The Slender Waist-Chapter 754 - 540: A Blow to the Head

Feng Yun pushed back her trip to Xijing for three days.

In a very short period of time, she thoroughly inspected Changmen inside out.

Cutting flesh from one’s own body is extremely painful.

Over time, these people’s roots have grown deep into Changmen, each with countless connections; pulling one hair would affect the whole body.

But she must excise the bone to heal.

Not only to make an explanation to the Imperial Court of Xijing to resolve the crisis of the times.

But also for the long-term sake of Changmen, and for herself.

Investigate.

From top to bottom, inspect one by one.

The bad part is, the scope involved was wider than Feng Yun had imagined.

From Andu to Mingquan, Xinyi, and even every division of Changmen, there were similar tumors everywhere.

Luckily, the upper management of Changmen, the part she trusted the most, although troubled by personal feelings, had not lost their original intentions and fundamentally were not corrupted, nor were there any signs of infiltration by outsiders or other forces...

Despite this, Feng Yun still felt a cold sweat.

This was a hidden danger she had neglected.

In her previous life without Changmen, lacking experience, her focus and vigilance were always outward, never inward, completely unaware that the insects had quietly spread, silently corroding the foundation...

In those three days, people were continuously brought to Changmen.

The rules of Changmen had been set for many years, but this was the first time the legendary family law was invoked.

Feng Yun was not afraid of losing face, she opened the villa’s gates wide, allowing the people of Huaxi to watch.

One by one she clarified the cases; evidence was slapped onto people’s faces.

Those who deserved hitting were hit, those who deserved punishment were punished, those who should be handed over to the officials were directly so, leaving no face for anyone, no matter who promoted them, who their in-laws were, or whose little uncle or great uncle they were.

It was a thorough clean-up.

The execution of the family law was personally arranged by Ge Guang, with a total of about a hundred people, wielding until their arms were sore, crying tragically...

The family law was carried out from morning until evening.

The crowd outside watching the excitement was packed tight, yet all of them cheered.

"They deserved it!"

"These unloyal and dishonest scoundrels, getting beaten is letting them off light."

"Spit! This one deserves divine punishment!"

"This one too, when he first came to Huaxi, he was dragging a little girl, a family of three almost starved to death, if not for the mistress taking them in and providing a full meal, the grass on their graves would probably be three feet high..."

"Ungrateful, greedy for money and goods, hitting him with twenty boards is light."

"This one is even more shameless, being lecherous is one thing, but to dare to defile a virtuous woman... a dog-raised wretch, should be beaten to death and fed to the dogs."

"At first, I thought the mistress was just making a show, but didn’t expect her to be serious... incredible, truly incredible."

"..."

The discussions outside, the cries and repentances in the courtyard never stopped.

Feng Yun sat on the soft chair under the eaves, calm and composed.

She showed no emotion, her facial expression unchanged from the morning, all the way until she saw off the last batch of people.

"Xiaoman."

She reached out, "Help me get up."

Xiaoman bowed her head in acknowledgment, just as she assisted Feng Yun up, Alou, Xing Bing, and a group of managers all knelt down heavily.

"Please punish us, Mistress."

Feng Yun slightly sidelong glanced: "Where did you go wrong..."

Xing Bing, a large burly man, bowed his head, his eyes red, like a child who had done wrong.

"I have received great kindness, yet I have failed the mistress."

Alou also lowered his head, revealing only a part of his neck, "As the chief steward, I failed to detect anomalies in time, and because of my soft heart, failed to thoroughly manage, leading to chaos in Changmen, tarnishing mistress’s reputation, all these are due to my folly, please punish me..." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Feng Yun: "A punishment is due."

She looked down at these people.

Slowly, she stated a sentence.

"You deserve punishment, and I do too. The responsibility of lax supervision should start with me."

Some people can share hardships, but they can’t share comfort.

When they were so poor that they were losing their trousers, everyone had the same goal, just for a warm meal.

To survive—this is the strongest bond that can gather people together, striving for the same cause.

But as the environment improves, human desires and satisfaction become harder to fulfill, differences in human hearts begin to emerge, and driven by interests, they inevitably stray off the path, unable to turn back.

You can distrust people, but you can’t distrust human nature.

She sighed: "Seven years in Changmen, we went from having nothing to being wealthy and populous, weathering storms, overcoming hardships together, I’ve considered every person in Changmen as family, wholeheartedly wanting to build a home together, to have a sheltering place in this chaotic world, no longer needing to drift... but I forgot, human hearts change easily."

Her gaze swept over, all lowered their heads.