章 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?