The beautiful woman in the quick transmigration novel has been targeted by the male lead again.

Shen Yanzheng was still talking to Chang's father when he saw Chang Ning rush out angrily and head straight for the door!

Father Chang hurriedly asked, "Fourth daughter, where are you going!"

Shen Yanzheng had already stepped forward when he noticed her pale face, took her hand and asked softly, "Sweetie, what's wrong? What happened?"

Chang Ning's eyes instantly reddened: "My older sisters..."

"Fourth Sister, your husband is still here, stop making a scene!"

Seeing Shen Yanzheng's questioning expression, Chang's mother, who had rushed out, smiled apologetically, "It's just a small matter..."

"Little things?"

Chang Ning raised her voice, sounding even somewhat shrill, "My older sister's death is a small matter?"

She looked at Mr. and Mrs. Chang with an extremely incomprehensible gaze: "What do you think of your daughter? Is she no different from a chicken or a duck? Someone you can sell whenever you need money?"

The two elders' expressions also darkened: "What nonsense are you spouting!"

Shen Yanzheng's face darkened: "What happened? Explain yourself!"

The two elders were embarrassed and dared not speak. Chang Ning's tears flowed: "My eldest sister was beaten to death by her husband!"

After saying this, she buried her face in Shen Yanzheng's arms and wailed. She had been beaten to death, and when she sent a letter to her family, she blamed them, saying that her daughter was too weak and had died at a young age, leaving behind several young children who had no one to take care of them.

This forced their family to spend another sum of money to marry another woman, and they even demanded that they return half of the original bride price!

Chang's parents naturally refused. Not only was there no reason for it, but even if there were, their son would have taken the money long ago!

The two families had a huge fight over the bride price, and in the end, they became estranged and never spoke to each other again.

Only the poor eldest sister died, looking ashen and forgotten.

Chang Ning choked up as she said, "A life for a life, why should that family be allowed to get married properly?"

The two elderly people, their backs hunched over, looked even older. They sighed and said, "Once our daughter is married, she belongs to another family. Whether she lives or dies is none of our business."

The water thrown out by the married daughter.

Is it not natural for a husband to beat his wife?

I've never heard of a husband going to jail for beating his wife to death.

Chang Ning roared, "If men don't go to jail for killing their wives, then women don't go to jail for killing their husbands either?"

"you shut up!"

Father Chang scolded, then turned to Shen Yanzheng: "Ningniang is ignorant, son-in-law, please don't blame her!"

"It doesn't matter."

He then summoned Wu Feng and said, "Invite the Prefect of the Capital over here."

Ignoring the shocked and confused looks on the two elders' faces, she took out a handkerchief and wiped away Chang Ning's tears: "Don't cry, my dear. We will get justice for your older sister!"

Chang Ning's eyes welled up with tears in the blink of an eye: "And my second sister..."

My second sister gave birth to a daughter as her first child, and her second and third children were also daughters. However, one of them died at birth, and the other died before she was a month old.

When Chang Ning left home for the Marquis's mansion, she was pregnant with her fourth child. She gave birth to another daughter, who survived. However, with four daughters in a row, how could she have a good life in her husband's family?

Not long after, she became pregnant with her fifth child and finally gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, her only son died young, less than three months later.

She had her sixth child, which was also a daughter. Her mother said that she has become somewhat obsessed with this.

The third sister was a little better off. Her husband didn't beat her, and she successfully gave birth to two sons. However, the family was too poor. They had almost gone bankrupt to marry her off, so life after marriage was naturally difficult. Both adults and children were starving.

Shen Yanzheng silently comforted her, ordered his men to bring over those households, and sent his guards to inform the village and requisition the vacant land.

Not long after, the Prefect of the Capital, dressed in official robes, arrived on horseback with his entourage. When he dismounted, his official hat was askew. He was about to kneel down in a flustered manner when a hand grabbed him tightly. He looked up and asked, "Commander Wu?"

Wu Feng didn't speak, but gestured with his eyes, and the prefect immediately understood that His Majesty didn't want to reveal his identity.

He straightened up and walked to the center of the open space. The villagers, having received the news, hurriedly moved tables, chairs, and benches. The village chief stood aside, trembling with fear: "Sir, please sit down!"

The prefect looked at His Majesty and saw that he nodded slightly before he felt relieved.

The area was packed with onlookers, and even officials from the capital came over!

The three families were brought here in a daze, not knowing what was going on. The eldest sister of the Chang family's husband was a rich farmer. He had been dragged around like a dog the whole way and was already full of anger. He was also a big, burly man. When he spoke, his voice boomed: "Which bastard is behind this! Village chief, was it you!"

The village chief didn't dare to speak. The man wanted to curse again, but someone kicked him in the back of the knee, and he knelt down with a thud: "The Prefect is here, be quiet!"

The man was taken aback. Seeing that the person sitting at the head of the table was dressed in an official robe with birds in flight and that there were government guards standing behind him, his face almost immediately showed a fawning expression, and he kowtowed: "This humble one, Li Yongshou, pays his respects to Your Excellency!"

"I wonder why you have summoned me today, sir?"

The prefect had already learned about the matter on the way. Since it was the emperor's will, he naturally knew what to do. He immediately asked sternly, "Li Yongshou, I heard someone report that your wife, Chang, was beaten to death by you. Is that true?"

The man was taken aback, clearly not expecting this situation, especially since more than a year had passed. "Sir, this is my, my own family matter..."

After saying that, he glared fiercely at the two elders of the Chang family standing to the side. It must have been those two old geezers who did this!

"A country has its laws, and murder is a serious crime. How can it be dismissed so easily because of your claim of it being a family matter!"

"My lord, I'm innocent!"

Li Yongshou kowtowed three more times, saying, "Every household in this village is like this, how can you blame just one person!"

The prefect glanced at His Majesty standing to the side, almost wiping sweat from his brow with his sleeve. But when His Majesty gave him a look, he immediately understood: "The previous emperor was incompetent, and the officials were utterly useless. Now, with the new dynasty just beginning, His Majesty is working diligently to govern. Naturally, he will not allow people like you who break the law to get away with it!"

He cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to the north and said, "From this day forward, I will thoroughly investigate this heinous crime. Those who committed this malicious murder shall be executed!"

Among the onlookers, a woman quietly shed tears.

Just as Li Yongshou said, this is the case in every household. If a woman marries the wrong person, she is walking on thin ice. If she is unlucky, she will lose her life. Few people will be able to seek justice for her. In an instant, she will turn into a pile of yellow earth.

Chang Ning felt heartbroken. Even if the villains were brought to justice, her poor older sister would never come back. Her husband's family already had a new wife, and the children she left behind huddled together like little wild animals.

Not to mention her second sister, whose eyes were vacant and who was already heavily pregnant again.

She's only twenty-five or twenty-six, but she looks like an old woman!