They were in charge of being beautiful, and she was in charge of taking the hits.

Chapter 221 2 Big Board

Sima Lingchuan saw that he looked puzzled and didn't seem to be faking it. He wasn't in the room, so could he have been at Han Yuxiu's place last night?

Han Yuxiu saw the two of them there and walked over as well.

He felt a little intimidated by their gazes and asked with a frown.

"I also said I was going to change her dressing, but where did Wu Ziyan go?"

Everyone:? !

They asked in unison, "Isn't it with you?"

Huang Ziliang shook his head, and Han Yuxiu also shook his head.

This is in Jiu'an Prefecture. Without a title or status, how could she possibly steal the husband's time?

"Ziliang, but I did see you and Ziyan in the room from a distance last night, didn't I?"

“Alright, Mr. Huang, Wu Ziyan is injured.”

"What kind of spell did you cast on him? Why did he come to you even when he was injured?"

"You two have probably misunderstood. Perhaps the silhouette that Mr. Lingchuan saw last night was my paper cutting."

"So where did Wu Ziyan go?" Han Yuxiu was still clutching a roll of bandages in his hand, his eyes filled with doubt and confusion.

Huang Ziliang looked thoughtful. If Wu Ziyan were to go out, how could she not greet them?

But why did he suddenly leave in such a hurry? Could it be that something important is going on?

Mo Baiyun did not return either. Unless there were special circumstances, he was usually inseparable from Wu Ziyan.

It's very likely that she's with Mo Baiyun.

Sima Lingchuan looked anxious, but he couldn't show it, since Wu Ziyan wasn't under his management of the mansion.

"But what if His Highness comes down and finds that Wu Ziyan isn't here?"

"Gentlemen, it's possible that Miss and Xiaoyun are together, but for some reason they haven't returned, Ziliang has no idea."

Both of them looked at him, and his mind quickly analyzed the situation, arriving at the most likely answer. They had to admire him.

Just as Wu Chengye had predicted, Wu Chengji led the execution procession, almost making a racket, and paraded through the streets for quite some time before finally arriving at the gates of Jiu'an Prefecture.

The guards at the entrance were appointed by the Empress. They only let them in after seeing that Wu Chengji had come with an imperial edict.

He went inside and found the courtyard so deserted. Even if his fourth sister was a heavy sleeper, she should have woken up by now.

Sima Lingchuan came out from inside to greet them. Looking around at the executioners, he saw that they were all Wu Chengji's own people.

He could speak with peace of mind: "Your Highness, Ziyan did not return home last night. Has something happened to her?"

Wu Chengji was also confused; he hadn't actually gone to her place.

There has been no news of them, so how could they have just vanished from the mansion?

"Didn't she leave you a message?"

Everyone shook their heads. If they had left a message, they wouldn't have been in such a hurry.

Wu Chengji thought for a moment, what happened yesterday that would make her go out injured without leaving a message?

After much thought, the only news I could get was that Xiaoyun'er and the owl had been attacked.

But surely she didn't just leave without saying goodbye?

She hadn't heard anything about anything between her and Xiaoyun'er; that was the only possibility at the moment.

"She should be with Xiaoyun, but I don't know why she didn't come home all night."

The two men were once again impressed when they saw that Wu Chengji had said the same thing as Huang Ziliang.

Sima Lingchuan pressed on, "But what happened?"

"Yesterday, I sent Xiaoyun out to spread the word, but she never came back. I later heard she was injured."

Watching them chat like this, the person about to carry out the execution looked helpless.

The person to be executed wasn't even there, yet they were still standing there!

At this moment, Wu Chengji seemed to remember something important and coughed to clear his throat.

He glanced at the people holding red canes beside him and winked at them.

Huang Ziliang understood and spoke to the servants there.

"Please, sister, bring me a cotton pillow and a buckwheat pillow. I'll ask you to scream as loudly as possible later."

It's all an act, isn't it? The slapping sounds were deafening, even with the mansion gates closed.

Those watching the commotion outside could hear it all—a piercing, mournful cry: "Stop hitting me! It hurts!"

Sima Lingyu also pretended to stop them, saying, "Please, everyone, go easy on me!"

Meanwhile, the onlookers pointed and whispered among themselves, "Did you hear that? They were really badly beaten."

"That's why they say the Emperor's might is not to be trifled with. Even if you're his own daughter, you'll still get beaten!"

"With the Fourth Princess's small frame, twenty strokes of the cane would probably keep her bedridden for a month, and a heavier one might even kill her!"

"Don't speak recklessly about royal matters. Let's just live our lives as ordinary people."

Those who had been watching the spectacle dispersed as the sounds from inside ceased.

The people inside were still laughing after they finished, and no one from above came to supervise them.

Who knows if she made steamed buns or dumplings?

Wu Chengji also reprimanded him loudly a few times.

"I told you to stay home, yet you dared to leave the manor without permission. If this happens again, I don't know if you'll be able to save your life!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After saying that, Huang Ziliang ordered someone to find blood, and it was unclear whether it was pig's blood or chicken blood that they found, which was then smeared on the red cane.

When they walked out, the two canes were covered in blood, which terrified those who hadn't finished walking.

Wu Chengji feigned heartache, as if he had really seen his fourth sister beaten bloody.

Everyone in the mansion watched Wu Chengji walk away, and Sima Lingchuan even made a special appearance at the mansion gate.

His hands were red, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Those outside the scene genuinely believed that Wu Ziyan had been badly beaten, but Wu Chengye knew she was just putting on an act.

Meanwhile, Wu Ziyan in the Holy Martial Pavilion had no idea that he had been subjected to caning.

When I woke up in the morning, I found that the wound had healed a lot, but there was still no sign of scab forming.

Her second sister stabbed her deeply; she had no intention of letting her live.

Mo Baiyun didn't know if her recovery function was better than hers or what.

She was even able to walk with a limp. When she woke up, Mo Baiyun was no longer by her side.

When she sat up and felt the changes in her body, she saw Mo Baiyun standing against the door frame.

"Master, are you awake?"

"You can walk now, I really am a miracle drug."

"The master is indeed a miraculous medicine. News just came that Wu Chengye impeached you several times during court."

"The Empress hereby orders you to receive twenty strokes of the cane. Just now, you were beaten so badly in the mansion that you were covered in blood and your screams were deafening."

"Who to hit?"

"Of course, I'll hit you, Master?"

"Screaming and bloody carcasses? So who were they hitting?"

"I'll beat you up, so you'll have an excuse to stay home for a month and carry out your plans in secret."

"I was beaten to a pulp, screaming in agony. If I went out, wouldn't I give myself away?"

"Besides, I'm currently stuck in the Holy Martial Pavilion, and you said I couldn't get out either, sigh!"

"No, if our messages can't get out, then how do their messages get in?"

"Little Yun'er, did you do this on purpose?"