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Chapter 52 He's still a child

The punishment under family law was twenty strokes of the cane, and the cane used was a tiger whip with barbs. Han Shu couldn't possibly stand by and watch her son be caned.

She knew that Qin Wan had brought this up, and as long as Qin Wan relented, Qin Lang and Qin Yi would no longer have to suffer the family punishment.

Han Shu followed Qin Wan and entered the room together.

"Wan'er, what happened last night was unintentional on the part of Lang'er and Yi'er. They have been kneeling in the ancestral hall all night and know they were wrong. I know you are upset, but I promise I will have them come to apologize to you in a little while. As for the family punishment, there is no need for it!"

The moment Han Shu caught up, Qin Wan knew that she had come to plead for Qin Lang and Qin Yi.

Without saying a word, Qin Wan gave Wan Shuang a look that made her close the door.

Then, one by one, he took off his outer clothes, revealing the bruises he had sustained from being beaten by Qin Yi the previous night.

The bloodstains from the blows were clearly visible on his fair skin; the scattered, interwoven wounds were shocking and almost covered his entire back.

Upon seeing this, Han Shu was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

She hadn't expected Qin Yi to hurt Qin Wan so badly last night.

This made it difficult for her to plead for leniency again.

However, the family discipline that Lang'er and Yi'er received would have left them with far more severe scars in the end.

Han Shu thought of her children, all of them covered in injuries, and her heart ached, and tears streamed down her face.

Hearing the sobbing, Qin Wan knew her mother was crying again.

She hadn't paid attention before, but now that she thinks about it, Han Shu really is just like Su Yan'er, both of them love to cry.

"Mother, do you still think it's excessive for me to demand that they be punished according to family rules?" Qin Wan put on her clothes.

Wan Shuang and Chun Tao stepped forward to help her get dressed; they had also witnessed what had just happened.

Having served Miss for many years, I have never seen her beaten so badly by others. Even ten beatings wouldn't be enough to vent her anger, let alone family discipline.

Han Shu was speechless; she really didn't want to see the siblings hurting each other.

But Wan'er is already injured, and Lang'er and Yi'er know they were wrong, so why can't they be forgiven just once?

Han Shu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said with heartache, "Wan'er, Mother didn't know you were so badly injured. Have you had any medicine applied?"

Qin Wan remained silent; she had a premonition that her focus was no longer on herself.

Sure enough, Han Shu hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "Wan'er, it's his fault that Yi'er injured you, but according to family law, he'll be whipped. He'll be punished, and pieces of flesh will be scraped off his body."

Although Yi'er is your older brother, he's only half an hour older than you; he's still practically a child. He can't possibly endure such punishment!

The thought of Qin Lang and Qin Yi being whipped made Han Shu's heart clench. She had seen people who had been whipped, their backs covered in blood and flesh, not a single spot unscathed. She couldn't bear to look at them, let alone see them being whipped.

Qin Wan finished dressing, turned around and looked at Han Shu. Her cold eyes were devoid of any warmth and gave people a feeling that she was not open to negotiation.

"Mother, you yourself said that Qin Yi is older than me, so I call him Third Brother. But looking at the entire Fengdu City, have you ever seen an older brother beat his younger sister like this? If you don't want them to be punished by family law, then I have no choice but to report it to the authorities!"

Han Shu was very disappointed to see her so stubborn. "Wan'er, do you really want them to be punished? They already know they were wrong, can't you forgive them just this once?"

"But what did I do wrong?"

Qin Wan's rhetorical question left Han Shu speechless.

She felt that her daughter had really changed. Before, no matter what happened, she would listen to their well-intentioned advice, but now she was very stubborn.

Could it be that he has really been possessed by an evil spirit?

In the end, Han Shu still failed to plead for Qin Lang and Qin Yi.

Outside the ancestral hall.

Qin Lang and Qin Yi, dressed in only thin clothes, knelt in the biting cold wind.

Qin Wan personally oversaw the execution, her expression indifferent, as if she were looking at someone unrelated to her. She ignored the gazes cast upon her by the crowd, determined to see this punishment through to the end.

The two kneeling men were shivering in the cold wind even before the punishment began.

Qin Lang looked up at Qin Wan with a hint of guilt in his eyes. He also felt that he deserved to be tortured, but would she really just stand by and watch him suffer?

Qin Wan noticed that Qin Lang was looking at her, but she did not want to meet his gaze. Instead, she turned to look at Qin Huai.

"Father, should we wait for an auspicious time before carrying out the execution?"

Qin Huai's face turned ashen. He felt Qin Wan was increasingly arrogant. If he wasn't really afraid that she would report him to the authorities and make a big fuss, he really wouldn't have been willing to hit his precious son.

After kicking them both a few times last night, Qin Huai regretted it when he got back. Why did he kick them so hard?

Qin Huai snorted coldly, glanced at him, and then ordered, "Execute!"

The executioner walked behind the two men and raised his whip.

With a 'thud,' it landed on their backs.

Qin Lang gritted his teeth and persevered, but Qin Yi was already crying from the pain.

The cries resonated deeply with everyone, causing Han Shu, who was standing nearby, to feel heartbroken.

With one lash, the second lash was raised again, and just then, Qin Wan spoke.

"stop!"

Han Shu was overjoyed; she knew Wan'er wouldn't just stand by and watch Lang'er and Yi'er be tortured.

But before this surprise could be conveyed, Qin Wan said again, "Father, shouldn't all the tiger whips in our family rules be tiger whips with barbs? When did they change to ordinary whips?"

Qin Huai's face darkened immediately. That's right, the family discipline of the Pingding Marquis's mansion used a tiger whip, but how could he really bear to use a tiger whip on his son? So he secretly ordered someone to change the whip.

He thought Qin Wan wouldn't find out, or that Qin Wan was just trying to vent her anger and that punishing the two of them would be enough.

Little did they know, Qin Wan not only discovered it, but also pointed out the problem in public.

This put Qin Huai in a difficult position.

“Master, it was my oversight. The tiger whip broke after the last family discipline, and I failed to repair it in time. That’s why I had to replace it with a temporary one. Please forgive me!” said Steward Wang.

Qin Huai seized the opportunity to erupt in anger, "How could you forget something so serious? If there's a next time, I won't let you off easily!"

"Yes, I know I was wrong!"

Qin Wan scoffed inwardly; how could she not see through their coordinated act?

He then asked, "Isn't there another one hanging on the wall of the ancestral hall? Why aren't you using that one?"

Qin Huai's face darkened even more, and he glared at Qin Wan, feeling that she was becoming increasingly immature.

"Fourth Miss, the tiger whip in the ancestral hall is for warding off evil spirits and must not be touched!"

"Ha, I've never heard of anyone using a whip to ward off evil spirits!" Qin Wan said sarcastically. How could she not know that this was just an excuse that Steward Wang had come up with?

However, even without the tiger whip, twenty ordinary lashes would still be a severe punishment.

Qin Wan stopped insisting and wanted to watch them being tortured with her own eyes.

'Clap clap clap...'

With each lash, the tip of the whip was stained with blood.

Han Shu was sobbing uncontrollably, unable to bear watching any longer, but Qin Yi's screams never stopped, and even without looking, one could feel their pain.

"Wan'er, that's ten lashes already, that's enough!" Han Shu pleaded.

Qin Wan remained silent, simply watching them being tortured, while Han Shu tugged at her sleeve.

At this moment, whether it was the loud screams or someone doing it on purpose, they startled Old Madam Qin.

"Stop! What are you doing?"