Seeing that Ma Yuling's eyes were red, Ma Bin lowered his voice and spoke to her.
"You need to understand that you either shouldn't do things like this at all, or you should do them without anyone knowing. That's why I looked at you with anger and displeasure after I found out you hit the princess."
Upon hearing Ma Bin's words, Ma Yuling threw herself into his arms, exclaiming, "Father, you're so good to me!"
Ma Bin simply patted Ma Yuling's head without saying a word.
Butler Ma was already quite used to seeing Ma Bin instructing Ma Yuling in this way.
If we were to say who in the household most resembles the master, then the eldest son looks the most like him.
If we're talking about the one whose personality and temperament are most like the master's, it has to be the third young lady. And it's no wonder the master dotes on her so much.
Ma Bin patted Ma Yuling on the back, and Ma Yuling stepped out of Ma Bin's embrace. Then she followed Ma Bin towards the mansion.
As soon as the two entered the hall, they saw Butler Ma running over again.
"Master, something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"
"What is it now?"
"My lord, the palace guards are here again."
Ma Bin was genuinely surprised to see that the leader was Zou Heng. Looking at Ma Yuling, he knew she was in for a beating.
Upon hearing the housekeeper's words, Ma Yuling walked up to Ma Bin and asked him fearfully.
"Father, is it... is it the people who are going to punish me?"
Seeing Ma Yuling's frightened expression, Ma Bin reached out and patted her shoulder.
"Yuling, don't be afraid. I'll see who started it in a bit. If it's not someone important, I'll find a way to prevent you from being punished."
"Thank you so much, Father."
Ma Yuling felt much more relieved after hearing Ma Bin's words.
At this moment, Zou Heng led his men into the hall.
"So Miss Ma is here."
"Since Miss Ma is here, please proceed."
After Zou Heng came in, he didn't look at Ma Bin, but went straight to Ma Yuling and started talking.
Ma Yuling looked at Ma Bin, who shook his head, and she understood that she was destined for a beating.
Then he walked to the bench and lay down.
As soon as she lay down, the paddle began to strike her repeatedly, causing Ma Yuling's face to turn pale with pain.
He kept crying out in pain, which made Ma Bin in the lobby feel sorry for him.
He turned his head and whispered something in Butler Ma's ear. Upon hearing it, Butler Ma immediately left.
After receiving fifty strokes of the cane, Ma Yuling also fainted.
Once the task was completed, Zou Heng left, leaving Ma Bin to stand behind him with a forced smile.
"Commander Zou, please take care."
After watching Zou Heng leave, Feng Mabin went to Ma Yuling's side and picked her up.
"Steward Ma, has the physician I asked you to summon arrived yet?"
"Master, the royal physician is already waiting in Miss's room."
Hearing this, Ma Bin picked up Ma Yuling and headed towards her room.
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"Is everything ready?"
"My lord, I personally witnessed them administer the punishment; they showed no leniency whatsoever."
Qin Jue sat in the courtyard, feeling the cold night wind, watching Zou Heng return.
"And the other one?"
"It's all ready. I just need to deliver it to that arrogant Ma Yuling tonight."
"Yes, you should handle this."
"yes"
After Zou Heng agreed, he stood behind Qin Jue, thought of Xiao Xi'er, and asked Qin Jue...
"My lord, how is the princess now?"
Feng Feng said there was nothing seriously wrong, and he just needed to rest.
"Now I can rest assured."
Zou Heng let out a breath and spoke.
Zou Heng didn't realize he had said "I" instead of "subordinate," and Qin Jue didn't say anything when Zou Heng used "I," just continued to enjoy the cold wind.
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midnight
Zou Heng was holding a burlap sack that wasn't too big or too small, and something was dripping from the bottom of the sack.
Baili Yao, who had just come out of Baili Zhou's room, was about to return to her own room.
As I was walking down the street, I felt something drip onto my forehead, so I reached up and touched it.
"What's this sticky stuff?"
Baili Yao raised her hand to look at herself, and by the light of the lantern she was holding, she saw that her hand was covered in red blood.
Baili Yao frowned, wiping the blood from her hands onto her clothes with obvious disgust, and then wiping her forehead with her sleeve.
Thinking of the unknown blood on her hands and forehead, Baili Yao felt increasingly nauseous.
He then used his light-footed skill to return to his room to wash and take a shower.
Just as Baili Yao was using her light-footed skill to walk towards her room, she saw a figure coming towards her.
Baili Yao mistook him for an assassin and immediately attacked him.
"Where did this petty thief come from?"
Zou Heng was stunned when he heard Baili Yao's voice.
Zou Heng never expected that this young lady, instead of sleeping, would be doing something on the roof in the middle of the night.
In the instant Zou Heng froze, Baili Yao picked up the lantern in her hand and saw a familiar face.
"How could it be you?!"
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After being assured by the royal physician that she was alright and needed to rest and recover, Ma Yuling lay on the bed.
After Ma Yuling's personal maid applied the medicine to Ma Yuling's buttocks, she dressed Ma Yuling.
"Miss, the medicine has been applied."
"Get out!"
"This servant will take her leave now."
Ma Yuling spoke to the maid with great impatience.
"Luckily, my father gave me painkillers, otherwise I would be in so much pain that I couldn't even lie down."
"However, it still hurts like this."
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