Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 492 - 490

Chapter 492: Chapter 490

Mrs. Li was on the verge of tears. Other people’s thousand-year-old ginseng was used to save lives, and so was her own hundred-year-old wild ginseng in critical times! How was it that they ended up benefiting that lowly woman!

The imperial doctor had said that she was just a little shocked, suffered a minor disturbance of the fetal energy and a slight cold, it was no big deal. After all, where was she from, she was just an illegitimate daughter of a county magistrate. Consuming so many good things, she was not afraid of early demise due to excessive good fortune!

...

The next day, Madam Li personally brought her grandson to the mansion of Marquis Shengping to apologize.

Li Mingjun was kneeling in front of the General Mansion’s door, with Madam Li accompanying him.

The passing people all stopped to watch the spectacle.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Di and the General’s wife’s faces darkened!

Apologizing so ostentatiously wouldn’t it make them unable to punish too harshly!

It seemed like using this kind of public spectacle, if the General’s Mansion really took action and punished heavily, others would say that they were too cruel, not even sparing a young boy. On the contrary, they were the ones who were wrong in the end, because Ming Jingya was after all, safe and sound!

If the punishment was too light, they would feel indignant! The breath of resentment didn’t vent out completely, hanging in their hearts halfway, it was better not to punish at all.

Mrs. Di knew the likes of Mrs. Li, who could not distinguish right from wrong. What if they took it too far and something like sudden death or disability happened, wouldn’t they blame it on their family!

Because Madam Li was present, Mrs. Di could only receive her personally.

After thinking for a while, she waved her hand and said, "Luckily, no great mistake was made. Just let it be, no need for a public apology. Awareness of wrongdoing is enough! Besides, since Madam Li has already disciplined the child, it’s not appropriate for me to do so. The saying goes, ’If a child is not taught, the father is to blame.’ How could we have the right to educate? Do you remember, Madam Li, when Shaowei scared Mingfang with a small snake and made a mistake, it was his father with a long stick who chased him around the martial arts training ground and beat him until he couldn’t get out of bed for a month?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Li understood that Mrs. Di was not unwilling to punish, but that she needed them to do it themselves! And it couldn’t be a light punishment! Being bedridden for a month, that must have been a severe injury!

Madam Li had no choice but to lash out with the thorny stick herself, raising her hand high with each strike, only to bring it down lightly.

Mrs. Di sneered in her heart. After all, she was his biological grandmother. Since she was reluctant to hit, why put on this show.

At each lash from Madam Li, Li Mingjun would scream.

"Ah, grandmother, your grandson knows his mistake, I won’t do it again!"

"Ah! It hurts, it’s killing me!"

...

It was very embarrassing! Mrs. Di didn’t say it out loud, didn’t show it on her face, but she rolled her eyes inwardly:

"Okay, okay, Madam Li, stop beating him. The child’s screaming is too distressing! Beating him so heavily, what if it causes any harm? I see that there’s even a bit of blood on the child’s clothes!" Mrs. Di deliberately emphasized the words ’a bit.’

Using thorns to beat someone, after so many hits, only a bit of blood came out. Could this even be called a beating?

The General’s wife walked in at this moment, and upon seeing the scene, she said, "Madam Li, are you tickling him? Shouldn’t thorns leave a bloody mess when used to beat someone? How come there’s no blood?"

Madam Li’s raised hand paused, she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and brought the thorny stick down heavily.

"Ah! Grandmother, why did you really exert force, it’s killing me..." A piercing scream echoed to the sky.

Upon hearing this, Madam Li blushed in embarrassment! This damned boy! She gritted her teeth, hardened her heart, and brought down the stick heavily!

"Ah..."

"Ah..." The piercing screams, one after the other, each louder than the one before.

Now this was truly piercing! However, the men of the Di family endured beatings without ever screaming in pain!

Mrs. Di snorted contemptuously in her heart. After a while, when her anger had subsided, she said, "Madam Li, stop, stop, for heaven’s sake. You’ve beaten him to a bloody mess. You really could bring yourself to it! As the old saying goes, ’From under the stick comes a dutiful son.’ The Li family has strict household rules, so it’s clear that Mingjun will be a good son in the future."

Madam Li looked at the bloody back of her grandson, it truly felt like the blows landed on him were aches in her heart!

This was her precious golden grandson!

"Quickly go and get some of the Jinchuang ointment bestowed by the palace for Young Master Li." Madam Li commanded.

"Mother, have you forgotten? Didn’t we send all of the Jinchuang ointment to the military camp last time?" How could the ointment bestowed by the palace be used for him? Even if it were to be given to some cat or dog, she wouldn’t give it to him. It was a grace that she did not sprinkle salt on his wounds.

"Look at me, at this old age I can’t even remember things! Quickly summon the imperial doctor!" Madam Li slapped her own forehead, remorseful.

"No need, this is only a surface wound, although it looks serious, it won’t end a life. After laying in bed for a few days, it should get better." Madam Li said with a breath of frustration. She was also somewhat angry, angry at Zhongyong Marquis Mansion for not maintaining their previous friendship.

It seems like this time they had thoroughly offended the people of Zhongyong Marquis Mansion.

"Someone go get a set of robes for Young Master Li, and then let Ping An send Madam Li and Young Master Li back home."

"No need to trouble yourselves, we will make our own way back." Madam Li waved her hand.

They couldn’t change the clothes either - she wanted the world to see Ming Jun’s injuries and witness the mercilessness of Zhongyong Marquis Mansion!

"Alright then. We won’t see you off then, but do make sure Ming Jun gets treated soon." Mrs. Di naturally said.

Madam Li let out a cold humph and left with her injured grandson for their mansion.

The commoners saw two servants supporting the barely conscious Li Mingjun, whose entire back was bloody.

This punishment was too harsh!

"What on earth did the Young Master of the Li family do that he had to personally apologise, and even got beaten this badly! His back is all bruised and battered!"

"Exactly. I didn’t expect people from Zhongyong Marquis Mansion to be this ruthless, what kind of a big grudge could this be!"

"Zhongyong Marquis Mansion is being too unkindly!"

"I heard it’s because the young master of the Li family let a mastiff loose to bite Crown Prince Di’s wife, causing her to fall into the lake and nearly die. Madam Li then took her grandson to their door to apologise!"

"No way, this is too..." malicious! The citizens did not speak out the rest, worrying about offending the people from General Li’s Mansion who were not far away. However, who would not think this way?!

Letting a mastiff loose to bite Crown Prince’s pregnant wife, no wonder they needed to apologise in person!

Attacking a pregnant woman could possibly result in two deaths! After hearing this, everyone believed that Young Master Li deserved his injuries!

"Those who let mastiffs loose to bite people should get a lesson!"

"Right, he deserves a lesson, being so reckless and unbridled!"

"Is the Crown Prince’s wife alright? Did she get bitten by the mastiff?"

"Don’t know if she got bitten, but heard that she was startled and took in some chill. She needs to rest in bed for a while."

"With this cold weather, the lake water is freezing, the Crown Prince’s wife is really pitiful! Hope she does not have any lasting illness, and the child in her belly is also unharmed."

"Shouldn’t be any problem! If anything happened, beating up Young Master Li can’t even vent half of the anger."

...

Listening to the words of the passersby, Madam Li hurried up onto a carriage and left.

The matter of Mingjun letting a mastiff loose had become so widely known amongst the common people, she wondered which family had leaked it.

Madam Li glanced at the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion and sighed.

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