court.

Zhao Xin and Jing'er had been waiting for a long time, and the human trafficker Li Wei was summoned over again.

When Su Qinghe walked into the lobby, she immediately saw a woman kneeling in the middle, but her back was facing away from her, so she couldn't see her appearance.

"Sir, I am late."

Su Qinghe bowed to Luo Pinzheng who was sitting in the seat of honor.

Luo Pin was frowning, obviously very unhappy.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start!" She slapped the wooden board in her hand.

"Zhang Yun, the government has verified that you and your brother Zhang Jing'er used fake deaths to deceive Zhao Xin into sympathizing with you."

"Zhang Jing'er has been in the Zhao Mansion for only a few years, and he has evil intentions. He conspired with you to sell the Zhao Mansion's Zhengjun. Do you admit these two crimes?"

Her voice was majestic, and with every word she spoke, the woman kneeling on the ground trembled even more violently.

"I, I plead guilty..."

Zhang Yun was shaking like a sieve, knowing that his secret was exposed. He didn't even dare to look at Zhang Jing'er and Zhao Xin standing beside him.

When she was first brought to the court, she vehemently denied the fact that she was Zhang Jinger's sister, saying only that they had recognized the wrong person because they looked alike.

But when Zhao Xin pointed out that she had the same birthmark as Zhang Jing'er, she knew that everything was over.

Although the two siblings were not twins, they had exactly the same birthmark. She didn't even know that her silly brother had told Zhao Xin about this.

"How dare you, you bastard, lie to me!"

Seeing that she finally admitted it, Zhao Xin got angry and kicked her in the face, then rubbed her face on the ground.

"Wife master!"

Jing'er, who had been slumped on the ground since she entered the door, looked at Zhao Xin's furious back with empty eyes and whispered desperately.

During the few days he stayed in the inn, Zhao Xin beat him every day, no matter how he tried to beg for mercy. He didn't give him medicine when he was injured, and only gave him leftovers when he was hungry.

Now his whole body is covered with bruises and his face is swollen. He looks nothing like he used to.

He felt a sharp pain in his leg; his leg was broken, the result of him being caught while trying to escape last night.

"It's a lie, just think of it as Zhang Jing'er bought by me."

"If you don't take the money and leave, and you dare to come back to plot against my Zhao family, I'll kill you!"

Zhao Xin became more and more angry as she kicked. Zhang Yun's face was already covered in blood. She couldn't resist and could only curl up with her head in her hands.

"Pull him away quickly!"

Luo Pinzheng shouted loudly, and the yamen runner standing nearby immediately pulled the furious Zhao Xin away.

"That's enough! The criminals will be punished by the government."

Luo Pinzheng cleared his throat.

"During this operation, some yamen runners discovered that you still have quite a few good family girls, all of whom were obtained through improper means. Smuggling good family girls repeatedly is a capital crime."

When Zhang Yun heard the word "death penalty", he shuddered and a smell of urine spread in the lobby. He was actually scared to pee.

Su Qinghe frowned slightly, silently took a few steps back, and stood closer to the door.

"Come here, take him to death row and execute him after the new year!"

Luo Pinzheng waved his hand in disgust, and after the people were dragged away, he immediately ordered someone to clean up the water stain.

After the smell disappeared from the lobby, she turned to look at the man lying on the ground.

“Zhang Jing’er, although you have not sold good girls many times, as a husband’s servant, you were jealous, violated the husband’s code of conduct, and colluded with outsiders to murder your own master.”

Luo Pinzheng paused and turned to look at Zhao Xin beside him.

"Zhao Xin, do you have anything else to say to him?"

Zhao Xin frowned, a hint of hatred on his angry face.

"I have nothing to say to this bitch, please punish her according to the law."

She flicked her sleeves without even looking at Zhang Jing'er lying on the ground.

"My dear wife! Jing'er has served you for so many years, you can't be so cruel!"

Seeing the woman so heartless, Zhang Jing'er was trembling with fear. He struggled forward to hug her thighs, but he couldn't even touch a corner of her clothes.

Zhang Jing'er was dragged away, leaving him with ten years in prison.

However, given his current physical condition, with a broken leg and wounds all over his body, if no one treats him, he might not be able to survive even a month.

"Su Qinghe, this matter is over, you can go back now."

The onlookers had dispersed, and Luo Pinzheng also ordered Su Qinghe to leave.

"Yes."

Su Qinghe was neither humble nor arrogant, and bowed and took his leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, Luo Pinzheng gave Zhao Xin a look and turned into the inner room.

"I'm afraid your visit to Tianhe County is not just for business, right?"

She walked to the desk, sat down and began to write the conviction document. Zhao Xin followed her in and sat on the chair next to her.

"Lord Luo is smart."

She looked at Luo Pinzheng's rather arrogant expression, praised him first, and then continued:

"The prince's birthday is coming up soon. Because it is the tenth birthday, it will be held more grandly than usual. No matter whether it is the dignitaries from inside or outside Yuzhou, they will come to celebrate his birthday."

As she spoke, she picked up the teapot on Luo Pinzheng's desk and poured herself a cup of tea. Since it had been there for a long time, the tea had already gone cold, so she drank it all in one gulp.

"You also know that the prince is planning something big, and he will definitely not miss this opportunity to win over the hearts of the people, so won't the pregnancy fruits and money that he has collected from all over the place over the years come in handy?"

Zhao Xin looked at her with a smile.

Looking at her smug look, as if she was feeling superior to others, Luo Pinzheng frowned in dissatisfaction.

"I really don't know how someone like you managed to get close to Prince Changping."

Hearing the disdain in her tone, Zhao Xin's eyes turned cold.

"Humph! What's wrong with someone like me? People like me are more useful than you."

Although Luo Pinzheng looked down on her behavior, it was a fact that she was close to Prince Changping.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Zhao Xin continued to show off.

"My Na Zhengjun's mother's family was one of the richest merchants in Yuzhou. In recent years, their business has grown bigger and bigger, and they almost control the rice and grain business in the entire Yuzhou and several surrounding small cities."

"Ever since the prince came to Yuzhou, he has been trying his best to win them over, but unfortunately my mother-in-law is a self-righteous person."

"But she doesn't think about what will happen if she offends the owner of the fiefdom. I don't want to die with her."

"Now the Ji family's business is under my control. I can bring more benefits to the prince than you!"

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