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Chapter 532: Chapter 535: Punished by Kneeling_1
The room was left with only one person, and everything that happened today burrowed into Yin Yinyue’s mind.
"Damn it, was I poisoned by Xuan Qing?"
"Why do I think of him every now and then?"
Just like Xuan Qing said, she wasn’t an unwed maiden, so what was there to overthink about being slept with?
Yin Yinyue gave her waist a fierce pinch, and tears of pain sprang to her eyes.
That finally chased the discordant images out of her head.
Yin Yinyue sat at her desk, where in the past, looking at account books when she was troubled would calm her heart.
But today she could barely focus for a few lines before her mind wandered again, and what she hated most was that every time she moved, something would flow out, all left behind by Xuan Qing.
"Die, Xuan Qing, may you die a horrible death!"
The next morning, Yin Zheng arrived early at the courtyard where Yin Yinyue resided.
His face was a bad color, and he made straight for Yin Yinyue’s room.
"Master, the miss stayed up late to look at the account books last night and only went to sleep very late. Why don’t you wait for the miss to wake up? I’ll tell her, and she’ll definitely come to pay her respects to you," Autumn Water blocked Yin Zheng’s path.
She was changing the Green Screen on her night shift when she saw that the light in her miss’s room was still on, so she must not have woken up yet.
Yin Zheng shook his sleeve, "No need, let her kneel at the ancestral hall for four hours."
As the head of the family, he knew perfectly well what had happened last night.
There was a custom in this area: a daughter who had married could not consummate in her parents’ home, as it would affect the family’s fortunes.
Yin Yinyue could not have been unaware of this custom, yet last night she’d allowed Xuan Qing into her room, no doubt as a deliberate act of revenge against the Yin family.
Such a malicious person was unwelcome in his house!
It wasn’t that he didn’t care about his daughter, but he cared more about the Yin family’s bloodline and legacy.
"Master, the miss didn’t want last night to happen either. How could you punish her like this?"
Autumn Water muttered under her breath.
Her miss was no match for Master Xuan San, so wasn’t it normal for him to take advantage?
Yin Zheng snorted coldly, "She knows full well what the truth is. After she’s done kneeling for four hours, let her come find me in my study. And from now on, without any particular reason, let her stay in the courtyard!"
If it weren’t for the fact that Yin Yinyue still had some use, he would have driven her out long ago!
Not long after Yin Zheng left, Yin Yinyue opened the door.
One could tell from her expression that she had heard everything Yin Zheng had said.
"Miss, don’t take what the master said to heart. He isn’t always right, and maybe some concubine filled his head with nonsense again," Autumn Water said.
Autumn Water disliked Yin Zheng’s manner but still had to speak for him.
The relationship between Yin Zheng and Yin Yinyue was that of father and daughter, and their blood ties could never be severed, no matter what. No matter how much they clashed like fire and water now, they might reconcile at any time.
Yin Yinyue smiled bitterly, "I know, next time someone comes, just say I’m sick, and I’m not seeing anyone."
"Yes, miss. You rest up," Autumn Water replied, though she was thinking why Master Xuan San, who was supposedly so good to her miss, hadn’t dealt with Yin Zheng.
Or perhaps her miss was just like any other woman, merely a plaything for amusement?
Learning that Yin Yinyue was sick made Yin Zheng very angry.
Yin Yinyue’s wings had hardened, and she was increasingly disregarding him!
Yet, almost all of the Yin family’s business relied on Yin Yinyue; she was indispensable.
He was dissatisfied with the status quo but unable to change it, so he could only seethe with internal frustration.
"Master, you should leave all your property to the eldest young miss. Otherwise, she’ll keep causing trouble and the one who ends up aggravated will still be you, master. My son will simply follow you in his studies. You’re well-learned, master, so surely my son will manage to achieve some scholarly honor in return," Yan Yi Niang said, softly patting Yin Zheng’s back to soothe his irritation.
