The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Shang Xi saw that Cheng Youning was frightened by her words and her attitude became much more sincere. She then changed her face to a loving mother and said gently and persuadingly: "Cheng Youning, it's useless to just get beaten. You have to be sincere and take what your mother said to heart. Don't make such a mistake again."

Cheng Youning nodded vigorously and said in a very good manner: "Mom, I have remembered it and will not make the same mistake again."

Shang Xi wanted to take this opportunity to lecture him again, but Yu Hua pushed Shang Xi aside and then blamed Shang Xi, "How can you scare a child like this? And Mo Xing, you are so imaginative."

Cheng Youning blinked her tearful eyes and looked at Yuhua and Shang Xi: "Is there no Mo Xing?"

Shang Xi poked Yuhua in the waist with her hand, and Yuhua said unhappily: "Your mother knows a lot, if she says yes, then yes!"

Cheng Youning was half-believing and half-doubting. He looked at Zhong Siyu and Zhu'er who were standing a little further away and watching the excitement, and asked, "Ms. Zhong, you are well-read and the daughter of a minister, so you must know a lot. Can you tell me whether there is such a punishment as 'ink punishment'?"

Zhong Siyu said: "The tattoo punishment is a tradition passed down from ancient times. If someone committed an unforgivable crime, they would have words tattooed on their face. The words would correspond to the crime they committed."

Only then did Cheng Youning believe in the existence of the tattoo punishment. Otherwise, he would have suspected that her mother had made it up to scare him, because Cheng Youning knew that her mother had the habit of exaggerating when preaching about punishment.

Yuhua took out a handkerchief to wipe Cheng Youning's face distressedly, and then complained to Cheng Feng and Shang Xi, "You two are such a jerk. This child has suffered so much following you two. Is Cheng Youning your enemy? Can you punish him like this? You beat him and scold him as you please. You are trying to drive Cheng Youning to death!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Youning was so moved that she hugged Yuhua's shoulders with her arms and cried, "Yuhua, you are the best. You know how to protect me."

"Humph, now you know how good I am! Don't you always complain about me for not having enough education?"

Cheng Youning said: "Whether a person is good or not has nothing to do with how much education he has. Most of the loyal people are butchers, and most of the unfaithful people are scholars! So don't feel regretful just because you haven't studied much. Yuhua, you are good to me, and I know it!"

Yuhua always couldn't stand Cheng Youning's nice words. She stood up for Cheng Youning and said, "If Fengqi and Dalang weren't at war, I would take you to Nancheng right now, away from your parents, so that you wouldn't have to suffer here."

Cheng Youning said, "Yuhua, no matter how good Nancheng is, I will not go there."

"Why? Aren't you obsessed with the courtyard house in South City? If you go back with me, you won't have to worry about their faces, and you won't have to study hard every day. You won't be beaten and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall, like an unforgivable criminal." Yuhua was puzzled. She brought up Cheng Youning, and she was really sad to see Cheng Youning being beaten. If she had been there yesterday, even if the king of heaven was there, she could not watch Cheng Youning being beaten. She absolutely could not let Cheng Youning suffer such "torture".

Cheng Youning said: "Yuhua, as a girl, you probably don't understand."

"What don't I understand?"

"Yuhua, the book says, 'When parents are alive, one should not travel far, and when traveling, one must have a plan.' Even though Youning is young, he knows this truth. I have to serve my parents to fulfill my filial duty. Although I am often punished and beaten, it is because I made the mistake first, and it is not unjust. It is unfilial for me to escape punishment and leave with you. Yuhua, unfilial people are born out of unkindness, which is a taboo and should not be violated. Unfilial people cannot serve their parents and cannot conduct themselves properly. Even if I, Cheng Youning, have my buttocks bruised and my hands smashed, I will not be that kind of unfaithful and unfilial person. I must abide by my duties, act loyally and righteously, and never do anything that will bring bad morals."

After hearing this, Yuhua hugged Cheng Youning and burst into tears. Facing Yuhua's crying without any warning, Cheng Youning looked at his mother nervously. Shang Xi was not much better than Yuhua. She was also moved by her son's two heartfelt words. Her eyes were wet. She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and said, "Yuhua is homesick. It's okay. Just cry for a while and you'll be fine."

But at this time, there was a noise behind Shang Xi. Zhong Siyu was crying on the shoulder of her maid Zhu'er.

Cheng Youning asked Shang Xi innocently, "Mother, did I say something wrong? Why are Miss Zhong and Zhu'er crying too?"

Shang Xi said: "Ms. Zhong and Zhu'er also miss home."

At this time, a voice came from the door, "Hey, what's going on in your room? Why are there wolves crying and ghosts howling?"

Cheng Feng waved his hand at Sui Dan and said, "Go back to your room and recover. It's a mess here already. Don't make it more chaotic."

"No, it's so noisy, I still don't understand what's going on. Who offended who? Why are they all crying?"

People who like to watch the fun never think the trouble is too big!

Seeing Sui Dan come to watch the fun, Zhong Siyu felt embarrassed, so she covered her face and left. Shang Xi had to chase her out. She knew that the most uncomfortable person in the room was Zhong Siyu. Although she was going through hardships, she had finally gone against her family's wishes and followed Wan Lianxing all the way. In order to save the Zhong family and keep his official position, her father had to draw a clear line with her and openly broke off relations with her in the court. At present, only her mother who was worried about her could write her one or two letters to ease her longing. Seeing her like this, Shang Xi was worried after all, so she had to go out with her to see and comfort Zhong Siyu by the way. Zhong Siyu was stimulated by Cheng Youning's words. She ran away from home for her children's love affair, which was actually unfilial.

Sui Dan didn't leave, but walked in with his hands on his waist. He stared at the bags on the ground and asked, "What delicious food did they bring from Fengying?"

Cheng Feng was confused. He pointed at Yuhua who was crying while hugging Cheng Youning and said, "She brought it here. I don't know. Why don't you ask her?"

Sui Dan looked at Yu Hua with a big grin on her face, but didn't dare to go forward, because she knew that women were not easy to mess with. He stood beside Cheng Feng and said, "Who is so capable that he made her cry?"

Cheng Feng said: "Cheng Youning! Who else but Cheng Youning has this ability!"

"Why is the emperor's woman Zhong Siyu crying?"

Cheng Feng pointed at Cheng Youning and said, "It's also because of him."

Sui Dan touched his hairless chin and said doubtfully, "I didn't hear clearly in my room just now. What did Cheng Youning do to them?"

Cheng Feng said: "When he talked about filial piety to Yuhua, it suddenly reminded Yuhua of the sad past with Miss Zhong. They all cried, and I was moved. If Yuhua's sudden shout hadn't shocked me, I might have cried too."