The First Phoenix

It was true that Mrs. Shi was involved in the exchange, but she never thought of harming her brother like this.

The palms and backs of her hands were all flesh, and they were all her biological grandsons. No matter how cruel she was, she would never want her biological grandson to suffer such cruel torture.

She just wanted to allocate more of her legitimate son's resources to her natal family, and wanted her natal family's blood to gain some glory from the Duke's Palace.

She also hopes that the Marquis' Mansion will be fine!

Mrs. Shi was so furious that she could barely breathe, "What a crime! What a crime!"

Tang Chujun said with a cold expression, "My daughter-in-law usually ignores the affairs of the palace and neglects the management of the back house, and has developed a vicious temper in the concubine's house. From now on, the daughter-in-law must establish the rules of the marquis's house, and she also asks her mother to support her." ."

The old lady's mind was in a mess, and she couldn't tell what she felt. Seeing Tang suddenly stand up, she didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Inexplicably, there is a subtle feeling of being fascinated, and I always feel that I am being pushed forward by an invisible force.

When he turned sideways, he saw Wen Huiyi's sad face. How could he think of anything else? He just picked up his crutch and hit the person on the head.

The cane hit hard, hitting Aunt Wen right in the head.

A scream was heard, and the forehead that Aunt Wen was covering was bleeding. The wound on her forehead was not healed, and now it was even more painful.

But the physical pain was not as severe as the inner fear.

Aunt Wen knew that Shi Yunqi's injury could no longer be concealed, so she had to kneel down and cry, "Qi'er, my mother also did it for your own good. She was afraid that you would not succeed and that you would not learn well, so she strictly disciplined you... Qi'er, Mother is wrong! Mother is a concubine and has no status at all in this prince's mansion. Mother also wants to urge you to be successful, and I don't dare to let you slack off for a day... Come on, mother is wrong, please forgive me."

Tang Chujun frowned and said coldly, "Slap!"

Nanny Zhong stepped forward and slapped her a few more times.

Tang Chujun said, "How can a lowly concubine like you have the right to call yourself 'mother'? From now on, when you mention my brother, you must call him 'young master'! If you can't remember, I will beat you until you remember!"

Old Madam Shi did not protect Wen Huiyi this time.

She was very angry. Others didn't know her niece's face, so how could she not know it?

It's just that in the past, everyone was on the same rope, so they just turned a blind eye. Now Wen Huiyi still wants to prevent her brother from becoming his legitimate son, but she can never agree.

Especially when she saw the horrific injuries on her brother's body, she became angry and brought down the cane again, hitting Wen Huiyi on the right shoulder.

Aunt Wen knelt down in front of the bed in pain, grabbed Shi Yunqi's hand, and with a fierce look in her eyes, she held on tightly, "Master Qi, you are my mother's, no, you are my beloved, I will never let you leave my side even if I die."

Shi Yunqi was frightened and struggled to pull his hand out, his eyes filled with hatred.

He was born to be a legitimate son. Even if he didn't care about the glory of being a legitimate son, he would still care about what kind of person his biological mother was.

He was indeed humble and felt inferior.

It wasn't because of his illegitimate status, but because he had a vicious mother.

He pulled down his clothes, propped himself up and sat up, then raised his eyes coldly, "My aunt is doing my best, so why don't you give me a full meal? Cut my finger in the summer and sprinkle salt on the wound; on a winter night She didn't let me sleep, and made me kneel in the snow in my single clothes... Not only that, when I was twelve years old, my aunt asked Widow Ding... to come and do male-female things to me..."

He felt a sweet taste of humiliation well up in his throat.

But he didn't cry. He tried his best to hold it back, staring intently at Aunt Wen, his eyes swirling with hatred. "Because I refused to marry Widow Ding, Aunt Wen had someone dig a pit and buried me alive... Let me ask you, what mother would treat her son like this? I really doubt if I'm your biological son!"

Aunt Wen's heart skipped a beat.

Mrs. Shi's heart also beat hard.

No one noticed that there was an endless determination and coldness in Tang Chujun's dark eyes.

Her heart felt as if a big hole had been pierced by her son's words. The cold wind blew through her heart, and the words she spoke were extremely cold, "Someone, drag Aunt Wen out and give her twenty canes! As a warning to others!"

Soon, a boy came forward to take care of Aunt Wen.

Aunt Wen screamed, pushing the servant aside and throwing herself at the old lady's feet. "Aunt, help me! Young Master Xing is talking nonsense! He hates me because I whipped him in a rage because he didn't save Young Master Xing. He's talking nonsense! He was just angry! Aunt, save me..."

"Mr. Chu..." Mrs. Shi thought, if these twenty sticks are used, half of her life will be lost.

Tang Chujun looked over and said, "Mother, I must do this today's cane. Otherwise, if the aunts follow suit and treat the heirs of the Hou family in this way, wouldn't it be chaos?"

Mrs. Shi forced out an awkward smile, "Well, that doesn't mean..."

"If mother insists on protecting this lowly concubine today, then I, the daughter-in-law, will ask for a divorce and leave the house, and will no longer be involved in the affairs of the Marquis's Mansion!" Tang Chujun was cold and resolute, leaving no room for negotiation.

Mrs. Shi's heart froze, and she suddenly remembered that Sister Xia had just said that Tang Chujun was wholeheartedly planning for her husband, and the situation suddenly changed, "Why did it get to the point of reconciliation? Mr. Chu, you are the legal wife, you should have taken out the legal rights long ago. Look, please take good care of the atmosphere in the Marquis Mansion."

Tang Chujun sneered and smiled slightly, "A daughter-in-law should obey her mother!" She suddenly shouted angrily, "Drag Aunt Wen out! Beat her!"

Aunt Wen was so frightened by the "beat" that her whole body became weak.

It was the first time that Mrs. Shi saw the majesty of the eldest daughter of the Duke's palace. She no longer had the gentleness and indifference of the past, only raging anger remained.

For a moment, she wondered if Tang Chujun knew the truth about the child exchange, otherwise why would he be so angry for a bastard?

But she quickly dismissed this conjecture.

She felt that if Tang Chujun really knew the truth, he would not take Yun Shu under his knees.

Soon, screams came from the yard.

The sturdy stick hit Aunt Wen on the buttocks one after another, making a dull sound.

Aunt Wen's cotton trousers were stripped off, leaving only a thin layer of white trousers to cover her shame.

After ten strokes of the stick, blood seeped out. After fifteen strokes of the stick, the blood and trousers had become a mess.

Fortunately, the execution was carried out in the Marquis's residence, so the young men who hit people with sticks were gentle, and all the blows were on the buttocks, which would not cause bleeding in the internal organs.

So after twenty strokes, Aunt Wen fainted, but she was still alive.

Tang Chujun's bad breath was not enough, and his whole body was tense.

She hated herself so much! I have been confused for so many years, which makes me sad for spring and autumn. My son was so close, yet he lived in humiliation and misery for sixteen years!

Her heart was broken into pieces once again.

Mrs. Shi inexplicably saw a strange gloominess in Tang Chujun's eyes, and felt a palpitation in her heart for no reason. When I looked at it again, I felt that it was my illusion again.

When Anxia went out to do some business, when she got the news and rushed to Haitang Courtyard, the cane punishment had ended and Aunt Wen was sent back to Qiangwei Courtyard.

Only Mrs. Shi and Tang Chujun were sitting in the main hall, silently facing each other.

After Shi Anxia said goodbye, she softened the atmosphere and said, "Grandma, my mother has been feeling guilty these days. She always said that if she had put more thought into taking care of the back house, her brother would not have committed such mischief that he died; Yun Qi My brother won’t be injured like this and no one will know.”