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Why was Su shi arrested and how did he get over it? 

This chapter is about his trial, a significant incident of Su shi which exemplifies the confrontation of Su and the new upstarts. Fearful of Su shi's quite outspoken comments of the government, the censors impeached him for casting a slur on the government. While he was being investigated, the censors resorted to every trick to take his life, but partly with the help of his friends and brother, he survived it.

When Mrs. Su heard this, she laughed through her tears, in spite of herself.

despite yourself

■If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not 不由自主地，忍不住地

•He laughed despite himself.他忍不住笑了起来。

•She took the money from her mother's purse, despite herself.她忍不住从母亲的银包里拿了钱。

frighten/scare sb out of their wits (also frighten/scare the wits out of sb)

■to make someone very frightened 把（某人）吓得魂不附体

•Don't shout like that! You scared me out of my wits.别那么大喊大叫！你都吓死我了。

The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents.

Implicate comes from the Latin word implicare, meaning "to entwine, involve." When you implicate someone, you bring him or her into a group or to pitch in on a project. Implicate can have criminal connotations when it means "to connect in an incriminating manner," like when detectives figure out who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery — that person will be implicated for his or her role in the crime.