A ten-year-old child, not even fully grown up, is already such a beast.
"Hua Mei, come with me. If he refuses to come, I'll tie him up and bring him here."
Painting Meifu God, "Yes, ma'am."
Before long, Lin Shixuan was brought over by two servants, bound hand and foot with ropes.
Lin Shiming kept shouting "Help!"
Upon seeing this, the Marquis of Zhenbei's anger flared up to the top of his head.
“Gag him, don’t let him make a sound.”
"Waaaaah..."
At this moment, several concubines also arrived, but no one dared to speak.
When Zou Shuang'er saw her youngest son, bound hand and foot and forced to kneel on the ground with a rag stuffed in his mouth, she almost couldn't hold back her tears.
She bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying.
The Marquis of Zhenbei stepped forward and kicked Lin Shiming, shouting, "You unfilial son, what have you done! You drove the maid to commit suicide!"
"How could you do something so outrageous?"
Lin Shiming was kicked so hard that he fell to the ground.
Ye Lanyin looked at Lin Shiming on the ground, her eyes slightly red, and said, "Shiming, it seems you can't remember what your mother told you."
"How could you do such a thing? Doesn't a maid's life matter? You're only ten years old, where did you learn all this?"
Lin Shiming shook his head, crying.
Ye Lanyin looked up, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"In that case, I can't protect you this time either."
"Guards, bring the family discipline!"
Lin Shiming was terrified, his eyes wide open. He struggled and cried, trying to break free of the reins binding him.
The old lady stepped forward in fright, "Lanyin, how can you use family discipline?"
"The child will die!"
Ye Lanyin said, "Mother, this matter is not something I can decide alone."
“Shiming is my own son. Our Marquis’s mansion has absolutely no such irresponsible child. If you dare to do something, you dare to take responsibility.”
“Besides us masters, everyone else in the manor is a maid or servant. If we can’t quell their anger, and this matter reaches the ears of General Liu and the ministers, people will only think that Shiming has been spoiled and has even jeopardized Shixuan’s future.”
"Mother, do you want Shixuan's future, or Shiming to make another mistake?"
Before the old lady could speak, Ye Lanyin continued, "Shiming, although you came from my womb, Shixuan has called me mother for more than ten years. A mother cannot always protect you."
Marquis Zhenbei wanted to step forward to help, after all, it was his son, but thinking of Shixuan's future, he couldn't ignore it.
Now that he has finally climbed to the second rank, he can't just give it up like this.
Moreover, if this matter is not handled properly, his colleagues may not know how to view him.
"Guards, drag Shimin away, give him thirty strokes of the cane, and then make him kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two servants came in from outside and dragged Lin Shiming out.
Zou Shuang'er turned ashen-faced with fright as she met the gazes of Zhenbei Hou and Ye Lanyin.
"Madam, Master, isn't this a bit too heavy?"
“I think this maid is quite nice; she doesn’t seem like she’s been humiliated by him.”
Ye Lanyin said coldly, "Concubine Zou, I'm disciplining my own child here, why do you have to interfere?"
"I..." Zou Shuang'er realized she had overstepped her bounds and quickly shut up.
Not long after, the sound of a wooden stick being used to punish Lin Shiming could be heard outside.
The wooden stick struck the flesh, making a 'bang bang' sound.
Lin Shiming kept making muffled noises.
Seeing that Lin Shiming was bleeding, the servants dared not stop without the master's orders.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The sound of the wooden stick falling struck Zou Shuang'er's heart.
She could no longer contain herself. She snatched the servant's wooden stick from the ground, threw it on the ground, and then pounced on him, muttering, "Enough, Madam, you'll beat him to death like this."
The other concubines frowned at her actions.
This mistress is meddling way too much; she even interferes in how the mistress disciplines the children.
Not only her own children, but even other children in the household who make mistakes have the right to be punished by the lady.
"Master, the child is only ten years old. After being beaten so much, Madam should be calmed down by now, right?"
The old lady immediately spoke up, "Yes, Lanyin, Shuang'er is right, let's just leave it at that?"
“This child is your own flesh and blood. If you keep hitting him like this, I'm afraid it will cause the mother and child to drift apart.”
Zou Shuang'er chimed in, "Yes, Madam, you can't be so cruel, even to your own son."
Ye Lanyin looked at her with a stern face as she blatantly protected 'her own child'.
She said in a steady voice, "Zou Shuang'er, you were once a mistress. I'm giving you a chance to enter the household because of my husband, but that doesn't mean you can overstep my bounds and interfere with my children!"
“Even an adopted son cannot be punished arbitrarily, but this biological son is the son of this lady and the Marquis. It is not wrong for the Marquis to punish him for his wrongdoing. Could it be that Concubine Zou wants to take away the child of this lady and the Marquis?”
Upon hearing this, Zou Shuang'er was filled with panic.
"Madam, it's not like that. I am also a mother. Seeing such a young child being beaten, I couldn't help but feel heartbroken. I never thought of taking him away." He was her son to begin with; she didn't need to force him.
Ye Lanyin said, "You should say this to the Marquis. This child is not just mine. The Marquis is the head of this family."
Zou Shuang'er looked pleadingly at the Marquis of Zhenbei, trying to make him see her reluctance.
The Marquis of Zhenbei clenched his fist under his sleeve: "Guards, pull Shuang'er away and continue the beating."
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