Reborn After Widowhood

Chapter 28

After all, Chen Jizong was Chen Tingjian's nephew. After the Lingzhou prefect heard the case, he immediately submitted the case to the capital.

Emperor Jingshun had a gentle and kind personality, and this gentleness was mainly manifested in the courtiers he wanted to favor, so even if someone put the evidence of the other party's crime in front of him one by one, he could still pretend to be confused and refuse to punish the other party severely.

Emperor Jingshun relied heavily on his cabinet, so much so that he only enjoyed himself in the harem and completely handed over the government affairs to the cabinet.

The Cabinet Elders might have different political views, but they were all his beloved courtiers, including Chen Tingjian.

If Chen Tingjian wanted to favor his nephew, Emperor Jingshun might have been lenient and found an excuse to give beating punishment to Chen Jizong before letting him go. But Chen Tingjian didn't want to be partial and he personally had his nephew sent to prison with a resolute attitude. Emperor Jingshun no longer bothered, approved the death penalty for Chen Jizong, and personally inscribed a four-character plaque with the words "铁面无私" (impartial and incorruptible) and sent it to Lingzhou Prefecture.

It was already mid-Ninth Month when the plaque was delivered to the Chen family in Shiqiao Town.

Chen Tingjian knelt down to receive the plaque and hung it high in the Danyuan Hall of the Chen family's Main House. He then led the whole family to worship three times. Using the example of Qi shi's mother and son, Chen Tingjian once again warned his family not to take bribes, bend the law and harm the common people.

Hua Yang looked at Chen Tingshi.

Qi shi's mother and son were imprisoned in the prefect's prison and would be executed soon. Guo shi returned to her parents' home with a generous gift from the Chen family, while Brother Hu was said to have been sent to a famous temple in a distant place.

In the entire East House, Chen Tingshi was now the only master left.

The man near his fifties stood there alone with his shoulders slumped and his back slightly arched, looking very pitiful.

Hua Yang had no sympathy for him. Whether it was Qi shi's corruption or Chen Jizong harming a woman, these were all things that happened around him, and Chen Tingshi was so stupid that he didn't even notice.

Look at Chen Jingzong, she just looked at her two brothers-in-law with admiring eyes a few times, and Chen Jingzong noticed it. He even sarcastically said that she might have a male pet. If Hua Yang really wanted to a male pet, even before she chose one, Chen Jingzong would have already killed him. How could it be possible for someone let him put on a green hat for more than twenty years?

Hua Yang even appreciated her father-in-law's thunderous methods, which completely eradicated the two troubles in the Chen family's ancestral home. When they returned to the capital, they needed to bring back Chen Tingshi, this honest man, to keep a close eye on him. Like this, the charge of "indulging relatives to commit crimes" would probably no longer be put on father-in-law's head.

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The day after Chen Tingjian received the emperor's gift, a distinguished guest came to Chen House.

Usually when there was mourning, it was inappropriate for the masters of the house to go out during mourning period. It was also rude for guests to come to the house rashly, unless there was a reasonable reason.

Since they were distinguished guests, Chen Tingjian called all his three sons over, and the four father and son came to the gate together.

Outside Chen House, people gathered around to watch the excitement.