Huo Jiwen discovered that he couldn't reason with his mother at all.
He had run out of patience, especially after his mother slapped him more than a dozen times.
He feels his face is swollen and painful, and he'd be incredibly embarrassed if people saw him like this.
He took a deep breath and said firmly, "Mother, I must marry Lingqiao, otherwise I would rather become a monk and never marry."
If it weren't for the original owner's desire to marry Shi Lingqiao into the family and deal with her in the same way, Qingyou would have really wanted to send the char siu bao to a temple to become a monk.
She raised her hand and slapped Huo Jiwen twice more, then pointed at him with trembling eyes, "You unfilial son, how dare you threaten me."
"It seems you have lost all sense of shame."
With tears in her eyes, she said, "If my husband is watching from heaven, he would never see his son abandoning his family business and his own mother for a woman."
"He would absolutely not allow a woman like that to enter the gates of our Duke's mansion."
She looked at Huo Jiwen and said, "If your father were still alive, he wouldn't just slap you a few times today, he would definitely break your legs."
Then, with a look of disappointment, he shouted again, "Guards, drag the young master away and subject him to family discipline."
I'm determined to make sure the bottom of the char siu bao (barbecued pork bun) is split open today.
Huo Jiwen never expected that his mother would not only beat him but also resort to family discipline.
"Mother, I am your son, you can't treat me like this."
Although Huo Jiwen had never experienced family discipline, he had seen someone in the clan break the clan rules and be punished with family discipline a few years ago.
Thirty strokes of the rod left his back and buttocks badly bruised.
He had never suffered such punishment and hardship before, so naturally he didn't want to.
Qingyou said, "It's precisely because you are my son that I have to use family discipline to make you wake up quickly and stop letting lust cloud your judgment."
Soon, Granny Qi summoned several guards in.
With a pained expression, Qingyou ordered, "Drag him away and beat him!"
At the same time, it also attracted Yin energy to enter Huo Jiwen's body, heading directly towards his head.
Several guards had also heard about what had happened to the prince that day, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with the lady wanting to enforce family rules.
They had just overheard the Crown Prince arguing with his wife outside; such a son certainly deserves a beating.
Not to mention the guards, even Granny Qi, who always loved Huo Jiwen, thought that the lady did a good job of beating him, and that the young master should also be taught a lesson.
That shameless, despicable woman—the prince actually wants to marry her as his wife? He must be out of his mind.
Several guards came to arrest Huo Jiwen.
Huo Jiwen's anger was amplified at this moment, "You dare!"
Not only did he resist, but he also got into a fight with several people.
Qingyou inwardly applauded the char siu bao, but outwardly she was furious, "You unfilial son, you've gone too far!"
"Grab him and drag him away."
Although Huo Jiwen was skilled in martial arts, he was still just a teenager and could not defeat these skilled guards who had been bestowed upon the original owner of the body by the emperor.
With Qingyou's instructions, they were no longer afraid of offending the Crown Prince.
After a few moves, they captured him and forcibly dragged him away.
Qingyou held her head, her body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.
Granny Qi and the maid who served her in the room were startled when they saw this, and immediately stepped forward to help her up.
They also knew that the lady was terribly angered by the young master.
She even complained that the crown prince was unfilial.
Therefore, the sound of Huo Jiwen being beaten with sticks and screaming in pain soon came from outside, and they refrained from pleading for him.
Normally, Granny Qi would have pleaded for her life out of pity.
But the princess was the one she watched grow up and who had served her for many years.
If we're talking about feeling sorry for someone, I'd naturally feel even more sorry for the princess, her mistress.
Qingyou felt a little contemptuous when she heard the char siu bao's screams.
The heir to the Duke of Huanguo's mansion, and he's already calling himself that at the very beginning? How shameful!
Pulling the char siu bao down was absolutely the right thing to do; otherwise, if someone with his personality were to lead an army into battle, he would be a menace.
She pretended to have a headache from anger, as if she didn't want to hear her son's screams, and said weakly to Granny Qi, "Help me to rest."
Granny Qi immediately helped her to the bedroom.
Huo Jiwen outside initially made a sound on purpose, hoping to make his mother feel sorry for him and thus avoid further punishment.
But gradually, the pain became unbearable, and she screamed in agony, harboring even more resentment towards her own mother.
He felt she had gone too far, hitting him like that.
Seeing this, the guards who were enforcing the family rules couldn't help but feel contempt for Huo Jiwen.
If you can't even endure this little bit of pain, how will you fight on the battlefield in the future?
Back then, both the old Duke and the Duke were true men, brave and valiant warriors who struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. How could they have raised such a coward as the heir?
After thirty blows, coupled with his previous screams, Huo Jiwen was sweating profusely and had no strength left afterward.
The steward had his servants carefully carry him back to his room, and then called the family physician to apply medicine to him.
The lady has been in charge of the household for years, so when the heir was punished according to family rules, no one in the family dared to say anything.
That night, Qingyou asked the maid on night watch to leave, saying she wanted to be alone.
After everyone left, she changed into a set of night clothes, covered her face, and climbed out of the window to escape.
She had already dismissed the guards stationed in the courtyard, and she successfully left the Duke's mansion.
Then I went to the largest brothel in the capital.
This place is not just a brothel; there is also an organization that takes on private jobs.
Qingyou deliberately changed her voice to sound like a man's, and then gave the leader a sum of money.
Tell them to start spreading the word in the capital tomorrow: that after being rejected by his aunt yesterday, the young master of the Duke's mansion, Huo, not only did not return home, but also took Miss Shi to a jewelry store and a restaurant.
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