Pei Fangying was hearing about this for the first time.
She looked at Pei Wenye, then at Qin Mo, who was wearing his shoulder insignia, and finally believed everything.
This was even more serious than secretly selling the ownership of the mineral vein.
Pei Fangying’s expression turned cold. “Wilder, contact the S28 Planet Law Enforcement Center.”
Everything Pei Qingyang had done constituted a serious violation of federal law.
This was no longer something that could be resolved with a minor punishment.
“Now that everything has been cleared up, I won’t disturb you any longer, Pei family head.” Yunyang rose to her feet.
She had no interest in staying at the Pei family residence until the law enforcement officers arrived.
Pei Fangying had no grounds to stop Yunyang from taking her husbands away. She merely rose with her, looking at Pei Wenye with an apologetic expression.
“A-Ye, why don’t you stay at home for a couple of days?”
Only after learning the truth did she realize how much her earlier attitude must have hurt her youngest son.
Pei Wenye shook his head. “Mother, I want to go back with my female sovereign.”
Even if he had not been driven out of the house, it would not have been appropriate for him to continue living there after reaching adulthood.
Otherwise, he would only disturb his mother and her husbands.
Pei Fangying opened her mouth, wanting to persuade him to stay.
But after glancing at Yunyang, she ultimately nodded. “All right. If you need anything, remember to tell Mother.”
Pei Wenye did have something he needed.
However, he did not say it in front of Yunyang. He merely nodded at Pei Fangying.
Yunyang boarded the starship with her six husbands.
As usual, Pei Wenye drove, while Yunyang and the other husbands sat in the back.
Before the starship took off, Yunyang looked at Qin Mo, who was sitting to her right. “Qin Mo, put in a word with the Law Enforcement Center.”
“All right.” Qin Mo immediately opened his photobrain.
Even if his female sovereign had not asked, he would have helped Pei Wenye with this small favor.
It was already nearly three o’clock, so Yunyang could not be bothered to go anywhere else. She simply had Pei Wenye return to the accommodations arranged by the Tourism Bureau.
Meanwhile, the Law Enforcement Center acted swiftly.
Felicity voluntarily submitted Pei Qingyang’s coordinates. After the enforcement officers brought him to the Pei residence and learned what had happened, they punished Pei Qingyang in accordance with federal law.
For a crime like this, if an A-rank female or higher was willing to vouch for him, Pei Qingyang would not have received such a severe punishment.
However, Felicity had divorced Pei Qingyang immediately when she left the Pei residence.
Pei Fangying was even less likely to vouch for him.
Therefore, Pei Qingyang’s sentence was announced that very night.
The Federation would not give a male who had attempted to murder his own younger brother any chance to atone.
Pei Qingyang would be imprisoned for life and would also be required to cooperate unconditionally with research conducted by various institutes.
The Federation still had many untested medicines, and criminals like Pei Qingyang were the ideal subjects for research.
Actually, since Pei Qingyang had not harmed a female, he should not have received such a severe punishment.
Unfortunately, Qin Mo had put in a word.
Everyone at the Law Enforcement Center knew that Qin Mo was not only an adjutant in the Twenty-Third Army, but also one of Lady Yunyang’s husbands.
The victim, Pei Wenye, was likewise one of Lady Yunyang’s husbands.
In order to curry favor with Yunyang, the Law Enforcement Center imposed the harshest possible punishment. They even posted the relevant information on the planetary network.
Yunyang did not see the news until she returned to the accommodations.
By then, the related topic already had tens of thousands of comments.
[Pei Qingyang? Is he from the Pei family on S28 Planet?]
[He has that much strength and doesn’t use it against the insectoids, but instead uses it against his own younger brother. He deserves life imprisonment!]
[Forget it. I’d be afraid he might stab his comrades in the back if he went to the battlefield. Better to let him devote himself to the Federation’s scientific research.]
[… ]
Yunyang scrolled through the comments. Aside from those who thought Pei Qingyang deserved what he got, a small number of people were puzzled.
They did not think Pei Qingyang should have escaped punishment. They were merely wondering whether he had committed some other crime. After all, the males who had received such severe punishments in the past had all harmed females.
The beastfolk suspected that the S28 Planet Law Enforcement Center was concealing some of Pei Qingyang’s crimes.
Naturally, the Law Enforcement Center did not dare risk being charged with covering up a crime. They quickly issued a clarification, though they did not mention why Pei Qingyang had received such a severe punishment.
If the Law Enforcement Center would not say, the beastfolk active on the planetary network would investigate it themselves.
It did not take long for them to discover that the victim was one of Yunyang’s husbands.
They immediately understood.
Yunyang was an avid user of the planetary network and watched the entire process unfold.
She raised her head and looked toward the kitchen. “Qin Mo, ask the Law Enforcement Center whether they need me to perform a group purification.”
“All right.”
Qin Mo answered, then continued preparing dinner with Xuan Yu.
Compared to matters like this, their female sovereign’s meal was naturally more important.
At that moment, Yunyang’s photobrain gave a soft buzz.
She opened the message and saw that it had been sent by the person in charge of the Ancient-Style Botanical Garden.
[Lady Yunyang, the authorities have agreed to give you a portion of the LZ047 ancient-style plants. However, they would like to ask you to purify a male with a contamination level of 98.]
The Ancient-Style Botanical Garden was directly under the jurisdiction of the S28 Planet Tourism Bureau. Naturally, when the person in charge referred to “the authorities,” they meant the Tourism Bureau.
The Tourism Bureau was not short of federal credits, but since Yunyang wanted the plants, they had not refused her. They merely wanted her to purify a male in return.
Yunyang felt that there was no problem with that.
His contamination level was only 98, not 100.
Besides, with Fuyuan there, her mental power could recover continuously without even needing sleep.
However, a contamination level of 98 meant that the male had probably already been locked inside S28 Planet’s Purification Tower, right?
She sent the person in charge a message asking about it.
[Yes, Lady Yunyang.]
[But please rest assured. We will send people to escort you to the Purification Tower and guarantee your safety.]
Yunyang was not worried about that at all.
The Purification Tower’s security procedures were extremely thorough. The last time Pei Wenye escaped, it had only been because he had cheated by using his innate ability.
He had already partially transformed into a dragon and therefore possessed some of a dragon’s abilities. Within a certain range, as long as there was a source of water, he could move wherever he wished.
Dragons were one of the oldest beastfolk species.
However, there were very few females whose genes were compatible with dragon genes, making it extremely difficult for dragons to reproduce. As a result, no dragons remained in the Federation.
The only species closest to dragons was the jiao. Yet even among the jiao, those who had partially transformed into dragons were exceedingly rare, and there was not a single one who had completely transformed.
For that reason, nothing like what had happened last time would occur again.
Moreover, she had already become skilled at attacking male mental forms with her mental power. If anything dangerous truly happened, she was capable of protecting herself.
Yunyang tapped the light screen.
[I accept this request.]
The person in charge promptly relayed her response to the Tourism Bureau.
Yunyang did not concern herself with what happened afterward. The Tourism Bureau would make all the necessary arrangements.
She browsed the planetary network for a while before Qin Mo and Xuan Yu finished preparing dinner.
After the meal, just as she was preparing to go out for a walk, she received a package from the Pei family.
Yunyang opened it and found two spatial buttons inside.
At the same time, Pei Wenye received a message from Pei Fangying.
He hurriedly squeezed in front of Yunyang. “Female sovereign, Mother prepared these as my dowry. They belong to you now.”
Since they were Pei Wenye’s dowry, there was no need for Yunyang to be polite.
She put them away immediately, handed the empty package to the robot at the residence for disposal, and went out for her walk.
The tourism bureau seemed to be in quite a hurry. After asking Yunyang when she would be available, they sent someone to pick her up first thing the next morning.
