Chapter 638 He was punished
Lord Cheng lowered his gaze. "What's strange?"
Madam Cheng dismissed the maids and servants around her and said solemnly, "Today, Her Majesty the Empress brought a parrot. When the parrot saw Cheng Nan'er, it shouted that she was a monster, which caused a lot of people in the mansion to gossip."
Lord Cheng's face grew even uglier.
He was now certain that the parrot was the same one from his second daughter's yard, and that it was his second daughter who had taught the parrot to insult the princess.
The Empress did not speak out directly today, which was a way of giving the Cheng family face.
He gradually understood why the emperor hadn't been treating him as favorably as before.
Du Wanchun and Zhou Ruiyuan's small actions caused Lord Cheng to panic.
He didn't confront Miss Cheng anymore; instead, he sent someone to bring her to his courtyard.
Madam Cheng was still unaware of what was going on. "Master, what exactly is happening?"
Lord Cheng told Madam Cheng everything he had guessed about the parrot.
Madam Cheng was shocked upon hearing this. She already disliked the second young lady of the Cheng family, and added fuel to the fire, "Master, if the new emperor hadn't ascended the throne not long ago, the emperor would probably blame you."
Lord Cheng was startled and felt a tingling sensation in his back.
Before long, Miss Cheng was led to Master Cheng's courtyard, completely bewildered.
She lowered her head, revealing her usual pitiful appearance, "Father, why did you summon me here?"
Upon seeing her, Lord Cheng's anger surged. "How dare you insult the princess!"
Miss Cheng was shocked. She looked up abruptly, staring at her father with a bewildered expression. "Father, I didn't?"
Lord Cheng pointed at her with a trembling finger and said, "I have spoiled you too much, which has made you so unruly. Who is the princess? Do you think she is someone you can just talk about? You don't know your place. You even cursed at the princess in front of your own parrot. Now the Empress and the Emperor know about this."
Upon hearing this, Miss Cheng immediately knelt down and cried as she said, "Father, I didn't mean it. I was just muttering a few words in my room because I was angry. I didn't expect the parrot to repeat them."
Lord Cheng said sternly, "The princess has no grudge against you, so why are you so upset? Look at your sister, she knows to befriend the princess today so that our Cheng family can prosper in the future."
"That's all the third sister can do," Miss Cheng said defiantly, raising her eyebrows with disdain on her face.
Lord Cheng looked up and slapped her across the face.
With a loud slap, Miss Cheng received a heavy blow.
Because Miss Cheng's mother died early, Master Cheng was very tolerant of his daughter and had never hit or scolded her. This was the first time he had ever laid a hand on her.
Miss Cheng stood there stunned, slowly raising her hand to cover her burning face, tears streaming down her face as she said, "Father, you hit me. I've never had a mother since I was little, and now even my father is going to hit me."
Looking at his own hand, Lord Cheng felt a pang of reluctance to continue hitting him.
But the words of the two princes today made it clear that he had to deal with this daughter.
Left with no other choice, Lord Cheng turned to the servants and said, "Guards, Miss has committed a grave offense. Serve her according to family law and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"
"Yes, sir."
Everyone agreed and walked together toward Miss Cheng.
Miss Cheng panicked completely. The Cheng family's discipline was such that one stroke of the cane could draw blood, and thirty strokes would definitely keep her from leaving the house for three months.
"Father, you can't do this to me, Father!"
Miss Cheng cried out for help, her voice filled with heart-wrenching despair.
But it was no use. Lord Cheng slowly turned his head, pretending not to have heard anything.
Soon, the sound of Miss Cheng's pain echoed from the courtyard.
Xiao Mianmian and Du Wanchun had already left the manor and naturally couldn't hear it. Cheng Wan'er, who was in the room, heard it and was so frightened that she hid to the side, trembling.
She had been beaten five times in the past, so she was terrified of it.
The following day, after being tortured, Miss Cheng was confined and remained unconscious for several days.
In the past few days, Mianmian had learned about this matter but had not paid much attention to it, focusing instead on researching her ointment.
She was determined to heal Cheng Wan'er's injuries.
Later, she used the anti-aging cream made by Du Wanchun, along with her own herbs, to develop a new type of ointment.
Xiao Mianmian took the ointment and had it tried on a palace maid whose injury was somewhat similar to Cheng Wan'er's.
After the palace maid used it for three days and found it effective, Mianmian immediately repackaged it into a new box and sent it to the Cheng residence.
The palace maid took the ointment box and was about to leave when Mianmian suddenly called her back.
"Wait a minute."
The palace maid stopped in her tracks. "Princess."
Mianmian walked up to her and took out another box of ointment and a small wooden box with a hidden compartment inside. She said, "Send all of these over, but put this one on top of the box and hide the other one underneath."
The palace maid nodded, "Yes, Princess."
As Mianmian watched the palace maid slowly leave, she still happily imagined what Cheng Wan'er would look like when she recovered.
The palace maid carried the wooden box out of the palace and arrived at the gate of the Cheng residence.
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