In a world where there are more men than women, I am spoiled

Chapter 1334 Why are you doing this to yourself!

Wenren Qirong snorted after hearing Xuan Cejun's words, wincing in pain.

“Father, Father Xuan, I don’t understand what you’re saying. You know that doing this will enrage Lady Su and implicate us, yet you still do it. If Lady Su hadn’t wanted to marry my brother before, we would have just paid the price for doing this.”

"But she already wanted to marry my brother, so why did we go through all this trouble! Waaah... My butt hurts so much! If Sister Yan saw me like this, she would be heartbroken."

When Wenren Qirong heard what he said, Wenren's father and Consort Xuan leaned on the bench and sighed. They regretted it too!

They wondered if Su Nujun had calmed down after being beaten. If not, they were all devastated.

At this moment, Wenren Qichi walked over.

"Chi'er, has Lady Su gone back? Is she still angry?" Father Wen asked.

"Father, I don't know."

After Wenren Qichi finished speaking, he went straight into the house and knelt before his ancestors, signaling for action to be taken that night.

"Chi'er, are you going to get a beating too? You were kept in the dark this time and didn't participate, so you don't need to be punished!"

"Night march, fight."

The night-walker picked up the cane, his hand hesitating. His master had injured his shoulder a few days ago; if he struck him, he would be sent to Lady Su's harem again in five days...

"beat!"

Wenren Qichi only let out a cold snort, which startled Ye Xing, who was deep in thought. Ye Xing subconsciously launched a slash.

Wenren Qichi let out a muffled groan.

When Mr. Wen saw his eldest son being beaten, he got up, clutching his back, and tried to stop them, but the guards at the door stopped him.

"My lord, one must not approach the ancestral hall when it is being punished."

"Chi'er, why are you doing this! We really didn't know that Lady Su was going to marry you! If we had known, we wouldn't have dared to do these things!"

“Yes! Chi’er, don’t be angry. We gave you a full dose of that medicine. You just couldn’t control yourself. It’s not your fault,” Xuan Cejun also called out.

Lying on the board, Wenren Qirong grumbled, "Father, Father Xuan, my brother is skilled in martial arts and thick-skinned. He's not afraid of being hit. If he wants to be punished, let him be. I..."

Before Wenren Qirong could finish speaking, his father slapped him on the buttocks.

A scream that echoed throughout the courtyard rang out.

"Ouch... Ouch... My butt...."

"Father, you're going to hurt me to death!"

"Shut up! If you keep yelling, I'll beat you to death and that'll end it all so you won't keep pissing me off," Mr. Wen said, quite angry.

"My lord, please don't take Rong'er to heart. He deserves a beating, but we should wait until he's healed before we hit him," said Consort Xuan, supporting Wen's father.

Inside the ancestral hall, Wenren Qichi had already received thirty strokes of the cane, his back covered in bloodstains.

Ye Xing threw down the cane in his hand and helped his master up.

Wenren Qichi said weakly to him, "Within five days, organize all our forces and bring the gold and silver items into the Su residence ahead of time. Go and coordinate with Lord Su."

"Yes, Master." Ye Xing felt a pang of heartache as he looked at his master's weak state, but then he heard his master's cold words: "After you finish dealing with these matters, go and receive your punishment."

"Ah! Master, I cannot make amends for my mistakes!"

Wenren Qichi glanced at him, Ye Xing felt a chill run down his spine, and with a strong will to survive, he said, "Master, I accept the punishment, I accept the punishment. I failed to protect the Lady, I deserve to be punished, I deserve to be punished."

At this time, the main courtyard of the Wen family mansion, where Wen's mother lived, was in complete chaos. Wen's mother was holding a thick book of family rules, extremely angry. Several young men of different appearances were standing or sitting inside the room.

"Ugh... this unfilial son! He wants me to copy the family rules a hundred times! This is practically going to kill me!" Mother Wen angrily rubbed her sore wrist.

“Wife… let me rub it. If we don’t finish copying, we won’t even be able to leave the house. How about I have Xiao Liu imitate your handwriting and copy some for you?” the man said in a low voice.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a voice came from the roof: "Fourth Prince, the idea is excellent. Shall we report it to the eldest prince?"

"No, no, I was just joking. My wife has done something wrong and deserves to be punished. My wife, hurry up and copy it! A hundred times, it will only take a few days to finish copying it," said the Fourth Prince immediately.

Hearing the words of the surveillance on the roof, Wen's mother looked at the Fourth Prince, who was shrinking back and dared not say anything. She was about to burst into a tirade when the man in blue next to her covered her mouth.

"My lady, please stop. The lord, Consort Xuan, and the young master have all been beaten—thirty strokes of the cane! If the eldest young master hadn't seen that you were a woman, he might have hit you instead!"

"Copying the family rules, good, no need to suffer physical pain."

"Yes! My wife, have some water, and keep copying!"

At that moment, Wenren Qirong's scream came from the rooftop, and everyone in the house trembled in fright.

Wen's mother was also startled.

"Was that Rong'er's scream just now?"

"Yes! My lady, that sound is definitely from being hit hard! My lady, you'd better copy it down quickly!"

Mother Wen's hand trembled slightly, but she continued copying, not daring to say anything more. Her eldest son was ruthless when he got angry, and it was already a mercy that he hadn't hit her this time.

But she really didn't want to copy the family rules...

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Compared to the chaos at the Wen residence, the Su residence was peaceful. Su Yueyao returned to the Su residence gate in about half an hour. She was escorted by the Imperial Guards of Yiyang, and she dismissed the guards who came to check her carriage.

When Su Yueyao arrived at the manor, she got off the carriage and found that almost everyone was waiting at the gate.

"It's so late, and they're all waiting, not sleeping."

“My lady, I had my secret guards send the message back beforehand.”

The crowd, who had been waiting since receiving the news, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Su Yueyao get off the carriage unharmed.

Lin Zixu rushed over to Su Yueyao's side and said angrily, "My lady... that Wenren family is simply too despicable. They dared to take advantage of your sympathy, bewitch the lord, and even let you share a room with Wenren Qichi. It's outrageous! Tomorrow, my lady will have Pu An and Gong Yang submit a memorial to His Majesty to remove the Wenren family from their positions in the Ministry of Personnel."

"My lady, are you feeling unwell? Go back to your room and rest." Lu Yuanyi said.

"My wife..."

“My lady, we’ve heard about what happened to others. We’ll go and take care of it. Don’t be upset,” Xun Haoxuan comforted her.

"My wife..."

"Stop talking, my wife must be tired so late. Go back to your room and rest. We can talk about everything tomorrow," Pei Yuqi said.