It was done! Finally, her young mistress would no longer have to suffer the indignities heaped upon her by those people at the Yongning Marquis Estate.
Just then, the waiter was pounding on the door of Shen Shuyue’s room. "Guest, it’s a cold night. Would you like me to help you add an extra quilt?"
Before he could find a chance to deliver the note from the guest downstairs to Shen Shuyue, he had watched as the county magistrate was shown into her room. He did not know the contents of the note, but he was all too familiar with the magistrate’s character. As the magistrate of the county, Ma Botong frequently used his official position to bully the local residents, and he had ruined many an innocent young girl; sometimes, he didn’t even spare young married women.
Chapter 208