"Do I have power? Letting you go to the palace to build relationships with your family is power? If I had power, I would have been like your uncle Gong Yonggu and Qi Zanyuan, colluding with those ministers to make money. Did I let you into the palace as a gift or to ask for an official position for me?" Zhao Xiaofei said with pretended displeasure.
Seeing that her husband was angry, she thought about what he said, and there was really nothing excessive. Not only did he not ask for an official position by giving gifts, but he also sent money to his father's treasury every year. This was much better than her two uncles. Not only did they think of ways to ask for money, but they also evaded taxes with other ministers. They helped others hide their land and received benefits from it, while her husband fought the epidemic for the country, defended the city for the country and killed the Jianlu. It was really too much for her to be called a powerful person just for letting her enter the palace to keep in touch with her family.
Princess Kunxing Zhu Mianzhu said weakly, "Husband! I was wrong! Don't be angry! I was just overthinking it."
"Do you know you're wrong?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"It's good that you know you're wrong! I'll go to submit the memorial tomorrow, and I'll stay at Yanyu Tower at night. I won't be back for a few days! The gifts are only prepared for Zhaoren and Cijiong. Your brother, the Crown Prince, will not get any, so that some people won't say that I'm power-hungry." After Zhao Xiaofei finished speaking, he left the Prince Consort's Mansion.
After Zhao Xiaofei left, Zhu Mianchu felt incredibly aggrieved and sat on her bed, silently weeping. Could she be blamed for this? No! She had been taught from a young age that foreign relatives shouldn't interfere in government affairs, and even after marrying, she had to be vigilant. To protect herself from disaster, she also had to prevent her husband's family from being tarnished by the imperial family.
Zhao Xiaofei didn't know that Princess Kunxing Zhu Mianzhu was crying silently at home. If he knew, he probably wouldn't have returned to modern times to live with Qin Baobao.
In the evening, Liu Aiping prepared dinner for Zhao Xiaofei and the others and went out to play. Zhao Xiaofei, Qin Baobao, and Qin Xiaomi had dinner together. Zhao Xiaofei said to Qin Baobao, "I'm going to Nanjing tomorrow. I have some work to do at the company. I'll come visit you when I'm done!"
"Okay! I'll listen to you!" Qin Baobao smiled sweetly. She felt happy in her heart, and it seemed that marriage was not far away.
"Haha! Brother-in-law! Are you planning to propose to my sister? Should I prepare bridesmaid's dresses? What do you think would look good on me?" Qin Xiaomi said.
"It's almost done! Wait until I finish this busy period!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Really! Congratulations, sister! I'll call you Mrs. Zhao from now on! Can I play a song for you to celebrate? Besides playing the erhu, I've also played the pipa! I'm a professional!" Qin Xiaomi said with a smile.
"Okay! Play one of your best songs!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Qin Xiaomi was so excited that she didn't even eat her meal and went to the house to get her piano. At this time, Zhao Xiaofei's phone rang. It was her eldest brother Zhao Xiaokun.
"Hello! What's the matter, brother?" Zhao Xiaofei picked up the phone and left the dining room.
"We've found the person! She used to be the chief surgeon at a maternal and child health care hospital in Nanjing, and she's quite skilled. Her husband and child were killed in a car accident, and she took a scalpel and stabbed the perpetrator to death!"
"How many years should someone like this be sentenced to? Will she still be able to hold a scalpel?"
"No problem! She was only sentenced to three years! Her lawyer arranged for a psychiatric evaluation and concluded that her intermittent mental disorder was caused by the trauma of her child's husband's death. The other party's family also hired a well-known lawyer, who said that the doctor had stabbed their son to death with great precision, directly through the heart, something most people wouldn't be able to do. Therefore, they determined that she had no mental problems. Ultimately, the court still believed that the female doctor did have mental problems, but after considering the other party's statements, they ruled that she was criminally responsible, but gave her a lighter sentence, only three years!"
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