My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

Qin Junyi issued a hush-hush order after the dispute that broke up Qin Ruolan's relationship before she got married. Even Qin Mu, who was in the same city, didn't know the details, let alone Qin Junxian, who was thousands of miles away at the time.

Later, when Qin Junxian returned to the mansion to get married, Qin Junyi was busy acquiring Jizhou and Bingzhou, which were adjacent to Youzhou.

Qin Junxian didn't ask about it and kept preparing for the wedding as usual, so Qin Junyi didn't inform him specifically.

What just happened made Qin Junyi realize that his second brother's character was still somewhat subtly influenced by his mother and sister.

If he doesn't clear up the misunderstanding and let him see his sister's true face clearly, he doesn't know what he will do next time.

Thinking of this, Qin Junyi asked Shiyi, who knew best the reason for his breakup with his sister, to offer medicine to Qin Jun and tell him about the past situation.

When he issued the hush-hush order, it was not because he was afraid that everyone would know about the "favoritism" Qin Ruolan said, but because competing for favor between sisters and sisters was not a good reputation.

Now that Qin Ruolan has received the punishment from the old lady, he will save her last dignity and protect her from criticism.

His thoughts drifted to Su Yunwan, who had just been taken away, and Qin Junyi walked towards the backyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Su Yunwan blindfolded, playing the game of touching the blind with the two babies who had learned to walk. Listening to their laughter, the negative emotions in my heart immediately disappeared.

At this moment, a guard hurriedly came over: "Report to the Lord, the second young master has locked himself in the punishment room, suspected of being whipped as a self-punishment."

Qin Junyi's good mood suddenly shattered into pieces, and he turned around and left quickly.

Su Yunwan, who had already noticed him, turned his head slightly: ...What's wrong?

The Qin Mansion's punishment room has not been used much since its establishment, but today it welcomed a special person to be punished.

Qin Mu was standing in the middle of her body, kneeling in her underwear. The robe had been torn several times on the back, and blood was oozing out, making her look dazzling.

In his left hand, he held a whip, the most powerful type of whip, and struck it hard on his straight back.

With a "pop" sound, another long blood mark appeared on his back.

The skin is torn and the flesh is torn, and the pain reaches the bone marrow.

Qin Mu snorted, and his body couldn't help but lean forward. His eyes, which were always cold, couldn't help but show suppressed pain.

Even though he had endured countless pains and his ability to tolerate pain had improved, he was still affected by his special constitution and could barely stand it.

After taking a few breaths, he knelt straight again, wiped away the cold sweat, continued to hold the whip tightly, closed his eyes and raised his hand to wave it down on his back.

"Stop!" With a furious cry, the door was opened, and the whip that was supposed to be bitten on the back fell into Qin Junyi's hand.

When Qin Mu saw this, he immediately panicked. He put down his whip and grabbed Qin Junyi's hands to look at him.

A very deep wound appeared before his eyes, and Qin Mu felt pain in his heart, "Brother..."

Qin Junyi shouted angrily: "What are you doing!"

"I only wanted to vent my dissatisfaction, spoke too much to my second brother, and made the decision without permission. I used branches instead of whips. I deserve to be punished." Qin Mu lowered his head and explained.

"In that case, I failed to stop your words in time and did not reject the use of the branches. Shouldn't I also be punished?"

"No, you are the head of the family, it's different."

Even if there is a mistake, it will only be others who are wrong and only others who will be punished.

The head of the Qin family is so high on the top of the family pyramid.

Qin Junyi looked gloomy: "So in your eyes, I'm just the head of the family?"

"That's not the case..." Qin Mu defended hurriedly, but was quickly interrupted by Qin Junyi.

"That's enough, each and every one of you has contracted the bad habit of self-mutilation! I warn you, it is up to me to judge what is right and wrong. If you dare to punish yourself in private again, let's see how I deal with you!" Qin Junyi reprimanded sternly, feeling in his heart Finally I understood why Wanwan was determined not to let him hurt himself.

Qin Mu did not dare to disobey, so he could only agree in a low voice: "Yes."

Seeing that he was still obedient, Qin Junyi's depression and anger eased a little, and he ordered someone to send medicine.

Qin Mu took the medicine first: "Brother, let me bandage it for you first."

The whip was so powerful that even with just one whip, Qin Junyi's palm was left with a big gash, and the skin was torn and bleeding.

"Put it down and we won't see who is more seriously injured!" Qin Junyi glared at him angrily and applied the medicine quickly and calmly.

After the wounds of the two were treated, Qin Junyi looked at his left hand wrapped in white cloth, and then looked at Qin Muna's right hand, which was injured due to blocking the dagger and also wrapped in white cloth. For a moment, he felt ridiculous.

Qin Mu also smiled, but before the smile fully unfolded, it suddenly froze and looked troubled: "Brother, sister-in-law over there..."

Upon hearing these hesitant words, Qin Junyi's face froze.

The two brothers looked at each other, and for a moment a needle drip could be heard.

After a while, Qin Junyi started to untie the tangled straps and called the guard: "Go and tell my wife that I received an urgent report and have to go to the military camp. I may not come back until night, so she doesn't have to wait for me."

Qin Mu: "..."

A few walls away, Su Yunwan took in all this: "..."

*

On the other side, Shiyi gave Qin Jun the medicine to reduce the swelling and organized his speech: "In fact, long before the eldest lady was killed, the master received the certificate of marriage from the King of Goguryeo. After that, there were many turmoils. It was not until the late autumn of last year that he and the eldest lady mentioned.

The eldest lady's so-called love for each other is actually true that the goddess has a heart, but the king has no dreams.

At first, she mentioned to her master that she wanted to recruit me as her son-in-law, but he did not agree. A few months later, she suddenly expressed her willingness to get married. My master knew what I was thinking and refused again. He informed me about the marriage and gave her three days to think about it.

If she expresses unwillingness, the marriage will be abandoned.

But she claims that as a daughter of the Qin family, she should put justice first and responsibility first. As long as the master gives her me as a bodyguard, she is willing to marry far away. "

"How could this happen?" Qin Junxian raised his head in confusion, with a look of astonishment on his face: "Given your situation at that time, going to the Kingdom of Goguryeo was a dead end. Why didn't she think of it?"

Shiyi laughed at himself: "I know that the eldest lady has no evil intentions and wants to take the opportunity to take revenge. In her eyes, I am just a tool. And you must also know how the master will respond to her appeal."

Qin Junxian: "...My eldest brother will definitely not agree."

"Yes, because of this, the eldest lady broke down emotionally and revealed the resentment she had always buried in her heart. She hated the madam and the master who favored the madam."

Qin Junxian closed his eyes weakly. He knew what happened next without going into detail.

The biggest weakness of the eldest brother is his sister-in-law. Even if the marriage fails, Lan Lan will be sent to another house like his fourth uncle and aunt.

There is no room for her to survive in this house.

And the culprit that caused all this...