Chapter VIII: Punishment

After making a detour, it was naturally late to return to the General's Mansion, Tang Qianyi got off the carriage and saw the little maid leading Li Jinyu's horse and preparing to go to the stable. When I returned to the yard, Zhang's mother greeted her: "Miss Tang, lunch has been prepared." ”

"Hmm." She agreed and washed her hands with the water from the flowing clouds, took the handkerchief in Siyu's hand, wiped her face, and then sat down at the small table, picked up the chopsticks and prepared to eat, and remembered something, put down the chopsticks in her hand, turned to Zhang Yueniang and asked, "Mother Zhang, has the general come down from the court?" ”

"Yes."

"Is the kitchen ready?"

"It's a big kitchen, I don't know."

"Take a look, and if you don't have one, bring some from the kitchen."

Tang Qianyi picked up the chopsticks in her hand and ate them with peace of mind. Today's appetite is much better, and I haven't felt so full for a long time.

Because Tang Qianyi went out today, Yeqi didn't follow, and Li Jinyu was holding Yeqi accountable. Zhang's mother stopped at the door and waited on the side with a food box. Seeing this, Li Jinyu stopped being held accountable.

"General, Miss Tang asked me to send it."

"Well, put it down." Li Jinyu said to Ye Yan again: "Go find Twilight to get twenty military sticks yourself." ”

Zhang's mother put down the food box and withdrew, and Yeqi replied "yes" and exited the room. As soon as he went out, he saw Zhang's mother waiting for him not far away, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Mother Zhang."

"I'll tell Miss Tang, and you'll be exempted from this punishment."

"Xie Zhang's mother is kind, I am derelict in my duty and should be punished."

"Hey." Zhang's mother sighed and went back to the small courtyard.

"Miss Tang."

Tang Qianyi was full of food, so she walked around the yard and ate her food. Hearing Zhang's mother calling her behind her, she turned around and asked, "Can the general eat?" ”

"I'll come over when the stuff is down."

"Why didn't the general cook in the big kitchen? Could it be that the general will go hungry? ”

"The general's itinerary is not fixed, so it is difficult to prepare. Usually, I waited for the general to return home before I began to prepare. Sometimes the food is not ready, and the general goes out again. ”

"Then let's prepare more in the kitchen."

"Got it."

"Mother Zhang, I'm going out to do some errands after napping, I want to hear what you have to say, come with me in the afternoon."

"Yes." After replying to Tang Qianyi's words, Zhang's mother was about to retreat, and heard Tang Qianyi say to Morning Star: "By the way, Morning Star, go and find the Nightshade." We went out this morning without telling the night, but the general would not know about it, lest he be punished. He immediately took Tang Qianyi's words: "Miss Tang, the general already knows, let Ye Qi go to lead the army." ”

As soon as she heard this, Tang Qianyi immediately felt guilty. When I went out this morning, I thought that it was really not appropriate for Ye Yan to follow me when I went out to see Yang Liu, so I took Morning Star with me. I didn't expect Li Jinyu to know that she would punish him so severely. While urging Morning Star to find the night block, he walked quickly outside, wanting Li Jinyu to withdraw the night block's punishment.

"General."

When Tang Qianyi went, Li Jinyu was eating, and when she heard her calling herself, she put down the rice bowl in her hand and looked at her.

"General, I heard Mother Zhang say that you punished the night night?"

"Well, he's derelict in his duties."

"But I don't blame him, I didn't inform him."

"His dereliction of duty has nothing to do with anyone. It's good that you didn't have an accident today, but if something happened, the night will not be just twenty military sticks. ”

"How can you be unreasonable."

"You are my reason." Li Jinyu raised her eyebrows as she spoke.

Li Jinyu said this, Tang Qianyi was speechless for a while, just like the plum blossom cake that was steamed after eating, sweet and greasy, and blocked people speechless. She was unwilling to do so, so she had to say dryly: "General, only this time." ”

"No."

Seeing that he was so persistent, Tang Qianyi knew how he couldn't move him today, so he turned around and wanted to leave. I only heard Li Jinyu's voice behind me: "It's not that I'm unreasonable. But if I have answered you today, I will be a rebel. In the barracks, this is a big taboo, how to serve the public. Military orders are like mountains, how can they be changed overnight. ”

"And what if you're wrong?"

"Then punish me."

When Morningstar found Nightshade, he was naked, and Twilight stood behind him, a wooden stick the size of a baby's arm, falling on his back. Morningstar had never seen such a scene, and wanted to step forward to stop it, but he didn't dare, and stood there, frowning, and turned his face away. Again, the stick was swung down, and the sound came to her ears, not loud, but touching the heartstrings. Out of nowhere, she suddenly ran up to Twilight and stopped him.

"Morning Star Girl!" Twilight almost fell on her this time, but fortunately he stopped his strength in time, otherwise how could this little girl stand this stick.

"Vice Admiral Twilight."

"What are you doing here?"

"Tang, Miss Tang asked me to come and look for the night." Morning Star was only a little scared now, and he was trembling when he spoke.

"These twenty military sticks were ordered by the general, and I didn't dare to disobey the order, so I asked the Morning Star girl to let me go. After the punishment is over, the night will naturally go back with you. ”

Morningstar did not reply to him, nor did he let him, but stood between the two.

"Miss Morning Star, don't embarrass the twilight." Hearing the sound of the night, Morningstar stepped aside.

Waiting for the twenty sticks to finish, Morning Star hurriedly stepped forward to help the night block.

"Miss is afraid that you will be punished, so let me come to find you. But you're still fined. ”

"Today is my dereliction of duty, and I have to ask Miss Tang for my guilt. Thank you Miss Tang for your kindness. Nightshade looked at Morning Star, her face flushed, and whispered, "Morning Star girl, can you let me put on my clothes first." ”

Only then did Morningstar notice that Nightshade was still naked, and hurriedly let go. Twilight on the side handed Nightshade the clothes, with an inexplicable smile on her face, but was glanced at by Nightshade who took the clothes.

Twilight shirked and hurriedly took the baton and left, leaving only the two of them.

After only receiving twenty military sticks, there was naturally some pain between the movements of the night diaphragm, and he didn't say a word when he was punished, but at this time he gasped: "Hiss." Seeing this, Morning Star hurriedly stepped forward to help. After getting dressed, the crimson on Ye's face still did not dissipate, and he said to Morning Star word by word: "Morning Star, thank you." ”

"I'll take some blood-scattering medicine to wipe it for you at night, and it will definitely not hurt tomorrow." Morning Star didn't seem to hear this, and said to himself, "I'll get it for you later, Miss is going out after a nap, and if you don't follow, you will be punished again." ”

Morning Star watched Tang Qianyi lie down, so he took a small porcelain vase from his room and went to the night room.

She knocked on the door and said inside, "Night, it's me, I'm in." With that, he pushed the door open and entered.

Nightshade was sitting on the edge of the bed wiping a sword, and when she saw Morning Star come in, she took the sword and got up to meet her.

"I'm tired of the Morning Star girl."

Chenxing smiled at him, opened the porcelain bottle in his hand, and said to him, "I brought this medicine from Su Yang, and Biyue made it herself." At the mention of Biyue, she paused, covered the porcelain vase again, and then said: "Yeqi, will you not be convinced that the general will punish you like this today?" ”

"The general is as kind to me as a mountain, and besides, I am derelict in my duties, and this punishment is deserved."

"Grace is like a mountain?"

"Yes."

"Then ......" Morningstar tried to ask, but was interrupted by Nightshade.

"Miss Morning Star, if nothing else, I ......" he gestured to the porcelain vase on the table.

"Oh." Morningstar said yes and went out.

Tang Qianyi woke up in the afternoon, and Zhang Yueniang was waiting in the outer room early. She cleaned up briefly and went out with a few people.

"Mother Zhang, you are familiar with the Imperial City. I'd like to buy a few shops, so I'd like you to check them out for me. ”

"Shop? Does the general know? ”

"I'll tell him." She no longer mentioned Li Jinyu, and instead said: "I plan to use these shops to deal in spices, so which location do you think is better?" ”

When Zhang Yueniang heard this, she thought about it for a while, and then replied: "Chengnan, the people living in Chengnan are all wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials. ”