NOVEL NEXT Chapter 127
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The kitchen of Lin Xuan Palace was not in the main part of the palace, but in a separate row of rooms outside the main area.
At this moment, the palace maids, including Xing’er, were all gathered around the stove, chattering, and discussing the affairs of Her Highness Nanzhu.
Suddenly there was a small, muffled sound, like something falling to the ground.
The sound mingled unobtrusively with the gossipy chatter.
“Is the food ready?”
“It’s ready early.”
“Don’t be in a hurry, it’ll be done in a little while.”
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He Yunxiao, who was still furious, looked down at Nanzhu when she was begging for forgiveness in such a pitiful tone, and in his heart he had already forgiven her a thousand times.
This is not to blame for He Yunxiao’s fickle attitude.
I mean, who could stand up to Nanzhu’s begging for forgiveness?
Imagine a stunningly beautiful 17-year-old girl standing beside you, her little hand tugging at the corner of your coat, her pretty face raised to look at you. Her face is so beautiful. Her eyes are so watery.
They are timid and pitiful at the same time.
Those beautiful eyes, clear as water, with a bit of her own guilt, but more than that, they are still pleasing to you.
She is waiting for you to forgive her.
Can anyone withstand this?
He Yunxiao just wants to ask if someone can resist this?
In his heart, He Yunxiao did not blame Nanzhu at all. To say the least, Nanzhu was desperate to save the herbs used to cure his soul-devouring pills.
Though, in his heart, he forgave her.
On the surface, He Yunxiao still had to put on an appearance.
If every time Nanzhu made a mistake, she could get away with it by being cute and pampered, then if she made mistakes unscrupulously in the future, wouldn’t he blame himself for spoiling her?
Other than that, let’s say today, once he started to give in to her a few times, Nanzhu gets aggressive, always getting away with making pitiful faces and sometimes not even saying things properly.
He Yunxiao admitted that he had made a mistake, but even if he made amends to Nanzhu, he could not let her become arrogant and bullying.
She had to be taught a good lesson.
He Yunxiao put a scowl on his face and snorted coldly, “You know you’re wrong? Is knowing that you’re wrong just lip service?”
Seeing that He Yunxiao had not the slightest intention of forgiving her, Meng Qingrou could only ask timidly, “Then, what do you want me to do?”
He Yunxiao continued to snort coldly.
“I don’t want to do anything. I know you are desperate for medicinal herbs. But no matter what it is for, you can’t risk your life. Just now, if I hadn’t been very good at light skills, maybe, if I had gone to save you, we would both have been pinned down. Since I have martial arts skills, I wouldn’t have died if I was pinned down for a while, but you, a simple woman, would have died if you were smashed like that.”
Meng Qingrou shrank back and said, “Nanzhu knows she is wrong.”
He Yunxiao said, “Yes, you know you are wrong, what should we do?”
Meng Qingrou put down the basket, ran to another part of the room, and searched for something, then came back with a ruler. (Notes: Scale)
She gave the ruler to He Yunxiao with both hands, then joined the little fingers of her two small hands together against her little thumb, bringing the white palms of her hands upwards, in front of He Yunxiao.
“In the past, when Nanzhu made mistakes, it was this ruler that mother used to teach Nanzhu a lesson.”
He Yunxiao weighed the ruler and asked, “How many times?”
“At that time Nanzhu was negligent in her medical studies, so mother hit Nanzhu five times. Now …… Nanzhu has made a big mistake, so you, you can hit her ten times.”
He Yunxiao touched the solid wood ruler, and then looked at Nanzhu’s tender little hand.
After all, he did not have the heart to hit her hard. With the force in his hand, He Yunxiao struck the ruler on Nanzhu’s hand.
Even so, Nanzhu’s little hand was still red from the hit, and her two little hands kept trembling.
He Yunxiao’s heart was aching, but this blow was already very restrained, and there were nine more blows to come.
“Nanzhu, does it hurt?”
Meng Qingrou said with a hint of tears, “Yes. Nanzhu knows it’s wrong, Nanzhu shouldn’t risk her life, please hit quickly.”
He Yunxiao did not want to hit again, although this was on Nanzhu’s body, but not only did she hurt, his own heart also hurt like hell.
He had to think of a way to teach her a lesson and not make her feel so bad.
He Yunxiao placed the ruler on Nanzhu’s hand without hitting her, but said, “Hold it with both hands and don’t let go.”
Meng Qingrou obediently held the ruler. Her arms no longer needed to be held up, so they hung naturally in front of her body. At this point it looked as if her hands were tied by a rope.
He Yunxiao sat down on the chair and patted his thigh, “If I really break your hands, there will be no one to make potions for me. Come over here and lie on my lap for a change.”
Looking at He Yunxiao’s attitude, Meng Qingrou vaguely knew what way he was planning to teach himself a lesson in a different way. Both hands subconsciously clenched the ruler and hesitantly walked over to He Yunxiao’s side.
Then, hesitantly, she leaned down and got on He Yunxiao’s lap.
Both hands could not protect the poor buttocks because they needed to hold the ruler. In this way, it was the same as handing over this one important place all into He Yunxiao’s hands and letting him teach her a lesson.
He Yunxiao kindly reminded, “Nanzhu, nine strokes.”
“Mm.”
Meng Qingrou was already too red-faced to speak as she made such a humiliating pose and was about to face an even more humiliating lesson.
Without further ado, He Yunxiao brought forth a crunching sound with a wave of his hand.
“Slap!”
Meng Qingruo clutched the ruler with both hands and lowered her head without uttering a word. Spanking was not painful compared to a spanking on the palm of the hand, but the tingling sensation that arose from contact with the large hand was very strong. It was something that a lesson like a hand spanking did not have.
Moreover, Meng Qingruo understood that this spanking was different from all the previous ones.
In the past, it was always him taking advantage of her lack of attention and spanking secretly. This time, on the other hand, it was herself who had taken the initiative to pose and deliver it to him for a lesson.
“Slap!”
Soon, a new tingling sensation interrupted Meng Qingruo’s thoughts, and she was now filled with this signal of a crispy and tingling sensation that spread throughout her body with the ringing sound.
He Yunxiao was mentally reciting the Peach Blossom Story, while his mouth questioned Nanzhu.
“Know it’s wrong?”
“I know.”
“Do you dare to do it again?”
“I don’t dare.”
“What if you make a mistake again in the future?”
Meng Qingrou bit her lip and didn’t say anything.
He Yunxiao struck again and asked again, “What if you make a mistake again?”
“If you make a mistake again, please punish me, Young Master.”
“How to punish?”
“A spanking, a spanking on the bottom.”
“Spank who?”
Meng Qingrou became quiet again.
He Yunxiao sent the ninth “lesson” and asked, “Who?”
“Nan, Nanzhu.”
Almost, almost, almost, if he continued, he would not be punishing Nanzhu, but himself.
He Yunxiao said, “Nanzhu, get up, from now on you have to value your life above all else, anything else, Nothing else is more important then your life.”
Meng Qingrou got up from He Yunxiao with a blushing face, and after standing up, her hands were still honestly holding the ruler.
He Yunxiao said, “Nanzhu, you don’t need to hold this ruler.”
Meng Qingrou blushed red, “Ah.”
Then, as if the whole person was rebooting, the ruler was still held in her hand, with no intention of letting go.
He Yunxiao reached for the ruler and said, “Good girl, let go of the hand and give me the ruler.”
Only at this time did Meng Qingrou honestly let go of her hand and gave the ruler to He Yunxiao.
He Yunxiao put the ruler on the table and turned his head to see that Nanzhu was actually still the same as she was just now, not saying a word and standing obediently beside him.