Juren Huang Mingxiao sued the then Prime Minister Yan Shiyue for the crime of murdering a scholar.
You know, a juren is equivalent to a candidate for official position, which is equivalent to an official suing another official!
No, that's not it, she is both the Prime Minister and the Royal Princess, this is an official lawsuit against the royal family!!
The Dali Temple Minister felt more bitter than Huang Lian. He was just a small third-rank official. Why did he have to bear so much when the big guys were fighting?
But when Huang Mingxiao arrived, the situation was extremely miserable. Many people came to watch the fun, including many scholars. He was destined to be unable to suppress the situation. He could only send someone to report the news to Fuyan Mansion while asking about the situation first.
The matter is actually very simple.
From the perspective of the straight male chauvinist Huang Mingxiao, he was eating in a hotel and the proprietress was a widow. She clearly said she didn't want any money, but in the end she asked for a huge amount of money. He was short of money at the time, so she asked him to marry into her family. He refused to comply, and then he couldn't resist because the proprietress was very strong, so he became her son-in-law. He was beaten every day and didn't get any food until yesterday when he overheard the proprietress talking to someone and realized that she was instructed by Yan Shiyue, so he came to complain.
He was extremely angry when he said this, and his voice was hoarse, with the veins on his neck popping out.
But these words were so funny that the laughter outside never stopped.
Huang Mingxiao's image is particularly miserable, with a bruised face and swollen nose, and nail marks on his exposed hands and neck. It's even funnier when eaten together.
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The Dali Temple Minister delayed the process and summoned the proprietress first.
The proprietress didn't say that. She said directly, "Sir, my parents passed away early, and I'm running this restaurant alone. I first had a husband who died six years ago."
She pointed at Huang Mingxiao and said, "This man comes to my small restaurant to eat every day. He talks big and boasts about his talent. He says that the number one scholar in this subject is not even worthy of carrying his shoes. There must be something fishy going on. He also repeatedly scolds Princess Fuyan. His scolding is very ugly... I was just listening at first, until a few young men came and said that if I marry him, they would give me three hundred taels of silver. I was not happy about it. This man is obviously a silver-plated spearhead..."
Everyone burst into cheers.
Huang Mingxiao's face turned pale with anger: "You! Shameless! How dare you say such a thing!"
The lady boss ignored him and continued, "But for the sake of the three hundred taels of silver, I went over to talk to you." She pointed at her face and said, "Sir, look at me like this. Just looking at my face, no one should be interested in me, right?"
Everyone burst into laughter again.
The proprietress is about twice as fat as Huang Mingxiao, and not very pretty.
The proprietress continued, "I went over to talk to him and said that if he was willing to be with me, I would treat him to a meal. Sir, there were only two dishes on his table at the time, which cost less than 200 yuan, and I didn't feel bad about treating him. Who would have thought that after I said this, he would suddenly order a table full of dishes, including mutton, pork and fish, and I didn't say I wanted to treat him!"
"It just so happened that I was out settling a bill with someone and didn't see him. When I came back, he had already eaten all the food. It was worth dozens of taels of silver. I asked him for the money but he refused to pay. I couldn't let this happen, so I had no choice but to marry him so that those young men could pay me."
She pointed at Huang Mingxiao and said, "Sir, it is only natural to pay back debts. I also said at that time that either he would pay back the money for the vegetables or marry into his wife's family! Then he said that he wanted to marry into his wife's family. Sir, everyone knows that a son-in-law is equivalent to a servant. Then he told me something, saying that I had been with a man before, and I was no longer Bingjie or Zhen. I should serve him well in the future and not go out in public..."
The lady boss said, "Why don't you beat him up? He eats and drinks from me, and still dares to ask me to serve him? I can't beat him to death!"
I just kept laughing.
A carriage next to them was shaking with laughter.
When Yan Shiyue received the letter from the Dali Temple, he immediately knew that the gossip that day must have caused the trouble, so he asked someone to go to the Imperial College to call Shi Lei and a few others, then got on the carriage and asked questions on the way.
It is indeed their hard work.
When the group arrived, they were as if facing a formidable enemy, worried that the situation would get out of hand and that they wouldn't be able to explain themselves, thus implicating Yan Shiyue.
But I didn't expect that when I came over, I saw that the proprietress had taken over the whole place by herself.
Yan Shiyue smiled and said, "Your three hundred taels were not wasted."
Shi Lei laughed softly and said, "What a pleasant surprise! We just thought that with her physique, she could beat him."
Yan Shitu was also in the car. He used his body to separate her from these people like a brother, and said, "He can sue us, but we can't sue her? I don't know how many people have heard him scold you. Let's sue him too! Sue him for slandering the royal family!"
Yan Shiyue suddenly turned around and looked at him.
Yan Shitu asked: "What's wrong?"
"No," Yan Shiyue said with a smile, "I just think you are so smart, Third Brother!"
Yan Shitu smiled and said, "That's right!"
The Dali Temple official also began to make a judgment. The matter was actually very simple when put in this way. The status of a son-in-law was indeed not as good as that of a slave, so a few beatings were nothing. Moreover, the proprietress was a female householder, so they could have a son-in-law. As for taking the money, both parties were willing to fight and be beaten, so it was not a crime.
But Huang Mingxiao refused to accept!
He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Sir! Please enforce the law impartially! This is clearly Princess Fuyan's revenge! She wants to put me to death!"
The Dali Temple official asked, "What hatred do you hold? What grudge do you have against His Highness?"
Huang Mingxiao choked.
Then someone at the door shouted, "We don't accept it either!"
They pushed aside the crowd and walked in: "Sir, we want to sue Huang Mingxiao for defamation!"
When the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple saw that these people were all wearing the uniforms of students of the Imperial Academy, he dared not look down on them and could only continue to interrogate the case.
You know, in ancient times, the crime of defamation had strong political significance and was almost exclusively used by the royal family. Especially since Huang Mingxiao loved her so deeply that he was almost spewing poison all the time and anywhere, it was easy to catch his weakness.
Shi Lei and his companions not only sued him themselves, but also divided their groups to go to Deshan Garden to look for people he had made friends with, including his tenants in the courtyard. Dozens of people gathered together and jointly sued him for defamation.
The sentencing for the crime of defamation is relatively flexible, and can range from immediate execution by beheading to beating with a stick.
The Dali Temple Minister first arrested the man and tried to sentence him to immediate execution.
Emperor Ming Yan had listened to Yan Shiyue's vivid description, so he rejected the immediate execution and changed his sentence to twenty strokes of the cane, allowing him to go back and continue to be the landlady's son-in-law.
Yan Shiyue asked him: "Aye, what's the purpose of this?"
Emperor Mingyan was puzzled: "What?"
"What's their purpose in making such a fuss?"
Emperor Mingyan held his forehead and said, "First, this may not be arranged by others. It may just be a coincidence that I ran into such a poor scholar. Second, the development of things may not be as expected at the beginning. If they can't explain it clearly, think about what the consequences will be?"
Yan Shiyue frowned, stood up and said, "These things are so annoying, I'm going back to Xishan!" Then she left.
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