NovelEnglishThe Famous Detective of the Red Mansion
Chapter 70: The Get-Together of the Same YearChapter 70: The Get-Together of the Same Year
Probably influenced by Jia Yucun's words, Sun Shaozong was a little depressed for several days. He looked at those files in a daze every day and was unable to review a few cases from morning to night.
During this period, Shen Dan, the Deputy County Magistrate who was careless with a human life case, was unexpectedly dismissed, but he did not bear any criminal responsibility for it.
Listening to the following officials' comments, saying that in the case of Shen Dan, as long as he was willing to curry favor with authority for personal gain after the event, he can recover his position in three or two years. This was how Jia Yucun recovered the Jinling Magistrate title after he was dismissed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHowever, seeing that Shen Dan was only able to get the small official title of a Deputy County Magistrate, he may not be able to get the financial capacity and determination.
Another thing that surprised Sun Shaozong. Since the death of Hu's husband, Zhou Da has been taking time off to help with the aftercare at her home. He was so busy with her and also posted a lot of money into it.
At first, Sun Shaozong thought that he and Zhou Liang might be some kindred relatives. Later, he learned that there was no such thing at all. The reason why Zhou Da was so busy in and out for her was that he had taken a fancy to Hu's courage to maintain one's virtue or integrity and planned to take her as a concubine after her filial piety period was over.
Sun Shaozong specially sent someone to inquire and determined that Zhou Da had not taken advantage of his power to bully people and forced her to be his concubine. It seemed that Hu had no resistance to the marriage, so he left it to them.
After all, for ordinary women these days, it was an excellent result to be able to marry an official as a mistress when they remarried.
—Dividing Line—
On the ninth day of February, Sun Shaozong had muddled along and fooled around for most of the day. Seeing that there was no urgent task for him to deal with in the Criminal Division, he didn't bother to wait for the dismissal of the Yamen [off-duty time] and went home early.
When he arrived at his yard, he saw Ruan Rong practicing embroidery in the parlor. Several semi-finished designs had been placed in the dustpan with silk threads. It could be seen that she had practiced for some time.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHowever…
Looking at the crooked neck pheasant in the middle of the embroidery, Sun Shaozong had to say that Ruan Rong was not made for needlework.
"Why did you suddenly think of learning this recently?"
He easily grabbed the embroidery bandage and threw it into the dustpan. After carefully confirming that Ruan Rong had no embroidery needles, pendants, or other things on her, Sun Shaozong picked her up and put her on his leg.
He then rubbed his chin around her hair like a waterfall and said with a smile, "It's not like our family can't afford to hire a sewing woman. Do you need to make an effort to do it?"
"How can it be the same?"
Ruan Rong pushed his chin with the back of her head, stubbornly grabbed the embroidery bandage, and muttered, "If we have children in the future, I will need to make things like innerwear and sweaters by myself."
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