Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1599 Restoration

Fang Zilan laughed grimly, "Mr. Xie, do you really think that those old cases have been closed and that the people involved have confessed their crimes and been punished?"

Xie Chen slammed the gavel, "Madam, the court requires evidence. If you continue to do this, I will treat you as unreasonable and kick you out of the court."

"Okay." Fang Zilan nodded. "Since Mr. Xie has said this, I can't say much. I just want to ask one question: will you investigate the poisoning of my husband?"

Xie Chen did not answer, so Fang Zilan pressed on, "If Mr. Xie does not investigate, I will have no choice but to write to His Majesty and ask him to investigate."

Xie Chen opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Fang Zilan added, "Mr. Xie, don't worry that I don't have the right to submit a petition, and don't report it to His Majesty on my behalf. I think His Majesty and my husband will think it's more appropriate for the Zhongzheng Palace to submit the petition."

"The poisoning of the Crown Prince is a serious matter. I will investigate it." Xie Chen's face was as gloomy as water. "Please wait for good news, Madam Crown Prince."

"I feel relieved with what you said, Mr. Xie." Fang Zilan met Xie Chen's gaze, watched him say the word "withdraw" almost with gritted teeth, and then left without looking back.

However, she had only taken a few steps out of the government office when she was stopped and asked to go back.

"Mr. Xie, is there anything you can't say in the hall? Why do you have to wait until everyone leaves before detaining me?" Fang Zilan was not happy. Xie Chen said calmly, "Madam, you are too kind. I dare not detain you."

"Really?" Fang Zilan curled her lips. "Mr. Xie dared to confuse right and wrong in court, so what else can he not dare to do?"

"It's the Crown Prince's wife who is confusing right and wrong." Xie Chen looked at Fang Zilan steadily, "Crown Prince's wife, there's no one else here right now, so you can just tell me what you want. If it's not an excessive request, there's room for negotiation."

"Mr. Xie, I thought our Fang family was in business and liked to trade in everything, but I didn't expect you to be the same." Fang Zilan smiled wryly, "But I don't want a trade, and the truth shouldn't be traded."

"Some things, even if they can be reported to His Majesty, will not be to your satisfaction." Xie Chen poured a cup of tea and handed it to Fang Zilan. "While there is still room for maneuver, Madam Crown Prince might as well stop while you are ahead."

Fang Zilan didn't take it, and Xie Chen didn't take it back either. "For now, the Fang family has been saved. It will take at least a few years to return the land to the people. By then, not only will the Fang family be able to clear themselves, but your so-called truth will be worn down to the ground."

"Madam Fu, Fu Congnan has already confessed his crime and is waiting to be punished." The head of the Wu family glanced at Dugu Linxiu and said disdainfully: "What's the point of dragging him out now? Are you going to whip his corpse?"

"Shut up!" Dugu Linxiu said sternly, "Not to mention that Fu Congnan is not dead yet, who the hell are you to dare to criticize him?"

"Mrs. Fu, we are all birds of a feather. None of us are good people. Why do you have to defend Fu Congnan so much?" Lord Liu's sinister voice sounded, "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. When disaster strikes, they fly away separately..."

"Lord Liu is right." A deep male voice came from outside the hall, "Lin Xiu, Fu Congnan committed evil and deserves the punishment. Why do you have to humiliate yourself for him?" Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall made way for the man who was speaking and let him walk into the hall. They saluted towards Xie Chen. Although he was not arrogant, he was not respectful either.

"Mr. Xie, I am following the orders of my father Dugu Xin to bring my younger sister Dugu Linxiu back to Xiguan City for trial." The man said, and without waiting for Xie Chen to react, he stood up and shouted at Dugu Ming beside him: "Why didn't you escort Huizhen into the palace? What are you doing now?"

Dugu Ming opened his mouth, explaining was wrong, and not explaining was wrong. At this moment of dilemma, he heard Xiahou Yunzhao's cold voice: "Dugu Linkai, I don't care whose orders you are following. If you want to act wildly in Xie Chen's court, you'd better weigh your own weight first."

"General Xiahou, the old land of Baiyue may be under the control of your Xiahou family, but the people of our Xiguan City..." Dugu Linkai paused deliberately, and then said in a deep voice: "It is not your Xiahou family's turn to intervene."

"I don't care who you belong to." Xiahou Yunzhao spat and sneered, "All land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects. Xie Chen is trying the case under the order of His Majesty. You want to snatch someone from his court, but have you asked His Majesty if he agrees?"

Dugu Linkai's expression was stern. "I heard that Fu Congnan has been imprisoned. Mr. Xie should have tried him in court. Since when did the laws of Dajing not even spare weak women who are ignorant of worldly affairs?"

"General Dugu, your sister Dugu Linxiu has admitted that she is the gatekeeper of the five families in Lingnan..." As soon as Xie Chenfu opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Dugu Linkai, "Mr. Xie, what can an ignorant woman say to save her husband? You believe this kind of words that are obviously directed by someone?"

"Instigated by someone?" The head of the Wu family repeated these four words, and said with a smile: "General Dugu, you dare to say anything to get Madam Fu out."

"I think General Dugu is not protecting Madam Fu, but his Dugu family." Lord Liu snorted, "Didn't you hear? He keeps talking about Dugu Linxiu. Is he going to support Madam Fu to the end?"

"Isn't that just perfect?" The head of the Wu family and Lord Liu echoed each other, "Mrs. Fu is the gatekeeper of the five families in Lingnan, but she is a well-known vicious dog in the southeast. I was wondering how a weak woman like her could act so cruelly. Now it seems that the Dugu family is supporting her, so she is so fearless..."

"My two lords, please be careful with your words." Dugu Linkai said sternly, "My Dugu family knows nothing about what the five Lingnan families did. Do you think that just because Lin Xiu married Fu Congnan, the entire Dugu family is an accomplice?"

"Whether it is or not, you have no say." Xiahou Yunzhao said calmly, "We will know after the trial in court."

Dugu Linkai frowned. Seeing that the head of the Wu family and Lord Liu were in a united front, Xiahou Yunzhao added fuel to the fire. If this continued, let alone taking Dugu Linxiu away, it would be difficult for the Dugu family to escape unscathed.

"That's enough." Dugu Linxiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "What my husband Fu Congnan did has nothing to do with the Dugu family, and the same goes for me."

As she spoke, she looked at Dugu Linkai steadily, "Brother, you said that it was my father who ordered you to come here and take me back to Xiguan City for trial. Then let me ask you, what is my crime?"

Dugu Linkai was stunned, as if he had never expected Dugu Linxiu to suddenly ask this. Before he could say anything, he heard her say, "If you were to talk about sin, my original sin was that I was born in the Dugu family, but as a girl. In the past few years, I have been restricted by the name of Dugu. If not for this, I might not be standing here today."