Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"Aunt Zhao, are you crazy?" The old princess said angrily, "If you defect privately, your family will be in trouble. Don't you understand this principle?"

Aunt Zhao knelt on the ground and trembled, saying: "No, it's not like this. We... we want to go to town to buy some things."

Upon hearing this, the official shouted coldly, "How dare you quibble! What did you buy that required the three of you to leave together? Didn't the official tell you when you came here that only one person could leave at a time?"

"Please forgive me, sir. I forgot for a moment. I hope you will be merciful and will never do it again. Please give us a chance." Aunt Zhao said in a trembling voice.

The officer looked at He Jingheng obscurely, and then said in a deep voice: "The death penalty will be exempted, but if you don't punish him, you won't learn from his mistakes. Each of you three will be severely punished with thirty strokes of the cane to serve as a warning to others."

What?

Thirty lashes?

If this were to happen to you, wouldn't it be extremely painful?

The three of them quickly begged for mercy.

"Sir, we know we were wrong, please have mercy on us!"

"Please have mercy, sir!"

The official was unmoved. With a wave of his hand, several yamen runners dragged the three people into the yard.

After a while, cries and shouts reached everyone's ears.

At this time, the officer walked up to Shang Ruoyi and said in a deep voice: "Since you have made contributions in the past, your family will not be punished. However, you must keep an eye on these three people. If you run away again, I can't protect you."

"Thank you for your forgiveness, sir."

After the beating was over, the officers left.

The young aunt and several others fainted suddenly.

Seeing this, the old princess said in a deep voice: "Take them away quickly."

She didn't like Aunt Zhao at first, but she loved He Qinian. After all, he was her grandson. But after this incident, she almost implicated the whole family and punished them. She no longer liked him at all.

Young people are better, but if these thirty lashes were on her, how could she be alive at this moment?

Thinking of this, she became even more angry.

늀At this moment, a maid came in with an envelope in her hand. He bowed to Shang Ruoyi and said, "Madam, this was sent by the owner of the grain store in this town."

Shang Ruoyi unfolded the letter, took a look at it, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It seemed that the deal could be discussed.

At this time, Qin Yu remembered that Shang Ruoyi had made contributions, and asked curiously, "Ruoyi, what did the master say about contributions?"

Shang Ruoyi briefly recounted the incident of saving Manager Li before. Everyone nodded after hearing this. They didn't expect this to happen.

They couldn't help but feel secretly happy in their hearts, thanks to this incident, otherwise they would definitely be punished.

He Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "What a pity, use this credit on them."

"What does this mean?" Qin Xiao asked puzzled.

"There is a rule in Tianshun Law that if an exiled prisoner has made merit in the place of exile, he can apply for a commutation of sentence." He Zhiyuan sighed: "Such a good opportunity was actually used on them."

Hearing this, the old princess became even more displeased with Aunt Zhao's family.

Shang Ruoyi shook her head: "Third Uncle, even if Aunt Zhao wasn't here, we wouldn't be able to reduce the sentence."

When He Jingheng heard her say this, a hint of recognition flashed in his eyes.

She is quite insightful.

Everyone present was a meticulous person, and after hearing her say this, they knew what she meant.

Emperor Tianshun had finally exiled them to this far north, wishing they would die here. How could he allow them a chance to have their sentences commuted and return to Beijing?

The old princess sighed and said lightly, "Let's all go." After she finished speaking, she was helped away by Aunt Li.

"Sister-in-law." He Yunyi stepped forward: "I want to learn Kung Fu, will you teach me?"

Shang Ruoyi was stunned: "Learn Kung Fu? Why don't you go find your brother?"

He Yunyi's face froze: "Brother is too strict. You don't know, one time I went to the training ground to find him, he was teaching his subordinates kung fu, and I saw him kick that man away with my own eyes." She was so scared that she turned and ran away, and even forgot to talk to him. She still remembered that scene: "Sister-in-law, please, don't let brother teach me. That man lay on the ground for a long time and didn't get up. If it were me, wouldn't he kick him to death?"

Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but be amused by her: "Is it the same? You are his biological sister, how could he be so harsh?"

"Why not?" He Yunyi said loudly: "Since you married me, I have rarely seen him in a year. My relationship with him is not as good as that with the cats and dogs in my yard..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard He Jingheng's voice behind him: "Ah Cat, Ah Dog?"

The hairs on He Yunyi's back stood up. She didn't turn around, but looked at Shang Ruoyi and winked at her.

Shang Ruoyi understood immediately: "Where can I find cats and dogs for you in this place of exile?"

He Jingheng found it very interesting to see the two of them acting in front of him.

He could hear their conversation clearly.

"Want to learn Kung Fu?"

He Yunyi's back stiffened, and she slowly turned around with a flattering smile on her face: "Brother, I don't want to learn, not at all."

He Jingheng glanced at her and said, "If you want to learn, I will teach you personally."

"No, no, no, I don't want to at all!" He Yunyi said quickly: "I have something else to do, I'll leave first."

After saying this, he turned around and ran away without caring about He Jingheng's expression.

Shang Ruoyi couldn't help but laugh and said, "What on earth did you do to scare this child like this?"

"She has been very timid since she was a child, and she has never suffered any hardship. It is more than twice as difficult for her to learn at this age than when she was a child." He Jingheng watched her back disappear around the corner, and then he fixed his eyes on her: "You must have suffered a lot learning kung fu!" He had seen the moves she had made, most of which were killing moves that could kill with one blow, but if one wanted to learn this kind of move, one must have been injured by someone using this move, otherwise one would not be able to learn it at all.

Shang Ruoyi's heart moved, as if something hit her hard on the tip of her heart.

In her previous life, this was the first time she heard someone ask her such a question.

Everyone only saw how good her skills were, but no one ever asked how much hardship she had endured or how many beatings she had taken to become like this.

"Not bad." She looked at the husband in front of her, smiling and saying, "Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best."

He Jingheng couldn't help but smile when he heard that. What a saying that only those who endure hardships can become successful!

Shang Ruoyi looked at the direction where He Yunyi left and whispered, "However, if she wants to learn, I think you should not stop her. You can't protect her for her whole life. Even if you can, there will always be times when you are too busy to do anything. Haven't you heard of a saying? It's called 'a hemp rope always breaks at the thinnest part'. Sometimes trouble will come to you just when you have no time to take care of it. I always think that people are more practical if they rely on themselves. Even women should rely on themselves."