How many innocent males and females of the Cao Family would be affected, Qu Qing Ju didn’t know but she sympathized for them. She also felt that the conduct of the Count of Bei Lu was truly disgusting. When he returned to the clan, how much would the clan hate him?
When He Heng came into the zhengyuan, he coincidentally saw Qu Qing Ju sitting in a daze. He walked behind her: “What are you thinking with such focus about?”
“About the members of the Cao Family,” She turned her head back to look at He Heng, not covering the truth, “and how many people would be implicated with the Count of Bei Lu.”
“These people are truly innocent, but who let them all have the same Cao name?” He Heng understood that she was sympathizing with the innocent members of the Cao Family, and explained, “If only the Count of Bei Lu was punished, then where is the Imperial House’s dignity. Additionally, fuhuang’s actions are already light. A hundred years earlier, an ancestor had a fuma who took a qie into the fu and imprisoned the princess. In the end, his family was sentenced to execution. His relations within five clans were all demoted to jian min. [i]“