The midsummer sun burns the earth, and the weather is as hot as a huge steamer.

There was a faint disconcerting atmosphere in the air.

"Quick..." Chu Lingxiao struggled to squeeze out the words between his teeth, his face as white as gold paper, "Go and take Chu Qianchen back!"

Chu Lingxiao felt his heart sank suddenly and he felt even more uncomfortable. The next moment, his eyes turned dark and his body fell to the side.

The servant was frightened and didn't care about the blood stains on his face. He called out in a word: "Mr. Marquis, Marquis..."

"Hurry, go and call the doctor!"

The servant called out in a messy breath, but Chu Lingxiao had fainted and could not hear any sound.

The Hou's Mansion suddenly became a mess.

In this regard, Shen ignored it and stroked his sleeve casually, leaving only two words: "I deserve it."

Mrs. Shen didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked straight towards the inner courtyard.

Madam Chen behind her looked back at Chu Lingxiao with complicated eyes and whispered: "Madam, the second girl... she's all right."

Chu Qianchen had already seen through everything. She said that the emperor had been planning for this marriage for a long time and was determined to win it. He would never destroy this marriage.

It's true.

Mrs. Shen walked forward in the wind and said lightly: "There is still a good show."

As Shen said, the good show has just begun.

More than half an hour later, another imperial edict came quickly. This time the person who came to send the edict was another strange middle-aged servant.

During the imperial edict, the emperor denounced Chu Lingxiao as bold as he resisted the imperial edict and was fined one year for his salary and was punished for twenty rods.

These eunuchs are the most capable of slaughtering the stick. After the word "Qin" fell, two eunuchs with slim figures immediately pressed Chu Lingxiao to the ground.

The servants of the Hou Mansion knelt all over the ground, no one dared to speak, let alone look at Chu Lingxiao and these eunuchs.

Next, the eunuch raised the stick high and then hit it heavily...

"Ba!Ba!"

He hit Chu Lingxiao's buttocks one after another, and each stroke was sturdy...

Chu Lingxiao's heart-wrenching screams rang out in the yard one after another, but he didn't dare to hide at all, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

"Ba!Ba!Ba!"

The eunuchs were counting while fighting, and they kept hitting a full twenty boards before stopping.

After the twenty-scepter punishment was finished, Chu Lingxiao had already exhaled more and inhaled less, and looked like a storm.

The middle-aged servant was no longer surprised by this, without any touch or soft-heartedness. He said lightly: "Mr. Marquis, you must know the current affairs of life."

He didn't keep any more. After saying that, he took the people away with him arrogantly, leaving the servants who were kneeling all over the ground in silence.

Until the anxious and worried voice of the lady broke the silence:

"Ling Xiao!"

The lady wearing a purple-colored braised baby walked quickly towards this side with the help of her maid, panting.

The lady's graceful face was full of distress and she said with concern: "Hurry up, help the marquis get up!"

Chu Lingxiao was in pain all over, as if he had even lost half of his life, and he was slumped on the ground like a dead fish.

The servant just helped him up, and he grinned and moaned.

"Be gentle, be careful!" The lady hurriedly said, "Ling Xiao, what do you think?"

"Where is the doctor? Have you hired the doctor?"

The lady felt so distressed that she hit her son and felt in her mother's heart. She just wanted to suffer for her son.

The servant hurriedly replied, "Madam, I have already gone to hire a doctor, I should be here soon."

The lady was so panicked that she was at a loss and asked at a loss: "What the hell is going on?" How could the emperor...

"Chu Qianchen..." Chu Lingxiao murmured.

Before the grandma could react, she saw Chu Lingxiao asking the servant impatiently, "Have Chu Qianchen brought it back?"

Although Emperor Mingti was not blamed by Chu Qianchen for his crime, combined with the words of Eunuch Ni and the middle-aged eunuch, Chu Lingxiao knew that it was probably for this matter.

What he didn't understand was why?

Even if the emperor pointed a concubine daughter as Princess Chen to humiliate King Chen, why should Chu Qianchen be the one who must?!

The lady also understood that this was the disaster caused by Chu Qianchen, and murmured "making evil".

"Not yet." The servant replied stutteringly, "The second butler has taken people to Yanghezhuang in person, and there should be news soon."

"Send someone to urge me now!" Chu Lingxiao urged, accidentally pulling the wound on his buttocks again, and his facial features were slightly distorted.

Chu Lingxiao was upset. He thought of what the emperor said on the day of the wedding, thought of Eunuch Ni, and looked at the imperial edict he had just received, and was panicked and afraid: This imperial edict was a warning given by the emperor. If Chu Qianchen did not appear at the birthday party tomorrow, then would the emperor have to...

The more Chu Lingxiao thought about it, the more anxious he became, the more ugly his face became.

"Lingxiao, don't be anxious, the person will be brought back soon." The lady comforted her in a kind voice, and then hurriedly ordered her servants, "Hurry up, help the marquis to the house."

So, under the command of the Grandmaster, the subordinates worked together to help Chu Lingxiao back to his room and let him lie on the couch.

Immediately afterwards, the doctor arrived.

The old doctor carefully treated Chu Lingxiao's wounds on his buttocks, applied ointment again, and told the servant to change the medicine twice a day. It took him half an hour to say goodbye.

Chu Lingxiao lay on the couch, motionless, and was completely in a daze, as if his energy and spirit had been pulled away.

He has never suffered such a crime in his life, because of this little bitch Chu Qianchen!

His eyes were in a turbulent tide, his hands tightly pinched into fists, and punched the couch heavily.

This punch once again touched the wound, and bursts of heart-wrenching pain came from his buttocks.

Chu Lingxiao took a breath.

"Lingxiao, don't move around!" The lady quickly pressed Chu Lingxiao's shoulder and comforted him with a good voice, but Chu Lingxiao was still frowning, and from time to time he asked if Chu Qianchen was back.

When he asked about the tenth time, the second housekeeper finally returned from Yanghezhuang.

The second housekeeper with a blue straight green face was in a hurry and looked complicated. As soon as he returned to the Marquis' Mansion, he heard that Chu Lingxiao was punished by the emperor's order.

"Mr. Marquis," the second housekeeper replied with some anxiety, "The second girl is seriously ill and cannot move, so she cannot come back."

The second housekeeper's head was bent down, and he didn't dare to look at Chu Lingxiao's face.

What?! Chu Lingxiao's face turned pale, his hands were shaking in panic, and a thought came to his mind: Could it be that Shen had already attacked Chu Qianchen?

Will Chu Qianchen...

He just felt like he was soaked in ice water, and the chill was soaking his bone marrow.

Chu Lingxiao took a deep breath and said hurriedly: "Hurry, go and bring Chu Qianchen back to the Marquis' Mansion..."

That’s right, even if someone drags you, Chu Qianchen will be dragged back.

"Yes, Marquis."

The second housekeeper had just responded, but was stopped by Chu Lingxiao in a hurry: "Wait!"

Chu Lingxiao changed his mind again and felt that it was inappropriate.

If...if Chu Qianchen dies on the road, it will be over!!

Chu Lingxiao became more and more panicked as he thought about it. His heartbeat increased faster. He frowned and said, "Go and call Dr. Xu back and let him accompany me to Yanghezhuang."

"Send someone to go with the eldest lady..."

Chu Lingxiao originally wanted Shen to accompany him to Yanghezhuang, but thinking of Shen's cold face, he was too lazy to use his hot face to stick someone else's cold butt, and then he was silent.

The lady felt sorry for her son. She was guilty today and advised: "Lingxiao, you can rest here, so I'll just go to Yanghezhuang to pick up Sister Chen."

"Mom, I must go there in person." Chu Lingxiao insisted.

He could not resist Chu Lingxiao, so the lady had to let him go and told the servants who were accompanying her that they must take good care of the Marquis.

Chu Lingxiao got on the carriage with the help of the servant. The servants of the Marquis' Mansion had already laid a thick cushion in the carriage, making Chu Lingxiao lie down in the carriage.

Even so, Chu Lingxiao still had a hard time going.

As the carriage flew, the carriage would inevitably shake. Every vibration would touch the wound on Chu Lingxiao's buttocks, as if thousands of needles were stabbed on him, which was extremely unbearable.

But at this moment, these tortures were nothing. Chu Lingxiao was even more afraid that Chu Qianchen could not really save him, and that the title of the Marquis' Mansion was ruined by him.

Chu Lingxiao was restless along the way.

The carriage took half an hour to arrive at Yanghezhuang.

Chu Lingxiao, who had been tortured all the way, was already sweating profusely, and even his middle clothes were soaked in sweat, and he was in a mess.

When the manager at the village heard that the marquis was coming, he was panicked and hurriedly came to greet him in person, nodded and bowed, prepared a carriage, and carried Chu Lingxiao to the yard where Chu Qianchen lived.

This is a courtyard located in the northeast corner of Zhuangzi. Although it is a bit remote, it is near a small lake behind the yard. Half a pond of lotus flowers are planted in the lake, and a pavilion is built by the lake.

Chu Qianchen was right beside the pavilion, standing in front of a tree of hibiscus flowers, with a graceful figure.
To be continued...