Uncle Song Yuan was not very old, only in his thirties, a time when he was at the peak of his strength. He sported a light beard and, upon a brief glance, his expression instantly turned grim.
After listening to the reports from the female attendants and women around him, he, like Song Yingzhen, instinctively felt there might be something strange about all this.
However, he also knew that regardless, with the death of Song Gu, trouble was inevitable for the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion.
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Following the murder case of Marquis Dingyuan within Haojing City, a wave of unrest surged through the imperial court.
The Dingyuan Marquis's line had always had disputes with the Gu Family's line of Marquis Han City within the military. The marriage six years ago was a rare act of reconciliation, and now with the murder of Song Gu, shadows loomed once more.
Though the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion continued to claim it was a conspiracy, a setup by someone,
