Mo Shu stared at Lu Ziqian in astonishment. He had been accompanying the general day and night in his search for the past two days, and he knew that the general was not as heartless as he appeared to be towards the young mistress.

"Go quickly."

"yes."

Mo Hua, standing beside her, gave Su Yujiao a provocative look.

This wretched woman was publicly whipped by the general today. Let's see how she'll ever be able to stand in the general's mansion again.

Su Yujiao closed her eyes. Go ahead and hit him. After that, it would be over between them.

She would never again foolishly hope that he would change his mind or crave even the slightest bit of love from him.

Lu Ziqian held the whip, his face cold: "Su Shi, if you kneel down and admit your mistake, I will give you a chance to repent and start anew, but I will only let you kneel in the ancestral hall."

Su Yujiao looked at him stubbornly: "Lu Ziqian, don't pretend to be so deeply in love, it disgusts me."

"Fight if you want, I'll accept it even if you kill me."

Lu Ziqian's forehead veins bulged with anger, and he lashed out with the whip without mercy, seemingly provoked by her rude attitude.

The whip struck Su Yujiao's thin back, and the woman staggered and fell to the ground.

A burning pain spread from my back to my whole body, and a bright red mark appeared on my back.

"Su family, you still won't admit your mistake?!" Lu Ziqian shouted angrily again.

Su Yujiao turned around, showing everyone her blood-soaked back. She stood face to face with Lu Ziqian, her eyes filled with sorrow and grief.

"Ha! Hitting a woman? What a coward! That's all you're good for!"

"Lu Ziqian, I didn't die at the hands of the bandits. Have I disappointed you?"

"Go ahead and hit me, kill me, then no one will stop your affair with Chen Yunniang."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ziqian turned ashen with rage and lashed out with the whip several times.

From a distance, it looked like a bloody mess, a truly gruesome sight!

Su Yujiao had been frightened for two days and then exposed to the cold wind all night. She could no longer hold on and her body fell straight backward.

[Some people say the relationships are complicated, so let me clarify: Madam Zhu is not the male protagonist's mother, but his grandmother.]

The old lady had two sons, who married and were divided into the first and second wives. The male protagonist is from the first wife's family!

The male protagonist's ancestors were farmers; his father followed the emperor in conquering the country and became a newly promoted noble after the founding of the nation.

The second wife is the old lady's biological daughter, but the old lady favors her and refuses to separate the family, constantly allowing the second wife to leech off the first wife!

[When the female lead was being punished, her mother-in-law had gone to the estate to collect debts and was not at home.]

[The male protagonist's father was not in the capital. After the founding of the country, there was no need to fight anymore, and the emperor began to fear his military power. The male protagonist's father wisely withdrew from public life, relinquished his military power, and was appointed as a minor official in a remote area!]