining?" Twenty strokes of the cane would leave one's skin torn and flesh exposed, wouldn't forty strokes mean death?
Xu Jing said coldly, "Didn't anyone tell you before you came that the drums in the government office aren't so easy to beat? I'm so busy every day, working so hard for Jianzhou's economic development that I wish I could split myself into three. Even so, I still came to listen to your grievances. And now you tell me you want to withdraw the case. If that's not fooling me, what are you? Right and left, drag him out and execute him."
"Wait a minute." The troublemaker Ye Changge jumped out and said coldly, "Master Jiang has abused his power for personal gain. This prince has seen it all."
"Abuse of power for personal gain. What are you seeking?" Xu Jing said, rising. "I am the governor of a prefecture, appointed by the imperial court. Do I need to report my actions to you, Your Highness?"
"I don't care about others, I only care about Tian Wan'er." Ye Changge looked at his beloved woman kneeling in the hall with affection and spoke in a loud voice.
"Jiang Xuqing, you are only a fifth-rank prefect. In terms of rank, I am a prince. Even a second-rank lieutenant general would have to bow and greet me, let alone a mere prefect!"
Yue An was upset at being singled out for no apparent reason. He was about to speak when Liu Yuhe stopped him. He leaned in and whispered, "Don't worry. It won't take long for Lord Jiang to deal with him. Just wait and see."
Xu Jing said calmly, "I am not as honorable as you, Prince, in terms of rank, but this is the prefectural yamen, and I have the final say in the yamen. Or did the emperor grant you the authority to run the prefectural yamen? If so, please produce the documents as proof."
Ye Changge naturally couldn't produce the document. He wasn't an imperial envoy, nor was he an inspector from the Inspectorate who could impeach all officials. He had no way to deal with the prefect. But how could our clueless heroine let a mere prefect decide this? She said in a delicate voice, "Your Highness, you are the emperor's cousin. In terms of noble bloodline, no one here is as noble as you. Could it be that Prefect Jiang would openly oppose you?"
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Ye Changge's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of a brilliant idea. "I've already made an engagement with Wan'er, and she's my future princess. Logically, she's not a commoner. How did you deal with her?"
Tian Wan'er heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Finally, he was rescued. It seemed like Ye Changge wasn't stupid after all.
She got up from the ground and said slowly, "In this case, I might sue General Luo?"
"No," Xu Jing said with a smile, "How can a woman marry twice? Tian and General Luo were married and had a marriage contract. The divorce was signed today at the government office, and Tian is now completely divorced from General Luo. When did the prince become engaged to her? Is there a marriage certificate?"
Isn't it possible to just write a marriage certificate? Tian Wan'er was about to answer, but when she saw Ye Changge's sullen face, she knew something serious was going on. She stiffened her neck and said, "Your Excellency, this is biased. I knew the Prince of Nanping first, and logically, I was involved with him first. How come I ended up in the last place? Your Excellency, you're being too partial to Luo Ying, aren't you?"
"How dare you." Xu Jing slammed the gavel and shouted, "Are you saying that I deliberately protected General Luo?"
"Isn't that so?" With Ye Changge's support, Tian Wan'er straightened her back. "Ever since I entered the inner chambers, you haven't even listened to a single word of my grievance. What else could that be but partiality?"
Xu Jing looked at her with a half-smile and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for contempt of the prefect? You are a commoner and your words are so confident, but you dare to openly challenge me and the government by relying on your status as a prince?"
A huge hat was thrown down on her head, choking Tian Wan'er so much that she was speechless. Tian's father and mother, who had rushed in from outside, nearly fainted upon hearing this.
Fortunately, Mr. Tian was still breathing. He knelt down outside the door with a thud, sobbing and pleading, "Master, my daughter didn't mean that. She was haunted by an evil spirit a few days ago and couldn't sleep at night, so she said such nonsense. Please understand my daughter, Master!"
"Father, how could you say such foolish things?" Tian Wan'er felt completely ashamed. Not only were the men unreliable, but even the members of the Tian family were unreliable.
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