As soon as she said this, the onlookers looked at her with disdain and started pointing and talking.
"There's no proof, and no token. Isn't this nonsense?"
"Oh, before, Xia Yinfeng followed the young marquis around every day, insisting she would marry no one but him. Now that her reputation has been ruined, she wants to cling to the cavalry general. Don't you think she's anything?"
"Oh, a few days ago, Lord Xia forced the Cavalry General to marry Xia Yinfeng in front of the entire court, but the Cavalry General refused. Now, the Xia family is resorting to such despicable tactics again!"
"You don't know, right? Madam Lai is the wet nurse of Miss Xia."
"No wonder! This secret lifelong promise is all made up. This Lai Mama just wants Xia Yinfeng to hook up with Shen Jiarui so she can enjoy the good life with him!"
"How dare you slander an official appointed by the imperial court? You deserve to die!"
"Yeah! Damn it!"
The crowd kept talking.
Mother Lai was very panicked.
She had no other way out and could only force the issue: "My young lady is having an affair with the Second Son of the Shen Family! Now that the Second Son of the Shen Family has become rich, he wants to abandon my young lady. As her wet nurse, I naturally feel sorry for my young lady! Even though I used some tricks, I was forced into this!"
"Stop it! What's this about an affair? A woman as undisciplined as Xia Yinfeng wants to marry into the cavalry general's arrogance. She's dreaming!"
"So cunning! Even if it tarnishes the reputation of the Cavalry General, he won't marry that bitch Xia Yinfeng!"
"That's right, let alone the Valiant Cavalry General, even a crude person like me would look down on someone like Xia Yinfeng!"
"Oh, I find it dirty even to carry my shoes!"
In the crowd, several men spoke without mercy.
"I, I'll tear your mouths apart!"
Mother Lai was so angry that she wanted to rush down and fight with them, but was held down by the guards.
Qi Heng slammed the gavel hard: "Silence!"
Everyone gradually quieted down, gloating and wanting to see how the matter would be resolved.
The scholar who wrote the story kowtowed to Qi Heng and said, "Sir! I am guilty and willing to accept punishment. However, my crime does not deserve the death penalty. It is the Xia family who fabricated rumors and slandered the imperial officials. Their crime is unforgivable!"
The storybook seller also kowtowed: "We were deceived and didn't know the truth. Xia Yinfeng is a vicious and cruel person, he deserves death!"
"The Xia family has failed to educate their children properly, allowing their own daughter to slander an official appointed by the imperial court. I beg you to report this to the court!"
"The Xia family deliberately slandered the imperial officials. I'm afraid they have ulterior motives!"
They don't want to die, and they don't want to take the blame.
In order to clear their names, they all pointed the finger at the Xia family.
The eyes of the masses are also sharp.
Soon, the Xia family became the target of public criticism.
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