"Isn't it a small punishment and a big warning? Why was he exiled thousands of miles away, but to the northwest, and had to pay fifty taels of silver?"
The servant who came to answer the question replied: "My eldest and second uncles, in addition to molesting women, they also stole someone else's horse a few days ago. The owner reported it to the police. The master has been busy with this case these two days. I didn't expect that in the end, the investigation would lead to my uncle!"
The two uncles were sentenced to thirty years of imprisonment, a fifty-yuan fine, and exile a thousand miles away."
Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they were able to save their lives. She hoped that her eldest and second brothers would remember this lesson. She would ask the servants to prepare some medicine and money so that they would not suffer too much on the way to exile. As for their mother, she would just take care of her in the future.
"Where in the northwest are you exiled to? Have you sent someone to make arrangements in advance?"
"I heard it's a place called Jing'an Town!"
Zhang thought she had misheard and turned her head to look at him.
"What. Jing'an Town?"
Jing'an Town, isn't that where they originally lived?
What does this mean, sir?
Is this exile thousands of miles away, or is it a disguised form of repatriation?
"What else did your Excellency say?"
"The master said that the two gentlemen have been punished now, and it is good that they can change. For the sake of relatives, family members are allowed to stay with them to take care of them!"
What they said was that they allowed her family to take care of her. Isn't this just a disguised way of telling her where her family came from and where to go?
But now Jing'an Town is no longer as peaceful as it used to be. It has become the only way for the northern Rong people to go south to forage for food.
In recent years, the armies of the two countries have fought several rounds. In order to build fortifications, Dajing did send many prisoners to that place.
But in such a situation, isn't letting my family die the same as letting them die?
Zhang was filled with grief. Her mother-in-law and husband were so cruel that they left no chance for her family to survive.
This is not showing mercy to her, this is completely embarrassing her.
She can't even protect her own family, so how can she talk about the prestige of the mistress? Which servant will take her seriously in the future?
Zhang, who had been in fear, anxiety, and terror for the past two days, finally exploded at this moment!
She raised her hand and swept the things off the table, covered her face and cried bitterly, not noticing that the flying debris cut the face of the little maid next to her.
Everyone was quiet.
Even Qiao Sanniang, who came to pay her respects to Zhang, could not help but stop.
They all looked towards Zhang.
Mother is crazy. Is she expressing her dissatisfaction with father and grandmother?
It was obviously my eldest and second uncles who did something wrong, and my father and grandmother were just punishing them accordingly according to the law.
What's wrong with my father and grandmother?
Besides, the elder sister is still a victim, why didn't the mother comfort her?
Has the mother forgotten how she felt when they were bullied by powerful people in her hometown? Why does she take it for granted now that she has become the perpetrator?
Qiao Xin, who had just walked in and witnessed all this, smiled mockingly, "What are you doing so early in the morning? If you're not satisfied with anything, just tell me. Why are you taking it out on me? Do you think these things are an insult to your status as the prefect's wife?"
Zhang:........
When Qiao Sanniang saw Qiao Xin, she was overjoyed and threw herself into Qiao Xin's arms like a young swallow.
"Grandma, you finally came to see me. Sanniang missed you so much!"
Qiao Xin picked her up and kissed her thin face, and her heart softened a little.
"I've been missing you for three years, so I came to see you."
The third lady's tears suddenly flowed down, and she hugged Qiao Xin's neck tightly with her arms, sobbing softly, and soon her collar was wet.
Qiao Xin patted her back gently and coaxed her softly.
This child has been sensitive and intelligent since childhood. Now that she is crying like this, it seems that she has suffered a lot during the time we were apart.
Forget it, since we have a weak relationship with our parents, they should just stay by my side in the future.
As for Zhang, Qiao Yunqing should deal with her on her own! Only Qiao Yunqing can handle Zhang's twisted and sensitive personality.
, she didn't owe the couple anything, there was really no need for her to humble herself and become a thankless and evil mother-in-law.
When the two brothers of the Zhang family bullied the eldest lady, they should be thankful that she was not there, otherwise she would have lost some limbs. Now she was only beaten with a few sticks and sent back to her hometown to plead guilty. This was already a leniency given to her for the sake of the couple of the second wife. If someone else had bullied the daughter of a third-rank official, would he still want to keep her life?
Qiao Xin immediately lost interest in disciplining Zhang, and ignored Zhang who was holding her belly and pretending to be weak, and walked out holding Sanniang.
"Go to Sanniang's yard and pack some clothes and bring them to the inn. Sanniang will be with me from now on. Take the little girl with you.
The Second Madam needs to rest and should not be disturbed. No visitors are allowed before the birth!"
Qiao Xin pointed at the little maid who was implicated.
Madam Shi was stunned for a moment, then she understood that the old lady was worried about the girl.
"yes!"
Zhang heard this, her legs went limp and she sat on the ground, her heart in a state of panic.
If the mother-in-law had pointed at her and scolded her, she would have treated her as a family member, but now she was ignoring her like this, which meant she had completely given up on herself.
She was left to fend for herself.
In the Qiao family, her husband is her support, but her mother-in-law is her last resort.
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