Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

Chapter 169 Firing as a Warning to Others, Part 2

"Oh, it has nothing to do with me." Lady Changting smiled and immediately apologized, "Then I was wrong, I apologize to you. You are a magnanimous person, please don't hold it against me."

Lady Changyang choked so badly that she couldn't spit it out or swallow it down, and her face turned red from holding it in.

Qin Yizhen chuckled softly.

After everyone took their seats, Aunt Yuan was soon helped in by a maid.

She wore a lilac-colored, high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), a light gauze long skirt that reached her chest, tied tightly with an apricot-pink ribbon, and an open-necked, shoulder-wrapped, wide-sleeved blouse over it, with an apricot-pink shawl draped over her arms.

Her black hair was tied up on top of her head, adorned with two gold-inlaid jade flower and leaf hairpins. A gold-inlaid jade magnolia flower was embellished on her slender collarbone, and a pair of delicate gold bracelets adorned her slender wrists, which seemed to jingle as she walked.

She wore few adornments, yet her gentle and charming demeanor was natural and captivating. Every smile and frown seemed pure and beautiful, yet she inadvertently stirred people's hearts.

If she were to add a touch of gentleness and obedience, there would be no shortage of men in the world who would fall at her feet.

Even now, with her small belly in her hand, she walks with a graceful and slender gait, like a fairy strolling among flowers.

"Yu Lang." Aunt Yuan glanced at everyone in the room without leaving a trace, revealing a somewhat frightened and uneasy expression, as if she was about to cry. Then she quickly threw herself into Pei Yutang's arms.

"Yu Lang, what's wrong? I thought I'd never see you again. Yu Lang, is it because you're angry with me? If so..."

"Alright!" Marquis Changyang spoke with a dark face, barely managing to hold back from slamming his fist on the table in anger.

Her bewitching appearance made her look like a seductive fox spirit, exuding a worldly air that could never be washed away.

Pei Yutang felt sorry for his beloved concubine when he saw her crying. He was about to say a few words to comfort her when he saw that the Earl of Changyang had a dark face. Only then did he remember that he had important business to attend to.

"Yuan'er, the lady seated here is a princess. Quickly pay your respects to the princess."

Qin Yizhen smiled and said, "Since you are pregnant, there's no need for such formalities."

Aunt Yuan looked at the seat, her eyes darting around, and then she broke into a bright smile: "So it is the princess who has arrived. I thank the princess. I have heard that the princess is a beauty that could topple kingdoms, and seeing her today, she is indeed an absolute beauty."

"Insolence!" Granny Jin frowned and scolded, "The Changyang Marquis's family truly has excellent upbringing; how dare they raise someone to be disrespectful to the princess?"

As the emperor's daughter, she was of noble status. Even though people spread rumors about how "beautiful she was," and even when they talked about her, they never used such a playful and frivolous tone.

It was as if she was praising the courtesan in the brothel for her stunning beauty, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Aunt Yuan was startled by the scolding and felt extremely aggrieved. Her eyes were filled with tears, and she swayed as if about to collapse. She was truly a pitiful sight.

Pei Yutang was heartbroken and, disregarding the presence of others, pulled her into his arms to comfort her. After she wiped away her tears, he pleaded for her, "Princess, Yuan'er just..."

"What she does is none of my business." Qin Yizhen interrupted Pei Yutang, raising her eyes. "All I know is that now that she has entered the Changyang Marquis's mansion, no matter what her background was before, she is now a member of the Changyang Marquis's mansion. If she is disrespectful to me, then the Changyang Marquis's mansion is disrespectful to me."

That's a terrible way to put a hat on someone...

Lady Changyang broke out in a cold sweat.

"Princess, please forgive us." Marquis Changyang and his wife quickly stepped forward.

Lady Changyang said, "It is the Pei family's fault for not raising their children well. Please forgive them, Princess."

"Forgiveness is naturally out of the question. Although I am magnanimous and don't like to hold grudges, there's no reason for me to let someone provoke me. However..."

Qin Yizhen paused here, and then continued, "However, since she is pregnant, it is really inconvenient for me to punish her. How about this, since she is Prince Pei's person, let Prince Pei take the blame."

Qin Yizhen didn't really care about respect or not, and although Aunt Yuan's words were somewhat uncomfortable to hear, they weren't really wrong.

She certainly wouldn't be punished, but using this as an excuse to discipline Prince Pei and vent Min Siyue's anger was still acceptable.

Moreover, judging from Aunt Yuan's appearance, she is quite cunning. She needs to establish her authority first before Aunt Yuan will know fear, what it means to behave oneself, and that there are some people in this world she cannot offend.

"Then punish him with twenty strokes of the cane as a warning to others."

"What?" Everyone in the Changyang Marquis's mansion was stunned.

Aunt Yuan also held her belly, her face full of disbelief. She probably didn't understand that she had only said a few words, yet Pei Yutang was to be punished with a cane.

"Princess, regarding this matter..."

Qin Yizhen gently tapped the teacup with the lid between her fingers. After three taps, Aunt Yuan's voice also stopped.

Lady Changyang said, "Princess, isn't twenty strokes of the cane too much?"

"Is it too much? I don't think so." Qin Yizhen smiled. "Now that she has entered the gates of the Marquis of Changyang's mansion, she should know what kind of person she is and what she should say and do to match her status."

"If she is still like this, it must be because Prince Pei is too protective of her, unwilling to let her suffer, and unwilling to let others teach her. In that case, let her learn a lesson, so that she will know what is important and not implicate her husband again."

"Lord Changyang, don't you agree?"

“The princess is right. He really deserves to be taught a lesson. Even if the princess hadn’t done it, I would have skinned him alive and given him twenty strokes of the cane today. That would have been too lenient.”

Pei Yutang neglected his domestic duties and couldn't distinguish right from wrong. Now he's lost his child and his wife; he truly deserves a beating.

"Since the Marquis of Changyang has said so, then let's do it this way." Qin Yizhen glanced outside and said calmly, "Give him twenty strokes of the cane and take him away."

No sooner had Qin Yizhen finished speaking than a guard walked in from the door and took Pei Yutang away.

Qin Yizhen said calmly, "Take her to a farther place for the execution, so as not to disturb Miss Min's rest."

"Yes."

The guards escorted Pei Yutang away. Pei Yutang looked expectantly at the Earl of Changyang and his wife, hoping they would plead for him.

It was a pity that the Earl of Changyang didn't even glance at this unfilial son. The Earl of Changyang's wife wanted to plead for him, but the Earl of Changyang pulled her aside, signaling her to shut up. The Earl of Changyang's wife didn't dare to say a word and could only lower her head and wipe her tears.

When Aunt Yuan saw Pei Yutang being taken away like that, she was in a daze for a moment, then her legs went weak and she knelt down.

"Princess, please forgive me. I was impolite. My mouth is not well-formed, and I don't know how to speak properly."

look.

That's how they learned their lesson.