Queen of flowers - chapter 122

Yang Jingyue’s case of (Princess of Xing’an’s ex-husband) killing Wu (the girl Yang Qi married) was very simple. The case was concluded but the difficulty laid in its judgment.

The focus of the controversy was, Yang Jingyue killed Wu, but was it really “Discord of the ten abominations”?
{Discord (不睦): to harm or sue one’s husband or elder relatives.}

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Supreme court and Yushitai (m.censorate) had been arguing for more than half a month, turning over the various legal provisions and previous jurisprudence, and finally found that Wu’s Geng ti* was falsified so the marriage letter was invalid. In this case,she should be considered an ordinary civilian woman rather than a wife. On the conclusion that she wasn’t his wife, Yang Jingyue’s crime of “discord” wasn’t established; Yang Jingyue murdered her in retaliation for his grandmother’s death. The crime of death was exempted and the proposed sentence of exile was 3,000 miles away from the capital.

The file had already been reported to the palace.They were waiting for the Emperor to make a final decision.
Feng Liao felt that it was really weird that the Emperor asked him to ask Yang Jingyue where he wanted to be exiled.

He thought for a while.

He didn’t rush into the jail with a cold face and sat to Yang Jingyue that the Emperor told him to ask him where he wanted to be exiled.

From a restaurant that Yang Jingyue once took him to—Liuxiang (m.stay fragrant), he ordered a few dishes which he remembered Yang Jingyue liked and took a pot of wine. He then took them to the jail.
Yang Jingyue had surrendered himself, confessed in the public hall and was extremely happy that he had not been sentenced. As for the legendary torture in prison, considering his identity, and the Yang family taking care of him in secret, no jailer dared to use rod on him.

Therefore, although he wore a prisoner’s uniform and was in a cell, Yang Jingyue’s appearance was good.
Seeing Feng Luo, Yang Jingyue was very surprised.

Feng Liao made the jailer open the prison door. He moved a small square table and two chairs. The little eunuch serving him put all the wine and dishes he brought on the table. Yang Jingyue couldn’t help laughing, “Wang Ye, is this a farewell before you send me on the road?”

Feng Liao snorted, “It’s not benwang’s job to send you on the road.”

He lifted his robe and sat down on the chair close to the prison door. He made a gesture and asked him to sit on the other chair.

Yang Jingyue stood up from the straw pile and sat across from Feng Liao and said amusedly, “Looking at Wang Ye’s posture, do you still want to drink with me? Wang Ye must be careful. There are many lice and fleas in this big prison. It is really not the place where you, a noble person should be.”

(Geng ti/ Geng post: a wedding custom
In ancient China, for engagement, the man and woman exchanged an eight-character copybook. The name, surname, birth date, birthplace, and three generations of ancestors are written in it.
A red paper with all details.
Here she falsified her details as in her birth date time and characters making the marriage invalid. )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Abominations

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