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at this time.

Chu Li was on his way out of the palace, accompanied by the siblings Qin Muyu and Qin Muchue.

"Was the situation last night really so dangerous? Brother Ali, you saved me. I cannot repay such a great kindness. I am willing to sacrifice my life..."

"It was your brother who saved both of us." Chu Li interrupted.

"ah?"

don't want.

She wants to marry brother Ali.

Qin Muxue held Chu Li's arm, "Brother Ali, don't be too modest. I know you care about me, and I must be in your heart."

Chu Li scratched his head, "... Yeah."

Let her think about how to deal with this enthusiasm.

We have to stop her from having these inappropriate thoughts in time.

"Mu Xue, I have someone I like. I treat you well just as my own sister."

Qin Muxue was shocked: "What?!"

This news came so suddenly.

"You have someone you like? How come I never knew? From childhood to adulthood, I hardly ever saw you having any close women around you."

Chu Li patted her shoulder and said, "I didn't lie to you. I will invite you to meet again when there is a suitable opportunity next time."

"ah?"

Are you serious?

Qin Muxue bit the handkerchief, her heart bleeding.

She has liked him for many years. If he suddenly said something like this to her today, wouldn't it make her heartbroken?

Qin Muyu followed behind, his complicated gaze fixed on Chu Li.

Does she have someone she likes?

Last night, she was with the Regent...

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he suppressed it.

They are uncle and nephew, it is impossible for them to have such feelings. Besides, the Regent cares about the Ninth Prince, which is legitimate and reasonable. How could he have such wild imaginations?

Soon, they arrived at the palace gate.

Chu Li said, "I have other things to deal with. See you when I'm done. Mu Xue, you and your brother should go back first."

After all, Qin Muxue was born into a military family, and his personality was straightforward and decisive.

Even if Brother Ali has someone he likes, so what?

She wants to compete fairly with that man!

"Go ahead." Qin Muyu waved his hand and saw Chu Li walking away. He stared at her in a daze. He looked dazed, as if his soul had run away from home.

"elder brother?"

She pushed him, "Brother?"

"What?" Qin Muyu came back to his senses.

Qin Muxue frowned, "What's wrong with you? Why do you look so distracted? What happened?"

She was heartbroken, but she wasn't sad.

Qin Muyu retracted his dazed gaze and said, "It's nothing. Maybe I didn't get enough rest last night."

He felt guilty.

When the accident happened last night, he was unable to protect Chu Li in the first place. By the time he brought people there, everything was over.

In front of the Regent, he suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed.

-

Wen family.

At this time, Chu Li took the seat and drank a sip of tea. Aunt Mei and Wen Ya knelt in the middle. The mother and daughter cried inconsolably and kowtowed repeatedly to admit their mistakes.

Wen Ya cried:

"Wen Ya was confused for a moment. All the mistakes are my fault. Please forgive me, cousin!"

Once the matter of the lion mask was revealed, Wen Ya could no longer hide.

She was the mastermind behind the bully's kidnapping last night.

Aunt Mei kowtowed five or six times and said, "I failed to take good care of her. I have an unshirkable responsibility. I am willing to be punished. I also ask the Ninth Prince to have mercy and spare Wen Ya's life!"

"This is the second time." Wen Zhixi said with anger and disappointment, "The first time, the Ninth Prince showed some mercy because we are cousins, but you were still confused. What a fool!"

Madam Wen San sternly rebuked:

"Last time I asked you to kneel down and reflect, but you just reflected to your heart's content!"

She slammed the table and said, "Come here, ask for family discipline."

Aunt Mei turned pale with shock.

The Wen family produced many military generals, so the family rule was a soft whip made of tiger tendons, as thick as a thumb, with sharp barbs embedded in it. When it was whipped on the skin, the sharp barbs could scrape off the flesh.

No man would be able to bear being whipped with this whip if someone made a serious mistake, let alone a frail girl like Wen Ya.

Aunt Mei pleaded hurriedly:

"Madam, I am willing to take the punishment for Wen Ya. Please have mercy on me. Even if it is double or triple the punishment, I am willing to accept it! But Wen Ya is still young. If she is punished by the family law and has scars on her body, she will not be able to marry into a good family in the future. Please have mercy on me!"

She cried anxiously and kowtowed.

Wen Ya rushed over, hugged Aunt Mei, and cried inconsolably.

"Ninth Prince, I beg you, please show me mercy!"

Mrs. Wen San made a prompt decision:

"After doing this, not taking her life is already a great favor. If Aunt Mei continues to beg, she would be ignorant of what is good for her. It would be better for you to ask the emperor to make the decision."

If the emperor intervenes, Wen Ya will surely die.

Aunt Mei was shocked all over and dared not speak anymore.

"Madam, the family rules are here." The butler handed it over with both hands.

Madam Wen San waved her sleeves and sat still. "Everyone should pay for their actions. Twenty lashes, no mistakes."

"yes."

Bang!

The butler swung the whip, which made a sharp sound of breaking through the air. He just tested the whip and pinched Wen Ya's wrist, and she was so scared that her body trembled.

If this happens to you...

Chu Li suddenly put down the teacup and said:

"Wen Ya, if you give up the person who ordered you, I will give you a lighter sentence, how do you think?"

Wen Ya's eyes flickered, "No one ordered me to..."

"Are you still stubborn?" Chu Li frowned. What benefits did Chu Jinglin give her?

"Cousin, there really was no one who directed me. I was just confused for a moment and went astray..."

The Seventh Prince said in the letter that he would compensate her tenfold in the future for all the suffering she had endured because of him.

He will marry her.

Chu Li sneered and put the teacup on the table coldly, "You are being used by others and you have to make wedding clothes for others. If he really has someone in his heart, he would have come to save you long ago. How could he like you when you are covered with scars and are too ugly to be seen?"

"Wen Ya, you think too highly of yourself."

If she doesn't get a good beating on the brain, she probably won't wake up.

For the sake of an outsider, he has no sense of family honor or unity at all. It is no exaggeration to say that he is an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

Madam Wen San ordered: "Fight!"

The butler raised his whip and lashed out.

"ah!"

The whip ripped the clothes into pieces, leaving deep marks on the back, splashing blood.

Bang!

“Ah! Ah!!”