mesbooks Chapter 125: What is the crime for insulting a scholar?
Chapter 125: What is the crime for insulting a scholar?
Liu Chunfeng's face turned pale and she didn't want to answer.
If possible, she would like to use the remaining time, or even reincarnate in the next life, to bring her son back to the world.
Tang Li glared at Yuanshi secretly. If it was really the son of her ex-husband who passed the imperial examination, then wouldn’t it be a bit... awkward for him to come and congratulate her this time?
And, Jiro?
Since Yuan Shi had been taken into his room, she was still thinking about her former husband. This realization made him feel annoyed.
However, he never showed it, and at this moment, he had not forgotten why he came here today.
"Grandma Xiucai, where is your young scholar?"
"She..." Liu Chunfeng's forehead was covered with sweat, and she was extremely frightened at the moment.
She just hoped that Xiaoliu would never show up.
However, how could he not show up?
"Grandma!" Jiang Yue trotted over and looked at Tang Li.
"Sir Tang, thank you for coming here in person. It will bring honor to my humble abode."
"Xiao Liu? Xiao Liu from Jishifang, the top scholar in the court, turns out to be you?" Tang Li was extremely grateful that he had once done Jiang Yue a favor.
He couldn't help but think of the thrilling scene in the pharmacy.
At this moment, he looked at Yuanshi again and found that she was also staring at Jiang Yue in a daze.
"You are Xiaoliu, you are mother..." It turned out that they had known each other for a long time.
"Aunt Yuan!" Jiang Yue interrupted Yuan, "Do we know each other? Jiang Yue has been an orphan since she was young. I hope you won't recognize relatives randomly to avoid misunderstandings."
"No, that's not right!" Yuan turned to look at Liu Chunfeng, without any joy on her face, she just felt it was ridiculous.
"Mother, tell me, is she my child?"
Liu Chunfeng was so nervous that she just kept shaking her head.
"No, she's not!"
The three older sisters were even more panicked. Only the fourth and fifth sisters were left. One was talking and laughing with the little boy, while the other stood silently in the corner with a shocked expression.
Yuan was eager to know the reason, "She is, she is obviously a..."
"Aunt Yuan!" Jiang Yue interrupted Yuan again, then smiled at her grandmother and gave her a peaceful and calm look.
"Grandma, it's rare for Lord Tang and Madam Tang to come to our house. Please stay with Lord Tang in the living room and talk. Your grandson will be here soon."
"Okay." Liu Chunfeng pretended to be calm and took Tang Li and his wife to the living room of her home to begin entertaining them.
The three older sisters looked at Jiang Yue and Yuan Shi who were standing opposite each other.
"Xiao Liu, my Xiao Liu." Yuan finally understood the whole story.
She never dreamed that her little daughter, whom she almost strangled to death, would actually disguise herself as a man and sneak into academies, pharmacies, etc. to seek knowledge, and become so knowledgeable that she even passed the imperial examination and became a scholar?
After grandma left, Jiang Yue's words became cold, "I am grandma's grandson, it has nothing to do with you!"
"Xiao Liu, can mother follow you in the future?" Yuan Shi seemed not to understand Jiang Yue's words.
Now, she doesn't want to stay in the Tang family for a moment.
Whenever she saw Tang Li following other women, being affectionate and hugging each other, she felt heartbroken. Day and night, she thought about the goodness of Jiang Erlang.
Seeing the current state of the Jiang family, especially the fact that Jiang Yue was admired by everyone, she didn't want to leave.
Not far away, Jiang Dani slowly shook her head, and Jiang Sanni didn't know what to do.
Jiang Erni was filled with anger. Just as she was about to step forward and send Yuan away, her arms were grabbed by her eldest and third sisters at the same time.
"Second sister, let Xiaoliu solve it himself." Jiang Dani said as she shook her head at Jiang Erni.
Jiang Erni also shook her head, her elder sister was right.
"You are not my mother!" Jiang Yue said coldly, "I don't know you either!"
"You are my child, Xiaoliu, and the blood relationship cannot be severed." Yuan Shi moved forward because she felt that the Jiang family was too poor and could not survive.
But when she saw the situation of the Jiang family, her heart had already wavered.
Why can the Jiang family live such a good life relying on her daughter's reputation, while she has to spend every day like a year?
The child was hers!
"If you don't recognize me, aren't you afraid that I will make your disguise as a man public?"
The scene that Jiang Yue didn't want to encounter still happened.
"A woman dressed as a man, are you sure you are talking about me?" Jiang Yue snorted and laughed, making Yuanshi suddenly panic.
When she gave birth to her little daughter, she was so disgusted that she didn't even look at her.
Looking back now, I can’t imagine even a shadow of it.
"We'll know if it's true after a test." Yuan really wanted to find a new support for herself, especially since the Jiang family is now well-known.
"Physical examination?" Jiang Yue waved at Yuan Shi.
"Come here, I'll let you examine me. But do you know what the crime is for insulting a scholar?"
The three sisters secretly praised her, and the second sister added at the right time,
"It seems that he will be caned and thrown into prison!"
Yuan was stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Jiang Yue: "My aunt, I wonder if you have heard of the laws of Donglin. If you are disrespectful to a scholar, in addition to the crime of insult, you will also be punished by the crime of implicate. Yes, anyone who is related by blood will be punished together."
"You are just a scholar, but our master is an official in Qinghe!" Yuanshi felt confident when she said this.
"Yes, Lord Tang is a wise official!" Jiang Yue echoed, and then said: "I believe he will sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice!"
Jiang Yue's last sentence was very powerful.
Then, she approached Yuan Shi and whispered in a low voice so that only two people could hear:
"The same is true for you and me. If you dare to speak recklessly and try to punish me, do you think you will be implicated?"
Jiang Yue said as she watched Yuan's expression change, "If one person makes a mistake, all blood relatives will not be able to escape, including you and your son!"
The general idea is that if Yuan dared to report her, she would also be implicated.
Didn't she want to use her blood relationship to come here and find a sense of existence?
Then she got what she wanted!
Jiang Yue just wanted to take advantage of Yuanshi's legal blind spots to scare her.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Yuan gave up the threat.
"Don't even think about hurting my Jun'er!" Yuanshi had never seen the world before, and she was so scared that her face turned pale and her legs went weak.
"Are you trying to kill me?"
God knows what kind of life she has been living all these years.
The lady had a kind appearance but a dark heart, causing her to suffer from many illnesses. Now, Jiang Yue was thinking of dragging her down with her.
However, Jiang Yue's next words made her feel more at ease.
"As long as you forget my existence, you and I will be strangers. Assume that I never said anything today."
"What do you think of me? Why do you... want to take part in the imperial examination? You are right, blood is thicker than water. From now on, I will not leave." Yuanshi played the emotional card again.
"It's true that blood is thicker than water, but it doesn't work on me!" Jiang Yue replied firmly, then shook her head, turned and left.
Her back was just like Yuanshi's at the beginning, resolute and decisive, making Yuanshi regret his decision and almost collapse.
She looked at Jiang Wuni, but Jiang Wuni still didn't recognize her.
Yuan Shi also seemed to be stimulated, and ran out of Jiang's yard like a madman, asking everyone she met,
"Where's Erlang?"
"Have you seen Jiro?"
Erlang must still be here, otherwise, how could the Jiang family live such a good life?
But after hearing Li's voice,
"You are still thinking about Erlang. Even in the underworld, Erlang won't want you!"
Her expression was completely broken. She walked to the gate of Jiang's house alone and did not dare to enter the yard again. She just waited for Tang Li and his wife at the door.