"Wow--"
Xu Wanying couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. She saw the chubby boy draw a beautiful parabola in mid-air and immediately started clapping.
But she quickly realized what was happening, immediately withdrew her hand, coughed lightly, and suppressed her gloating.
Seeing the two fighting so fiercely, she stopped pretending to advise them. They couldn't hear her anyway, so she didn't waste her breath.
"Dad, I was wrong! I shouldn't have hit Auntie, and I shouldn't have wet the bed when I was eight years old—" The chubby boy covered his head and ran away.
He was originally quite stubborn, feeling that he was already ten years old and no longer a child, and that he wanted to be a strong man.
But his own father's iron fist was incredibly hard, and it made a loud clanging sound when it hit.
His ears were ringing, his mind was completely foggy, he felt dizzy and his body was aching. He couldn't take it anymore and immediately raised his hands in surrender.
Jiang Chengzong simply ignored what he was saying and punched him harder, telling him to shut up.
Jiang Chengzong was a general stationed in the suburbs of Beijing. Although his garrison was very close to Wangjing, military orders were paramount, and as a general, he could not return to his residence frequently.
Li Chunlan is clueless, and Cen Shi is unwilling to get involved, which has allowed the little fat boy to develop such an unruly personality, perhaps even worse than his own father.
The sudden beating caused the chubby boy to scream like a pig being slaughtered. Even though Xu Wanying quietly instructed the servants not to spread the word, it still alarmed the other masters in the Marquis's mansion.
"My son, my son, are you alright!"
Li Chunlan's wailing came from outside the courtyard gate; her cries preceded her arrival.
She rushed in, and when she saw the chubby boy with a bruised and swollen face that even his own mother wouldn't recognize, she almost burst into tears.
"Grandpa, how could you be so cruel? He's your own son! How could you do such a thing? I'll fight you to the death!"
Li Chunlan threw down her handkerchief on the spot, forgetting to cry, her first reaction was to rush over, raise her arms and claw at Jiang Chengzong's face.
[Wow, what a brave woman! In ancient times, it was rare for a woman to dare to beat her husband. I have a newfound respect for Li Chunlan!]
Xu Wanying couldn't help but marvel; she was truly impressed.
I thought this tacky-looking older sister-in-law was impulsive and not very smart, but I never expected her to be so tough.
Faced with his wife's scratching, Jiang Chengzong had no choice but to let go of his son and grab his wife's wrist to prevent her from grabbing him. However, Li Chunlan did not back down at all. When her arm was restrained, she used her head to ram into his chest, clearly intending to fight him to the death.
"Li, stop!" Cen rushed over right after her and saw that Li Chunlan had scratched Jiang Chengzong's face. She immediately frowned and shouted coldly.
Li Chunlan wasn't afraid of her husband, but she was afraid of her mother-in-law. With her reason returning and seeing the two bloody cuts on the man's face, she immediately withdrew her hand sheepishly.
"How did you manage to scratch his face? How is Chengzhong going to get back to camp? He'll be laughed at by the soldiers!"
Cen took a few steps closer and, seeing that the wound wouldn't heal anytime soon, raised her voice slightly.
Li Chunlan took two steps back, realizing she was in the wrong, and her tone softened.
“Mother, I was indeed wrong, but who told him to be so cruel to Pan Ge’er! He’s my only son. If anything happens to him, my daughter-in-law will never live to see the end!”
"Look at how badly Pan Ge'er has been beaten! Are you really going to kill him? Jiang Chengzong, you have to give me an explanation today, or I'll never let this go!"
Li Chunlan rushed to her son, cupped the little chubby boy's cheeks, and felt even more heartbroken when she saw the bruises on them.
"Mother, you must save me! Father is really going to beat me to death!" Jiang Pan cried out as if he had seen his mother, as if she were his savior.
This caused Li Chunlan to burst into tears as well, and the mother and son wailed at each other, creating quite a spectacle.
Cen frowned. Li Chunlan looked stupid, but she was good at changing the subject. She was clearly blaming her for scratching Jiang Chengzhong, but now she was accusing Jiang Chengzhong of assault.
"Shouldn't he have been beaten? I've only been gone for three months, and look what he's done. He smashed someone's head on his sister-in-law's wedding night, almost ruining the marriage. And just a few days ago, he was actually fighting with someone over a singing girl. Does he even know who that person is? Luckily, nothing serious happened, or he would have had several heads chopped off!" Jiang Chengzong said defiantly.
[Tsk tsk, so close! The fat man was already fighting with the sixth prince. In just a few more seconds, the sixth prince's arm would have been broken, and the fat man's eunuch status would have been secure. But then, something went wrong!]
[It's alright, this brat will definitely do more heinous things in the future. He beat up the Sixth Prince when he was young, so when he grows up he'll probably beat up the Emperor, kick the Empress, and do all sorts of things like betraying his parents. I'm just waiting for him to become a Grand Eunuch!]
Xu Wanying's regretful words arrived late, accompanied by her heartfelt "blessings" for the chubby boy.
Upon hearing these words, Jiang Pan was so angry that he jumped up and down, and immediately wanted to confront her.
But as soon as he turned around, Li Chunlan quickly pulled him back and covered his mouth to prevent him from letting something slip.
After learning that her third sister-in-law possessed a magical artifact, Li Chunlan went back and thought about it for several nights, unable to sleep at all, but finally figured something out.
That means we absolutely must not let Xu Wanying know about this.
After all, Xu Wanying harbored resentment towards Pan Ge'er and dreamed of him suffering misfortune. However, the system within her could foresee the future and help Pan Ge'er avoid danger.
If she knew that everyone could hear her conversation with the system, she probably wouldn't ask about Pan Ge'er anymore, so how could she avoid it?
"Ouch—" Jiang Pan's wound was touched, and he grimaced in pain, his eyes filled with tears.
But this time, her own mother absolutely refused to let go.
“Even if he deserves a beating, you can’t beat him to death! He’s only ten years old, his body isn’t strong enough yet. What if you cripple him? What am I supposed to do then?” Li Chunlan didn’t forget to settle scores with him.
"Since he's so arrogant, swaggering around outside, fearless and audacious, rather than waiting for him to drag my whole family down with him later, I'd rather kill him now!"
"You—you really want to kill him? Why don't you just kill me too!" Li Chunlan was so angry that she trembled all over and hugged Pan Ge'er and started crying again.
Jiang Chengzong was exhausted. Looking at his wife and children crying in front of him, he had no words to express his suffering.
Pan Ge'er certainly deserved a beating, but he didn't intend to hit him so hard; after all, you shouldn't hit someone in the face.
But he desperately wanted to know how he was going to die, and wanted to avoid it.
Unfortunately, the system couldn't speak when the third sister-in-law was unhappy. Since the third sister-in-law hated Pan Ge'er, he beat her to death in an attempt to cheer her up and get the system to say more.
"I told you to hit me, why didn't you do it! Let me tell you, if you dare to lay a finger on me today, I'll go back to my parents' house and have my father stand up for me!" Li Chunlan's arrogance was extremely overbearing.
Xu Wanying immediately became curious: "Is my sister-in-law's family background that powerful? It's enough to make my brother hesitate, and even my mother-in-law didn't say anything."
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