The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Chapter 1857 The Bamboo Pole for Dog Training

Then Cheng Youning turned the question around and asked Hong Jiutong, "Since you know your duties as a concubine, have you fulfilled them?"

Hong Jiutong naturally believed she had done her job. She had always respected the Crown Prince, and she was in charge of the women in his household. As for being law-abiding, that was a matter of perspective. She only said what needed to be said; wasn't that law-abiding? But ultimately, it was up to the Crown Prince to judge her! The Crown Prince's questioning of her clearly showed his extreme dissatisfaction with her!

"I have failed in my duties and acted improperly, and I beg Your Highness to punish me!"

Hong Jiutong spoke with sincerity, but Cheng Youning just couldn't stand her!

"I can see that you are neither convinced in your heart nor in your words! As a concubine, you are not obedient enough, you are restless and like to meddle in other people's business, so I will teach you a lesson! From now on, you should learn from the other concubines, think what I think, and do what I think. Even if you cannot be as virtuous as the other concubines and share my burdens, you must not criticize your husband. You must remember this: I am the husband, and you are the concubine. Husband is God!"

Upon hearing this, Shang tide nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. This kid was really good at putting on airs. She hadn't even scolded him yet, but he had already reprimanded Hong Jiutong!

Seeing her daughter-in-law kneeling in the center of the ground with tears in her eyes, Shang tide couldn't hold back any longer. She said to Hong Jiutong, "Jiutong, get up!"

Hong Jiutong didn't dare to get up. She had already offended the Crown Prince thoroughly. Her mother-in-law could support her here, but once her mother-in-law left, wouldn't everyone listen to the Crown Prince? Her life was probably going to stay like this. She no longer had any dreams or aspirations!

Just as Hong Jiutong was wiping away her tears, Cheng Youning said, "Mother, we can't let Consort Hong get up. She hasn't made a statement yet! If she doesn't admit her mistake, I'll make her kneel down. I'll see if her bones are harder or my methods are harder!"

Shang Xi was so angry she felt like her skull was about to burst open, but she suppressed it. "Son, why don't you teach her how to do it?"

When Cheng Youning saw his mother speaking to him gently, he assumed she was on his side. So he puffed out his chest even more confidently, cleared his throat before speaking, and began to speak in a affected tone: "This Crown Prince doesn't have high expectations of Consort Hong. Next time I'm punished to copy the 'Crown Prince's Instructions,' you don't have to come and help me copy it like the other consorts. However, you mustn't come to stop me or ruin my plans, and you absolutely mustn't lecture me. Since this is your first offense, I won't punish you severely this time. I'm punishing you to be confined to Mingyue Courtyard for a month and to copy the 'Admonitions for Women' one hundred times!"

Confined for a month, and forced to copy "Admonitions for Women" a hundred times! Shang Xi finally understood why Cheng Youning disliked Hong Jiutong. It was because Hong Jiutong had prevented others from helping him copy "Instructions for the Crown Prince." This was an attempt to repay him in kind!

There happened to be a small bamboo stick, about the thickness of a finger, next to the armchair. Shang tide picked it up and slapped it across Cheng Youning's back!

Cheng Youning cried out in pain and jumped up from the armchair with a "whoop!" "Mother, you've hit the wrong person! I'm your son, and your disobedient daughter-in-law is kneeling on the ground!"

"Hmph, Mother is going to beat you, you little rascal!" Shang tide glared and puffed out her cheeks, finally releasing her pent-up anger, but she held back a little when she struck!

As Cheng Youning ran, he shouted, "Mother, your son is well-behaved and sensible, why are you hitting me?"

"You're so obedient? You're so sensible?" Shang tide said, flicking Cheng Youning's bottom with a bamboo stick. "I'll settle all these scores with you one by one!"

"Mother, I did nothing wrong! Why are you hitting me!" Cheng Youning shouted as he ran, and Shang tide chased after him, hitting him all the while! The others in the room were terrified.

"Who told you to send Jiutong back to her parents' home?"

"She's meddling in other people's business. My son finds her an eyesore, so he sent her home for a few days. He didn't say she couldn't come back. Why not let her come back after my confinement is lifted!" Even after being spanked several times, Cheng Youning was still arguing back and forth with Shang tide as if he was really right!

Why do you find Jiutong an eyesore?

"Mother, this person doesn't understand her child's feelings. All the other concubines are helping her copy the 'Crown Prince's Instructions,' but Hong Jiutong doesn't help her. It's one thing for her to be blind, but she also scolds her, saying that she is lazy and cunning, no different from a commoner, and that she has gone astray! Mother, listen to this, is this what a concubine should say?"

Hearing this, Shang tide hit harder! "You confessed without being asked! I'll teach you to confess without being asked! It's a good thing I came today, otherwise I wouldn't know what you've done!"

"Didn't Hong Jiutong say anything?"

"Hong Jiutong is covering for you!"

Before Cheng Youning could react, he received two more slaps on the bottom. Yu Hua was sweating profusely with anxiety. She grabbed Shang Xi's hand and shouted to Cheng Youning, "Youning, run! If you don't run, your bottom will be in for a world of hurt!"

Cheng Youning was already fast, and with Yu Hua blocking her way, Shang tide quickly couldn't catch up with her!

Shang Xi, panting heavily, pointed at Cheng Youning, who was six or seven meters away, with the bamboo pole in her hand and said, "You stand here obediently and accept your punishment!"

Seeing that his mother's face had turned green with anger, Cheng Youning had no choice but to stand in front of her with his butt sticking out so she could spank him.

Every blow Shang Xi struck was like a blow to Yu Hua's heart! "Shang tide, you can't hit a child like that! Listen to the child's cries, they're heartbreaking!"

Cheng Youning could withstand this pain, after all, his buttocks had been spanked since he was a child. However, he would cry out, and when he cried out, Yu Hua's heart would jump, and she would stop him!

Shang tide's face darkened. "Yu Hua, if you stop me again, you're going back to the Prince Pang's residence. I must teach this unfilial son a lesson today!"

Yu Hua retorted sharply, "Shang tide, is You Ning your biological son? If you hurt him badly, you'll be the one crying in the end!"

Qiao Rong also became anxious upon seeing this and chimed in, "Yes, Your Highness, is that bamboo pole you're holding used to train Da Huang?"

Upon hearing that it was about dog training, Shang tide rolled up her sleeves and said, "That's perfect! Today I'll use this dog training stick to discipline him!"

Shang tide wanted to teach Cheng Youning a lesson, so she used force on her hands, and Cheng Youning's face twitched in pain!

Qiao Rong felt sorry for Cheng Youning. Their Crown Prince's buttocks hadn't been spanked in a long time. Although the bamboo pole was thin and wouldn't cause the skin to bleed like a cane, it still hurt a lot when it hit his body!