Night

Illuminated like a mythical paradise, this magnificent building, which took 20 years to build, is still in the final stages of its final refinement.

A total of nine tall towers soar into the sky, and against the backdrop of the night, the bright lights outline a dreamlike and beautiful silhouette, which makes people look up to the mountains and express heartfelt admiration.

Beneath the main tower, the glittering Dragon's Head Hall illuminates the area with huge dragon-shaped diamond crystal chandeliers, where the gentlemen and ladies of the upper class gather for the royal ball.

As far as the eye can see, there are well-dressed gentlemen and ladies, and in this colorful hall, they interpret the luxurious life of the prosperous and wealthy families.

The 117-member Royal Symphony Orchestra played the ball, the stirring music echoed in the air, and the faces of the ladies and gentlemen dancing on the dance floor were filled with joy.

The royal ball is mainly attended by unmarried young men and women, and it is always held 1~2 times a month, because the young princes and princesses have come of age, and it is a good social occasion.

Today, the Holy Lords are very enlightened monarchs, allowing princes and princesses to choose their own marriages, whether they are nobles or commoners, provided that they give up their royal status if they marry commoners.

The Ocean Empire does not have the title of concubine, and if a princess marries a commoner male, then she must give up her status as a royal princess, and the same is true for princes, which is the common rule of European royal families; The nobles do not intermarry.

The most famous case is that many years later, King Edward VIII had to give up the throne for the sake of a Citigroup widow, and performed the legendary story of loving the country and loving the beauty even more.

Today, there are nine princesses in the royal family, all of whom are beautiful and moon-like, and are called "nine fairies" by good deeds.

The eldest princess Elizabeth married the princess of the Ryukyus, the second princess Shirley is already the princess of Yueguo, the third-ranked Princess Kerr married into the Swedish royal family, and is now the Duchess of Exxon, the fourth princess Meiting married Zhu Yuanzhen, the eldest son of Count Zhu Wei, and now the 5th princess Anne and the 6th princess Olivia are both adults, and the 7th princess Mingzhen is also 15 years old, which is the time of the girl's cardamom years.

One side of the main hall

Duan Changjiang was wearing a straight tuxedo, standing with his good brother Li Xiaozu, staring at the sixth princess Olivia not far away with fiery eyes, without blinking, revealing a look that couldn't hide "I want".

"Hey, Changjiang, you are a little more subtle, so is easy to be teased!"

Li Xiaozu reminded helplessly, and several aristocratic girls around the princess kept looking over, covering their mouths and laughing stupidly, and then whispered something in the princess's ear, which made his face really a little unbearable.

"Brother, do you think I have a chance?" Duan Changjiang asked with little confidence.

"I'm optimistic about your brother, anyway, it's more mature and stable than those eighteen or nineteen-year-old hairy boys, aren't you usually very good at bragging? He knows everything about astronomy and geography, and basically knows a little bit about the skin, so he should be able to be appreciated by the princess. ”

"Hey, hey, hey...... I love to hear this, brother, I'm still weak-hearted! ”

"Anyway, I'll accompany you to invite the dance after this dance, okay? Think about Zhu Yuanzhen's kid, our brother is no worse than him, it's up to people! If it really happens, you will be brothers from now on. ”

"Okay, it's a knife to stretch out your head, and it's also a knife to shrink your head, fight!"

"Hey, why is it wrong for me to listen to you, why did the beautiful things that were originally concubines change in your mouth?" Li Xiaozu asked angrily and funny.

"Big brother, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk."

Duan Changjiang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and saw that the sixth princess Olivia, not far away, looked at her with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a little curiosity and a little inquiry, and suddenly her old face turned red.

is also a princess, because the position of the biological mother is different, and the inside is also very different.

The sixth princess Olivia is the princess of the West Palace, the imperial concubine Nicole, because the queen Gu has no daughter, so she is the most noble among the princesses.

Inheriting the good genes of her parents, Olivia has shown her talent as a beautiful girl since she was a child, and she has become the focus of the second generation of nobles.

As Duan Changjiang's aristocratic status, he also felt that the pressure of competition was huge.

At this point, the dance music stopped

Li Xiaozu immediately pushed him and took the lead in walking towards the attention of the audience, Duan Changjiang hesitated slightly, and then followed hard.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Olivia, Duan Changjiang is willing to be your loyal guardian knight and always guard by your side, and I would like to pay you my heartfelt respect." Duan Changjiang gently took Princess Olivia's Qianqianyu hand and bent down to kiss the hand.

At this moment, his heart was beating fast, his blood was surging, and the whole person seemed to be stepping on the clouds.

"Thank you, my knight."

Princess Olivia's face was shrouded in the brilliance of a girl, and a pair of deep black and blue eyes seemed to be in a deep pool, looking at the gentleman in front of her who was slightly red, and said; "I know you're from the Wuxun family, but I don't know what interesting things you're doing right now?"

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, I used to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years, and now I serve in the Municipal Intermediate Court, my interest is still in the legal aspect, and I hope to continue to do this work in the future."

"Judge?"

"Yes, Your Highness Princess, I am a judge of the Civil Trial Division, and I am not in charge of criminal cases."

"It sounds interesting, but I don't have any friends who are members of the legal profession, can you tell us more about that...... Or an interesting case? ”

Duan Changjiang's words aroused Princess Olivia's interest, she smiled and refused the noble children who came to invite them to dance, and then turned her face, and the beautiful face of the upside-down beings looked at Duan Changjiang curiously.

"There's a door!"

Duan Changjiang was ecstatic in his heart at this moment, his eyes couldn't help but look at Li Xiaozu who was standing on the side, and seeing that he quietly made a "come on" gesture, he hurriedly forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, and said with a decent smile on his face;

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, there are really interesting cases you want to know about.

In March last year, I handled a civil case in which a wealthy man was hospitalized injured after colliding with a horse-drawn carriage on the outskirts of the city.

Putting aside the damage caused by the traffic accident where the car collided with the horse-drawn carriage, the rich man was carrying a beautiful woman in the car at the time, and they were sent to the hospital for treatment together after the car accident.

It was only when the police arrived that they stopped the farce.

According to this beautiful woman, the rich son is her husband, and she also gave birth to a son for the rich man, and there are children to testify, which can confuse the police.

Who knows that the matter is not over, during the hospitalization of this rich son, there are seven women who have come to visit him who know that he is injured, either as wives or girlfriends, and two of them have also given birth to children.

In this way, it has evolved into nine women fighting for women, and the case will be complicated. ”

Princess Olivia had never heard such a strange thing, and even the noble girls around her were strongly interested, and they vied with each other to ask; "Next, who is the wife of this rich man?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't panic, and listen to me one by one." After entering the moment of Duan Changjiang, his face was no longer red, his confidence was sufficient, his speech was smooth, and his face showed a look of gossip, and he said;

The matter is justified by the public, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is justified, so the other eight women have entered the court, asking the court to rule that the rich son is her husband and should enjoy legal rights and interests.

You see, this is a coincidence, and the case is in my hands.

According to the court debate and appeal in the early stage, the truth of the case was revealed to the world, and it turned out that this was a case of a rich son who was ordered by his parents to get married, and the red flag fluttered outside.

In this case

There are three daughters who give birth to children for rich children, one daughter is pregnant, and four daughters are dating at the same time, all of them are husband and wife.

This rich son is really a scumbag among the scumbags, not only does he have a wife who is marrying the media, but also two aunts, and as a result, he provoked eight women from good families outside, which is really hateful.

Moreover, the rich son is suspected of evading a huge amount of progressive taxes, seriously infringing on the relevant provisions of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women and Children, and the evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied.

How to punish them according to the existing laws and protect women's rights and interests while recovering huge tax losses for the empire has become the biggest difficulty in the judge's trial.

There is no precedent for a similar case, and since the empire is based on case law, the case has attracted unanimous attention from colleagues in the legal profession. ”

"Mr. Duan, what happened then?"

"Yes, this wife is also miserable enough, I didn't expect her husband to provoke so many foxes outside, how can I bear this breath?"

"Xiu'er, I don't agree with your point of view, didn't you hear Judge Duan say, the other eight girls don't know the fact that the rich son is already married, and they are still waiting for the eight to carry the sedan chair into the door, they are all victims."

"If you want me to say, it's this scumbag who is the most hateful, deliberately deceiving weak women."

Several aristocratic ladies are full of righteous indignation, this case gives them a strong sense of substitution, if they really see this scumbag rich man, they will really tear him apart, and solve the hatred in the hearts of all women.

In the midst of the shouting and killing of all the women, Princess Olivia behaved dignified and generous, showing the extraordinary demeanor of the royal family, just quietly looking at Duan Changjiang with beautiful eyes like Shen Tan, waiting for him to continue.

With such pure eyes, Duan Changjiang panicked in his heart, he coughed lightly and continued;

"This is a case of considerable concern to the legal community, and after careful consideration, I made a judgment as the presiding judge of the Civil Division;

In the previous traffic accident case, the rich family caused property damage and medical expenses worth 235 gold to the carriage party, and should be compensated twice the full amount of the loss, that is, 470 gold ocean.

In the latter case of "Nine Women Fighting for Husbands";

The rich son and the eight women other than the original wives and concubines had the fact of deception induced by marriage, and caused three of them to give birth to children and one of them to become pregnant, and they all had a de facto husband and wife relationship with the eight daughters, which subjectively belonged to malicious deception, and objectively formed the reality of husband and wife.

Based on the consideration of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women and Children, it is hereby ruled that the remaining eight women can be granted the position of concubines and can receive corresponding compensation.

Those who give birth to children will receive living expenses and education expenses from the youngest son to the age of 18, and can receive compensation ranging from 570~640 gold for childcare expenses according to the average income of urban residents in the Red River Valley in the previous year.

The eight women can decide whether to enter the door of the rich family or not, and the women who choose to break away from this relationship can receive an additional compensation of no less than 1,200 gold for restarting their lives in society.

Based on the fact that the rich family subjectively maliciously evades progressive tax, this court declares; The tax bureau is instructed to collect the huge progressive tax on evasion and impose a fine of more than 5 times and less than 10 times for the tax on the rich family.

Due to the tax evasion of the rich son, the amount was huge, the crime was serious, and he was fined 100,000 gold oceans and served hard labor for 30 years. ”

After saying this in one breath, Duan Changjiang spread his hands with a hint of triumph on his face and continued; "It's a pity that the whole family of this rich man has been implicated, millions of family fortunes have been confiscated, and a total of 2.2 million gold oceans have been collected before and after collecting the confiscated taxes and huge amounts of property, if you want to say this name, you probably know it......"

Duan Changjiang deliberately sold a pass, which aroused the great curiosity of a group of aristocratic ladies, in today's Australian local high society, it is not uncommon for wealthy businessmen to reach the level of millions, and each of them is a business giant with great influence.

Such a major news was not reported, and it was quietly covered up, what twists and turns are there here?

So, who will it be?

As we all know, the progressive tax on wives and concubines is too powerful, if the tax rate for welcoming wives is set at 1, then the tax rate for the first aunt is 2, the tax rate for the second aunt is 4, the tax rate for the third aunt is 8, and so on, and the 10th aunt is 1024.

Even if a million family fortunes are not enough to pay taxes, not to mention the huge fines after tax evasion, it is really bankrupt and once returned to the pre-liberation period.

In the Ocean Empire

The vassal elegance of Fengyue places is not counted, but due to the protection of the "Law on the Rights and Interests of Women and Children", women from good families must not be provoked, and the government and public opinion fully support this aspect, and it is generally a scandal that breaks out.

As long as the wife signs the consent form, there is no legal restriction on taking concubines, if the rich and powerful parties are in agreement, although they can marry home to live, there is no need to test the bottom line of the law.

It's okay to play in Fengyue place, but don't bully the women of good families, it's really a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats.

If a government official commits such misdeeds, his or her future will be ruined, and he will be liable for compensation.

There have been such incidents before, but they are just stories of grudges with two or three women, and even if they are heavily fined, the amount is limited. This wife and ten concubines are indeed unprecedented, it really makes people admire the courage of this rich man, and he is definitely a cheat!

How much courage does it take to do such a ridiculous thing?