Chapter 393 Have you ever suffered such a crime?
"Yes!" Before he finished speaking, two soldiers came forward, picked up Mo Jiaojiao and dragged her aside.
"You, you dare?" Mo Jiaojiao's face turned ashen in an instant. She took a few steps back, her eyes full of astonishment and anger.
Seeing this, the maid Bi'er hurried forward, stretched out her arms to block Mo Jiaojiao, and said in a trembling voice: "Our master dotes on our young lady the most. If the master knew that you dared to treat the young lady like this, he would definitely tell the regent and chop off your heads! You are not allowed to..."
Before the maid could finish her words, she was roughly pulled away by two burly guards.
With expressionless faces, they stepped forward, grabbed Mo Jiaojiao's arm, and dragged her aside regardless of her struggles and cries.
"Let me go, let me go! My father is the city lord. If you dare to do this to me, my father will not let you go!" Mo Jiaojiao shouted loudly while struggling. Her voice echoed in the military camp, sounding particularly harsh.
Tianyi frowned, "Shut her up, she's making so much noise." Tianyi said coldly, "A mere young lady from the City Lord's Mansion dares to come to the military camp and make a fuss. She really has no idea what she's talking about."
After saying that, Tianyi turned around and left, striding into the main tent.
Inside the main tent, Mo Liyuan sat at his desk, his expression calm. Tianyi stepped forward to report, "Master, the young lady from the City Lord's Mansion has barged into the barracks, claiming to be bringing soup to you. I told her to leave, but she refused and tried to force her way in. I order her to be beaten with twenty lashes of the cane."
Mo Liyuan didn't even raise his eyelids, only uttering a faint "hmm." What "Miss of the City Lord's Mansion"? In this military camp, only military orders are as firm as a mountain. If you trespass and cause a lot of noise, twenty lashes of the cane are already a light punishment.
Mo Jiaojiao was eventually beaten unconscious and thrown out of the military camp by the guards like garbage.
Her maidservant cried and asked the servant to help her get on the carriage. When they returned to the City Lord's Mansion, the maidservant hurried into the inner courtyard and shouted in panic, "Auntie, Auntie, it's bad! The second young lady has been beaten with a stick!"
"What did you say?"
The maid dropped to her knees before Aunt Mei, her voice tinged with tears. "Aunt, the Second Young Miss made some soup and was so happy to send it to the Prince Regent as a token of her gratitude. But when we arrived at the barracks, the soldiers were like a wall of steel, refusing to let the Young Miss in. The Second Young Miss pleaded with them, but they ignored her. During the argument, a man who looked like a guard suddenly appeared and, without a word, ordered the Young Miss to be beaten with twenty boards."
When Aunt Mei heard this, she staggered and almost fell.
The maidservant beside her was quick to reach out and support her. Aunt Mei frowned, a trace of disbelief and anger flashing in her eyes: "My Jiaojiao...how can she bear this beating?"
The maid choked up and continued, "After those twenty strokes of the cane, she fainted on the spot. The Second Young Lady's buttocks were covered in blood and flesh, but I didn't dare move her without permission, fearing that the Second Young Lady would suffer even more. Right now, the Young Lady is still lying in the carriage, her life or death uncertain."
When Aunt Mei heard this, her heart ached as if millions of ants were gnawing at her.
As she hurried towards the gate of the mansion, she shouted sternly, "Quick, go get a doctor! Make sure you get the best one!"
Arriving at the gate of the mansion, Aunt Mei impatiently pulled open the curtain of the carriage, only to see her daughter Mo Jiaojiao inside, her face as pale as paper, her eyes closed, and her breathing weakly.
Her heart was instantly torn apart, tears welling up in her eyes. She took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Come here, carry the second young lady in. Be careful not to hurt her."
Upon hearing this, a burly old woman hurried forward, carefully carried Mo Jiaojiao on her back, got off the carriage, and the group hurried towards her yard.
Back in the yard, Mo Jiaojiao was placed on the bed, lying face down.
Aunt Mei felt heartbroken when she saw the scars on her daughter's buttocks.
She turned around, a gloomy glint in her eyes, and gnashed her teeth as she said, "Where is the master? Where is he? A mere guard dares to be so arrogant and domineering as to hurt my daughter! I will make the master skin him alive and pull out his tendons to vent my hatred!"
The maids and servants beside them were all terrified when they heard this.
They knew Aunt Mei's temper very well, and they understood the position of the Second Young Lady in Aunt Mei's heart even more. At this moment, they could only stand aside silently, not daring to make a sound.
Aunt Mei vented her anger, but her anger did not diminish in the slightest.
The old woman whispered at the side: "Aunt, please calm down. The master has taken the soldiers to reinforce the city wall. I just asked the maid Bier, and that guard dared to order the beating of the second young lady. I think he is of extraordinary status. It is said that he is someone close to the regent. We can't afford to offend this regent." There was a bit of timidity in the old woman's voice.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Mei snorted coldly, "My Jiaojiao has been raised in my care since she was a child. When has she ever suffered such a great injustice? Even the master has never scolded her. Now, she has been beaten like this, how can I accept it? Besides, if it weren't for my master leading the troops to resist the rebels, with only the two generals sent by the court, Fengcheng would have been captured by the rebels long ago."
When the old woman heard this, she wanted to persuade her again, but she saw Aunt Mei glaring at her, so she had to lower her head and dared not say anything.
Aunt Mei stood up angrily and shouted, "Come here, tell the master to come back. A guard dared to hit my daughter. I must make the master kill that guard."
As soon as he finished speaking, a maid responded and hurried out.
Aunt Mei turned her gaze to Jiaojiao, who was unconscious on the bed, her eyes filled with heartache and anger.
Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door and the doctor was invited in.
Aunt Mei hurriedly said, "Quick, doctor, please take a look at my daughter. She was beaten with a stick and is now unconscious."
Upon hearing this, the doctor hurried forward and took the patient's pulse.
After a moment, he stood up, walked aside and started prescribing medicine.
The husband wrote the prescription, turned around, and said slowly: "The young lady just fainted from the pain. It's just a flesh wound, no bones or muscles are broken. She will wake up soon. Prepare the medicine according to the prescription and boil it for the young lady to drink. In addition, this is for external application."
Upon hearing this, the old woman quickly handed the doctor some silver and asked a maid to go with the doctor to get the medicine.
Aunt Mei walked to the bedside and looked at Jiaojiao, who was lying on the bed with a pale face. She couldn't help but let the tears fall from her eyes.
"Jiaojiao... my Jiaojiao, have you ever suffered such a thing..." Aunt Mei choked, her voice full of heartache.
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