12 Chapter 12

TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22

Yang's face turned red and white at Yan Shi words, but her status was such that she had to say a few soft words and promise to be more disciplined with her children in the future.

    Yan Shi did not intend to let her off so easily: "It is natural to discipline her, but what she did just now must also be punished, otherwise how can she remember it in the future."

    "Xue'er has already been punished by copying the "Female Virtues" and "Female Commandments" a hundred times each, is that enough?" Yang added, "I will now take her to confess her mistake in front of my sister." After saying this, she wanted to leave.

    "Hold on!" Yan Shi naturally would not let them go so easily, his eyes swept back and forth over Hua Wei's body, "Eldest Miss has been punished, but what about this young master?"

    Yang's body was stunned and her eyes showed a glint of resentment, but when she saw Yan Shi, she had already returned to normal: "Wei'er is still young and doesn't understand anything, let's forget it this time." She looked at Hua Ling again, expecting him to beg for mercy.

    "mother-in-law is really joking," Yan Shi smiled slightly, like a summer breeze on his face, which was very refreshing, and Hua Ling was so dumbfounded that he didn't even see the look Yang gave him, "If you don't punish a small evil, it will lead to a big problem. If this matter were to reach the emperor, I am afraid you would not be able to explain it."

    Insulting the princess was tantamount to insulting the prince, and insulting the prince was tantamount to insulting his father, who was the emperor. Even if Yan Shi was not favoured, he was still the son of the emperor, and how the emperor treated him was the emperor's business, but no one else could insult the son. Yang's face changed a few times, and in her mind, Yan Shi had deliberately come to make things difficult for her today, so she finally gritted her teeth and said to the maids around her, "Take the family law!

    In a short time, the maid brought back a ruler, (similar to a ruler) but longer and heavier than a ruler.

    Yang looked at the ruler with a ruthless heart and said, "Hua Wei has been disrespectful to his brother, he should be beaten ..."

    "Twenty strokes on the palm of the hand, after all, the young master is so delicate that it would be bad to break his body, this hand cannot be broken," Yan Shi said, taking Yang's words, "Bring that ruler to this Prince, this Prince will personally carry out the punishment. I don't want the maids in the house to be afraid to do it and make it difficult for them."

    Hua Wei was so frightened that he cried out and buried himself in Yang's arms.

    Yan Shi had a ruler in his hand and a faint smile on his face as he walked closer and closer to Hua Wei.

    Yang couldn't bear the thought of her son being beaten, so she looked to Hua Xu for help again. Hua Xu had the best relationship with Hua Ling, so if Hua Xu begged for mercy, even if he couldn't avoid the beating, he could at least get away with a few less blows.

    Hua Xu caught his mother's glance and gave her a knowing look back, quickly pulling Hua Wei out of Yang's arms and holding both his hands up to Yan Shi. His mother couldn't bring herself to push her third brother out to be beaten, so he had to help.

    Hua Wei also did not expect his own brother to do this, and cried even harder.

    Hua Xu looked at Yang and said, "Mother, you take little sister and go and confess your fault to mother, and leave little brother here to me."

    Yang thought about it and agreed with Hua Xu. There was no way to avoid this today, and she would not be able to bear it if she stayed here and watched her son cry. So she took Hua Luyao with her, and naturally Hua Ling went with her.

    Hua Wei was crying like a pig, but Yan Shi's ruler did not show any mercy, but he did not use his full strength.

    Hua Wei was in severe pain and looked at his brother as he cried, but Hua Xu just rubbed his head: "I told you not to act recklessly, but you never listened. From now on, change all of that!"

    Hua Wei cried even harder.

    After everything was over, Yan Shi and Hua Ling got on the carriage to return to the house, while Hua Qian Cheng did not return until the moment they were leaving. It was also true that Hua Qiancheng was already one of Prince Zhaoge's men and did not like Yan Shi . Now Yan Shi had only been in his house for a short while before he punished his daughter and beat his son, no one would be happy.

    But Yan Shi was happy, and Hua Ling was even happier.

    "Brother, I forgive you." Hua Ling, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly came out with these words.

    Yan Shi froze slightly, then remembered as an afterthought that he had offended his wangfei on the way to the Kangle Manshion by sleeping out at night, and now the Wangfei was showing him kindness.

    Yan Shi smiled faintly, he was really a child, his temper came and went quickly.

    When he returned to the royal residence, Yan Shi claimed that he had something to do first, so he asked Hua Ling to go to the Nuan Yang Pavilion to rest first.

    "Brother, hurry up and take care of it so that you can come to me earlier." Hua Ling took one step and three steps back and left.

    Yan Shi sat in the side hall and asked Qingji to summon Jiang Qingyue over, and in a short time, Jiang Qingyue came.

    "Qingji, tell me about what happened in the Kangle State Duke's residence today." Earlier, when Hua Ling was called away by Yang at the Kang Le Mansion, Yan Shi ordered Qing Ji to follow Hua Ling, but later in the garden Qing Ji was not there, so it should be Yang's excuse to branch out Qing Ji to the side.

    This was also true, as Qingji said, "At first, Madam Yang asked Her Highness in front of her servant how he was getting on in the royal household, but Her Highness did not look well and did not answer much. So the State Duchess(Madam Yang) asked again if he was having a bad time in the royal residence. The princess said that you had treated him well, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was barely saying that. It was like a woman who married badly and was afraid that her parents would worry, so he forced a smile on his face in front of them."

    Of course Yan Shi knew why Hua Ling's face looked bad at that time, it was still because of the incident on the carriage, so he briefly explained to Jiang Qingyue that he had only annoyed the princess, but did not say why.

    "If it were any other person, even if he/she was unhappy with the Prince, she/he would not have written it on his/her face, not to mention that his/her parents would have seen it," Jiang Qingyue said, "but this also helps us, Prince Zhaoge knows that he is at odds with His Highness, so he must regret taking this step. "

    "No," Yan Shi said, "I've changed my mind now." Yan Shi told them what had happened in the garden, and then told them about his attempt to draw Hua Ling in.

    Jiang Qingyue pondered for a long time after hearing this, "It seems that it is not a bad idea, but now that Your Highness has offended the Duke of Kangle, I am afraid that the Duke of Kangle will go to Prince Zhaoge to complain, and Prince Zhaoge will ask the Ministry of Punishment to find trouble with Your Highness."

    "No matter," said Yan Shi, "if Prince Zhaoge really wants to draw me in, he is eager to show me goodwill and will not easily find me in trouble, even if he does, there is nothing to fear, I am still afraid that he will not come. However, I would like to find trouble with him now. Qingji, spread the news about the loss of the birth mother's tablet on the day of the wedding, and the first lady's insult to the first mother, and the young master's disrespect to his elder brother, you should understand exactly what to do."

    Yan Shi's move had two main purposes: the Duke of Kangle was Prince Zhaoge's right-hand man, and even if he couldn't be touched now, he could still be tainted. The high family is most concerned about respect and face, and this will certainly reach the ears of the Emperor, and Hua Qiancheng will be unable to take up his duties again, and then it will disintegrate little by little.

    "Your Highness is in a good mood?" As soon as Hua Ling entered the Nuan Yang Pavilion, Sister Mute saw that his whole face was smiling brighter than the sunshine, and she could not help but be a little curious.

    Hua Ling was eager to give vent to his joy, and when the mute sister asked, he immediately told them how Yan Shi had punished the Hua family like a floodgate.

    "It's not that I'm hitting you, I don't think the Prince may be doing it for you." Mute Sister listened and came to such a definite conclusion that she had to say that ginger was still old and spicy.

    Hua Ling sat on the chair, grabbed a few of the plate of fava beans on the table and tossed them in mid-air, catching them with his mouth again, and they landed firmly in his mouth, "You just can't see our husband and wife loving each other, I told you that you should have a marriage too."

    "I'm not getting married, I'm so angry with you that I'll be angry with you both if I have another one." Sister Mute said as she sat down next to Hua Ling.

    Hua Ling was busy and poured a cup of tea for her, holding it up with both hands and respectfully bringing it to Mute Sister: "Sister, please have some tea, Sister has been tired, Sister has worked hard."

    "Don't be poor." Although she said this, the corners of Sister Mute's mouth couldn't stop turning upwards as she took the tea from Hua Ling's hand and drank it.

    After finishing the tea in her cup, she raised her head to look at Hua Ling again, and her eyes were no longer full of teasing laughter as they had been earlier, but were replaced by one full of compassion.

    "Sister, why mention those sad things in such a good mood," Hua Ling was not as playful as he had been before when he was told by the mute sisters, "to say that you are the most bitter, you have been with me for so many years pretending to be mute."

    "Miss has been kind to me, and I can never repay this kindness enough." The Miss that the mute Sister was referring to was Hua Ling's birth mother.

    Speaking of this, Hua Ling clenched his fist, "Don't worry, I will make them pay back twice as much for everything we have lost!"

    Yan Shi and Jiang Qingyue deliberated until it was dark and even ate dinner together. Now that they had decided to change their tactics towards Hua Ling, Yan Shi thought it was appropriate to brush up on their goodwill in front of him, but of course, it was not about love.

    A good distance away from the Nuan Yang Pavilion, Yan Shi saw his wangfei sitting on a small stool with his hands on his cheeks, looking into the distance.

    "Why is your Highness here?" Yan Shi asked as he walked.

    When Hua Ling saw that it was Yan Shi, a flash of light flashed in his eyes and he stood up from his chair with a whoosh and ran to him, "Brother, I'm waiting for you."

T/N: I changed King Zhaoge to Prince Zhaoge cause he is a Prince not a King

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