Yesterday evening, Shen Jing returned to the manor from the military camp and learned that Hong Kui was not carrying Shen Li's child, but the Second Master's. He immediately turned cold. Such a scandal had occurred in the Marquis's manor. Shen Jing did not even eat dinner and went straight to the Old Madam's place.
Although Shen Jing respected the old lady, he always put the Marquis's mansion first. He would never tolerate the Second Master's shameful and disgraceful act.
Shen Jing wanted to severely punish the Second Master, but the Old Madam couldn't help but plead for him, saying that Hong Kui had seduced him. In her anger, Shen Jing scolded the Old Madam as well, "How stupid is that maid? Instead of seducing the young and vigorous Second Young Master, she went and seduced the Second Master, who could be her father?!"
The old lady was already dissatisfied with Shen Jing's protection of the second master, let alone the old lady's attempt to distort the truth.
Originally, Shen Jing was only supposed to give the Second Master forty strokes of the cane, but after the Old Madam pleaded for mercy, it was increased to fifty strokes. The Second Master was almost beaten to death. After the beating, he was thrown into the ancestral hall and no one was allowed to apply medicine to him.
After dealing with the second master, it's time for the maid. Although the second master has no children, the Pingyang Marquis's mansion doesn't need a descendant who is criticized from birth. Even if the second master has no descendants, the ancestors wouldn't want such a descendant.
Shen Jing made his stance as the head of the family clear, but he did not order Hong Kui to be beaten to death. Instead, he handed over the power of disposal to the old lady, or rather, the second branch of the family. If the second master insisted on keeping the child in Hong Kui's womb, he could move out of the Pingyang Marquis's mansion and separate the family. Such matters would no longer be under his jurisdiction.
After Shen Jing finished speaking, he got up and left. Before he even left Qinghui Courtyard, the old lady ordered Hong Kui to be beaten to death.
When the Second Mistress scratched the Second Master's face, Shen Jing thought it was a private matter of the second wife and didn't interfere much. However, the Old Madam was very angry, annoyed that the Second Mistress had made things so out of control. While ordering Hong Kui to be beaten to death, she assigned two maids to the Second Master so that he could have children.
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