Volume 1 Chapter 54 Punishment

  "Then kneel down! If you don't want to kneel, tie yourself up and kneel! Whoever makes a mistake must be punished! No one can be an exception! You, Xie Wenbao, cannot be an exception either!"

  Xie Wenjing coldly finished speaking and swept a chilly glance around the people in the room.

  Third Uncle and Third Aunt saw the situation, silently pulling their son and daughter away. This child is still young, not well taken care of, will definitely be ruined in the future. If Wenjing can take care of him, it's naturally good.

  Xie Wenjing's parents saw their daughter's cold eyes, although they didn't want to punish their son by making him kneel, but also didn't know how to persuade their son not to return to that house in Yangzhou. If things continued like this, who knows what kind of person the child would become.

  Forget it, out of sight, out of mind. Let Wenjing handle him then! I couldn't bring myself to do it, fortunately my daughter has a mind of her own.

  Xie Chengyu slowly dragged her feet, about to leave the main hall. Dujuan saw the look in her daughter's eyes and felt uneasy in her heart, not daring to speak out, could only cry as she followed her husband out of the main hall.

  Xie Wenbao was frightened by the situation, his parents had left, and his older sister would not forgive him. So Xie Wenbao chased after them, grabbing his mother's arm: "Mother, I won't go home, I won't go back to Yangzhou, I don't want to be punished! Tell my sister not to punish me! Waaahhh!"

  "Wenjing? You see Wenbao knows he's wrong, right?"

  The azalea was softened by her son's pull again.

  Xie Wenjing coldly stared at her younger brother. This younger brother had been spoiled by their grandmother in his past life, and no one could control him.

  Now there's a bit of a sprout, and Mother has softened her heart. As long as Brother thinks he's done something wrong and apologizes to Mother, it can be considered settled. Isn't that the same as before, giving Brother an excuse for his reckless behavior?

  "Since you know you did wrong, then accept your punishment! Since little brother has a good attitude in admitting his mistake, he should kneel for half a day!"

  Xie Wenjing looked at her brother with a lukewarm expression.

  Xie Wenbao suddenly shouted at Xie Wenyin: "You are the one who doesn't respect your parents! Mother has already told you not to punish me, but you didn't listen. You should be punished to kneel for a whole day!"

  Xie Wenbao is dead, and Mother has spoken up, but Big Sister still won't let it go. What's the point? She doesn't listen to Mother's words anyway! She should be punished to kneel for a day! No, punish her to kneel for two days, and let her control me!

  "Du Ma, tie him up and make him kneel! If you do something wrong, you have to accept the punishment. Without these laws and clan rules, everyone would just say they were wrong and not be punished. That would only encourage people to keep doing wrong things. Who would be afraid of doing wrong if all they had to do was admit it verbally?"

  Xie Wenjing still said coldly, not only to her brother but also to her parents, knowing that they pitied and felt guilty towards her brother, but now was not the time to pity or feel guilty for him.

  At this time, don't let my brother know that anyone who does something wrong must bear the consequences of doing something wrong, including myself. In my past life, I did something wrong and paid with the lives of my whole family. This life will not pay such a heavy price again.

  It's Grandma who should pay the price this life, she was wrong! It's time for her to take responsibility. Xie Wenjing thought of the price of the previous life, and her eyes almost froze into ice.

  Du's mother thought of her daughter's suffering and struggle, and ignored Old Lady's reluctance, quickly stepping forward to bind the young master.

  This young master is beyond help, at such a young age, not only does he follow the people in the courtyard to gamble, but also lavishes large sums of money on the fox-like servant girls. What will become of him when he grows up? What kind of family fortune can withstand such losses?!

  "Help! Father and mother, elder sister is going to kill me! Help! Father and mother, help! Waaahhh!" Xie Wenbao cried out in a hoarse voice.

  Xie Wenjing walked over to her parents and pulled them along as she saw them out.

  "Dad, mom, I won't harm my younger brother. Although he was spoiled by grandma, at his age, he should know better. If everyone in the family keeps protecting him, he'll become even more arrogant and disobedient."

  It's pitiful to see him being punished now, but as long as your brother understands that he will be punished no matter what wrong he does in the future, he won't take advantage of any of you.

  "That's how your uncle was spoiled by his mother, you can't be like that too!"

  Xie Wenjing gently persuaded her parents, explaining her doubts about punishing her brother.

  "Wenjing, you go! Father hopes you'll keep him company more often, don't let him resent you, and also resent us! Alas, it's all my fault, I'm to blame!"

  Xie Chengyu said sadly, his footsteps also becoming lighter.

  After Azalea's sorrow, she also saw that her husband's body was somewhat unwell, and she hurriedly gathered her emotions to support him.

  "Wenjing, let go and take care of it! The child is still young, there's still time."

  Her parents' words gave Xie Wenjing confidence, as long as her parents understood her heart, it was fine, even if her brother hated her now, she wouldn't let him be self-centered and get what he wanted, making him understand that everyone has their own responsibilities.

  Xie Wenjing returned to the main hall again and saw that her brother had been tied up by Du's mother.

  "You let me go! Let me go! I'll have Grandma tie you up and kneel!" Xie Wenbao saw Xie Wenyin, furious and loudly shouted, venting the hatred in his heart.

  "Letting you off is fine, but you must kneel down and accept punishment voluntarily. Our parents raised us, gave us life, provided for our food and clothing, loved us, and pitied us."

  As children, we naturally want to repay our parents. Now that Father is ill, our whole family has moved here so that we can often go to Fahua Temple to pray for blessings for Father and help him recover.

  These days have passed, and Dad's body has obviously improved compared to before. As children, we naturally rejoice for Dad and should continue to pray for him, so that he can truly recover, which is our responsibility as his children.

  Look at yourself, what have you done for your sick father?

  Have you gone to Fa Jing Temple to pray for blessings? You haven't! Have you gone to serve Father with his medicine? You also haven't! Study hard and make Father happy, have you? You even more haven't.

  Because of your disrespect towards me and your mother today, and your yelling at us, my condition has become somewhat severe. Just now when I left, I almost fell to the ground.

  "This is how you show filial piety to your father?"

  Xie Wenjing also knelt in front of Xie Wenbao, accusing him word by word. Her eyes were also red, without the previous ferocity.

  Xie Wenbao cried while listening, and after hearing this, he looked at his sister in a daze. He didn't know why his sister wasn't staring at him fiercely again, but instead seemed to be about to cry too.

  "Du's mother, bring over that 'Da Zhou Law' book of your brother's."

  Xie Wenjing wanted to take this opportunity to accompany her younger brother, teach him the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, let him know what is good and evil, and also let him know that the Great Zhou Dynasty punishes those who break the law.

  Madam Du looked at the young lady kneeling beside the young master, her heart aching with pain. The young lady was so intelligent and wise, but when it came to the young master, she still had to accompany him in punishment.

  Du's mother stood up, secretly wiped away a tear, and ran to fetch the book.

  In this silence, Xie Wenjing and Xie Wenbao both remained speechless. Xie Wenjing looked at her brother like that, in her heart hating only that old woman.

  If it weren't for her deliberate persecution of her own family, how could Father have been so seriously ill for over two years? How could Brother become so arrogant and disobedient?

  You can hate that woman all you want, but you have no choice but to steel yourself and discipline this younger brother of yours who still doesn't know what he's being punished for.

  Xie Wenbao, on the other hand, looked at his sister in confusion. Just a moment ago, wasn't she being very fierce? She was glaring fiercely at him, pulling away their parents and tying herself up, but now she's kneeling down and crying?

  Could it be that she has also done something wrong? And must suffer punishment with me? Yes, that's right, she was the one who did wrong, she shouldn't have disobeyed her mother and spared herself, she should be punished to kneel! thought Xie Wenbao.

  Du's mother handed over the divorce papers with red-rimmed eyes to Xie Wenjing.

  Xie Wenjing took over Da Zhou's law book and began to read it word by word.