After being read, the abstinent prince bullies others with his wife every day

Wang's heart was pounding. A terrifying thought popped into her mind. She pointed at Lin Shuning and said, "You set a trap for me! You deliberately lured me here and then framed me?!"

"False accusation?" Lin Shuning said innocently, "Mother, I don't understand what you are saying. This thank-you gift is right here. If you didn't take it away, how could it disappear? Could it be that there was really a thief in this house? Lian'er, go to the study and ask my father to come!"

"Yes, miss!"

"Stop her!" Wang said quickly.

But Lian'er walked very quickly and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

Wang pinched her handkerchief nervously, her heart sinking little by little.

Lin Shuning raised an eyebrow and looked at her, laughing in his heart. It was not her fault. It was Wang who was so greedy. If she was not taught a lesson today, she would be even more arrogant in the future.

"Ning'er, think again about whether you put it somewhere else..." Wang forced an ugly smile, and her voice became obviously softened deliberately.

Lin Shuning rolled her eyes at her. When she saw Lin Cheng's figure, she hurriedly stumbled over and said, "Father, I am incompetent. I can't keep the Yun family's thank-you gifts. Those thank-you gifts are gone! If Lord Yun knew about this, I don't know if he would blame me. It's all my fault. Please punish me, father!"

"What's going on?" Lin Cheng helped Lin Shuning up, his face already filled with anger.

"My daughter went out to buy a maid today. When she came back, she saw my mother and her people searching my house. They said they were cleaning for her. But when she entered the house, she found that all the thank-you gifts from the Yun family were gone..."

Lin Shuning's aggrieved voice stopped at the right time, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lin Cheng has been active in official circles for twenty years, so how could he not understand the twists and turns of the imperial court?

He immediately took a cold look, and when he saw the messy courtyard that had been searched, his face turned horrifyingly pale.

The maids and guards were so frightened that they dared not move at all. They wanted to bury their heads in the ground, for fear that they would accidentally become the victims of their masters' wrath.

Wang came out of the house in a hurry. Seeing Lin Cheng's face, she shrank her neck in fear. She forced a smile and said calmly, "I just thought that Ning'er had just moved in, so I sent someone to clean up for her. I don't know how this kid misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding?" Lin Cheng smiled coldly: "Do you have to turn the yard upside down like this just to clean it? I think you are greedy for the thank-you gift from the Yun family! Hurry up and take out the thank-you gift. If you anger the Yun family, you will suffer the consequences!"

Wang's body trembled, she fell to the ground, tears welling up in her eyes, and she said aggrievedly: "I really didn't take the thank-you gift, it's absolutely true, Master, you have to believe me, how could I do such a thing, if you don't believe me, you can go and search!"

"Okay, then search!"

Lin Cheng immediately made the decision: "Search the entire mansion, leaving no place unsearched. I want to see if the Yun family's thank-you gift can still be taken away!"

Lin Shuning stood aside with a calm expression. The Yun family's thank-you gift had long been absorbed by Xiaobai, and even if one dug three feet into the ground, it would not be found. She did not need to worry at all.

Wang wiped her tears and glared at her fiercely.

Lin Shuning pretended not to see anything. She was just planning to use this as an excuse to resolve the issue of the Yun family's thank-you gift. Otherwise, if Lin Cheng found out it was missing, it would be trouble sooner or later.

About an hour later, Butler Liu came back with a serious look on his face: "Master, this thank-you gift is really gone, as if it disappeared out of thin air. Could it have been taken away by someone?..."

"what?!"

Lin Cheng could no longer sit still, and angrily slapped Wang in the face: "Where did you take the thank-you gift?"

Wang was beaten so badly that she sat on the ground, covering her face with one hand, and said sadly, "Master, I really don't know! I am innocent!"

Wang's face was full of tears. She pointed at Lin Shuning and cried out heartbreakingly, "I am Ning'er's biological mother. How could I steal her thank-you gift? What's the use of giving it away? Master, you can't wrongly accuse me! Maybe it was her who took out all the thank-you gifts when she bought the maid!"

Lin Shuning also knelt down, her eyes red as she said, "Mother's ability to confuse right and wrong is really amazing. Butler Liu saw me leave the house this morning. Besides, there were so many thank-you gifts, how could I leave empty-handed? Everyone in the house knows that mother favors my second sister. Maybe mother gave her daughter's thank-you gifts to my second sister as a dowry!"

Butler Liu said quickly: "Yes, I can testify for the Third Miss."

Wang was choked with speech and could only cry out in injustice.

"Master, why don't you report it to the police? Maybe the thank-you gift was stolen by thieves!" Butler Liu said earnestly.

Lin Cheng pinched his brows in annoyance. "We can't report it to the police. We can't let the Yun family know that we actually lost the thank-you gift. Otherwise, wouldn't it let people know that our Shangshu Mansion doesn't value the Yun family? It would hurt the Yun family's reputation. Lao Liu, send someone to investigate whether there are any carriages passing by nearby, and whether there are any sneaky people."

"Yes."

Lin Cheng's eyes fell on Lin Shuning, and his tone was cruel: "None of you have ever made me worry! You failed to take good care of me, do you know you are wrong?!"

Lin Shuning lowered her head and said, "My daughter knows she was wrong."

Wang sobbed, "I know I was wrong."

So many treasures were just gone like that, Lin Cheng's heart was bleeding with pain.

More importantly, if this matter got to the ears of the Yun family, it would very likely ruin his plan, so he had to act like he was innocent. He said with a serious expression, "Come here, go and ask for the family law!"

After these words were spoken, Lin Shuning's face changed slightly and he clenched his fists. Wang was crying even more with tears in her eyes, as if she was about to melt.

The family law of the Shangshu Mansion is a snake whip. The whip is made of the finest snake skin and hemp rope. The emerald green chalcedony hanging on the handle and the pitch-black whip body complement each other, giving a full sense of deterrence.

Lin Shuning could feel phantom pain just by looking at it.

"You are all at fault for what happened today, so none of you can escape this family law. Ning'er failed to take good care of her, so she should be punished with three lashes. Wang is guilty of the same crime and she also wanted a reward, which is an additional crime! She should be punished with fifteen lashes! Any objections?"

"Master! I am really innocent!" Wang collapsed to the ground. She knew how powerful the whip was. After fifteen lashes, she was afraid that she would not be able to get out of bed for half a month.

Lin Shuning raised her eyes, her eyes were clear: "When my daughter left the house this morning, the thank-you gift was still there, but when she came back it was gone. What is my daughter's fault? Does it mean that my daughter is not wrong if she has to stay with them all the time? If this is the case, then is my father also wrong?"

Lin Cheng was stunned. He always kept his word in this mansion. When had he ever been questioned like this before? His face changed drastically and he shouted angrily, "How dare you be so stubborn?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung the whip towards Lin Shuning.

Lin Shuning dodged flexibly and stood aside coldly: "My daughter is just raising reasonable questions. Why, father, do you think you are not wrong?"

"Lin Shuning! You are a traitor! How can you speak to your father like that? Your father is busy enough attending court and handling official business every day." Wang added fuel to the fire.

After saying this, Lin Cheng felt that he was right and his anger reached a peak.

"Come here, hold her down. Today, I will teach you a lesson, you rebellious girl!" Lin Cheng commanded the guards.