Madam Qi said with a fake smile: "Marquis Ningyuan sent someone to deliver the letter in advance last night. I'm afraid it has already arrived in our capital Xuzhou.

If the Second Madam and the Second Young Master have nothing else to do, please go into the mansion and wait for a while. The masters will surely return within an hour."

Lan Wanshuang's face turned pale and blue. Although she was a woman, she knew about the earth-shaking events in Tianqi Country that were known to all the people.

Among them are the palace coup that led to the current emperor's succession to the throne, and the reputation of Ningyuan Hou for his fierceness and warlike skills.

Knowing that his son had offended Lin Yuru, Ning Yuanhou rushed to Xuzhou from the capital overnight, clearly to call him to task.

Today, the Yongning Marquis's Mansion is not as glorious as it used to be. If the Ningyuan Marquis got furious and killed his son with a sword, given the Ningyuan Marquis's current status and identity, the Xuzhou Governor Cao Peng would simply turn a blind eye.

Her son is not the son of Marquis Yongning, so Marquis Yongning can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Even when this matter reached the ears of His Majesty, Ning Yuanhou angrily executed her son on the grounds that her son had bullied Lin Yuru, a widow and helpless person.

Right now, both the northern and southern borders are in turmoil. Your Majesty is in need of people, so why would he bother with the Marquis of Ningyuan just because of an unknown member of the marquis's side branch who committed a crime and was demoted?

I am afraid that the emperor will be furious and this incident will bring disaster to the entire Yongning Marquis' Mansion.

Thinking of this, Lan Wanshuang was in a panic, and said with trembling lips: "Since there are distinguished guests in your mansion, I will not bother you anymore. I will come another day!"

As soon as she finished speaking, without waiting for Nanny Qi to say anything else, Lan Wanshuang, who was holding Nanny Meng's hand, was already sticky with cold sweat, and turned around and left in a hurry.

Nanny Qi looked coldly at the departing carriage of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, smiled coolly, and turned to walk into the mansion.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of the Yongning Marquis's mansion, Lan Wanshuang had no time to care about her own injuries. She pulled Zhu Xian out of the carriage and hurriedly trotted towards the Yongning Marquis's study.

Before noon, the Yongning Marquis and his wife, Lan Wanshuang, and Zhu Xianzhi came to the Lin Mansion.

Yongning Hou personally knocked on the door of Lin Mansion. As soon as the servant opened the door, Yongning Hou smiled gently and said, "Please inform the master of Lin Mansion that Yongning Hou and his wife have come to apologize with their bastard nephew."

Upon hearing this, the servant did not turn around to report, but made a gesture of invitation, "The master and the mistress have instructed that if the Marquis of Yongning and his wife come, I will personally take you to Liuxiang Garden."

On normal days, the Marquis of Yongning would only respond with a gloomy face. At this moment, he was nervous and clasped his fists towards the servant and said, "Thank you!"

A group of people from the Yongning Marquis' Mansion followed the servant into the Lin Mansion.

With every step Zhu Xianzhi took, the skin on his buttocks felt like it was being repeatedly grilled on a stove, so his steps inevitably became slower.

Yongning Hou turned around and saw that Zhu Xianzhi was lagging behind. He took out a small whip from his sleeve, turned around and strode to Zhu Xianzhi. Without saying a word, he whipped Zhu Xianzhi's left arm hard and scolded him:

"You're as slow as an ant. Why don't you take bigger steps?"

No matter how much pain Zhu Xianzhi felt, he dared not make a sound. He could only limp and hop closely following.

The servant received secret instructions from Madam Qi and walked quickly on purpose.

Before entering the inner courtyard, Zhu Xianzhi's back was already sweating from the pain, soaking his clothes.

The servant stopped outside the gate of Liuxiang Garden and said to the old woman in front of the gate, "Please inform Madam that the people from Yongning Marquis' Mansion are here."

The old woman responded and went in to report. The servant said to the Marquis of Yongning, "My Lord and Madam, please wait a moment."

After saying this, the servant turned and left.

Yongning Hou's eyes rolled, and he held the whip and swung it fiercely at Zhu Xianzhi's left arm again, "Why don't you kneel down?"

"Paji!"

Before Marquis Yongning could say anything else, Zhu Xianzhi had already knelt on the ground.

He felt it was a blessing that he didn't have to walk at this moment.

Aunt Qi came out quickly to greet them. She glanced at Zhu Xianzhi who was kneeling on the ground and pretended to be shocked and asked, "Why are you kneeling here, son-in-law?"

Yongning Hou bowed politely and said, "I was not a good teacher, so I brought him here today to admit my mistakes and accept the punishment!"

There was a "clang" sound.

A large knife with a cold glow was suddenly thrown out and stuck diagonally three inches to the left of Zhu Xianzhi. The buzzing sound of the knife scared Zhu Xianzhi so much that his heart trembled violently.

The wife of Marquis Yongning and Lan Wanshuang both exclaimed in surprise. Marquis Yongning pretended to be calm, but at that moment, cold sweat broke out on his scalp.

The next moment, a burly middle-aged man with a cold expression walked out slowly. He had a square face, eagle eyes, and two slanted sword-like eyebrows that were slightly wide, like two big swords hanging in the desert. Seeing him was like seeing the living devil.

Yongning Hou bowed to the visitor and said, "Greetings to Ningyuan Hou!"

Ning Yuanhou pretended not to hear anything, walked forward and drew his knife, glanced at Zhu Xianzhi coldly, and before Zhu Xianzhi could admit his mistake, he raised his foot and stomped Zhu Xianzhi to the ground.

Ningyuan Hou looked down at Zhu Xianzhi.

Zhu Xianzhi only felt that Ning Yuanhou was extremely tall and mighty, and the bones in his left shoulder seemed to have been crushed by Ning Yuanhou.

He raised his eyes to look at Ning Yuan Hou, wanting to say the words of apology that they had agreed upon before.

Unexpectedly, Ning Yuan Hou blocked all the light. When their eyes met, Zhu Xianzhi felt as if he had seen Yama Luo Yaksha in broad daylight. He completely forgot the words that were on his lips and could only cry for mercy.

Seeing this, Lan Wanshuang knelt beside Zhu Xianzhi, kowtowed repeatedly to Ningyuan Hou, and begged for mercy together with Zhu Xianzhi.

Suddenly, Ning Yuanhou laughed coldly from above, sneering: "If the old marquis were alive, he would be so angry to death when he saw you being so cowardly.

Such cowards who don't have the courage to fight the enemy, but have the guts to bully the weak, haha...Marquis Yongning's teaching is very good!"

After the voice fell, Ningyuan Hou took his foot off Zhu Xianzhi's shoulder and turned to look at Yongning Hou.

Yongning Hou's fingers trembled in fear, and he bowed again and said, "It was my fault for failing to discipline him, so I brought this bastard with me today to apologize to the young lady of the Lin Mansion."

"Apologize?" Ning Yuanhou chewed on these two words, and then asked: "How to apologize? Bullying my daughter-in-law is trampling on my face."

Although Ningyuan Hou moved his feet, Zhu Xianzhi was shaking all over. He did not expect Ningyuan Hou to be so ferocious. Even though his shoulder bone seemed to be broken, he dared not move, not even to breathe, for fear that Ningyuan Hou would chop him with his sword in anger.

Yongning Hou thought for a moment and sighed, "My nephew has already made a big mistake and offended Ningyuan Hou. No matter what I say or do, I'm afraid it won't make Ningyuan Hou calm down."

As he spoke, Yongning Hou looked up at Ningyuan Hou and said, "Why don't I hand him over to Ningyuan Hou and let Ningyuan Hou deal with this bastard!"

Zhu Xianzhi looked at his uncle, Marquis Yongning, in disbelief. Was he planning to use his life to settle the matter?

Just at this moment, a light cough was heard from behind. Everyone looked and saw Lin Luoling walking towards them with lotus steps, supported by the painted curtain.

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