The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Yang Manman was stunned. She stared at Duke Yang in a daze and said incredulously: "Family rules? You want to use family rules against me?"

"You have brought shame upon my father. If I don't teach you a lesson today, sooner or later our Duke's Mansion will be known as a lax family and have our backs broken by others!"

The family rules mentioned by Duke Yang were actually a cane that was almost as thick as a wrist.

A hit with a cane, although it won't break any bones, will still cause a lot of pain.

Yang Guogong's attention was almost entirely focused on his sons, Yang Manman's second and fourth brothers. He seldom interfered in the discipline of his daughter, and naturally he never enforced any family rules on Yang Manman.

Yang Manman originally thought that Duke Yang was just trying to scare her, until she saw the cane being really brought over, then she started to get scared.

She turned around and tried to run, but was caught by Yang Guogong's men and forced to her knees on the ground.

"Let me go, you dogs, let me go now!" Yang Manman screamed while struggling.

It was not until the first blow of the cane that her face turned pale with pain and the insults stopped abruptly.

Zou had originally decided not to care about Yang Manman's affairs today, but after hearing about the family law, she hurried over. Seeing that Yang Manman was really beaten, Zou hurriedly pleaded for mercy.

However, Duke Yang ignored her and whipped her with the cane again.

Yang Manman's face turned pale, she gritted her teeth and said loudly: "Why did you hit me? I clearly brought honor to our Duke's Mansion today. That damn Lu Yan, she didn't do her best and couldn't make Li Zheng like her. What does it have to do with me!"

"How dare you talk nonsense here? Miss Lu fainted after returning home. Grand Tutor Lu loves that granddaughter the most. If she hadn't apologized repeatedly on behalf of her father, I'm afraid the Lu family would have gone to court."

As he spoke, Duke Yang hit him hard with the cane again.

Yang Manman screamed, but still argued stubbornly, "I didn't, Li Zheng and I are brothers..."

"Still being stubborn! The Lu and Li families are old friends. If you go and break up their engagement, you're just asking me to offend both families. How could I have given birth to a daughter as ignorant as you?"

As he spoke, Duke Yang increased the force of swinging the cane. Yang Manman screamed in pain and her back was burning with pain. Although she still wanted to argue, she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.

Zou was distressed, "Master, that's enough, Manman has already realized her mistake, please stop beating her."

"You must be beaten with twenty canes today, and no one is allowed to beg for mercy."

"Twenty?" Zou was shocked and said hurriedly, "Master, it won't work. Our Manman has been spoiled since she was a child. She can't stand it."

"You have to bear it even if you can't bear it. If we don't give her a good beating today to correct the family tradition, the reputation of our Duke's Mansion will be lost."

"But I can't..."

"It might even affect Hui'er's reputation and her marriage."

Zou was stunned. Implicate Hui'er? Is it really that serious?

Yang Manman was shaking with pain. When she saw Zou who was stunned, jealousy appeared in her eyes again.

Sure enough, it is like this again!

He keeps saying that he loves me, but he always puts Yang Huihui first!

Yang Manman gritted her teeth. Although she was sweating from the pain, she became more determined in her heart that she would never become exactly like those women just because of her family's crappy reputation.

She, Yang Manman, must be the most special. Sooner or later, she will make all the women in the imperial city, including Yang Huihui, envy and jealous of her!

……

"Did he really hit me?"

The next day, in Ningyue Pavilion, Jiang Suining looked at Biyun.

"How did you know this?"

"Miss, I heard from the customer who just came to buy a dress that this matter has spread. The Duke's Mansion did not suppress the news and let it spread. I heard that he was punished with twenty canes."

Jiang Suining raised his eyebrows, "It seems that Duke Yang is also very angry."

The Third Prince's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Grand Tutor's Mansion, trouble is coming.

Under such circumstances, the only solution Duke Yang could think of was to beat the man with twenty canes and then let the news spread in order to preserve his family's reputation for strictness.

"Miss, I heard from Xier about what happened yesterday. Miss Yang deserved to be beaten. In comparison, I still think Miss Lu is more pitiful."

Moreover, I heard that the other party was targeting the young lady. Now that she has been taught a good lesson, it is just right for her to stay at home and not go out!

Jiang Suining thought about it. Although Duke Yang had severely punished Yang Manman, there was no movement from the Prime Minister's Mansion. After all, this matter was not just about Yang Manman. Li Zheng's attitude was the most crucial.

Although there is no news of canceling the engagement for the time being, but at this critical moment, if Li Zheng causes any trouble again, the engagement will not be able to be maintained even if the relationship between the two families is good.

but……

It has nothing to do with yourself.

Compared to Yang Manman, if she really had the free time, she would rather care about Han Nianan. After all, there has been no news from him for a while.

But Jiang Suining did not ask anyone about anything. After leaving Ningyue Pavilion, he went to Ning Embroidery Workshop again.

Everything was normal in the embroidery workshop. Jiang Suining checked the warehouse, where a large amount of raw silk that she had someone buy some time ago was stored.

"Miss, our embroidery workshop has good business and the embroiderers are all engaged in embroidery business. It is enough to buy silk threads and cloth. Why do you need to buy so much raw silk?" asked Yun Niang, the manager of the embroidery workshop.

Although she had the raw silk carefully stored in the warehouse as instructed by the young lady when it was delivered, she still didn't understand why she bought so much raw silk.

"I heard that not many people are raising silkworms this year. I thought the price of raw silk might go up later, so I bought a batch to see if I can make a profit from the difference." Jiang Suining said casually, as if he was really just giving it a try.

However, she remembered very clearly in her heart that just a few days later, the official ship transporting raw silk would have problems, and in the following period of time, the price of raw silk in the imperial city would soar.

After buying the farm, she didn't have much money left, so she took this opportunity to make some money.

At this moment, on the other side, at the Changning Marquis Mansion.

Han Nian'an was still lying in the woodshed, still wearing the same clothes she had worn before. Her face was covered in dirt, and even the cracks between her fingernails were covered in black mud. If she lay on the street like this, people would surely mistake her for a beggar or a crazy woman.

The maid who delivered the food couldn't help but look disdainful.

Noticing the maid's gaze, Han Nian'an said nothing.

If it were in the past, she would have jumped up and down, but now she forced herself to hold it back.

During this period of time, Han Nian'an has been gritting her teeth and holding back her energy, just wanting to wait until the Dragon Boat Festival, which is her only chance.

Before that, she didn't care about everyone's ridicule and disgust, or even the slightly rotten food.

Han Nian'an endured and waited, and finally a few more days passed.

The Dragon Boat Festival is here.