Pan Changping said: "Okay, then you can tell me what's wrong!" Mingzhong, you come first! ”

Pan Mingzhong said in a low voice: "My daughter shouldn't be playful, she always has to go out!" You shouldn't be home so late! ”

Pan Changping said: "Well, what else? ”

Pan Mingzhong muttered, "And? ”

Pan Changping frowned and said, "What? You don't know? ”

Pan Mingzhong did not answer.

Pan Changping continued: "Okay, since you don't know, then I'll tell you. First, if you don't return home at night, you will lose etiquette and rules; Second, you ignore the rules of the house; Third, you have no respect for your superiors. Say, "What is the sin?" ”

Pan Mingzhong said sadly: "My daughter knows her mistake! Everything is handled according to the house rules! ”

Pan Changping said: "Okay, since you think so, then deal with it according to the family rules!" From now on, you will kneel here without eating or drinking for three days! ”

When Pan Mingzhong heard this, his heart felt like a stone weighing three thousand weights, so heavy that it was difficult to breathe; A sense of powerlessness and despair arises spontaneously, as helpless as a person on a cliff.

At this time, Mrs. Yang said to him: "Master, you see, she has just been drenched in the rain, and she is very susceptible to wind and cold, if you do this again, she will not be able to bear it!" ”

Pan Changping glanced at her and said, "That's what she should be punished!" If you don't teach her a lesson, she won't have a long memory! You don't care so much! ”

Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "The master is right, she should be punished!" Then she said to Mrs. Yang, "How can she be as delicate as you say!" It's only been three days, and no one will die, and my sister is really, what's the hurry! ”

Mrs. Yang was speechless, just looking at her.

At this time, Xuelian cried and shouted: "Master, don't! The girl didn't deliberately return late, on the way to the rainstorm, we didn't bring an umbrella, plus the girl's body is thin, and she was frightened by the previous disaster, she couldn't bear the rain and wind, so she had to choose to take shelter from the rain! That's why I came back late! If you want to be punished, punish the handmaid." ”

Pan Changping said: "Heh, you still have the face to say, you don't understand the rules, it's just that, you actually took Ming Zhong out without authorization, someone came, and dragged her down to play the twenty boards!" So, a few little guys walked in and dragged the crying Snow Lotus down.

Ming Zhong wept and cried: "Father, don't! I'm going out on my own, and it has nothing to do with her! If you want to be punished, just punish me! I will punish these 20 boards on her behalf. ”

Aunt Zhao said: "Master, look, it's really a master-servant relationship!" ”

Pan Changping ignored her and said, "Chen San, Li Si, you come out!" ”

Then two men came in from outside, and they said, "What does the lord command?" ”

Pan Changping said: "You just watch her outside the door, don't let her be lazy, don't let outsiders in, don't let people feed her, if something goes wrong, you will feel good!" The others too, don't think about helping her, if you are discovered, whoever you are, you will still be punished! ”

They answered, "Yes!" With that, they withdrew from the door.

After that, the crowd gradually dispersed.

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Mrs. Yang came out of the Buddhist hall, returned to the room, and after sitting down, she sent the maid Chunlian to call Pan Yunzhong and Pan Chengzhong over.

A moment later, the two of them came in from outside: "Mother! ”

When Mrs. Yang saw them coming in, she stood up and walked towards them: "Yun Zhong, Cheng Zhong, you are here!" Come in and sit down and talk to me! So they sat down.

Mrs. Yang said: "I guess you have heard a little about today's events! ”

Hearing this, they didn't say anything.

After a while, Yun Zhong couldn't help but ask, "Mother, how did Dad punish them?" ”

Mrs. Yang sighed and said: "Alas, her maid was beaten with twenty boards, where can the youngest daughter's family be punished so heavily!" It's a blessing to survive! As for Ming Zhong, the master punished her for kneeling without eating or drinking for three days! You say, ordinary people will not feel good if they don't eat or drink for a day, not to mention that her body is so delicate, how can she bear it! ”

After hearing this, Yun Zhong suddenly stood up, her eyes widened, and she said in a daze: "Huh? It's true! ”

Mrs. Yang said, "It's true! Alas! With that, she sighed again.

Seeing this, Cheng Zhong said: "Mother, don't sigh anymore, this is also her own doing, so it will be like this!" Why do you have to sigh for others! ”

Yun Zhong listened and breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, yes, this is her own doing!" Self-inflicted! It's not about us! ”

When Cheng Zhong heard this, he felt strange: "Huh? What does it mean that it has nothing to do with us? How can she ever have anything to do with us! ”

Yun Zhong heard this, and hurriedly laughed: "Haha, yes! What am I talking about! Look at what I said! It's really fast, and it's easy to make mistakes when you say it! ”

Cheng Zhong listened, just looked at her and didn't speak.

And Yun Zhong was a little restless when she saw her looking at her like this, her eyes wandered, she looked around, and then said, "Mother, you're done!" It's not too early for me to see if it's too early, so I'll go back first! ”

Mrs. Yang said, "Well, okay! I won't delay you either, go! Remember to go to bed early! ”

Yun Zhong answered the words and left. At this time, there were only two people in the room, Mrs. Yang and Cheng Zhong.

At this time, Mrs. Yang said: "Chengzhong, you have also reached the marriageable age, I talked to the master, and it is time to find you a good family!" Although the lord is a rich businessman and has no official position, he is also a wealthy and wealthy party, and your uncle is a four-grade official of the imperial court, and our family is related to Lin Guogong's family, and you are a concubine, so you have the advantage of choosing a son-in-law! ”

Cheng Zhong listened and did not speak.

Mrs. Yang continued: "Don't worry, I have already told the master, and I will definitely find you a good family!" Also, the lord has hinted to someone that the concubine in the family has the intention of marrying, and in a few days there will be a Geng post from the children of the official eunuch to be delivered, and when the time comes, the lord and I will take it to you if there is a suitable one! ”

Cheng Zhong listened and said, "You have all chosen in advance, so why bother to show it to me!" ”

Mrs. Yang said embarrassedly: "We do this for your own good!" ”

Cheng Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "Well, okay, mother! It's not too early, it's time for me to go! As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't look at her and walked away.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yang sighed leisurely.

At this time, in the empty and lonely Buddhist hall, only Pan Mingzhong knelt in it.

She knelt for hours, the memories of her father ignoring her pleas and telling her by his actions how pale they were. And thinking that her father had always proved by his behavior that he didn't care so much about her, that he ignored her, and that this time there was only a small mistake, and he was going to punish her as soon as he knew, was this someone deliberately harming her or did he really hate her! She couldn't tell the difference! If his other daughters were like this, he would not be willing to punish them!

Thinking about it, she closed her eyes weakly.

Time passed bit by bit, and she only knew that her legs were numb from kneeling, but she didn't know how long she had been kneeling.