The Lucky Farm Girl

Chapter 498 - 498 219 businesses destroyed spirit shattered_2

?Chapter 498: 219 businesses destroyed, spirit shattered_2 Chapter 498: 219 businesses destroyed, spirit shattered_2 Even though she was detained, Madam Shang still clung to hope, not to mention the Shang family’s powerful in-laws; solely on the fact that they were part of Prince Duan’s faction, and they still paid a large tribute to Prince Duan every year, she believed that Prince Duan would undoubtedly protect the Shang family.

But now, the imperial edict listed over a dozen charges against the Shang family, and in three days, all the male members would be beheaded in public, while the women would be exiled to the borderlands to become slaves. How could this happen? How could this be? When had the Shang family committed these crimes? And what about Prince Duan and those in-laws, hadn’t they thought of a way to save the Shang family?

Madam Shang was completely stunned. She had not received timely treatment for the injuries inflicted by Long Fengying, and upon entering the jail, the thick clothes and woolen cloak were stripped off by the jailers. Coupled with the dire and cold environment of the cell, and being fed only one dark steamed bun per meal, her complexion was now pale, her demeanor wan and frail, as if she had aged a decade all at once, devoid of her past grace and grandeur.

Three days later, at the Caishikou Execution Grounds, all the men of the Shang family were beheaded, and the women were sent to the borders. Even the natal families of the legitimate daughters did not redeem them (no one dared defy the imperial edict) but instead publicly declared they severed ties with them.