The Command to Pamper the Husband - Chapter 94

Song Jin shook her head and sighed, looking truly disappointed in the Duke for failing to raise his children properly.

“So many lives have been lost, and Duke, you only express regret, self-blame, and sorrow?”

Song Jin spoke with a tone of disappointment and pain.

“They could have been someone’s mother, daughter, sister, wife, or fiancée, someone’s beloved. What you see are dead bodies, but behind each corpse is a destroyed family, a heartbreaking story.

“Do you know how it feels for a child to be without a mother? Do you know the pain of a mother losing her daughter? Do you understand the agony of a husband losing his wife? Do you comprehend the grief of severed sibling bonds?

“Can mere regret, self-blame, and sorrow resolve these? You… have truly disappointed me.”

After speaking, Song Jin did not look at the Duke or the Crown Prince. She raised her foot and walked towards the mansion’s main gate.

What she said came from the heart.

However, she still lacked the presence to confront these seasoned officials directly.

After all, in her previous life before the transmigration, she had been her parents’ precious child, raised with love and care.

Song Jin entered the mansion, and Lu Zhan immediately followed, his respect for Miss Song growing even more.

Song Jin’s words rang in the Crown Prince’s ears. Watching her back as she walked into the mansion, his eyes flickered, and he smiled slightly, closing his fan and following her in.

In the Duke’s eyes, anger mixed with killing intent.

The Fourth Prince’s words were clearly meant to incite the commoners, deliberately stirring their anger towards him.

How infuriating.

Though he wanted nothing more than to snap the Fourth Prince’s neck, at this moment, he could only feign submission, showing a facade of regret and grief.

Moreover, with the public’s anger successfully incited by the Fourth Prince, quelling it would cost him a lot.

Clenching his fists, the Duke suppressed his rage and killing intent, following them into the mansion.

Just then, the Capital Magistrate finally arrived.

Used to traveling by carriage, walking back from the palace had left his feet burning with pain, and his anger flared.

Damn it, being an official and still having to walk!

Was there any justice left!

Seeing the crowd still gathered in front of the Duke’s Estate, the Capital Magistrate snapped, “Do you all have nothing better to do? What are you looking at? There’s nothing to see! Disperse!”

The anger incited by Song Jin among the crowd was fully triggered by the Capital Magistrate’s arrogant outburst.

Two burly young men in the front, already seething with anger, had their temples throbbing.

Upon hearing this, one of them spat, “Damn it, today I’m willing to be charged with assaulting a court official!”

With that, the young man clenched his fist and swung at the Capital Magistrate’s face.

The Capital Magistrate’s face turned pale with fright.

Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his eye socket and stumbled backward.

The other young man, equally enraged, kicked him in the chest.

The Capital Magistrate, still unsteady on his feet, was kicked hard in the chest, coughing up blood as he collapsed backward.

However, the commoners, thinking he had just fallen, surged forward.

A mob attack ensued.

The Capital Magistrate’s subordinates, realizing what was happening, rushed to intervene.

It wasn’t difficult for them to push back the unarmed commoners.

However, arresting them was another matter.

The commoners, already enraged by the pile of corpses, were now united like never before.

The dozens of burly men were soon shielded by the crowd.

The message was clear: if you want to arrest them, you’ll have to fly over!

The subordinates…

This was the Duke’s Estate, and they were dealing with a murder case involving the Duke’s family. If they started arresting people now…

But if they didn’t arrest them, would their superior be beaten for nothing?

Moreover, commoners assaulting a court official—was there no rule of law left!

One of the subordinates stood up and shouted angrily, “Disperse! Assaulting a court official is a serious crime. Do you think you can get away with shielding criminals? Under the Emperor’s feet, is there no law?”

A voice from the crowd responded, “This law doesn’t apply to those who trample on human lives. This law doesn’t treat commoners as human!”

“Yes! Why do corrupt officials think they can oppress us however they like?”

“That’s right! There’s no justice in this!”

The commoners’ voices exploded, deafening.

Inside the mansion, Song Jin stood in the east courtyard, turning her head towards the source of the commotion.

The Duke quickly instructed his steward, “Go and see what’s happening.”

The steward obeyed and quickly left.

In the flower garden of the east courtyard, the yamen officers from the Capital Magistrate’s office lined up, each with a shovel, digging methodically.

Although the Heavenly Hound had thrown out many corpses, more were still buried underground.

The stench filled the air.

The Duke, having already identified a scapegoat, was not particularly flustered. Calmly, he calculated how much silver it would take to smooth over this disaster.

The Crown Prince remained silent, sitting on a chair brought by the Duke.

Following the typical plot of a storybook.

At this moment, it seemed like they were digging up corpses, but the real goal might not be the corpses.

The corpses were just a key for the Fourth Prince to enter the Duke’s Estate.

The Fourth Prince’s true objective was probably still that batch of gold.

The Crown Prince wondered how the Fourth Prince planned to find the gold.

The Duke turned to Song Jin with a forced smile, “Your Highness, we have searched thoroughly but found no jade pendant. It seems this person named Qian Lai has falsely accused me.”

Song Jin nodded, “Indeed, that bold scoundrel dared to slander you, Duke!”

The Duke…

What else could he say!

Song Jin ignored the Duked said, “These many corpses, buried here, someone must have done it. Based on my calculations, the person who buried these corpses should be a man over fifty years old.”

The Duke…

There were quite a few men over fifty in his household.

However, the steward responsible for burying the corpses happened to be that age.

Moreover, the Fourth Prince had used the word “calculations.”

Previously, in the east courtyard, she had found the place where Qian Lai’s body was buried and discovered a jar of silver.

This…