The slap stunned everyone present.
Ge Fanghai didn't dare to look up. He heard the sound of a slap and knew that Su Heng had been slapped. At first, he wondered why the slap wasn't directed at him, but at Su Heng's face.
Later he realized that His Highness was just trying to save face for him.
When His Highness came to the county government office, Su Heng went to watch a play instead of coming to greet him. His Highness was angry and had to show some respect, so he ordered his attendant to slap Su Heng. As the magistrate of Suiyang County, Su Heng was given face by His Highness, so His Highness could only slap Su Heng, which was very considerate.
He said emotionally, "Well done, brilliantly played."
Su Heng was stunned by the slap. He felt that the other person's strength was like that of a woman. He wanted to look up to see who it was, but when he heard Ge Fanghai next to him shout "Good job!", he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head again.
The county magistrate has made it so clear; if he still can't understand, how can he rise through the ranks? He's already spent tens of thousands of taels of silver trying to curry favor with the county magistrate; if a slap could earn him a connection with the prince of Southern Chu, it would be absolutely worth it.
No, if we could curry favor with the prince, we wouldn't mind taking ten or eight of his cigarettes.
He placed his hands on the ground and said, "Your Highness, I know my crime. I shouldn't have taken the county magistrate to the play and made Your Highness wait here. It's all my fault, and I deserve to be beaten, even a few more times would be justified."
After he finished speaking, the yamen runners and sedan chair bearers cheered, "Well done!"
Su Wan really wanted to slap Su Heng a couple more times, but her hand hurt from the first slap, and she was afraid it would swell up if she hit him again, so she could only rub her hand and walk back behind Chu Yi.
Chu Yi turned around and smiled at her, then swaggered into the county government office.
Ge Fanghai and the others remained kneeling until Chu Yi and his group entered the county government office before standing up. Servants came over to dust the two of them off.
Before he could finish his two-part smear, a servant from the Su family rushed over from a distance. After greeting him, the servant said to Su Heng, "Master, we've finally found you. Madam has urgent business and needs you to return to the manor immediately."
Su Heng was still annoyed after being slapped, and said impatiently, "Can't you see I'm with the county magistrate? We'll talk about this when I get home. Get lost!"
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