0p0 Chapter 161: Kneeling in the Ancestral Hall
Chapter 161: Kneeling in the Ancestral Hall
In Tinglan Courtyard, Su Yuejie knelt in front of Liu and Su Zhiyi, tears streaming down his face.
"It was stolen just like that?"
Mrs. Liu's voice trembled. If the money and the land deeds were spent by her son, she would feel better. But Su Yuejie came back and told her that his things were stolen not long after he went out.
How could she accept this? She felt dizzy immediately and saw a dark shadow floating in front of her eyes, as if she was about to faint.
Nanny Zhou was one step faster and immediately pressed her philtrum, saying, "Madam, don't be anxious."
Su Zhiyi glared at her with great displeasure, his eyes full of disgust. She was truly a woman obsessed with money.
My son didn’t lose the things on purpose, who can I blame?
"Mom, I know I was wrong. I will go to the ancestral hall and kneel for a day as punishment. Please don't be angry." Su Yuejie said this, then stood up and walked out.
"Come back, come back." Liu couldn't bear to see him kneeling as punishment, so she kept calling him to come back.
But Su Yuejie had made up his mind. He just said that he would feel uneasy if he didn't kneel in the ancestral hall.
Seeing this, Su Zhiyi said, "Then let him go. It's good to teach him a lesson so that he won't lose things again in the future."
Upon hearing this, Liu had no choice but to agree with the decision of the father and son.
Su Yuejie exchanged a glance with his two trusted servants, and the three of them immediately went to the ancestral hall.
The news spread quickly, and all the masters in the Marquis' Mansion knew that Su Yuejie had been punished and had to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Old Mrs. Kang went to see it in person with a distressed look on her face, but when she asked the reason for the punishment of kneeling, Su Yuejie only said that he had not taken good care of Su Yingxue and that he should be punished by kneeling, and asked her grandmother not to persuade her anymore.
There was no other way, Mr. Kang could only add two layers of soft cushions to make him more comfortable while kneeling.
When Xiaokang, the second wife, found out, she snorted in disdain.
"It's just a punishment of kneeling, it's nothing, it would be better if you kneel to death."
She wanted to see how Liu would be able to show off in front of her without this only child. Who knows, the position of the crown prince might fall to her master.
She herself is the Crown Prince's wife, and will later be the wife of the Marquis of Chengping.
Jiang from the third house didn't think it mattered. The child had done something wrong and was just punished by kneeling. It was no big deal.
Only Su Qingwan felt that things were not simple.
Su Yuejie has always been a domineering person, so how could he listen to Liu and run to the ancestral hall to kneel as punishment?
"Relax a little tonight and don't show your true colors."
After Su Qingwan gave the order, everyone in Helin Court understood.
As a result, the defense of Helinyuan was much lax that night.
After midnight, there was only a hazy moon in the sky emitting a faint light, with few stars to accompany it. Occasionally, clouds floated by, covering up the little moonlight.
Three figures cautiously approached the wall of Helin Courtyard.
"It's here." One of them whispered, pointing to a place hidden in the grass.
There is a dog hole here, people can get in through it.
"Go in!" Su Yuejie gave the order directly, letting one of the smaller ones go in first.
The man obediently went over, looked around to make sure there was nothing wrong, then he imitated a cat's meow towards the outside.
Su Yuejie had an idea and let the other person go in as well, and he walked at the back.
But just as he got through and stood firm, he was hit on the head with a club, then his mouth was gagged, and he was beaten and kicked wildly.
There were constant crackling sounds of bones breaking, and his limbs were directly broken. The severe pain made Su Yuejie's eyes widen and veins on his neck bulged.
He wanted to howl in pain, but there was something hard stuffed in his mouth, so he couldn't howl at all. All the sounds were stuck in his throat and he could only groan in pain.
After a while, he fainted completely.
Qing Da and others quickly tied up the three men tightly.
At dawn the next day, Liu, worried about Su Yuejie who had been kneeling in the ancestral hall all night, hurried to the hall with Nanny Zhou.
"Madam, please slow down and watch your step," Madam Zhou reminded.
"How can I slow down? Yue Jie insisted on kneeling in the ancestral hall yesterday. I don't know if he caught a cold after a night of this. I told him that it's not his fault for losing the things, but this kid is also a fool. Sigh!"
The more Liu spoke, the more distressed she felt, and her pace naturally quickened.
After a while, they arrived at the door of the ancestral hall, but when they pushed it open, they saw no sign of their son inside.
"Madam, I guess the eldest master has already gone back." said Madam Zhou.
Liu thought so too, and walked towards Su Yuejie's residence.
"Has your master gone to bed?"
After entering the courtyard, Liu asked directly to a servant.
The servant's forehead was covered with sweat, and he hesitated for a long time without saying whether Su Yuejie had rested.
Liu realized something was wrong and quickly walked towards the wing room, shouting as she walked: "Yuejie, son!"
There was no sound in the room. After Liu pushed the door open, she walked around the screen and looked inside, but there was no one there.
She rushed out again and asked anxiously, "Where is your young master? Where did such a grown man go?"
The servant knelt down with a thud, "Young Master went to Helin Courtyard."
Liu frowned, a bad premonition quietly spreading.
"What is he doing at Helinyuan? Why are you so nervous?"
"The young master left in the middle of the night and hasn't come back yet." The servant was afraid that something might happen to Su Yuejie, and they, the servants, would also be in trouble, so he said it directly.
"Hurry up and explain the situation. Why did the young master go to Helinyuan in the middle of the night when he was fine? Besides, wasn't the young master kneeling in the ancestral hall as a punishment at that time?"
Nanny Zhou urged, it’s already very late, why don’t you tell me what’s the matter?
"I heard it from the eldest young master and Chang San. The eldest young master said that while everyone knows he is in the ancestral hall, he will go to Helinyuan to get some silver and money." The servant did not dare to hide it and told him everything.
Liu's eyes suddenly went dark. Her son actually had such thoughts.
"Madam, let's go to Helin Courtyard and take a look. If the eldest young master really falls into the hands of that girl Su Qingwan, he will probably suffer." Madam Zhou reminded.
Liu finally came to her senses and realized that the most important thing now was to find her son, so she quickly walked towards Helin Courtyard.
Over at Helin Courtyard, after having breakfast, Jiang went to Lixiang Courtyard to chat with Aunt Zhong. Su Yuewu also went out to stroll around the streets early in the morning with the brothers from Prince Yi's Mansion.
Su Qingwan waited until they all left before having someone drag the three men out.
When Liu arrived, she saw Su Qingwan wearing a long apricot-yellow cloak, sitting on a chair in the corridor drinking tea, while three people tied up were lying at the foot of the steps.
"Send them to Jingzhao Yinfu. They are so brave to come to the Marquis's mansion to steal things. They should take the stolen goods with them. They have stolen so many things. It is enough to send them into exile."