Time stopped for the unconscious Yu Jingxi.

He wandered in the mist, his bare feet stepping on the cold snowfield. Unknown to him, the mist turned into a blizzard. His thin clothes turned into a layer of ice armor in the raging snow, freezing him through, making it difficult for him to move.

He managed to wrap himself around it and fell onto the snowy field.

The wind whistling in his ears brought a bone-chilling chill that seeped into every corner of his body through the cracks between his bones, making his teeth chatter.

The wind and snow scraped across his bent back and exposed arms like a knife, causing him to want to scream out in pain.

But what to shout? Who to shout? Who will come?

In the howling north wind, a name stuck in his throat.

who is it?

No, that's not right.

You can't call her and you can't cause her trouble.

Can't shout.

Yu Jingxi bit his lower lip tightly to prevent himself from making any sound, and tried to curl up into a ball on the snowy field ravaged by the strong wind.

It seemed as if the heavens heard his voice. The wind died down and the snow stopped. The snow beneath him began to melt and green grass grew. It was warm and soft, and gently surrounded him. Then, he could hear someone's anxious voice:

"What's going on? Your teeth are clenched so tightly that I can't feed you the medicine."

The person's voice was very close and very familiar. Who was it?

Then, another voice said with a hint of gloating:

"Zhenzhen, my Jingxi was born weak, and now he has a fever. If you can do it, then do it. If not, please get out of the way. I will send someone to the Minister's residence to invite a miracle doctor."

Is it my mother? Why is she here?

Yu Jingxi's chaotic brain was working extremely slowly. Before he could figure it out, he heard another voice coldly say:

"My Lord Marquis, do you believe in all the tricks of the quacks? If Wang Yan's mansion could have a miracle doctor, then the East Palace wouldn't need to hide a witch doctor from Southern Xinjiang."

"Do what you can. Will you be responsible if my son gets burned and becomes stupid?"

Yu Min's words were full of anger, and another voice was even more unwilling to admit defeat, and retorted:

"I am responsible for it. If you want to send Jingxi to Wang Yan again, do you believe that I will make sure she will never leave the Minister's Mansion?"

After the two of them had a tit-for-tat exchange, the air was quiet for a moment.

Yu Jingxi didn't know who they were talking about, but he subconsciously hated the name "Wang Yan". He moved closer to the heat source uneasily, and suddenly someone laughed out loud, saying:

"Okay. You're quite capable, girl. My son is already burnt like this, but he still clings to you. His male morality is ruined. How can he get married in the future?"

"Jingxi is ill, how can you be so fussy?"

The gentle voice was full of helplessness, but Yu Min insisted:

"A country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. I only have two sons in my family, one is lying in bed, and the other is so sick. Isn't it all because of you? I care about it, why don't you accept it?"

The room was silent for a moment. Yu Jingxi felt the heat on his body suddenly leave him. Then he heard a thump and someone seemed to kneel on the floor. Then, the gentle voice became firm and said slowly:

"Ji Zhen's behavior was dissolute, and I am willing to accept the punishment. Please do not vent your anger on Bojun and Jingxi, they are innocent."

Yu Min nodded with satisfaction, reached out and patted Ji Zhen's shoulder who was kneeling on the ground, and said:

"You are brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. That's right. In that case, please follow the family rules."

Yu Min gave the order, and the servants who were serving beside him immediately took action. Mingyue, who had been standing by Yu Jingxi's bed, was frightened by the words "please enforce the family law" and raised her head suddenly, looking at the Loyal and Brave Marquis in disbelief.

The family rules of the Marquis' Mansion are not the ones used by ordinary noble families. It is a three-foot-long rattan stick, called a discipline stick. When it hits a person, it does not leave scars, but it is extremely painful.

When Yu Bojun was a child, he angered Yu Min once and was beaten by the family. He stayed in bed for more than a month. What would happen if this discipline was applied to the small body of the Qingyan County Prince?

Mingyue looked at Yu Min with panicked eyes, then looked at her unconscious son with great anxiety.

After Yu Jingxi fainted, the people in the mansion were alarmed by his cries and called in Yu Min and Ji Zhen who were fighting fiercely. But they didn't expect that Yu Jingxi would develop a high fever after fainting.

The doctor who came in a hurry wrote a prescription and prescribed some medicine. He looked very bookish, but before he could utter a word that Mingyue could understand, Yu Min impatiently asked him to supervise the decoction of the medicine.

But when the medicine was brought up, it was discovered that Yu Jingxi's teeth were clenched tightly, and not even a drop of it could go in. Even Ji Zhen's help was useless.

Yu Min's anger came without warning, just like many times in the past. He was smiling nonchalantly one moment, and someone's life was in danger the next.

Mingyue watched helplessly as the two servants brought in the precepts from outside. Ji Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground, not only did not struggle, but took off his outer shirt on his own initiative. Mingyue was immediately anxious.

He leaned towards the bed secretly, and while covering Yu Jingxi with the quilt, he gently shook him.

"Master...Master! Wake up! What will happen if His Highness Qingyan is beaten to death?"

But Yu Jingxi hadn't made any move yet, while Yu Min had already stood in front of Ji Zhen with the commandments in her hand. She lowered her eyes and looked at Ji Zhen, who looked calm, and asked:

"Girl, today I will punish you according to the family rules of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion. Do you accept it?"

Ji Zhen handed the coat in her hand to the attendant standing beside her, holding a large empty plate. Seeing the attendant fold her coat neatly and put it on the empty plate, Ji Zhen smiled calmly and said:

"I made a mistake this time, and the Marquis was right to punish me. But Bojun and Jingxi are innocent. The Marquis punished me, so he shouldn't make things difficult for them anymore."

Yu Min held the precepts in his hand and looked down at Ji Zhen's calm expression. He then laughed and weighed the precepts in his hand, saying:

"No problem. This set of rules is placed in my ancestral hall. It has been passed down to my generation, and I have been asked to leave it twice. Once I asked for three rules for Bojun, and once for you. This time, I ask for six rules for you, as an explanation to my two sons. Grit your teeth, don't cry in pain, it will bring shame to your Ji family."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zhen said no more, just lowered his head and straightened his back.

Yu Min stood beside Ji Zhen holding the commandment. The attendant glanced at Yu Min and sang loudly:

"Please, Six Commandments."

Snapped--

The crisp sound was the sound of the commandments falling on the skin through the thin clothes. It was like a thunderclap, irritating Yu Jingxi's eardrums.

A voice in his heart was shouting and urging him to move quickly, wake up, and stop it. But his eyelids were extremely heavy, and his whole body seemed to be imprisoned, unable to move.

Snapped--

The second time, the third time...

The only sound in the room was the sound of the sword falling on flesh; even Ji Zhen's breathing became shallow.

No, this is not right!

Yu Jingxi struggled hard, trying to open his eyes and see everything around him clearly. To stop the commandment from falling on him.

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