When Song Niannian softened in Pei Qinyu's arms, her whole body was like spring water, the black hair on her face was a little sweaty, her long eyelashes trembled, and she didn't look at him much.
Looking at the blush beside the snow-white cheeks, it is the color of love fading away.
Pei Qinyu held her in his arms, and with his slender hands, he slowly stroked her back, as if comforting a child.
Only at this moment did he feel that Song Niannian was under his control, his wife.
Pei Qinyu had a feeling that Song Niannian didn't seem to like him as much now.
Compared to when they were in the county school, now, he couldn't see her every day, and he always felt that something was missing. She was not as warm to him, and even if Duan Ning was wronged again and again, she never complained.
But she seemed a little indifferent to him. Did she not like him anymore?
Pei Qinyu didn't know how other couples lived. Was it good to treat each other with respect? But no matter what, he didn't want to live like this.
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Something happened in the Duke's Mansion again.
The original heir was beheaded, and the Duke's Mansion was severely damaged.
Duke Zhang was ill for more than a month and did not attend court.
But this time, he finally went to court, and as soon as he arrived, he was harshly advised by a young censor in the court.
The censors said that he was lax in his household management and allowed his servants to abduct common women. How shameful it was for a man of such rank and file to be! He actually abducted common women, brought them into his house, forced them to sign a contract to sell themselves, and then abused them at will.
The censor was so angry that he saw that the emperor was slow to respond that he banged his head against a pillar and nearly died...
The matter has become so serious that if it is not dealt with, the emperor's authority will be shaken.
The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Personnel and the Supervisory Office jointly went to the Duke's Mansion to investigate.
Duke Zhang was still in a daze when corpses were dug out from his backyard. The white and yellow bones looked very thin, and it was obvious that they belonged to a young girl.
The latest corpse, whose bones had not yet fully decomposed, exuded a nauseating stench, and half of its face was extremely creepy. Judging from her clothes, she was a slave, but her appearance was not like that, more like the daughter of a wealthy family. In her hand, she was tightly clutching a jade pendant.
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In the capital, the servants in each mansion were all slaves who had signed indentures.
Selling oneself to the powerful and wealthy and having it approved by the Ministry of Revenue means that one has given one's life to the master as well.
However, the daughters of commoners, who are not slaves, must not be touched. Doing so is a capital crime. This is the law!
Even the emperor had to obey! Not to mention Duke Zhang, an old duke with no real power!
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Pei Qinyu is now in the Hanlin Academy, handling the cases reported by the three courts.
The imperial concubine relies on the Duke's Mansion and Duan Ning, and is high and mighty. Pei Qinyu can't do anything.
But people stand at a high position not always because they have a good background and get a lot.
In this world, even the Son of Heaven may not be able to get back up after falling, let alone the Imperial Concubine and Duan Ning?
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Pei Qinyu quietly burned another piece of letter in the study.
In the prison cell of the Dali Temple, the woman who was crying and shouting like a mad woman and wanted to see the imperial concubine and ask the imperial concubine to save her was the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion and the imperial concubine's sister-in-law.
Duke Zhang has been fond of young girls since he was young.
Those young bodies made him very impulsive.
On the contrary, the eldest lady was mature when she was young and was bright and charming in her teens, so their bedroom affairs were always cold.
In order to please him, the eldest lady's hands were stained with blood.
The eldest lady has only one son, who looks very much like the Duke. He was physically drained at a young age and is useless.
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The eldest grandson of the Duke's Mansion died, and Duke Zhang wanted to regain his power... He had enjoyed many young girls, but some of them were hot-tempered, like the one buried in his backyard.
After she was given the medicine and refused to cooperate, he strangled her to death in a rage.
Who would have thought that her long-lost brother was actually a second-class Jinshi and a disgusting censor?
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