Marquis Wuyang's eyes brimmed with tears. He raised his sleeve to wipe them away. "Your Highness Prince Rui, this humble subject has suffered so!"
He looked every inch the wronged victim of slander.
After crying, Marquis Wuyang turned to the Marquise. "Zixin, since things have come to this, our marriage has run its course."
Marquis Wuyang flung his sleeve, his face a picture of restrained pain and resolve. "Zixin, you forced me into this!"
With that, Marquis Wuyang knelt squarely before Dantai Mo. "Your Highness Prince Rui, you must severely punish the person who slandered this humble subject!"
-Under Great Xia Law, slander was punishable by fifty strokes of the rod.
You showed me no kindness, so don't blame me for showing you no loyalty.
Jian Ruonan was truly awestruck!
[I've never seen anyone so utterly shameless!!]
The spectators were stunned too. This man really had no shame!
Dantai Mo frowned. Although he firmly believed the Marquise and knew the Fifth Miss's inner voice could not be wrong, judging a case required evidence. He could not conclude that Marquis Wuyang had colluded with mountain bandits based solely on the Marquise's account.
"Marquise, do you have any solid evidence?"
The Marquise sighed. "I do not."
Marquis Wuyang's courtship of the Marquise had once been celebrated as a beautiful tale. No one had expected him to be so despicable, nearly destroying her entire family.
Over the years, Zixin had stayed hidden at Marquis Wuyang's side, yet had found no evidence at all. Her only evidence was his drunken confession.
Now that the scoundrel Marquis Wuyang refused to admit it, there was nothing she could do to him.
*[What a shame. This era has no Voice Recorders, no cameras, and certainly no Lie Detectors. The Fourth Prince can't exactly go confront the mountain