freenovelworld Chapter 52: Receiving Punishment
Chapter 52: Receiving Punishment
Gan Luo frowned deeply.
She walked lightly to Lin Fengmian, leaned in and took a sniff. To her surprise, it really did smell of alcohol.
Lin Fengmian remained silent.
Gan Luo replied with a cold expression: "I want to know why you're drinking."
Lin Fengmian heard what Gan Luo said and didn't know how to do it.
It was as if he were mute, remaining silent.
Gan Luo was very displeased and was about to use his folding fan to give Lin Fengmian a good beating.
But for some reason, Gan Luo felt a little reluctant to part with it.
"Tell me properly, why did you go drinking?"
Lin Fengmian suddenly knelt down on the ground.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I cannot tell you. I am willing to accept the punishment."
There was something that Gan Luo couldn't possibly know, something he genuinely couldn't understand.
Lin Fengmian then went directly to the punishment room to receive twenty strokes of the rod.
The people in the punishment room knew that Lin Fengmian had come to collect his beating, and they all hesitated for a moment.
They all understood that Lin Fengmian was a favorite of Gan Luo.
But why is Lin Fengmian here voluntarily to accept punishment?
They were all very eager to know about this.
They then whispered and discussed it amongst themselves.
"Do you think we should ask Her Highness the Princess?"
One of the men, who appeared to be in his early twenties, stroked his chin and whispered to the man next to him.
This person heard what the man said.
"I think we could speak to Her Highness the Princess about it."
As soon as Guan Bai arrived, he saw his men gathered in one place.
For a moment, I didn't quite understand.
What are you all doing?
They heard a stern voice, and when they turned around, they saw that the official had arrived.
"Greetings, Your Excellency. We were merely discussing some..."
They all hesitated, unsure whether they should speak or not.
"This Pavilion Master has not trained a bunch of sissies who can't say what they want to say."
"Guard Lin voluntarily went to the punishment hall and received twenty strokes of the rod, but Her Highness the Princess has not given any information. We subordinates do not know whether he should be beaten or not."
Lin Fengmian came here alone to receive twenty strokes of the rod, but Gan Luo didn't give any news. What's going on?
"Don't hit me yet, I'll go and ask the princess."
On their way to see the princess, they unexpectedly encountered Pigsy.
"Oh, Commander Yuan, what a coincidence!"
"If Pavilion Master Guan has the time, he'll come here in person. Shouldn't Pavilion Master Guan be training new recruits in the Punishment Pavilion?"
What is this Hall of Punishments? The Hall of Punishments is naturally used to deal with people who have made mistakes.
However, it was not ordinary people who were dealt with.
The ones who were punished were the people under Gan Luo who made mistakes.
"I have come here to ask the princess a question. Do you know where she is?"
"If I'm not mistaken, Her Highness seems to be in a bad mood. If you, the Pavilion Master, go there later, Her Highness might..."
"Is Commander Yuan afraid that Her Highness the Princess will bring trouble upon me?"
Guan Bai told Bajie that Gan Luo was not an unreasonable person.
Guan Bai then found Gan Luo, only to find him sitting in the courtyard by the lotus pond, lost in thought.
As luck would have it, Shangguan Mufeng arrived here.
Upon seeing Gan Luo, he was momentarily puzzled by his appearance.
Why is Gan Luo sitting here alone in a daze, without a maidservant by his side?
Looking behind Gan Luo, one could see that Green Bamboo and Jade Bamboo were keeping a certain distance from him.
"Green Bamboo, what exactly is wrong with Her Highness the Princess?"
I was in a pretty good mood this morning, but by this afternoon, my mood has definitely turned so bad.
"Sigh, I don't know what happened either. Her Highness the Princess was perfectly fine before."
Shangguan Mufeng walked up to Green Bamboo and Jade Bamboo and asked them a question, but to his surprise, neither of them knew why either.
Gan Luo picked up his sword and began practicing it right there.
The sword's edge is extremely sharp.
Even though Shangguan Mufeng was several meters away from Gan Luo, he could still sense it.
However, I could also sense the anger in Gan Luo's heart.
He was very curious about who had provoked Gan Luo to this point, and why Gan Luo hadn't punished him.
A middle-aged man walked up to Gan Luo and respectfully bowed.
"How come you have time to see me, Your Excellency?"
"Your Highness, I have come here to tell you something."
Gan Luo was very curious, wondering what the official was going to say.
“Your Highness, this Guard Lin has come to the Punishment Hall and voluntarily accepted twenty strokes of the rod. I am now unsure whether to take action against him, so I am asking Your Highness for advice.”
Unexpectedly, Lin Fengmian actually went and received twenty lashes. Gan Luo threw the sword in his hand to the ground.
The crackling sound echoed through the air.
They could all clearly sense that Gan Luo's anger had intensified.
"I think this Guard Lin is getting bolder and bolder. He actually went to drink alone without telling me why, and now he's even volunteering to take the punishment. If I don't grant his wish, wouldn't I be letting him down?"
In that instant, Guan Bai suddenly realized that Gan Luo was clearly angry at Lin Fengmian.
Before arriving here, Guan Bai had already smelled alcohol on Lin Fengmian.
However, according to Guan Bai's understanding of Lin Fengmian's personality, Lin Fengmian would never drink alcohol casually.
At the time, everyone thought that Lin Fengmian might have picked up the smell of other people's alcohol, but they never expected that he was the one who had drunk it.
But Lin Fengmian's alcohol tolerance is just too high? After all, his complexion looks no different from usual.
"Your Highness, since you have said so, then I will do as you say. If anything goes wrong, I hope Your Highness will not blame me."
"I will not blame you. I think thirty or forty lashes are a bit too much. Fifteen lashes will teach this guard Lin a lesson."
As expected, Gan Luo still couldn't bear to hurt Lin Fengmian.
Lin Fengmian was a secret guard; he had endured all sorts of suffering since his birth.
For Lin Fengmian, receiving fifteen strokes of the cane is a piece of cake.
Gan Luo suddenly realized that he had lost his composure.
She clearly possesses mind-reading abilities and can directly use them to read Lin Fengmian's thoughts.
How could I have forgotten such an important thing now?
Gan Luo was filled with regret at that moment, but unfortunately it was too late for remorse.
Seeing Gan Luo walking back and forth, Shangguan Mufeng was seeing Gan Luo in such a girlish manner for the first time, and naturally, he had different thoughts about her.
But Shangguan Mufeng also understood that there was a rift between him and Gan Luo, a rift that could never be reversed in this lifetime.
They were worlds apart; how could he possibly be worthy of Gan Luo?