Chapter 22 Framed (3)
This scene was really interesting.
Chen Hui was naturally happy that it wasn’t her who had run out of luck. She scanned the surroundings calmly. It was not the same as in the tv series. There were no large rows of officials shouting might on both sides of the hall. There were only a few cold eyes people staring at the criminals below. As long as there was a movement, they would not be polite.
The highest ranked officer of the Ministry of Justice slammed the gavel. Chen Hui quivered and knelt down according to etiquette.
“Who is kneeling below in the hall?”
Of course, it wasn’t that this high-ranked officer didn’t know who she is. The person had been brought in on his orders. Asking this question was just a process to verify her identity.
Chen Hui lowered her head and said respectfully, “Answering my lord, this commoner girl is called Lady Chen Hui. The one on the right is my father.”
“Chen Pingzhi, is she right?”
Chen Pingzhi immediately nodded like when beating garlic and said, “Yes, yes, sir! She is that pitiful daughter of mine that had been snatched by Lord Li!”
Chen Hui had her head lowered, so, no one knew that she smiled knowingly. Now, she finally understood what was going on.
In the beginning, Chen Pingzhi forced the original on Li Youde for the sake of business. Who knew that the original didn’t do as he wished for and instead annoyed Li Youde? Li Youde was narrowminded. He didn’t let the original go and also suppressed Chen household’s business because of that, causing Chen Pingzhi to be badly burned about the head, but he didn’t have any other way. Commoners shouldn’t fight with officers because commoners couldn’t win after all. Moreover, it was he who rushed to give away his daughter in the beginning. So, he could only take it as losing a daughter in vain. But somehow, Chen Pingzhi got so courageous that he dared to frame Li Youde for robbing his daughter. Things were by no means that simple. There must be a mastermind behind Chen Pingzhi who gave him the courage and confidence to do this. Moreover, even grandmother Xu who had been beaten and driven out of the residence by Li Youde was here. The person who had a grudge against Li Youde was called in as witness. The mastermind was really well-prepared.
Now, as long as the testimony of her, the involved party, was added, the evidence that Li Youde robbed a commoner girl would be conclusive. What about it even if he was a powerful and rich eunuch, wasn’t there still his political enemy who backed the Ministry of Justice? Maybe the Ministry of Justice is one of his enemies. Now that they had gotten such a big information that could be used against him, wouldn’t they be very happy? The high ranked officer of the Ministry of Justice nodded his head in satisfaction when looking at Chen Hui. This daughter of Chen household looked neither servile nor overbearing. It would be much easier when questioning her.
He cleared his throat and said, “Now that all the witnesses are here, let’s start. Chen Pingzhi, start with you.”
“Yes, sir!” Chen Pingzhi immediately nodded and said, “About a month ago, this little one heard that a wing in the imperial palace was going to be renovated and looking for a merchant handling in timber business. The wood of this little one is very good but the wine fragrance is also afraid that the alley is deep. This little one had no other way and could only invite Chief Internal Eunuch Lord Li out to tell him how good the mood of this little one is and asked him to consider Chen household. This little one also feels honored to be able to provide timber for the palace…Who would’ve thought that it was that time that Lord Li took a fancy on this little one’s daughter and wanted this little one to give this little one’s daughter to him as a concubine…”
“Nonsense, it was obviously you who has forcibly stuffed this troublemaker at me!” Li Youde interrupted Chen Pingzhi sharply.
Chen Hui turned her head to look once at him. He actually called her troublemaker…Did he not know how worrisome his situation was now?
Li Youde noticed her gaze and glared coldly and gloomily back at her.
Chen Hui retrieved her gaze. Eyes looked at the nose and nose pointed at the chest. Haha, he dared to glare at her even like this. Great.
Eyes looked at the nose and nose pointed at the chest: look down and lower head.“Lord Li, don’t interrupt the testimony of the plaintiff, otherwise, this officer won’t be polite.” Zheng Yong’s gaze swept over unhappily. Civil officials always looked down on eunuchs. In the past, Li Youde might not be easy to provoke, but now he committed a crime that he (ZY) was in charge of. It was almost certain that he (LY) wouldn’t have a way to bring change to his fortune anymore. Zheng Yong’s attitude naturally became tougher.
Li Youde’s expression was gloomy. He still had some worries after all. He didn’t open his mouth again.
Chen Hui silently gave this officer of the Ministry of Justice a compliment.
Zheng Yong saw that Li Youde became quiet. A trace of contempt flashed across his face. He looked at Chen Pingzhi again and motioned for him to continue.
Chen Pingzhi hurriedly said, “Chen Hui is this little one’s beloved daughter. How could this little one be willing to give her as concubine. Moreover, Lord Li is like this…like this…” He didn’t say everything completely, skipped over it and said, “How could this little one be willing to let this little one’s daughter suffer like that for her whole life?! But Lord Li used his identity to oppress this little one. If this little one didn’t do as he wanted, this little one was afraid to attract a murderous disaster. How would this little one dare to say no?! This little one could only pity this little one’s daughter to have suffered all kinds of torture at Li residence…”
Chen Pingzhi was crying sincerely, but Chen Hui naturally didn’t believe a word. In the letter that Chen Pingzhi sent last time, there was no sincerity towards her, this daughter. The whole letter was his worries about his business.
Zheng Yong nodded and asked Li Youde, “Lord Li, is this Chen Pingzhi telling the truth?”
Li Youde sneered once. No matter how you looked at his face, it was annoying, “Sir Zheng, do you believe the words of this kind of unruly commoner too? As I have said earlier, he had forced this daughter on me and I accepted it. I couldn’t return her to not ruin her reputation. Sir Zheng, don’t you think that this is the reason?”
Zheng Yong put on a fake smile, “Lord Li, what you said is strange. Which family would force their daughter to give to a eunuch like you? That would be like there is a deep hatred with their daughter.
Li Youde’s face sank and secretly hated this moment endlessly, but he had no other way. Even if Zheng Yong’s words were very courteous, the disdain he had beneath the surface for people like Li Youde was no less.
“Chen Pingzhi didn’t even care about his daughter for the sake of a few money. Does sir Zheng believe what someone like him had said?” Li Youde sneered.
Zheng Yong said, “Lord Li, don’t worry. Naturally, this officer will not only listen to one side of the story.” He turned his gaze, looked at grandmother Xu and said, “Xu shi, were you working before in Lord Li’s residence?”
Shi: clanWhen grandmother Xu heard that it was her turn to be questioned, she was startled first. Then, she said with a trembling voice, “Answering sir, that is right! This little one used to work in the kitchen of Lord Li’s residence. Later, this little one was beaten twenty times and driven out of the residence because master Chen had sent a letter to Lady Chen. This little one could testify that Lady Chen is being locked at Plum Yard in Li residence. There wasn’t even a full meal every day. It was so pitiful! Unfortunately, what lowly people like this little one thinks counts for little and failed to help Lady Chen…”
Grandmother Xu talked grievingly and lamented as if she really once fought for injustice for Chen Hui’s bitter experience. In the end, he looked once at Chen Hui and said, “Also when Lady Chen first came to Li residence after being snatched, she was naturally unwilling and had once committed suicide by hitting a pole. She still has a scar on her forehead now!”
Chapter 22 Framed (3)
This scene was really interesting.
Chen Hui was naturally happy that it wasn’t her who had run out of luck. She scanned the surroundings calmly. It was not the same as in the tv series. There were no large rows of officials shouting might on both sides of the hall. There were only a few cold eyes people staring at the criminals below. As long as there was a movement, they would not be polite.
The highest ranked officer of the Ministry of Justice slammed the gavel. Chen Hui quivered and knelt down according to etiquette.
“Who is kneeling below in the hall?”
Of course, it wasn’t that this high-ranked officer didn’t know who she is. The person had been brought in on his orders. Asking this question was just a process to verify her identity.
Chen Hui lowered her head and said respectfully, “Answering my lord, this commoner girl is called Lady Chen Hui. The one on the right is my father.”
“Chen Pingzhi, is she right?”
Chen Pingzhi immediately nodded like when beating garlic and said, “Yes, yes, sir! She is that pitiful daughter of mine that had been snatched by Lord Li!”
Chen Hui had her head lowered, so, no one knew that she smiled knowingly. Now, she finally understood what was going on.
In the beginning, Chen Pingzhi forced the original on Li Youde for the sake of business. Who knew that the original didn’t do as he wished for and instead annoyed Li Youde? Li Youde was narrowminded. He didn’t let the original go and also suppressed Chen household’s business because of that, causing Chen Pingzhi to be badly burned about the head, but he didn’t have any other way. Commoners shouldn’t fight with officers because commoners couldn’t win after all. Moreover, it was he who rushed to give away his daughter in the beginning. So, he could only take it as losing a daughter in vain. But somehow, Chen Pingzhi got so courageous that he dared to frame Li Youde for robbing his daughter. Things were by no means that simple. There must be a mastermind behind Chen Pingzhi who gave him the courage and confidence to do this. Moreover, even grandmother Xu who had been beaten and driven out of the residence by Li Youde was here. The person who had a grudge against Li Youde was called in as witness. The mastermind was really well-prepared.
Now, as long as the testimony of her, the involved party, was added, the evidence that Li Youde robbed a commoner girl would be conclusive. What about it even if he was a powerful and rich eunuch, wasn’t there still his political enemy who backed the Ministry of Justice? Maybe the Ministry of Justice is one of his enemies. Now that they had gotten such a big information that could be used against him, wouldn’t they be very happy? The high ranked officer of the Ministry of Justice nodded his head in satisfaction when looking at Chen Hui. This daughter of Chen household looked neither servile nor overbearing. It would be much easier when questioning her.
He cleared his throat and said, “Now that all the witnesses are here, let’s start. Chen Pingzhi, start with you.”
“Yes, sir!” Chen Pingzhi immediately nodded and said, “About a month ago, this little one heard that a wing in the imperial palace was going to be renovated and looking for a merchant handling in timber business. The wood of this little one is very good but the wine fragrance is also afraid that the alley is deep. This little one had no other way and could only invite Chief Internal Eunuch Lord Li out to tell him how good the mood of this little one is and asked him to consider Chen household. This little one also feels honored to be able to provide timber for the palace…Who would’ve thought that it was that time that Lord Li took a fancy on this little one’s daughter and wanted this little one to give this little one’s daughter to him as a concubine…”
“Nonsense, it was obviously you who has forcibly stuffed this troublemaker at me!” Li Youde interrupted Chen Pingzhi sharply.
Chen Hui turned her head to look once at him. He actually called her troublemaker…Did he not know how worrisome his situation was now?
Li Youde noticed her gaze and glared coldly and gloomily back at her.
Chen Hui retrieved her gaze. Eyes looked at the nose and nose pointed at the chest. Haha, he dared to glare at her even like this. Great.
Eyes looked at the nose and nose pointed at the chest: look down and lower head.“Lord Li, don’t interrupt the testimony of the plaintiff, otherwise, this officer won’t be polite.” Zheng Yong’s gaze swept over unhappily. Civil officials always looked down on eunuchs. In the past, Li Youde might not be easy to provoke, but now he committed a crime that he (ZY) was in charge of. It was almost certain that he (LY) wouldn’t have a way to bring change to his fortune anymore. Zheng Yong’s attitude naturally became tougher.
Li Youde’s expression was gloomy. He still had some worries after all. He didn’t open his mouth again.
Chen Hui silently gave this officer of the Ministry of Justice a compliment.
Zheng Yong saw that Li Youde became quiet. A trace of contempt flashed across his face. He looked at Chen Pingzhi again and motioned for him to continue.
Chen Pingzhi hurriedly said, “Chen Hui is this little one’s beloved daughter. How could this little one be willing to give her as concubine. Moreover, Lord Li is like this…like this…” He didn’t say everything completely, skipped over it and said, “How could this little one be willing to let this little one’s daughter suffer like that for her whole life?! But Lord Li used his identity to oppress this little one. If this little one didn’t do as he wanted, this little one was afraid to attract a murderous disaster. How would this little one dare to say no?! This little one could only pity this little one’s daughter to have suffered all kinds of torture at Li residence…”
Chen Pingzhi was crying sincerely, but Chen Hui naturally didn’t believe a word. In the letter that Chen Pingzhi sent last time, there was no sincerity towards her, this daughter. The whole letter was his worries about his business.
Zheng Yong nodded and asked Li Youde, “Lord Li, is this Chen Pingzhi telling the truth?”
Li Youde sneered once. No matter how you looked at his face, it was annoying, “Sir Zheng, do you believe the words of this kind of unruly commoner too? As I have said earlier, he had forced this daughter on me and I accepted it. I couldn’t return her to not ruin her reputation. Sir Zheng, don’t you think that this is the reason?”
Zheng Yong put on a fake smile, “Lord Li, what you said is strange. Which family would force their daughter to give to a eunuch like you? That would be like there is a deep hatred with their daughter.
Li Youde’s face sank and secretly hated this moment endlessly, but he had no other way. Even if Zheng Yong’s words were very courteous, the disdain he had beneath the surface for people like Li Youde was no less.
“Chen Pingzhi didn’t even care about his daughter for the sake of a few money. Does sir Zheng believe what someone like him had said?” Li Youde sneered.
Zheng Yong said, “Lord Li, don’t worry. Naturally, this officer will not only listen to one side of the story.” He turned his gaze, looked at grandmother Xu and said, “Xu shi, were you working before in Lord Li’s residence?”
Shi: clanWhen grandmother Xu heard that it was her turn to be questioned, she was startled first. Then, she said with a trembling voice, “Answering sir, that is right! This little one used to work in the kitchen of Lord Li’s residence. Later, this little one was beaten twenty times and driven out of the residence because master Chen had sent a letter to Lady Chen. This little one could testify that Lady Chen is being locked at Plum Yard in Li residence. There wasn’t even a full meal every day. It was so pitiful! Unfortunately, what lowly people like this little one thinks counts for little and failed to help Lady Chen…”
Grandmother Xu talked grievingly and lamented as if she really once fought for injustice for Chen Hui’s bitter experience. In the end, he looked once at Chen Hui and said, “Also when Lady Chen first came to Li residence after being snatched, she was naturally unwilling and had once committed suicide by hitting a pole. She still has a scar on her forehead now!”
