Chapter 85: Twenty Canes
Chapter 85: Twenty Canes
Zhou Ruihai glanced at her coldly and said, "Come here, give me twenty strokes of the cane."
Wh, what?
Twenty strokes of the cane?
After these twenty strokes of the board, will she still be alive?
Although the stick had not been hit yet, Gu Ruyu already felt pain all over her body. She looked over suddenly with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Father-in-law, may I ask why?"
Why was she beaten with a stick when she was fine? And, and, shouldn't she be happily invited to the palace to wait for rewards? Why was she beaten with a stick after dancing the Green Waist Dance?
Gu Ruyu looked anxious, and Lin Wanhui was even more anxious.
She could never have imagined that the ending would be like this!
Just now she was showing off in front of Su Jin, saying that Ruyu could become the empress. She even ran faster than anyone else when she heard someone was coming from the palace. But what was the ending?
The ending is so embarrassing!
How could it turn out like this?
My lady, it became twenty lashes? ?
Lin Wanhui didn't care about the redness and swelling on her face, and hurriedly said, "Father, did you make a mistake? Ruyu is dignified, gentle and sensible, how, how could she be beaten?"
Zhou Ruihai glanced at Lin Wanhui, then raised his eyes to look at Su Jin and deliberately asked: "Who are you in the Marquis' Mansion?"
“…”
Lin Wanhui's face flushed instantly. Many words were stuck in her throat. She couldn't spit them out, nor did she want to swallow them. She felt uncomfortable all over.
Seeing that she didn't answer, Zhou Ruihai laughed in his heart, turned his head and said, "Madam, I have seen the eldest lady of the Marquis' Mansion before, but this one looks unfamiliar."
Zou's heart was about to jump out of her chest, and her scalp was tingling. She wished she could rush over to cover Lin Wanhui's mouth, drag her into the cabin and slap her hard a few times.
This lowly concubine!
You have no right to speak here! And you are questioning your father-in-law like this? Did you make a mistake? Who made a mistake?
The emperor was the one who issued the decree. Does this mean that the emperor made a mistake? This worthless person!
Zou was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she could only speak carefully: "My lord, I am just a concubine..."
"Oh, old lady, please stop teasing me. Which concubine dares to speak to me like this? This is a marquis' mansion. There won't be such an unruly person. What do you think?"
The old lady was so angry that she didn't care about anything else at the moment. She turned around and ordered Mother Wen: "Drag her away!"
The reputation of the Marquis' Mansion has been completely lost by this thing!
I used to think that Lin Wanhui was sensible and could coax her son, but it turned out that when she was still in the Marquis' Mansion, she seemed okay, but now that she's been dragged out, she's brought shame to the Marquis' Mansion!
Old Marquis Gu Zhao has already lost his closeness with the new emperor. Will he be alienated even more because of this concubine?
The old lady thought more than anyone else, and she figured out the key almost immediately. So without saying a word, she told Mama Wen to drag the person away. Mama Wen immediately called over a few maids, covered Lin Wanhui's mouth, and dragged her into the cabin.
Su Jin was watching the whole process.
I can only say that today's show was really great.
First, there was the handsome young man Xie Huaiguang standing in the flower field, presenting a pleasing picture. Now, Lin Wanhui was showing off and was punished by the old lady. Oh, there is another big drama to come. Gu Ruyu will also be beaten. The number is quite auspicious, not more, not less, exactly twenty strokes.
What a good even number! He is worthy of being the emperor. Even being beaten with a stick looks so auspicious.
Su Jin glanced at Lin Wanhui who was being dragged away. When she entered the room, the woman turned her head and looked back. She wanted to look at Gu Ruyu, but accidentally met Su Jin's eyes.
Lin Wanhui clearly saw the look of watching a play in Su Jin's eyes. The teasing, scrutiny and smile in her eyes made her so angry that she almost collapsed.
Su Jin, Su Jin!!!
She wanted to scream, but her mouth was covered. She wanted to struggle, but the two servants held her down so tightly that she couldn't move at all, let alone struggle.
At this moment, only one sentence echoed in Lin Wanhui's mind.
[I'm just accompanying Jin'er to kill time, just for fun. ]
To kill time and have fun.
To kill time, to have fun...
To kill time... to have fun...
The humiliation of her childhood suddenly came to her mind, and Lin Wanhui could no longer hold back her tears.
After so many years, I have always been nothing more than a joke in the eyes of others, something that can be laughed off...
No, no, she doesn't want this kind of life, she wants to live differently, like Su Jin, making fun of others!
Lin Wanhui was dragged away.
Zou's complexion looked a little better.
Gu Ruyu was so frightened that she was shaking all over.
Lin Wanhui was dragged away in front of her, which shocked her too much.
She was completely at a loss, not knowing what to do. She could only look at the old lady for help: "Grandma, why, why is this happening..."
Zou didn't understand either.
After all, she is old and seldom goes out. She only has a vague understanding of many things, so she is also confused.
The old lady looked up at Zhou Ruihai, as if she wanted to know the reason. Eunuch Zhou was such a shrewd person, so she slowly spoke.
"The emperor said that the merchant women do not know the hatred of losing their country, and they still sing the song of the back garden across the river. From today on, no one is allowed to dance the Green Waist Dance. Old Madam, do you understand what I am saying?"
Zou’s face turned pale.
To be honest, she didn't understand.
But she understood those two lines of poetry.
The merchant girl knows nothing of the sorrow of losing her country, and still sings the song of Houtinghua across the river.
It tells the story of the Emperor Chen of the Southern Dynasties who indulged in music and sex, which eventually led to the destruction of his country. Therefore, later generations regarded the song "Yu Shu Hou Ting Hua" as the representative sound of the destruction of a country.
But, what does the Green Waist Dance have to do with this?
Zou didn't understand, but she also knew that since this involved national affairs, Gu Ruyu would inevitably be punished.
And he was only beaten, perhaps out of respect for Marquis Yong'an. If it were someone else, it is not impossible that he would be taken to jail now.
Zou nodded: "I understand, your Highness!"
Zhou Ruihai nodded: "Come here, fight!"
At the command, Gu Ruyu finally went limp and fell to the ground with a pale face.
What's the meaning?
how so??
Why can’t we perform the Green Waist Dance anymore?
Didn’t Aunt Mei dance this dance often in the past? She also conquered all the dignitaries in the capital with this dance. In the end, she was freed from her lowly status and was brought into the noble family of Yong’an Marquis’ Mansion.
Why is it banned when it comes to me, and I have to be beaten with twenty sticks?
Gu Ruyu couldn’t understand it at all, but the beating was really painful.
The young eunuch who beat her held up a high board and brought it down again and again. The sound of the sticks echoed throughout Jinming Lake and attracted many people to watch.
Fortunately, Zhou Ruihai knew how to behave himself and ordered his men to block the attack tightly. No one knew what had happened. They only knew that some government officials had boarded the ship.
On the upper floor of Baojin Building, a figure of yellow stood by the window, apparently trying to determine whether someone was being beaten.