The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Shi Yao envied the lady who had finally become the most honorable lady in the Duke's Mansion after she had been a daughter-in-law.

I am still so young and have a long way to go. I don’t know how many years I have to endure. When I reach the age of seventy, I don’t know if I can live the good life of a lady.

After envy, he picked up his chopsticks and happily ate breakfast.

After dinner, she stuffed several strings of silk that she had bought when she went out into Muxiang's arms, and also stuffed a bag of roasted melon seeds into her arms, and urged her: "It's New Year, sister, go and see your sisters, chat with them, kiss them, and don't be estranged from them just because you follow me."

Muxiang's face turned numb.

Don’t you just want to listen to the excitement in Handan Courtyard?

Coincidentally, she also wanted to know, so she reluctantly accepted the nets and melon seeds, thanked him reluctantly, and went out to look for her sisters.

There is indeed something lively to see in Handan Courtyard today.

Last night Shi Mingwu went crazy and beat all the maids and servants in Handan Courtyard, even the mistress of Handan Courtyard, Fu Nanjun, was not spared.

It is impossible to keep such a big thing secret without leaking a single word to the outside world.

As soon as the imperial physician left, the Fu family came aggressively.

This time the old tutor came in person.

The Duke of Zhenguo displayed his authority as a commander of the army and cordoned off the front yard like an iron barrel. He and the old Duke personally received the old tutor and Fu Nanjun's parents. As a result, news from the backyard was delayed and no movement was heard.

The Third Wife put aside all the messy matters and personally accompanied her mother-in-law to Handan Courtyard to visit Fu Nanjun who was bedridden.

The old Duke and his son welcomed the old tutor and father-in-law to the ancestral hall, stripped Shi Mingwu of his shirt, and made him kneel in front of the ancestral tablets and confess his crimes.

Shi Mingwu had already regretted his decision and sincerely listed the ten major mistakes he had made.

The Duke of Zhenguo whipped the man himself and gave him thirty strong lashes.

Shi Mingwu was beaten to pieces, blood was gushing out, and he was in a trance.

The old tutor was silent for a while, and felt that seeing blood on New Year's Eve was unlucky. His hatred was slightly relieved, and then he slowly stopped the Duke of Zhenguo.

The Duke of Zhenguo wiped his tears and said, "It's also my fault. I went out to visit a friend yesterday and took him to drink a few cups of wine and drank horse urine soup. He didn't know who he was. He also listened to the gossiping servants below who added fuel to the fire and spread rumors. He got so angry that he did such a huge disaster!

His mother was ill yesterday, and after hearing the news, she was so angry that she fainted. When she woke up, she kept cursing him for being an evildoer."

The old tutor and Fu Nanjun's father, Fu Shouchang, both had sullen faces and were unwilling to even look at Shi Mingwu, obviously still angry.

The Duke of Zhenguo said, "Old Master and my father-in-law know our family well. Because we have few girls, several generations have loved their daughters-in-law very much, and no one dares to lay hands on them.

I am not making excuses for him. It was the couple who were arguing, and the maid was standing in the middle. The wicked man wanted to hit the maid, but because the daughter-in-law pushed her away, he hit her by mistake..."

Fu Shouchang swung his sleeves fiercely and said angrily, "A grown man laid hands on a room full of weak women, and these weak women were servants who dared not speak out, let alone fight back. Is the Duke going to praise him for his bravery?"

The Duke of Zhenguo was embarrassed.

He couldn't argue with that.

Last night Shi Mingwu was clearly talking about "teaching your wife by the pillow", so how did it turn into beating people all over the yard and beating his wife by the pillow?

This evil boy!

Fu Shouchang continued to mock: "Your Highness is really promising! With such a powerful ability, he might as well go to the battlefield and kill a few more enemies. I would look up to him and call him a hero! What is he now? A bear!"

The Duke of Zhenguo had a gloomy face.

The mouth of a scholar is a murderous knife.

He also called his son a bear, but when someone else said it, it didn't sound so pleasant.

He suppressed his anger towards his son, bowed deeply, and said solemnly: "Old Master, father-in-law, we are all dissatisfied with the eldest son's wife. This matter is indeed entirely the fault of the wicked son. The eldest son's wife is a woman with a soft heart. Mingwu will let you two deal with it. We have no complaints!

Under normal circumstances, my wife and I could personally send the eldest daughter-in-law back to her parents' home to recuperate, and then pick her up when she was feeling better. But during the New Year, it might be inconvenient for the eldest daughter-in-law to go back to her parents' home, so she is still recuperating in the Handan Courtyard.

"I'll ask this wicked boy to move to the outer courtyard and not allow him to step into the inner courtyard except for paying respects to the old lady every day. Do you think this is possible?"

At this time, Shi Mingwu, who had been whipped, could no longer hold on, and his straight body hunched slightly.

Everyone looked towards him.

He knelt down quickly.

Since it is a punishment, you can torture me in any way you want.

There was a bluestone slab beneath the knees, hard and cold. One could tell without even looking that the knees were already bruised, red and swollen.

The old tutor sighed and said, "Shouchang is Nan Jun's father, and his words were a bit extreme. I will apologize to the old Duke and the Duke of Zhenguo on his behalf."

Fu Shouchang bowed to the old duke reluctantly.

The old Duke quickly avoided him and said ashamedly, "Shouchang didn't say a single wrong thing. Mingwu's wife and her maids and servants were all wronged.

The gossipy Nanny Jin has been tied up by the third son's wife. I will have someone take her indentureship contract and give it to your family. You can do whatever you want with her.

As for Mingwu, I will punish him again until he dares not lay hands on women again."

"There's no need to go to so much trouble," the old master stroked his long beautiful beard and said, "Shouchang's words were unpleasant to hear, but one of his words touched my heart.

The prince is young and hot-tempered, and needs to be tempered. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the New Year, he should be sent to the border. After a few years of training with his second uncle, he will probably be more tactful. Of course, this is just my humble opinion. The old Duke knows how to teach his children and grandchildren. "

Shi Mingwu was shocked and begged in a hoarse voice: "Grandfather, father-in-law, grandfather, father! How can I go to the border when I haven't obtained Nan Jun's forgiveness yet?"

The old tutor smiled but said nothing.

Fu Shouchang sneered: "A good man has ambitions to go far and wide, to hang out in the inner chamber, and to have deep feelings for his daughters and daughters. How dare you, a man of seven feet tall and the eldest grandson of the old Duke, say such things!"

The old Duke sighed inwardly.

Well, Mingwu had lost his reputation in the capital after this incident. Even if he stayed in the capital, he would probably be impeached by the censors and disliked by the emperor.

If a man beats his original wife, the severity of the situation may result in him being demoted by one rank.

It would be better to guard the border and gain some experience.

"What the old master said is truly for Mingwu and his wife. Just listen to the old master, Mingwu, after the New Year, let your father submit a memorial to the emperor, asking for permission to leave the capital to guard the border."

Once his grandfather had spoken, it was set in stone. Shi Mingwu knew there was no room for maneuver, so he kowtowed to the four elders and said, "Yes, grandson obeys your order!"

Everyone left the ancestral hall, leaving Shi Mingwu alone to reflect in front of the ancestral tablets.

As he stepped out of the ancestral hall, the old tutor quietly wiped away his tears.

This was the last chance he gave to the Shi family.

If the Shi family refuses to cherish him and continues to commit suicide, he will ask the Shi family to divorce and there will be no more conditions to negotiate.

It's just a pity for his granddaughter who has to continue to suffer in this den of tigers and wolves.

Forget it, let's ask her mother to take her back to her parents' home next year.