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

When the news came, Qin Junyi had just finished a set of training.

The crescent-white uniform was stained with dust and soaked with sweat, and had long since lost its original look.

"Brother Yi, why are you like this?" When the old lady saw his miserable appearance, she shivered with distress.

Qin Junyi lied: "I fell down, it's not serious."

When the old lady heard that, it was okay, and she immediately bombarded several shadow guards: "How did you do things? Why did you let the master fall? Do you have a disobedient heart?"

The shadow guards lowered their heads in a gesture of respect, without any disturbance in their hearts.

Don't say it has nothing to do with them, even if it is really their fault, they will be punished by the master or the execution hall of the Shadow Guard Camp. It is not the old lady's turn to be reprimanded, even if she is the master's grandmother.

"Grandma, my grandson is fine," Qin Junyi sat up and looked at his mother, who was kneeling on the gravel in pain, and instantly met her eyes full of pain and hope.

Qin Junyi found that there were a lot of water stains on his mother's face and head, which was obviously not sweat.

Judging from the time of the incident, it may be that she had just been forced to kneel down and pretended to be unconscious in order to escape.

This move failed to escape her grandmother's eyes. After she was splashed with cold water and woke up, her grandmother ordered people to collect a lot of gravel, ordered her to kneel on the gravel, and severely punished her.

He was once ordered by his mother to kneel on iron ropes, gravel, pebbles, etc., and he had a deep understanding of the taste of each.

She probably didn't expect that this day would come to her.

But Qin Junyi felt no pleasure of revenge in his heart, only a sour feeling.

As a son, he could not watch his mother endure the severe lynching, so he could only plead: "Grandma, my mother must have known her mistake. I hope you will be magnanimous and spare her this time."

"Ms. Pei, do you still remember how you used to be a natural mother and scolded Brother Yi harshly?" The old lady said sternly, "The reincarnation of heaven brings unfavorable retribution. From now on, you dare to disobey me again. Half a minute, I want you to experience for yourself how Brother Yi came here back then!"

Mrs. Pei's body swayed like a bell after hearing this. If that was really the case, how could she bear it?

Qin Junyi's face was tense and his heart was filled with panic.

None of those punishments were easy to bear. I just hope that my mother will be careful in her words and deeds in the future and not give my grandmother a chance to have an attack.

The other female members of the Qin family felt chilled in their hearts, fearing that they might not be able to live an happy life in the future.

The old lady said again: "This time I will let you have a taste of it. Next time, it will be useless for anyone to ask for mercy. Get up."

Qin Ruolan hurried over to help Pei get up, but due to the impact of the gravel, Pei was in so much pain that she couldn't get up at all.

Ms. Lin wanted to go over to help, but her daughter grabbed her arm to stop her again.

Mrs. Pei used to treat the two of them as servants, so why should she treat her with contempt and inferiority?

In the end, Yu Zhenzhen got up and stepped forward. Together with Qin Ruolan, she helped Pei to a cool place, and then found some ointment and applied it to Pei's injured knee.

After the Qin family returned to peace, Su Yunwan said goodbye to Ding Qiutong and her daughter, got up and walked back to the Qin family.

Seeing Qin Junyi's appearance, she guessed that he was going to recuperate and suggested, "Heat some hot water and take a bath."

"I'll just go to the stream and take a shower." Qin Junyi said with a smile.

Since he was a boy, he has been on military expeditions with his father. Every time after training in the military camp, he and others would go to the river to wash themselves like dumplings. He had long been accustomed to taking cold showers.

However, the old lady was worried: "Brother Yi, you are still injured. Don't be brave. It's better to boil warm water and rinse it. Shanshan, go and boil the water."

"Yes, grandma." Qin Ruoshan took action immediately.

The shadow guards glanced at Qin Junyi and saw that he had no objection, so they spontaneously went to fetch water, collect firewood, etc. and got busy.

After the water was boiled, several shadow guards used cloth to surround a private space. Wu Shaohan and Shi Yi took clothing and supplies while the other helped Qin Junyi to enter.

When Qin Junyi came out again, he had washed away all the dust and returned to his handsome appearance.

Su Yunwan, who was boiling medicine, saw him and smiled lightly: "It's very stuffy in the carriage. Let's go and enjoy the coolness under the tree."

Qin Junyi shook his head and wanted to sit next to her.

"You all go and have a rest, I will cook the medicine. Don't worry, I know the heat." Yu Zhenzhen just watched the medicinal materials used by Su Yunwan and knew that this medicine mainly plays the role of dredging the meridians and nourishing qi and blood.

Su Yunwan handed it to her and helped Qin Junyi sit down on the mat under the tree.

Wu Shaohan brought the tea set and fruit plate.

Everyone sat down to drink tea and chat, enjoying the rare leisure time.

*

At the landslide site, rocks and soil were everywhere.

The people who opened the way have been busy all morning, but the progress is very slow.

Just because except for the Qin family and the officials who were equipped with a few shovels, hoes and other tools, everyone else had to dig the soil with their hands.

Many people's hands were scratched by stones and grass roots and were covered in blood. But they couldn't go on strike because of this, otherwise they would be whipped and beaten mercilessly.

Cen Yiyi looked at the Qin family's shadow guards who were working quickly and well with the tools in their hands, and then looked at their palms covered with mud, feeling unwillingness and grievance filling her chest.

Once upon a time, her treatment in the Qin family was comparable to that of the eldest daughter, Qin Ruolan.

But now, Qin Ruolan is free in the camp, but she has to do the hard and dirty road construction work with the prisoners.

If she can return to the Qin family, she only needs to serve her grandmother well, and someone will naturally do these tasks for her.

Thinking of this, she once again firmly decided to return to the Qin family.

After finishing work, she and other female relatives went to the stream to clean up.

Since they had to continue working in the afternoon, others did not clean the gaps between their nails.

But she found the sharp branches and leaves, and carefully scraped the dirt from the gaps between her nails.

It would be bad if grandma saw her dirty nails and it affected her appetite and senses.

Before she knew it, she was the only one left by the stream.

"Yiyi, why haven't you washed up yet?" Seeing her delay in returning, Lu Junfeng looked for her out of fear that something might happen to her if she was left alone.

Cen Yiyi was taken aback, and her fingers were pricked and bleeding.

Lu Junfeng was heartbroken and grabbed her slender fingers and blew air to her mouth.

Cen Yiyi's ears turned red and she hurriedly pulled her hands back behind her back: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore."

The mountain breeze blew slowly and there was silence all around.

Lu Junfeng looked at the shy and lovely Cen Yiyi in front of him, and his heart suddenly became angry. He took a step forward and said, "Yiyi, I like you."

Cen Yiyi only felt embarrassed and frightened, and backed away repeatedly, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Then how long do you want to think about it?" Lu Junfeng pressed forward step by step until Cen Yiyi leaned against a big tree and had no way to retreat.

Cen Yiyi put her head aside, not daring to meet the hot eyes in front of her, "I will reply as soon as possible."

When Lu Junfeng saw her escaping, the evil fire in his heart was strong. He suddenly stepped forward to restrain her body, lowered his head and kissed her forcefully.

"Um...let me go..." As Cen Yiyi struggled, Lu Junfeng's lip was bitten.

The rusty smell of blood made Lu Junfeng even more irritated. The kiss fell like a storm, and the strong aggressiveness and predatory meaning reached Cen Yiyi, making her burst into tears.

Seeing this, Lu Junfeng slowly regained his senses. As soon as he let go of Cen Yiyi, he was slapped hard by her.

He knew that what he had just done was not a gentleman's behavior, so he endured it and kept whispering comfort: "I'm sorry, Yiyi, I like you so much that I do this..."

What responded to him was Cen Yiyi's crying that became louder and louder.