794 Case Trial, the Relationship between Adulterer and Adulteress

Whether inside or outside the court, the only person everyone could see was Feng Qingchen. The high and mighty official seemed to have been forgotten.

The court was very quiet, so eerily quiet that one would suspect that they had come to the wrong place, and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple was very angry.

In the Dali Temple, he had never been ignored so thoroughly. He was the one with the final say in the Dali Temple, but everyone automatically ignored him.

Before, the director of the Criminal Department of the Blood-Cloaked Guard came and made the court quiet for a moment. The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple was already dissatisfied, but at this time, Feng Qingchen made the court silent. Everyone's attention was on Feng Qingchen, completely overshadowing the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.

In order to regain his sense of existence, the Dali Temple Chief Justice, who was sitting high up, found the gavel that he had never used before and slammed it hard.

Pah... The clear sound finally scared everyone back to their senses. The timid ones trembled and looked at the Dali Temple Chief Justice with wide eyes. They really wanted to ask, "Sir, what do you want to do?"

Unfortunately, I didn’t dare to ask.

The Dali Temple Chief Justice was very satisfied. As the chief judge, he was the one who should be the center of attention. The Dali Temple Chief Justice looked at Feng Qingfa standing in the hall without any sign of greeting, and was very dissatisfied. He clapped his hands again and asked with great authority, "Who is in the hall?"

This is the Dali Temple court. No matter who you are, no matter how glorious you are in the Imperial City, once you come to the Dali Temple, you have to obey the words of the Dali Temple Chief Justice.

"I am Feng Qingchen, your humble servant." Feng Qingchen hesitated for a moment and decided to accept the title bestowed by the emperor instead of calling herself a commoner.

"How dare you! Why don't you kneel before the official?" The Dali Temple Judge was not targeting Feng Qingchen. It was just that Feng Qingchen's appearance made him feel uncomfortable.

"Kneel?" Feng Qingchen glanced at the people in the court. Everyone was standing except Tong Yao. "Sir, you want me to kneel down, so what about these two sirs?"

Feng Qingchen didn't care whether to kneel or not, but she cared about being treated differently. The Blood-Clothed Guards and the people from Shunning Marquis' Mansion didn't kneel, so why should she, who was from Zhongyi Marquis' Mansion, kneel? She was the mistress of Zhongyi Marquis' Mansion, and her status was nobler than these two people.

"Feng Qingchen, I am an official, so I don't need to kneel when I see an official. Today, I am suing you, so as a suspect you must kneel down." The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple did not say anything, but the Director of the Criminal Department of the Blood-Clothed Guard said sinisterly.

"That's right. We all have official positions. What do you have, Miss Feng? What qualifications do you have to be compared with us?" The lawyer from Shunning Marquis' Mansion echoed, full of arrogance.

Are you qualified? Feng Qingchen pulled the corner of her lips slightly and laughed sarcastically. Seeing this, Attorney Song was afraid that Feng Qingchen would mess up, so he hurried forward and whispered to Feng Qingchen beside her: "Miss Feng, according to Dongling law, unless you are an official, you must kneel when you see an official."

He was reminding Feng Qingchen not to suffer a loss in front of him, as kneeling would not lose a piece of meat.

"Really? Which law in Dongling stipulates that Feng Qingchen has to kneel when she meets an official in court?" Feng Qingchen knew what was being asked, but the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple thought she didn't know and read out the law to her word by word.

According to Feng Qingchen's case, even if she was the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and even if she was the victim, she had to kneel down.

"Miss Feng, we must follow the rules in the court. Why don't you kneel down?" The Dali Temple's mustache twitched, and his smug look was seen even by the common people standing outside.

The onlookers started to talk a lot, wanting to see what Feng Qingyi Chen would do, whether to kneel or not. In the eyes of everyone, it was natural for the people to kneel before the officials, and Feng Qingchen's refusal to kneel made everyone incomprehensible.

The director of the Criminal Division and the steward of Shunning Marquis' Mansion looked at Feng Qingchen coldly, waiting for Feng Qingchen to kneel down, to take the initiative. They wanted to force Feng Qingchen to kneel down and make him look shorter as soon as he arrived.

Is this a show of force?

Feng Qingchen laughed. The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple really had great authority. Who did he think he was?

"Sir, I'm afraid you can't make me kneel today." Feng Qingchen refused to kneel. Before the Dali Temple Minister got angry, he took out the Ninth Prince's Palace token and asked arrogantly, "Sir, you just said that except for the royal family and those with official positions, everyone else must kneel when they see the official in court. Then I have this, do I still have to kneel?"

"What is this?" Because of the distance, Dali Temple couldn't see what the black sign was, but he instinctively knew that it was not a simple thing.

"Take it over and show it to your master, let him see it clearly." Feng Qingchen threw the token to the clerk beside him generously.

The clerk stepped forward to take it. When he saw the mark on the token, he stood up straight and held the token in front of the Dali Temple with trembling hands: "Sir, please take a look."

"How come the Ninth Prince's token is in your hand?" Dali Si was stunned and almost stood up from his chair. Fortunately, he still remembered where he was and did not lose his composure.

The two young ministers were smart people and had no intention of getting involved in the matter. But when they saw Feng Qingchen even took out the Ninth Prince's token, they knew that this was an iron plate that could not be kicked. The two of them remained silent, lowered their heads, and pretended that they had heard nothing.

"Is it strange that the Ninth Prince's token is in my hand? Doesn't your Excellency know the relationship between me and the Ninth Prince?" Feng Qingchen raised her jade hand and stroked the hair by her ears. This arrogant attitude made the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple and the Director of the Criminal Department very angry, but the two of them didn't say a word.

What is the relationship between Feng Qingchen and the Ninth Prince? Anyone with a little bit of insight in the officialdom knows what the relationship between these two is, isn't it...

"It's a pity that Feng Qingchen could say that they were an adulterous couple." Dong Ling Ziluo was standing in the crowd watching the lawsuit. Seeing Feng Qingchen shamelessly talking about the relationship between the Ninth Prince and her in public, he shouted rudely.

"Seventh brother, you've lost your composure." The second prince came with Dong Ling Zi Luo. The second prince pulled Dong Ling Zi Luo's sleeve and reminded him to be low-key. The two of them were dressed in foreign clothes to watch the fun, and it would be bad if Feng Qingchen and the Dali Temple Minister found out.

"Hmph." Although Dong Ling Zi Luo was dissatisfied, he still shut up obediently and concentrated on watching how Feng Qingchen responded.

Early this morning, a small note appeared in the imperial city, which scared many people and implicated many people. The Blood-Clothed Guards and Shunning Marquis' Mansion were the first to be hit and suffered great misfortune.

Zhai Dongming, the prince who was responsible for the safety of the imperial city, was also in trouble. Kyoto Fu Yi also stepped down. Some officials in the capital were also implicated in this matter. The emperor was furious and demanded that the Ministry of Justice and the Blood-Clothed Guards find out the people who spread the notes within a time limit. If they failed to find out, they would be dismissed.

Among the large number of officials dismissed today, many were from Prince Luo's faction. Dongling Ziluo was feeling depressed when he knew about this. When he heard that Feng Qingchen had sent people to the Dali Temple to sue the Shunning Marquis' Mansion and the Blood-Clothed Guards, he immediately understood that today's incident was all caused by Feng Qingchen.

The second prince of Donglingzi Lola came over, wanting to see what tricks Feng Qingchen was playing, or to find evidence that Feng Qingchen was the one who spread the note.

These two people were very lucky. They arrived just as Feng Qingchen arrived, and saw the most exciting scene. Of course, this scene ended with Feng Qingchen's complete victory.

In Dongling, apart from the emperor and the women in the harem, there were few people who could force Feng Qingchen to kneel down...