Chapter 96 The Mindless Marquis of Wuchang

After the punished teenagers returned home.

General Yuchi cooked a whip-fried meat meal for his son in honor of his beloved horse, which was bestowed upon him by the emperor.

However, under the fierce actions of his mother and daughter-in-law, who cried, made a fuss and even threatened to commit suicide, he only made a half-baked dish.

He threw down the whip helplessly and cursed: "A loving mother often spoils her child."

The result was that General Yuchi was despised by his own mother, and he was the one who was defeated.

At the home of Duke Cheng’en Jiang, Jiang Chenxi returned home.

My family didn't blame me, nor did they beat or scold me.

Jiang Xuan saw him and said calmly, "You're back."

Jiang Chenxi: "Yeah, I'm back."

The fact that he was taken away for punishment while riding a horse down the street was treated so casually, as if it had never happened.

General Gao Jia, who conquered the East.

When Mrs. Gao saw her chubby, fair son returning home with a haggard face, she hugged him with heartache, calling him her darling repeatedly.

General Gao's mouth twitched as he watched.

He couldn't bear to watch it, so he threw his sleeves and walked out the door.

He knew that if he taught this brat a lesson, his wife would fight with him to the death, so he decided to find an opportunity to teach his son a lesson and tell him to stop causing trouble for him.

Wuchang Marquis Mansion.

After Du Hang recovered, he complained to his grandfather and father, saying that someone was abusing them.

But when Marquis Wuchang asked him who he was, Du Hang really didn't know who had punished them these days.

All they saw were a few men, only a few years older than them, supervising them as they were punished in the fenced-off pavilion outside the horse racing field.

Fortunately, An Xin and his friends had just arrived in the capital and no one knew them, so they could have a few more days of peace and leisure.

Otherwise, if she had given these young men from distinguished family backgrounds a hard time, she would have been put in a sack and beaten with a club.

Cao family.

As soon as Cao Peng returned home, he caught a cold and fell ill.

Cao Zhiqing and his wife Du Yingying hurriedly sent a doctor to treat him.

"I don't know which bastard harmed my son like this."

When Mrs. Cao saw her son twitching from the high fever, she was so distressed that she yelled at him and took Cao Peng away to be punished.

"Isn't it just horse racing in the street? No one was killed. Why did you torture my son like this?"

Cao Zhiqing glanced at the doctor who was still treating his son and shouted, "Madam, be careful with your words."

"It was my son's fault to ride a horse in the long street. He deserves to be taken away and punished."

"You're mean to me?!"

Du Yingying's mother was the cousin of Marquis Wuchang. Because of her low status, she eventually became the Marquis's concubine. They had a close relationship since childhood and she was very much loved by the Marquis.

Also, because the wife of Marquis Wuchang had been married for many years without having any children, she gave birth to a concubine's eldest son.

Also, because the wife of Marquis Wuchang worked so hard to give birth to the Marquis Wuchang's son, and was frail for many years afterwards, the affairs of the Marquis's Mansion had been managed by the concubine Du Yingying for many years.

Du Yingying has been spoiled since she was a child.

Cao Zhiqing came to the capital to take the imperial examination, intending to get close to the noble ladies in the capital.

Du Yingying was in an awkward position in the circle of noble ladies in Beijing. She was neither too rich nor too poor to marry and was about to become an older leftover woman.

Cao Zhiqing had to resort to trickery to marry this older noblewoman. Only such a powerful marquisate could help him escape his former status as a son-in-law.

It also made it so that big landlords like the Li family would no longer dare to cause trouble for him.

Since marrying Cao Zhiqing, Du Yingying has always known that she was marrying down, and Cao Zhiqing always goes along with her in everything.

At this time, Du Yingying could not bear Cao Zhiqing's loud scolding and asking her to be careful with her words.

Seeing that Du Yingying was about to lose her temper, a trace of annoyance flashed in Cao Zhiqing's eyes.

But soon he walked over with a gentle look in his eyes and comforted her, "Madam loves Peng'er, I know that, but now is not the time to talk about other things."

Cao Zhiqing looked meaningfully at the doctor who was treating his son.

Du Yingying then realized that her husband didn't let her say anything because he had an outsider with him.

Although he understood, he still glared at Cao Zhiqing angrily.

An Xin didn't know that at this moment, not only the families of the punished teenagers were asking about her.

Everyone in the capital who heard about the horse riding wanted to know who was the person who could come up with such a method to punish the little bullies.

However, An Xin had been hiding in his house since last time and had not gone out, so those who came to inquire about him returned empty-handed.

And when those wealthy and powerful people learned that the teenagers were taken to Jingshui Manor to be punished, they dared not to inquire further.

Even a wealthy family like Wuchang Hou, which was marginalized by the center of power, wanted to find out the person who abused their son when their daughter came back crying.

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He also proposed in the Great Asahi that the perpetrator who abused the children of the nobility should be severely punished.

Emperor Si Yexiao looked at the Marquis of Wuchang, who was talking nonsense, full of resentment, and a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Does the Marquis of Wuchang think that riding a horse on the long street should not be punished?"

The gray-haired Marquis of Wuchang looked as if someone was pinching his neck, his face flushed red from holding it in. How could he answer?

If riding a horse on the street is not a crime, then if you don't even know the most basic laws, then why would you go to court or be an official?

If he is guilty, then what he did just now is self-contradictory.

If there is a crime, then punishment is necessary, so there is no question of abuse.

Moreover, when the boys came back, they didn't suffer any injuries except for the skin on the inner thighs abraded from riding horses.

The officials around him thought that Marquis Wuchang was mentally ill. It was their own child who had done something wrong, and there was no time to cover it up.

As a result, he even dared to bring it up in the court.

Anyone who knows something about Jingshui Manor knows that several teenagers were punished this time, and the person mentioned above was also involved, so they dare not say a word.

Marquis Wuchang looked for help at several officials with whom he had a good relationship. However, seeing that the emperor looked unfriendly, no one dared to approach him.

Giving him a look that says "May you be lucky" is considered a good relationship.

When Marquis Wuchang left the court, his official position, which was already low to begin with, was demoted one level further.

He became an official of the Ministry of Works, a third-rank official, and had no real power.

After returning home, he locked himself in the study, thinking again and again, and it seemed that he ended up in this situation because of his daughter.

From then on, Marquis Wuchang no longer liked Du Yingying, the daughter who had brought him shame in front of the emperor and cost him his official position.

When Du Yingying found out, it was too late to save the relationship.

As time went by, the plum blossoms in Qinxiang Garden where An Xin lived bloomed, a touch of red in the snow and wind.

When it comes to the twelfth lunar month, the few of them still like to stay in the warm room, playing chess, playing the piano, and occasionally An Xin would give them questions to test them.

Sometimes, Li Ziyu and the other five would be dragged by General Liu to the huge martial arts training ground in his own house to practice on a whim.

Under the pretext of keeping them healthy.

This would prevent them from being kicked out of the examination hall by the yamen runners because they were not strong enough during the examination.

An Xin was happy to see this happen, and even when they were looking for an excuse to escape, he teamed up with General Liu to take them to the martial arts training ground to give them a profound martial arts experience.

The six people complained bitterly.

"You are practicing martial arts in a short shirt in the middle of winter. Are you a human, big devil?"

"You're wearing too much and I'm afraid you'll be a burden." Merciless mocking voices came from the warm room in the distance.

(End of this chapter)