"What's going on?" Liu Bozheng frowned. He was in the Ministry of Justice and had seen all kinds of people. He wouldn't believe his concubine's one-sided story.
However, the look in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Guozhi was somewhat sharp!
It means that you won't let this go until you give a reasonable explanation.
"Minister Liu, this is all a misunderstanding. As soon as I came in, an old woman said that my aunt was getting impatient, and then she led me to that courtyard. Before I could react, she started touching me inappropriately. I reminded her to have some self-respect," Xiao Guozhi said anxiously.
However, he noticed that the more he spoke, the darker Liu Bozheng's face became.
"Lord Xiao, do you think I'll believe what you're saying?" Liu Bozheng asked with a dark face.
After all, how can a man tolerate his woman having an affair with another man?
"Master, he's lying. He took me to that courtyard because he saw how pretty I am," Lin Qiao'er quickly said, terrified. She had seen how Uncle Liu interrogated prisoners before.
She dared not think about whether she would survive if those whips fell on her.
"Go and call the old woman from the side gate over," Liu Bozheng instructed the servant beside him.
"Lord Xiao, what brings you to my residence today?" Although Liu Bozheng suspected that this man had come to investigate, he was still displeased that the man had intruded on his territory.
"Minister Liu, I request an audience with Prince An." Xiao Guozhi didn't know how to explain this at the time, but the Emperor had said that Prince An would assist them.
"If you want to know why I've come to your residence, I will tell you the truth once Prince An arrives." After saying this, Xiao Guozhi stood aside and refused to say anything more.
She felt even more wronged.
I thought to myself, how could I be so unlucky as to encounter something like this?
Although Liu Bozheng was furious, he was in the right, and even if Prince An came, it wouldn't change the fact that things had already happened.
He then asked the butler to fetch Xu Heming.
Li'an County
“My cousin has been back for a while now. How about I show my cousin around Li’an County today?” Yao Shuheng said to Li Zhiwei with a smile.
Li Zhiwei was taken aback at first and wanted to refuse, but Xu Qingshi looked at her expectantly.
Li Zhiwei thought that Xu Qingshi was still a child, and he had been back in Li'an County for a few days. It was time to take him out for a walk.
"Alright, I'll take you and Qingshi out for a stroll today." After thinking it over, Li Zhiwei agreed.
Yao Shuheng's eyes gleamed with smugness. As long as Li Zhiwei was willing to go out, his plan could be implemented.
Thinking of this, Yao Shuheng's gaze towards Li Zhiwei became even more ardent.
Xu Qingshi frowned, not knowing why, but he didn't like the way this person looked at his mother.
"Mother, can I buy everything I like today?" Xu Qingshi asked Li Zhiwei affectionately.
"I'll buy you anything you like today, but let's make it clear, nothing too big, we can't bring it back to the capital." Li Zhiwei didn't mind spending money on Xu Qingshi, but they still had to go back to the capital, and large items would be a bit of a hassle.
"Don't worry, Mother!" Xu Qingshi patted his chest and assured her.
Yao Shuheng, standing to the side, frowned, feeling that this child had absolutely no sense of boundaries.
“Young Master Xu, my cousin is not yet married. It’s inappropriate for you to call her ‘mother.’ It will ruin her reputation.” After thinking for a moment, Yao Shuheng looked at Xu Qingshi with a gentle expression and said.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingshi looked at Li Zhiwei with some confusion. After all, she had never told him not to call her "mother," had she?
"It's alright, whatever you like." Li Zhiwei didn't care. After all, if her marriage to Prince An didn't change, she would have to call him that sooner or later.
Xu Heming and Li Tianyou hurriedly arrived at the residence of Liu Bozheng, the Minister of Justice, wondering what had happened to Xiao Guozhi that required their presence.
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