Chapter 18: Execution

"Madam, since you know that you are guarding the old house for the Xiao family, now that the Xiao family has returned, you still occupy the main courtyard and let grandma live in the east courtyard. What is your intention?"

Xiao Jiuyue retorted, taking a step forward. Behind him, Chief Steward Jin was holding Xiao Wenping. "In the Xiao family, you must follow the Xiao family's rules. Taking a maid as a concubine is such a shameless act of robbery that the Xiao family would have expelled you long ago. Today, considering that the madam and her family are guarding the old house for the Xiao family, only fifty strokes of the cane will be given as punishment."

Gan Li's face was like a palette, changing again and again. These days, she was dragging her feet and refusing to move out of the main courtyard. She was polite even when she saw the old lady of the Xiao family. The eldest wife could only cry and take care of her injured daughter. The second wife had only a girl and a concubine, and the third wife didn't say a word.

Gan Li looked down on him in her heart, but now that the Xiao family has fallen, only the old and the young are left in the Xiao family, so she just lives in the main courtyard with peace of mind!

Who would have thought that Xiao Jiuyue, who is not easy to deal with, would appear.

Gan Li frowned and stared at Xiao Jiuyue intently. The climate and soil of Shengjing nurtured people, and this girl was as beautiful as a flower, but she was just an unmarried girl.

If Ping'er was really to be caned fifty times, she would be dead. Gan Li was anxious in her heart, but she smiled and said, "Miss Xiao, you misunderstood. It's just that we're used to living here before, and we have too many things to move out in a short time. That's why we arranged for the old lady to live in the East Courtyard."

"Miss Xiao, after all, I'm your cousin too. It's all my fault for not being considerate, which led to your misunderstanding." Gan Li cleverly brought up her generational differences and said, "Miss Xiao, Ping'er really took a fancy to that maid, and there was no such thing as forced possession. How about giving your cousin some face?"

"I will make the decision to promote that maid to a concubine. She will live in Ping'er's room in the future. Even if she doesn't live a life of luxury, at least she will have enough food and clothing and won't have to be a servant anymore." Gan Li looked at Shui Yun with a smile, a warning in her eyes.

Xiao Jiuyue was not surprised to see Gan Li's sudden change from being furious just now to her current expression. If she was just an idiot, it would be unacceptable for someone to take advantage of the Xiao family's downfall to bully the women of the Xiao family.

"Shui Yun, tell me, are you willing to be a concubine?" Xiao Jiuyue lowered her eyes. Today's matter must be handled properly. Otherwise, once she was caught, the Xiao family would have to depend on others for their future living in the old house.

The Xiao family has fallen, but it is not yet the turn of the side branches to bully them!

Shui Yun knelt down towards Xiao Jiuyue, prostrating herself on the ground with her forehead touching the floor. Her voice trembled slightly, but every word was clear: "To answer the young lady, I am unwilling to do so."

"This girl is probably so happy that she can't even speak." Gan Li winked at Mother Mi beside her.

Mother Mi stepped forward and said, "Girl, if you follow the Fourth Young Master, you will be his concubine. If people knew that you were his mistress, who would dare to marry you in the future?"

Shui Yun's face turned pale. She pursed her lips and said, "This servant is willing to serve the young lady for the rest of her life and never marry. If this affects the young lady's marriage, then this servant is willing to die to prove her innocence!"

Shui Yun was determined to prove her innocence by dying.

"Shui Yun." Xiao Yurong held Shui Yun tightly.

"You saw it too. She didn't want to. It was your son who wanted to take her by force." Xiao Jiuyue spread her hands and ordered decisively: "Beat her."

At Xiao Jiuyue's command, Manager Jin personally picked up the stick, and Jin Wen and Jin Wu pressed the man down on the long bench. Manager Jin had strong hands, and he hit him with the stick again and again. Xiao Wenping's screams scared the nearby birds into flying away.

The servants around Xiao Wenping all shrank back, looking at the stick in Manager Jin's hand with fear in their eyes. Is this really going to kill someone?

"Stop." Gan Li's face changed and she couldn't even maintain her fake smile. She rushed forward but was stopped by the guards.

"Miss Xiao, I told you to stop!" Seeing she couldn't stop him, Gan Li walked up to Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss Xiao, my son's surname is also Xiao, and he's your cousin. You're an unmarried girl, and you're hitting your cousin like this. Do you really want to lose your reputation?"

Xiao Wenping's screams were endless. The beating was on Xiao Wenping's body, and the pain was on Gan Li's body.

"Heh." Xiao Jiuyue chuckled and said, "I'm the head of the Xiao family now. Since you can't teach your son well, I'll have no choice but to step in and teach him well, so as not to bring shame to the Xiao family!"

"you……"

Gan Li hadn't expected that Xiao Jiuyue didn't care about her reputation at all. She was very sharp-tongued. She said, "Hurry up and tell them to stop. I'll move. I'll move now."

"Of course you have to move. Not only that, you have to move today. Otherwise, if the news gets out, I'm afraid your reputation will be bad."

Xiao Jiuyue said with a look of concern for her, "You are occupying the main courtyard of the Xiao family's old lady. You are disrespectful to your aunt and elders. I am afraid that the second old man Xiao will divorce you. When the second wife comes, your son will be in trouble."

When Gan Li heard her words and saw how she was thinking about her, she felt her blood rushing to her head. She had to thank her for beating her son?

"Come here, move all the things out of the room." After Gan Li gave the maid a hand job, she began to move the things out. Looking at Xiao Wenping, who was beaten to a bloody pulp and looked like he was dying in pain, Gan Li became even more agitated and asked, "Can you stop now?"

"Fifty fights are not over yet." Xiao Jiuyue's face was cold, and he didn't even give Gan Li a look. He changed his mind every day. If he let go of Xiao Wenping's matter today, would anyone think that crying and begging would break the rules in the future?

"Ping'er." Gan Li was anxious and angry. The people around her were all good-for-nothings. She wanted to ask the servants to do it, but Xiao Jiuyue looked at her gloomily, "According to the laws of Nanyue, anyone who rapes a woman will be executed immediately."

After hearing Xiao Jiuyue's words, Gan Li instantly dared not move. Looking at her dark pupils, Gan Li had an idea in her mind that once she really asked someone to take action, Xiao Jiu would really hand Xiao Wenping over to the government.

But, the Xiao family has already fallen, how dare she?

Gan Li wanted to curse and gamble, but she didn't dare to gamble with her son's life. What if, what if Xiao Jiuyue was really willing to take the risk?

After fifty strokes of the cane, Xiao Wenping's buttocks were covered in blood and he fainted.

"Ping'er." Gan Li's hands trembled and she didn't dare to step forward.

"Miss, the fifty lashes have been given. I was very gentle with them. He just fainted, but he won't die, and his bones aren't broken." Manager Jin raised his voice so that everyone could hear it clearly.

This guy has been beaten like this, and he still refuses to die?

"Come here, carry the Fourth Young Master back to his room." Gan Li wiped her tears and said hurriedly, "Hurry and send someone to call the doctor."

"Wait." Xiao Jiuyue said, "Grandmother is old, and it's not suitable for her to live in the East Courtyard all the time. Today, we will vacate the main courtyard and carry the Fourth Young Master directly to the guest room in the front yard, so that Grandmother won't smell the blood and feel unwell."