Chapter 430 Don’t be afraid, I’m coming
When Chi Hanxi, who was behind the screen, heard this, she was so frightened that her legs went limp.
She didn't care about anything else, so she rushed out and knelt in front of Lu Li: "Sir, please, spare my parents. I won't marry the Fourth Young Master Long, can't I let my sister marry him instead?"
If parents were sentenced, the Chi family would be completely broken up.
Chi Hanqing can get married, but what should she do?
"Yes, your Excellency is magnanimous. Please spare us." Mrs. Chi also knelt down.
Fifty strokes of the cane followed by exile, what difference is there between this and taking her life?
"If you do something wrong, you should pay the price. If you break the law, you should be punished. This has nothing to do with whether I forgive you or not." Lu Li said expressionlessly.
"Long Zhentian, go and bring Miss Chi here, let's go."
Presumably, the Chi family will not treat Chi Hanqing with all their heart in the future, so it is better to take him away first.
"Okay." Long Zhentian came back to his senses from his shock, nodded, grabbed a servant, and asked her to lead the way to find Chi Hanqing.
Long Zhentian pushed open the door of Chi Hanqing's room and saw Chi Hanqing lying on the bed with a pale face. His heart was in a knot.
She was so full of energy when we separated last time, but now she looks like this.
"Miss Chi, are you okay?" She walked over and asked softly.
Chi Hanqing heard Long Zhentian's voice in a daze.
"Am I dreaming?"
She murmured to herself and opened her eyes. When she saw Long Zhentian in front of her, tears came out: "Why would my father let me see you? I must be dreaming."
"You're not dreaming." Long Zhentian picked her up without saying anything.
"Don't be afraid, I'm coming."
"Ah." Chi Hanqing cried out in surprise when he was suddenly picked up by Teng Kong.
Only when she felt Long Zhentian's strong arms did she come to her senses completely.
It’s really Young Master Long Si who has arrived!
"Miss Jiu, we've found the person, and she's still running a fever. Let's go find the Third Young Master to check on her." Long Zhentian held her and ran quickly towards Lu Li.
Lu Li nodded and made the arrangements: "Can'er, take them to Third Brother's place. Qin Xiao and I will take care of things here."
Looking at Chi Hanqing, whose face was as pale as paper, Lu Can nodded, followed his sister's instructions, and took the two of them to where his third brother was.
Lu Li asked Long Aotian and Qu Songnian to collect evidence that Mrs. Chi murdered Chi Hanqing.
Mrs. Chi didn't expect that someone would stand up for Chi Hanqing.
In her imagination, she used medicine to make Chi Hanqing seriously ill, and then let her daughter marry into the Prince Jin's Palace in her place.
After that, just find a husband for Chi Hanqing.
"Sir, I didn't want her to die." She begged for mercy in a panic.
Master Chi begged Lu Li: "I don't know these things. If I knew, I would definitely not let her harm Qing'er like this. After all, Qing'er is my own flesh and blood."
"You don't know?" Lu Li sneered.
"If you hadn't allowed her to bully Chi Hanqing and turned a blind eye to Chi Hanqing's grievances, would she have dared to drug Chi Hanqing so arrogantly?"
Mr. Chi didn't dare to make excuses anymore.
After all, he took advantage of his late wife's pregnancy to hook up with her close friend, which indirectly killed her.
"Miss Jiu, what should we do next?" Qin Xiao asked Lu Li for her opinion.
Mrs. Chi could be convicted of premeditated murder, but it was hard to find a crime to charge Mr. Chi with.
After all, he didn't commit the murder himself.
He was indeed unaware that his daughter had been drugged.
Lu Li thought that the law would have to be improved later, otherwise this kind of man could just say that he knew nothing and would not be held accountable for his dead wife and innocent children.
In the end, Lu Li determined the guilt of Mr. Chi and his wife.
"Give each of them fifty lashes of the cane, and then exile Zhang to Huaiyang County to pick and plant cotton. As for how many years, let the prefect decide."
A dozen years ago, cotton was introduced to Bactria from the Maurya Empire.
After the Daxia trial, we found that this thing is indeed good, and started to plant it in large quantities in recent years.
Next month, there will be a bumper cotton harvest in Huaiyang County, so it would be a good opportunity for her to go pick cotton so that she doesn't waste food in prison.
After hearing the verdict, Mrs. Chi, Zhang, fainted on the spot.
She has been pampered for more than ten years, how can she do such rough work? Asking her to plant and pick cotton is no different from killing her.
Lu Li didn't care about their life or death. After resolving the matter, she left.
On the other side, Lu Heng had finished treating Chi Hanqing.
"It was just a minor cold, but someone changed the formula of her medicine, so she has not recovered. If it had been a few days later, she would have died."
Hearing Lu Heng's words, Long Zhentian became very nervous.
"Third Master, what should we do now? Can Miss Chi get better?"
"Don't worry, this won't be a problem as long as my husband is here." Shan Haitang raised the corners of her lips, her eyes full of trust in Lu Heng.
Lu Heng held her hand and said calmly, "Just wait and take good care of yourself. You will be fully recovered in less than ten days."
"Thank you, Third Young Master." Long Zhentian hurriedly thanked him.
After Lu Li dealt with the Chi couple, she also came to Lu Heng's small courtyard.
Seeing that Chi Hanqing was still in a coma, he did not ask any more questions. He waited until she woke up the next day and then brought people to visit her.
"Thank you Miss Lu Jiu for saving my life." After Chi Han woke up, he learned the whole story from Shan Haitang.
She never expected that her mother had given birth prematurely because of Zhang's anger.
And Zhang, who was a close friend of her mother, actually attacked her.
Just because she didn't want to give this marriage to her younger sister.
Her heart was cold.
"You're welcome. I just came here to ask if you have any ideas." Lu Li asked.
"What should I think?" Chi Hanqing looked at her blankly.
"You can break off the relationship with the Chi family, set up a female household on your own, and then marry Long Zhentian. Or you can continue to stay in the Chi family and let your father marry you off. Zhang has been imprisoned and will be escorted to Huaiyang the day after tomorrow." Lu Li made a suggestion.
"Establish a female household? Can I do it?" Chi Hanqing was a little hesitant.
"You are good at embroidery, so why don't you take the college entrance examination?" Lu Li asked.
Chi Hanqing was surprised: "How do you know I'm good at embroidery?"
"Miss Nine knows everything." Long Zhentian on the side quickly explained.
Only then did Chi Hanqing put away his surprised look and explained in a low voice.
"My father and Zhang said that it is better for girls not to go out and show their faces. If they take the college entrance examination and work with men, they will not be able to marry into a good family."
"Nonsense!" Lu Li rolled her eyes in annoyance when she heard this.
"They are afraid that if you pass the exam, you will be able to marry into a good family."
"That's right. I heard from my father that now many wealthy families in Beijing like to choose girls who have passed the college entrance examination as their daughters-in-law. This proves that she is capable and smart." Qu Songnian added.
Hearing this, Chi Hanqing clenched his fists: "Miss Lu Jiu, can you help me leave the Chi family?"
She looked at Lu Li expectantly.
Anyway, her beloved mother is no longer with us, and her father only has his brothers and sisters in his eyes. If she stays in the Chi family, it will only add to their sorrow.