But in ancient times, when benevolence, righteousness, and moral integrity were highly valued, failing to fulfill a marriage contract was a serious matter. The Feng family could rely on the marriage document to file a complaint at the magistrate's court, demanding that the Xiao household complete the marriage!
This would cause the Xiao clan to lose face entirely and become the laughingstock of others!
The elders of the Xiao household conferred at length and devised a plan: first, they would marry Madam Feng into the family, then frame her for adultery with an outside man, bribing the clan elders and witnesses. With both witnesses and evidence in place, the Feng clan would have nothing to say and could only consent to the Xiao household administering private justice.
Master Xiao was a meticulous man, and arranged everything without leaving the slightest gap.
He first used poisonous incense to render Madam Feng unconscious. By the time she woke, she was already in her cousin's bed, perfectly creating the false reality that Madam Feng had harbored an infatuation with her cousin before marriage, leading to her unfaithfulness afterward.
The Civil Judge had no way to traverse through time, because every era was guarded by great deities. No life form could easily pass through. Therefore, the Civil Judge could not travel back to the past to witness the entire incident from beginning to end.
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