Mother Yan left with a secret smile.

Song Shijin was kept at Wenhuaxuan for dinner.

But he was distracted at the moment, thinking about how to exonerate himself.

When Mother Yan came back again, she got the family punishment tools from the housekeeper.

The servants followed those who were being punished into Wenhuaxuan.

Song Shijin's eyes fell on the bloodstained bench, his face pale.

The last time family rules were used was when Jin'er had just entered the Marquis's Mansion. A mother spoke too much and gossiped about him, and he was later punished with fifty lashes by Old Madam Song.

The mother's buttocks were beaten until the skin was torn and bloody.

The servants placed the bench in the courtyard.

Ye Tao sneered: "Why does the eldest master look so ugly?"

Song Shijin forced a smile: "No, nothing, just a high fever and a little dizzy."

Liu Yueru looked at him and asked, "Are you full?"

Song Shijin was slightly stunned, then nodded with an unpleasant expression: "Son is full."

"It's good as long as you're full." Liu Yueru said lightly, and then slowly glanced at the neatly placed bench.

The servant stepped forward and tried to press Song Shijin down on the bench.

Song Shijin took the initiative to stretch out his hands and said, "Please punish me, son."

Liu Yueru nodded slightly to the servant beside her.

The servant picked up the ruler and slapped Song Shijin hard on the palm.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!" The ruler rose and fell again.

At first Song Shijin was able to grit his teeth and remain silent, but later he let out a series of screams, attracting the attention of the servants around.

Soon the news that Song Shijin was punished by the family rules reached Yuan Qinglian's ears.

She ran to Nanxi Hall crying.

"What's wrong again? You're crying and looking so depressed! All the blessings you have got are gone because of your crying!" Old Madam Song looked at her with annoyance.

Yuan Qinglian knelt on the ground, pointed in the direction of Wenhuaxuan and cried, "Madam, Madam wants to put Jin'er to death. If the old lady goes too late, I'm afraid Jin'er will die in Madam's hands."

After her previous misunderstandings of Liu Yueru, Old Madam Song was not in a hurry to blame her.

Instead, he held the teacup and drank the tea slowly and asked her, "What's going on?"

"I don't know why, but Madam used family discipline on Jin'er in the courtyard. His hands were beaten bloody and his buttocks were also hit with a stick. Jin'er is still running a fever. Even an adult couldn't bear such a beating, let alone Jin'er's delicate skin and tender flesh."

Yuan Qinglian really felt sorry for her son, and continued crying, "Madam, you really think that Jin'er is not your own son. You can punish him like this without feeling any pity at all. Madam, please go and take a look."

"How ridiculous!" Old Madam Song threw away the teacup in her hand, stood up and rushed to Wenhuaxuan angrily.

From a distance, Jin Ge'er's screams could be heard.

Yuan Qinglian's heart was bleeding.

Old Madam Song couldn't walk fast enough, so she urged Yuan Qinglian, "Go and stop them."

"Stop." Yuan Qinglian suddenly rushed into Wenhuaxuan, threw herself on Song Shijin, and stared at the servant holding the board.

She lowered her eyes, put away her anxious look, and moved away from Song Shijin.

He knelt down and said, "The old lady asked me to come here to stop Madam from using the family law."

"Master Jin is ill now. Madam, are you not afraid that if you punish him like this, people will say that you intentionally hurt the legitimate son?"

Liu Yueru smiled calmly: "It was Jin Ge'er who realized what he did yesterday and came here today to ask for punishment. I have already punished him according to the lightest family rules. How can you say that I am a vicious stepmother!"

Yuan Qinglian's face turned pale: "I didn't mean that. I was just worried that the old lady would be criticized. If she saw it, she would blame you for being too harsh on the young master..."

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