Li Tianhe's face looked very grim, his heart heavy with frustration. Seeing the rough Cheng Da saying such things, he knew he was indeed in the wrong.
Imperial Censor Lu, who had paid to have himself carried back home, realized his mistake earlier than Li Tianhe. When Zhao Hanzhang appeared and punished them, he knew where he had gone wrong.
As soon as he arrived home, he told his pale-faced wife, "I've caused a great disaster."
Imperial Censor Lu's wife, Xi Lian, sent for the doctor while attentively listening to her husband recount the trouble he had caused.
After hearing him out, Xi Lian frowned at him in confusion, "Faced with colleagues bullying colleagues, you didn't try to stop them, but joined in the ridicule?"
