"Master of the house, you'd better go to the hall of punishment! The family rules must be enforced against those who break them."

  Grandma stared at the paper ball, took a deep breath and leaned back in her chair. Tang Min, who had just left, suddenly rushed back.

  "What's all the fuss about?" Grandma glared at her: "You've broken the rules, you should be punished, what am I supposed to do?"

  "But what they want to get rid of is that Hua Rou..."

  "Who?" Grandma sat up straight in surprise.

  "Hua Rou, is that the one who was with Mu Junwu..."

  "Let's go!"

  Grandma immediately ran out of the main hall with her cane, and Tang Min hastily followed behind.

  Admiring you, I stood behind the curtain and waited for half a day, listening to the footsteps of those two people fade away before coming out.

  Is Hua Rong? How could she...

  Longing for you, I stepped out in a daze and my foot landed on that piece of paper.

  He squatted down and picked it up, unfolding it, and the person immediately stopped in his tracks.

  "A thorough investigation reveals a suspected Chu State traitor infiltrating the Tang clan; if found, eliminate them."

  The sentence on the paper, without a head or tail, exploded in his heart like thunder.

  Just as Mu Junwu was shocked, there was a dispute in the courtyard of Jia's house.

  "Tang Feiyan, this is outrageous!"

  Tang Xiao angrily scolded Tang Fei Yan, he never expected that she would actually slander Hua Rou for secretly entering the forbidden land!

  "Who has been splashed with blood?" Tang Feiyan's expression was agitated, she glared at Tang Xiao, but her hand pointed to Hua Rou beside him: "I saw with my own eyes that you pulled her out of the forbidden land, how could you still want to cover up for her?"

  "Tang Feiyan!" Tang Xiao stared at Tang Feiyan and warned: "I remind you, people value kindness, heaven has a righteous way."

  Tang Feiyan was stunned for a moment, and she looked at Hua Rou.

  "I've never entered the forbidden land!" Hua Rou calmly faced Tang Fei Yan: "I can swear, I haven't..."

  "You did!" Tang Feiyan suddenly roared at Hua Rou like a madman: "I saw it clearly, you went in! They all saw it too!"

  Tang Feiyan pointed at Chang Jin and A Luo who were watching from the side, and the two of them immediately nodded in agreement.

  "That's right! I saw with my own eyes that you were caught by Master Tang Xiao outside the forbidden area!"

  "You begged Tang Xiao Shixiong not to expose you, and he agreed only because he's softhearted!"

  Slander comes so easily, Hua Rou can't believe her eyes as she looks at these two unrelated fellow sisters, and doesn't understand how they can fabricate such lies.

  "Aren't you afraid of having your tongues cut off for slandering me?"

  "Who insulted you? We are talking about facts!"

  "You have the guts to do it but not to admit it?"

  Chang Jin and A Luo were not ashamed at all, but instead put on a righteous and majestic appearance, which caused the surrounding disciples to discuss and speculate.

  "Let's go! Flower Soft, we're leaving!" Tang Xiao reached out and grabbed Flower Soft, pulling her along as they headed outside.

  Tang Lei walked into the courtyard of the Punishment Hall at this time: "Tang Xiao! This is the Punishment Hall, not a place for children to show off!"

  Tang Xiao's footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

  Tang Feiyan also caught up at this moment, and with one hand, she forcibly pulled open Tang Xiao's hand that was holding Hua Rou's.

  "Xiao Ge! The rules are the rules, if you break them, you'll be punished to death! You're covering up for her like this, could it be... that there's something between you two that can't be revealed?"

  The words were like a raging fire that stirred up the surrounding onlookers and also made Tang Xiao's mind buzz with excitement!

  "Tang Feiyan!" Tang Xiao's face turned red with anger: "I've known you for many years, and I've always thought you were kind-hearted, but I never expected that you could fabricate rumors and stir up trouble, turning black into white. You..."

  "That's enough!" Seeing Tang Xiao scolding his own daughter, he hastily stepped forward to interrupt: "What kind of example are you setting by quarreling like this? Is there still justice in the sect?"

  Tang Lei said as he turned his head to look at Tang Zhan, the hall master of Xing Tang Hall who had been standing aside for a long time: "Hall Master, please handle this according to the rules!"

  "Slow!" Tang Xiao didn't wait for Tang Jian to finish speaking, and hastily said: "Both sides each have their own words, even the master of the hall can't mete out private punishment, let's ask Du Mu and Granny to come and judge instead!"

  Tang Xiao finished speaking and immediately ordered a disciple who was watching from behind: "Dai Nian, you quickly go and inform Duxiu and the old lady to come over."

  Dà Nián is a disciple of àn Qì Fáng. Seeing Táng Xiāo's instruction, he responded with a sound and immediately ran out.

  Tang Feiyan stepped forward intending to speak, but Tang Lei lightly cleared his throat and signaled her with a glance to stop.

  Seeing the warning in her father's eyes, Tang Feiyan was very reluctant but could only force herself to hold back, knowing that with her father around, she would not be at a disadvantage.

  "Wow! So many people!"

  Tang Liu told Tang Ji about his plan to challenge Mu Junwu's new project, and as he passed by the Xing Hall, he was attracted by the three layers of outer disciples at the entrance.

  "Who's getting punished? So many people are watching, I want to take a look too."

  Tang Liu'ersaid and ran towards the gate of the execution hall, Tang Ji followed quietly behind him with a cold expression.

  Tang Liu rushed to the gate of the courtyard and grabbed a disciple beside him: "What's going on? Who is being punished?"

  "Feiyan Shijie caught Tang Xiao Shixiong covering up for Hua Rou and brought her to the Punishment Hall."

  "Protect?" Tang Liu was taken aback: "What did Hua Rou do that needs protection?"

  "Trespassing in a forbidden area."

  Tang Liu's eyes widened, and then he relaxed his grip on the young monk's clothes as he tried to squeeze inside. However, Tang Ji pressed a hand onto his shoulder: "Don't go!"

  "It's Hua Rou, she wouldn't do something like this, I have to go..."

  "No way!"

  Tang Liu looked back at Tang Ji in confusion: "Why?"

  Tang Jing's expression was gloomy and cold: "There's something going on with the family business, don't get involved."

  "But..."

  "Grandma's here!" A sudden loud shout interrupted Tang Liu'er's explanation, and Tang Ji immediately pulled Tang Liu'er to one side, while the other disciples also made way.

  Grandma strode in quickly with her cane, and Tang Liu immediately followed her, trying to slip inside. Tang Ji naturally grabbed his collar and wouldn't let him enter.

  "When friends are in trouble, one has no choice but to help." Tang Liu'er looked at Tang Ji and spat out eight words. Tang Ji seemed helpless and finally sighed: "Only looking is allowed, don't get involved."

  Tang Liu nodded twice, like pounding garlic: "No problem!"

  Tang Jian loosened his collar, and Tang Liu's two muddy loaches immediately squeezed in. Tang Jian naturally went in with a cold face as well.

  Grandma arrived, and Tang Lei, Tang Jian, and Tang Xiao all immediately went up to greet her.

  "Master of the Gate!"

  "Master of the Gate!"

  "Grandma."

  Grandma glanced at the two of them, changed from her hurried pace to a slow and leisurely one, silently walking past them with her cane, and stopped in the center of the prison courtyard.

  Tang Xiao saw this and immediately moved a chair over to place behind Grandma, supporting her as she sat down.

  "Grandma..." Tang Xiao was about to speak up, but Grandma raised her hand to stop him, and then her gaze turned to Tang Lei.

  Tang Lei naturally took two steps forward to speak, but Grandma's icy gaze swept over Tang Jian again, and Tang Lei could only close his opened mouth.

  Her grandmother didn't make a sound, she slowly swept her cold gaze over the crowd in the courtyard, and it was as if the entire courtyard had fallen silent, with everyone not even daring to take a deep breath.

  However, there is one exception - Tang Liu'ertu.

  As soon as he came in, his eyes fell on Hua Rou, and even though Grandma's eyes were sharp at this moment, he didn't notice it, and just stared straight at Hua Rou.

  Her eyes shifted from Tang Liu'er to Hua Rou, and she saw the two tear marks on Hua Rou's face, as well as the swelling on one side of her cheek. Despite this, she held her head high, with no fear in her eyes, only stubbornness and anger.