Chapter 127: A Commoner Sues an Official, Gets Beaten First?

  They have always looked down on Sheng Jinxiu and Yong'an Houfu, thinking that killing them would be the simplest thing to do.

  Just pour all the dirty water on Sheng Jinxiu and Yong'an Houfu, then use power to suppress people, and quickly trample Sheng Jinxiu and others to death with everyone's anger and disdain.

  Even if someone reacted afterwards and realized that Sheng Jinxiu and others were wronged, they should have gotten it, and they already did!

  Those who achieve great things don't care whether their methods are low-level or not, as long as they can reach the ultimate goal, that's what matters.

  Ke Sheng Jinxiu actually leaned against Yan Beizheng's Longyin Sword, using the same method to slap them in the face?!

  "Sheng Jinshu, you're crazy!"

  Cheng Dieyi finally reacted, gritting her teeth and saying: "How dare you slander the Second Prince like that?"

  "I'm not slandering!" Sheng Jinxiu sneered, raising "Dragon's Hum": "I have the skill to cut you down right now, immediately!"

  "You... you dare to kill someone in front of the empress, emperor, and dowager empress... so many people!" Xing Dieyi's face turned deathly pale as she hastily hugged Yan Ziyuan tightly.

  "What's there to be afraid of?" Sheng Jinxiu sneered: "You're all trying to whitewash yourselves, and you're so eager to send my whole family to hell. Why shouldn't I choose to drag you down with me before I go?"

  She hooked her mouth: "Sheng Dieyi, remind you, you stepped on the emperor's dragon robe!"

  "Tarnished dragon robe, equivalent to a tarnished son of heaven, death penalty!"

  Chang'e looked down and saw that she had indeed stepped on a corner of the dragon robe, and was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her foot.

  "Whatever has happened must leave behind evidence!" Sheng Jinxiu pointed to the mark left on the dragon robe and said: "So, it's not that whatever you say is true."

  "Your Majesty, was it my daughter or the Second Prince who initiated their engagement back then? And what about all that happened afterwards? The Second Prince and Sheng Dieyi may have only one mouth, but my daughter has solid evidence!"

  "I beg Your Majesty to allow me to bring in evidence for everyone present to peruse!"

  Since everyone knows that Yan Ziyuan and Sheng Dieyi will take advantage of her today, how could she not have any preparations at all?

  Yan Beizhuang gave her a team of Night characters, and she hasn't been idle in letting Ye Yue lead people to collect some things recently.

  "Your Majesty! We can't let Sheng Jinxiu continue to do evil!" The empress hastily said to the emperor: "Sheng Jinxiu is just a humble merchant's daughter, even if someone in her family holds an official position, what does that have to do with her? She herself isn't an official, on what grounds can she interfere with matters related to the Second Prince?"

  "Is it going to be a case of the people suing the officials?"

  "Then you have to take thirty lashes first before having this qualification."

  The rules of the Daxing dynasty, when a civilian reports an official, they must first receive thirty lashes before they can report again.

  These thirty big boards and the whip are actually the same punishment, just without having to undress and be humiliated, but if the executioner uses too much force, they can still beat someone to death!

  The queen's eyes flashed with malice - soon, she would have the eunuchs beside her inform the executioners to directly kill Sheng Jinshu, that lowly merchant woman!

  "Sister, today the Empress Dowager is hosting a spring banquet, it's for these children to form marriage bonds, can't always be stuck on the Second Prince's matter..." Imperial Noble Consort Zhen stood up.

  She thought that even if the fifth prince was innocent of power, as long as he got close to the regent king, perhaps he could keep his life in future imperial power struggles.

  "Empress, please don't make things difficult for Miss Jinxiu. It's just a matter of producing some evidence and letting everyone take a look. If the evidence doesn't affect the Second Prince and...Butterfly Clothes Miss's previous words, what does Empress have to be anxious about?"