The room was dead silent, everyone was silent, only Luo Lingyue looked at others for help with a look of fear on her face.

An Qingyi rubbed her temples in pain and shouted, "Ouch! My head hurts so badly! Xiaoliu, come quickly and give me acupuncture to relieve the pain! As for Xiaoqi... you should figure out how to comfort your third brother yourself! Ouch!" After saying that, she closed her eyes tightly, as if she was in great pain.

Eldest sister-in-law Chen Manting suddenly grabbed the hand of third sister-in-law Chu Qingrui and cried out in a delicate voice: "Ouch! My chest feels stuffy, come and rub it for me!" She looked as if she would faint at any time.

Faced with her family's indifference and avoidance, Luo Lingyue stamped her feet in anger and snorted bitterly, "Humph! You all actually watched me die without helping! It's really chilling!"

Luo Lingfeng on the side scratched his head timidly and muttered: "Third brother is really angry this time, so scary! Sister, you'd better pray for yourself! We dare not provoke him..." After that, he chose to escape like everyone else.

Seeing this, Luo Lingyue had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the front hall. She saw Luo Lingzhang's gentle face, as smooth as jade, was completely indifferent. The front hall courtyard was filled with guards, servants, maids, and old women from the general's mansion.

Luo Lingzhang stared blankly ahead, then spoke calmly, "Xiao Qi! Come sit over here and see how Third Brother cleans up this bad atmosphere in our family!"

Hearing this, Luo Lingyue couldn't help but twitch her lips. After spending so much time together, she had more or less figured out Luo Lingzhang's temperament. Often, the calmer and more relaxed he appeared, the more serious the next event might be!

At this moment, Luo Lingzhang turned his gaze towards the people standing in the courtyard and asked loudly, "Who handed the invitation to the young lady yesterday?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant came out of the crowd, trembling all over. He then fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed desperately, begging for mercy as he kowtowed, "Third Young Master! It's all my fault. I was indeed the one who handed the invitation to the young lady yesterday! Please spare my life, Third Young Master! I really didn't expect to harm the young lady at that time! I just thought that Master Xiao was the young lady's future husband after all, so..."

Luo Lingzhang closed his eyes slightly and said in a cold voice, "Thirty strokes of the cane! Execute the punishment immediately in this courtyard! All of you, watch carefully. If anyone dares to pass such a messed-up invitation to the young lady in the future, they will be caned to death!"

Luo Lingyue screamed in shock, "Third Brother! What crime did he commit? It was clearly me who wanted to go to the banquet! If you really want to punish someone, then punish me! This has nothing to do with him!"

However, Luo Lingzhang seemed to be deaf to his sister's pleas. He turned to look at the servant kneeling in the courtyard, begging for mercy, and asked expressionlessly, "The young lady said she is willing to bear the punishment for you. Do you agree?"

The servant had already been terrified out of his wits. He could only kowtow desperately, begging repeatedly, "I would never dare! Young lady, please have mercy on me and let me go! This is all my fault. The Third Young Master's punishment is just and fitting! I gladly accept it!"

Luo Lingzhang's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile. He said to Luo Lingyue sarcastically, "Look! He admitted it himself! Someone, come! Drag this man away and give him a severe beating!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard quickly brought a long bench and pressed the poor servant down on it. Two other guards stood by, holding huge wooden boards. They waved the boards in the air, and every time they fell, they brought up a sharp wind sound.

With each lashing sound, the servant's buttocks were struck hard by the boards. Each board hit the flesh mercilessly, making a dull sound. After thirty lashes, the servant's previously intact buttocks had become a bloody mess, a horrible sight.

However, despite enduring such severe pain, the servant always gritted his teeth and endured the pain, not even making a sound of begging for mercy. He only groaned softly, not daring to beg for mercy!

Luo Lingzhang's face, as gentle as jade, was expressionless, like a still pool of water. "From now on, young lady, you are not allowed to step out of the General's Mansion! If anyone dares to let young lady leave the mansion without permission, I will punish them severely. At the very least, I will break their legs, and at the worst, I will take their life!"

After saying this, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Linglong and Liuli with a sharp gaze. Although there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, the words he spoke were icy cold and chilling: "If you dare to let the young lady leave the house, hehe... then don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless. I will turn the two of you into living figurines!"

Before he finished speaking, Linglong and Liuli were already frightened out of their wits. Their knees gave way and they fell to the ground with a thud, begging for mercy repeatedly with their kowtows. "Third Master, please spare us! We dare not disobey your command! We will do our best to take good care of the young lady, please rest assured, Third Master!"

For a moment, the entire yard was silent. All the servants and guards were silent, and no one dared to make a sound.

Luo Lingyue roared in dissatisfaction: "Third brother! You are putting me under house arrest! You are restricting my freedom in life!"

Luo Lingzhang stared at her coldly: "You can go out if you want, but wait and see how I turn your maid into a living figurine!"

Luo Lingyue was completely upset! She yelled, "You bastard! Why did you do this?"

Luo Lingzhang smiled warmly: "Father and eldest brother have gone to Beiyuan. I am the boss here! I have the final say!"

He looked at the servants in the yard and waved his hand: "Go away!" Then he stood up and left!

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