"Serves you right! It’s retribution! That’s what you get for disrespecting your elders! Now you know the consequences of not respecting the elderly, don’t you? It’s about ti you learned this lesson. Heaven watches, ha ha..."
The three from Mrs. Qin-Li’s side were overjoyed!
Seeing Su Pan’er in trouble, no one could be happier than Mrs. Qin-Li!
Especially after the continuous twists and turns, from the beginning when Su Sikong sent soone to take them away, to later when Su Sikong was hit. Every incident made her inexplicably happy! It was even more refreshing than eating popsicles in June!
She couldn’t resist sneering softly to herself.
Sharp-eared Su Pan’er and Qin Yi heard it imdiately and turned their heads.
Looking at Mrs. Qin-Li’s excited face, Qin Yi’s face showed a trace of sadness, he silently bowed his head.
But Su Pan’er was enraged, and laughed ironically: "Hearing that Qin Yi is going to prison, you his mother, seems very happy! As the saying goes, even a tiger wouldn’t eat its cub, right? Today, I have truly opened my eyes to a shocking sight!
It’s incredible, truly incredible! A sparrow steps on an old hen, an ant is three feet six long, a grandpa sits in the cradle!
Today, she has really learned sothing new!
"Don’t ntion that bastard to , that despicable knave who forgot his mother after marrying. I, an old woman, shouldn’t have such a bad life to give birth to such a creature!"
Mrs. Qin-Li jumped in fright, seeing everyone looking at herself, her face flushed and she braced herself to retort, wishing she could broadcast her astonishnt to the world!
"You’re right! If he really was your son, this kind of crisis would kill him with sheer anger!"
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but retort.
After the words ca out, she rembered that the fact that Qin Yi was not Mrs. Qin-Li’s biological son was just a conjecture, perhaps not true, she quickly turned her head to look at Qin Yi.
Qin Yi’s face remained the sa, only a hint of pain flashed in his eyes.
Instead, he turned his head to look elsewhere, pretending that nothing happened.
"Hmph!"
Mrs. Qin-Li huffed, seeing the smirk on everyone’s faces, her old face blushing, she couldn’t help but retort: "So disgusting prostitutes think they are sothing, but they haven’t brought peace to this family since the first day of marriage. They should be dragged back and cut into pieces!"
"Oh? Really?"
Su Pan’er laughed back at her: "You always call a demon fairy! Can this demon fairy be captured and killed? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll turn into a vengeful ghost and seek revenge on you?"
The people around burst into laughter again.
Disaster!
She got carried away and forgot that Su Pan’er was indeed a demon fairy!
"I...I haven’t done anything wrong..."
She complained, and hurriedly ran past Su Pan’er and Qin Yi – as if she was flying!
Qin Wan’er and Mrs. Qin-Chen also didn’t dare to stay and ran away as well.
Not until she was far away and could not see the old Qin house, Mrs. Qin-Li stopped and looked back: "Pah! You thought you were having a mont, well, just wait and see how long you can keep it up!"
Qin Yi stared at Mrs. Qin-Li’s back with a profound look, his lips tightly closed.
He didn’t speak for a long ti.
In the house, Su Sikong was temporarily placed on a large stone slab, and a doctor who accompanied him was ordered to examine him.
"Lord Su is fine, he just fainted and will wake up soon."
Having said that, he gently tapped his chest.
"Cough cough..."
Su Sikong coughed violently, finally regaining consciousness.
"Zing! Oh, it hurts...what happened to ...?"
His look appeared sowhat perplexed.
Two black circles were bulging under his eyes, making it almost impossible for him to see his surroundings.
From the sidelines, Jun Ruochen stepped forward: "Lord Su, can’t you rember?"
Su Sikong forced himself to sit up, pondering for a while before his eyes suddenly lit up, appearing to recall sothing!
"Ah! I rember, it was that bastard Qin Yi who dared to hit ! Guard, get him..."
"Lord Su, think carefully before you speak!"
Before Su Sikong could finish, Jun Ruochen hastily stepped forward, interjecting him.
Su Sikong was stunned: "What do you an by this, Lord Jun?"
"Nothing actually, just think carefully about the consequences if this were to continue," Jun Ruochen said.
Jun Ruochen glanced outside, then lowered his voice: "Magistrate Cao is here on imperial orders to oversee the cowpox vaccination. I’m afraid it’s impossible for you to detain Su Pan’er without conclusive evidence."
Su Sikong was startled, realizing things were indeed as such!
"Moreover, it’s unlikely that a woman like Su Pan’er could kill over a hundred soldiers in a night and then dispose of the bodies."
Jun Ruochen analyzed calmly: "Also, you, sir Su Sikong, are Su Pan’er’s uncle. If there was solid evidence, people would say that you destroyed your own relatives for righteousness. However, now there’s no evidence, and you want to detain your own niece. This action could definitely affect your Autumn Harvest Assessnt."
Every three years, the Imperial Court evaluates the officials. Officials with outstanding local achievents get promoted, while those who fail the assessnt are demoted or transferred.
Jun Ruochen knew well it would be difficult to convince Su Sikong to completely give up pursuing Su Pan’er and Qin Yi.
However, like all n, he has a weakness!
The biggest weakness of Su Sikong is his desire for fa!
Su Sikong has been diligently courting favor even with Eighth Master in the hope of being promoted. He is currently a deputy county magistrate, but this current sche could get him promoted to County Magistrate or a higher position.
If he sses up now, his hopes for promotion will be difficult to fulfill!
The color on Su Sikong’s face changed continuously, between pale and flushed!
After a while he finally gritted his teeth: "I can temporarily overlook Su Pan’er’s actions! However, I am determined to get to the bottom of Qin Yi’s actions. Otherwise, people will say that I, Su Sikong, get my position for nothing. He dared to punch twice in broad daylight, is there no rule of law left?"
"Indeed, Qin Yi’s actions today were sowhat reckless. If Lord Su decides to hold him accountable, I naturally can’t intervene. However, sotis it is best to be lenient when you can, and forgive when you ought to!"
Jun Ruochen advised with a deeper aning behind his words.
Right now the most important thing is to protect Su Pan’er, as for Qin Yi, his actions were indeed sowhat impulsive and unthoughtful!
He certainly wants to help as much as he can, but if Su Sikong insisted on holding him accountable, it won’t be easy to find a suitable reason to stop him!
However, this could also be an opportunity to temper Qin Yi, allow him to experience more and survive in this officialdom, which could then help him in the future.
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