Lady Dong sneered coldly, "They won't let my son out, you say? No matter, I'll go in and take a look myself—it amounts to the same thing."
"That's even less permissible! In the Tribute Court, unrelated persons are not allowed to enter."
The more he demurred, the more suspicious Lady Dong grew in her heart. Why would these people not let her see Dong Lin, nor allow her to view the body? Out of the blue, someone at the Dong Family doorstep claimed that a scholar had died—could there be someone from inside the Tribute Court deliberately sending a warning? Their timid and furtive demeanor, apprehensively looking in all directions, inevitably led to further speculation...
