The Marquis' Wife
Adelia won the trial

Chen Shan was surprised to hear the reports of his men and went straight out to meet Adelia but he was confused because it was not Zhao Fan's wife or his family members who reported it but rather a foreign girl.

"I heard you want to report a case of damage to Juren Zhao Fan's reputation? If you can find out who you are and what your relationship is with Juren Zhao Fan?"

Adelia. "I greet the head of the court Cheng. My name is Adelia and I am the wife of a disciple of Juren Zhao Fan".

Chen Shan was getting confused. "And tell me about Juren Zhao Fan's reputation-destroying case that you reported".

"I opened a De Xiang cake shop and many people bought cakes from my store to from Qincheng city so our reputation is very good in the eyes of the people but today there is a group of people who want to buy destroying the cake shop by alleging that there was a cockroach in my cake that was clearly not true. My husband's name is Lu Xiang and he is a student of Juren Zhao Fan so I suspect that they used this incident to damage my husband's reputation in order to not be able to take the exam and it had an impact the Juren Zhao Fan".

Chen Shan pulsating speechless. Although the relationship is absurd, it can be used in court because it involves a Juren in a small town like Cheng.

"alright. But you only brought two?"

"Because our strength is small, I can only bring two people".

Chen Shan woke Zheng Hui and removed the cloth that covered his friend's mouth who had earlier shook his head in frustration, denying everything Adelia had said.

"That's not true, my lord!! We have absolutely no intention of damaging Juren Zhao Fan's reputation!" Zheng Hui's friend Sheng Ran shook his head in great panic.

"So what do you mean and your friend made a troublemaker at Lu's student wife's cake shop? Who paid you to do this?!" Chen Shan chose to defend Adelia because student Lu's wife would not have possibly dared to act like this if there was no permission from her husband and it would have been the permission of Juren Zhao Fan for sure.

"We..we". Sheng Ran felt doubtful and looked at Zheng Hui who was already aware of where he was at the moment. He was grinding his teeth.

"Zheng Hui invited me to troublemaking at De Xiang's pastry shop".

Zheng Hui was stunned then grew even more panicked.

"Zheng Hui, answer my question".

"Lord. I'm just.. I just ti..".

"You have to think about what you want to say. If your statement isn't true then I'll give you a sentence of 20 blows of wood before punishing you for lying to the government". Cheng gave a warning with a cold expression.

Zheng Hui's body trembled violently. He was overwhelmed with fear. "Someone paid us to do it all".

"Who paid you?".

Zheng Hui was silent for a moment. He could not say it was Liang Wei who paid him for thinking that the younger brother was married as the legal wife of mayor Qincheng's son like rumors were circulating instead of concubines, he said, his family could be lost because it made the influential family angry.

"I.. I don't know, he covered his face with a cloth".

Cheng Shan's eyebrows shot up curiously. He had already solved various cases and knew a little about what they were thinking when he saw the facial expression of the perpetrator and now he knew that Zheng Hui was lying.

Zheng Hui smacked his head to the ground so many times that his forehead bled while uttering. "I really don't know who told me sir. I don't see his face".

Mayor Qincheng?

One name flashed in Chen Shan's heart and his lips pulsed. There was no way, there was no way that mayor Qincheng would bother to set up a scenario to damage Juren Zhao Fan's reputation through his student's wife, his hand knocked on the handle of the chair before deciding not to side with anyone and threw the problem ball at Adelia. He did not know whether the mayor of Qingcheng was the mastermind of this matter or not and did not want to take the risk.

"Adelia. Are you satisfied with Zheng Hui's reply?"

Adelia was silent for a moment. He had read many historical novels that some of them also wrote about cases in the court office so he knew that Zheng Hui covered up the mastermind behind this incident after hearing Juren Zhao Fan's name because of menthe man was just a commoner and would be afraid of a middle-class scholar like Juren, although he did not know who but he knew that his current husband was not yet in the fight against that person.

"I am relieved that Juren Zhao Fan's reputation was not damaged because of my problem, my lord". Adelia did not answer Chen Shan's question directly making the man speechless.

"I hereby convict Zheng Hui and his group for trying to damage the reputation of a student who would dedicate his soul to Murong kingdom with a sentence of 20 wooden blows and 3 years in prison".

Both Zheng Hui and Sheng Ran became limp and resigned yet it was better for them to die than their families.

Adelia wakes up with the help of Lu Niang, her knees turning blue as she kneels on the rocky ground during the trial, limping towards her home.

Although she was not satisfied with the results but she had to swallow this dissatisfaction and was relieved that the reputation of the bakery and her husband was maintained, she did not want to be the cause of Lu Xiang being unable to take the exam.

"Are you okay, brother?"

Lu Cheng and Lu Shan asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, I'm just tired of sitting in the hot sun".

Lu Cheng still did not believe in the answer making Adelia smile resignedly.

"I'm really okay. The case is well resolved and the bad guys who want to ruin our cake shop have also been punished. You guys play, I'll take a break".

Lu Cheng nodded despite his doubts about Adelia's condition, he pulled the hand of Lu Shan who still wanted to stick to his sister-in-law to play together so as not to disturb Adelia's rest.

After Lu Xiang's return, all the excitement of bringing home a lot of money and souvenirs was lost in the blink of an eye when he heard what happened as he went to the city of Qincheng.

Lu Xiang immediately ran into the room looking at Adelia who was fast asleep with a feeling of worry.

"You don't need to worry sir, the madam is just exhausted from continuing to kneel during the trial, I've already treated the bruised mistress' knee". Lu Fang and Lu Lian who were in charge of guarding Adelia if if their master wanted anything immediately reported Adelia's situation to Lu Xiang.

"You can go". Lu Xiang walked into the room and knelt beside the bed staring at his wife's innocent face then let out a long sigh.

He held Adelia's hand and kissed her slowly and then pressed her on his forehead, thinking he could make her happy but she was wrong, he can't even afford to be next to the girl he loves when needed.

Lu Xiang's eyes closed and stared coldly ahead. He will try harder to learn to get Xie's title, the champion and leader of scholars who passed the test, he condemned the slow travel time for him because he could not wait to take the exam.