Chapter 612 - 177: In the Court_3
But today, these people wouldn’t give her the slightest dignity. He Qin kept calling her "guilty woman," enraging Princess Yongning to the point of steaming fury. And whenever she raised her voice in protest, someone would even slap her.
Princess Yongning was furious, but in this courtroom there was not a single person she recognized. The atmosphere of the Three Judiciaries suddenly made her realize that some things had changed. She even saw Jiang Yuanbai out of the corner of her eye, his gaze upon her as though he wished to slice two cuts into her flesh, filled with hatred.
She had learned in prison that her Private Prison had been discovered, which likely meant Jiang Youyao had been found as well. The torment she inflicted on Jiang Youyao was quite severe. For one, she never intended to leave Jiang Youyao a way out, and for another, Jiang Youyao just happened to witness her in a foul mood, which led Princess Yongning to order the gouging of her eyes. She hadn’t expected Jiang Youyao to return to the Jiang Family one day. Princess Yongning was clear in her heart that Jiang Yuanbai was here for revenge on behalf of Jiang Youyao.
At last, Princess Yongning felt a hint of fear.
The petition of Xue Huaiyuan was being read out loud, each word saturated with blood and tears. Shen Yurong’s gaze, however, fell on Xue Huaiyuan himself.
As the plaintiff accusing them, Xue Huaiyuan was on the stand, watching silently. Hearing the blood and tears of Xue Fangfei’s past spoken in the petition, Xue Huaiyuan didn’t lose his composure. His stare at Shen Yurong suddenly filled Yurong with an unbearable pain as he thought back to the day Xue Fangfei got married.
Back then, the residents of Tongxiang all knew about it, coming to see her off and bringing many gifts. They weren’t anything valuable - a length of floral fabric, a basket of eggs, a cotton quilt, or the like. Xue Huaiyuan stood among them and said to him, "I entrust Ah Li to you."
He greatly admired his father-in-law and knew that he was a talented man. Even though he was just a county magistrate in Tongxiang, should he wish, he might achieve great things even in Yanjing City. Only such a father could raise such a bright and brave daughter.
Xue Huaiyuan liked him very much, praising him endlessly except for the fact that his family lived too far away in Yanjing. At that time, they both believed it was an excellent match, that Xue Fangfei had chosen the right husband, and that they would spend their lives in perfect harmony and love till old age.