In the middle of the night

"Miss! Miss!," yelled Ming'er.

"What's wrong?," asked QiuLan.

"Master is calling for you!" yelled Ming'er.

"In the middle of the night? I just came back and I am very tired. Why can't they just let me sleep?" asked QiuLan.

Ming'er quickly made QiuLan get out of bed.

"Oh come on!" said QiuLan. Ming'er started dressing QiuLan up.

"Where is she? Is she gonna even come? How dare she disrespect us!? I even left my concubine at the bridal chamber to see her!" yelled Li Wei. "Calm down father. There's also no need to let her come anyway, " said YaHui.

"I'm here, you know, " said QiuLan. YaHui rolled her eyes. "Let's go back to business. What happened to you during these two weeks?" asked Li Wei. "I went to the mountains to play around, " said QiuLan. "For that long?" scoffed YaHui. QiuLan nodded. "Just to play around?" asked Li Wei. "Yep. I was playing around and looking at the landscape, " said QiuLan. YaHui rolled her eyes. "What took you so long?" asked Li Wei. "I met some bandits and I got lost, " said QiuLan.

{...That's a lie. I didn't meet any bandits...}

YaHui sneered. "Did you lose your virginity?" asked YaHui. Li Wei glared at YaHui. "No. They just stole my money, " said QiuLan.

"Alright. I now know you are safe so you can go back to sleep. Goodnight, " said Li Wei. QiuLan bowed and left. "You shouldn't have let her go that easily, " said YaHui. "Are you telling me what to do?" asked Li Wei. YaHui looked scared and said, "No. I don't dare, " said Li Wei. "Good. Don't let me hear you ask QiuYing if she lost her virginity or you would get a punishment, " said Li Wei. "Understood, father. Are you going to go to mother yet?" asked YaHui.

"No. I am busy now since she came back, " said Li Wei. "What?! Just because of her, you won't go to my mom! That b****!" yelled YaHui. Li Wei smacked his hand on the table and stood up. "How dare you?! She is still your sister! You shouldn't say that!" yelled Li Wei. "I don't care if she's my sister or not! Her mother crept onto your bed and then became your wife. What about my mom?! You loved my mom so deeply before but because of that slut, you married her instead of my mom! I hate that slut and her daughter!" yelled YaHui. "She's not a slut! Before because of QiuYing, I won't go visit your mother just for today but since you said those rude and arrogant sentences, I won't visit her for a week!" yelled Li Wei.

YaHui fell on the floor. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. Please calm down. Please visit my mother, " said YaHui. "Get out!" yelled Li Wei.

YaHui ran out of the room crying. She didn't have time to turn back to see somebody that was overhearing their conversation.

{...So, he's not that bad of a father. He is so cool! Beat her up! Haha! This is funny!...}

"Are you done? You can come out now."

QiuLan stepped out of her hiding place and smiled at Li Wei.

"Why were you listening to our conversation," asked Li Wei. "To see if you're actually that bad of a father, " said QiuLan. "Am I that bad?" asked Li Wei. "Not that bad. You still know the difference between right and wrong, " said QiuLan. "I'm not that bad? That's nice. I thought I was very bad." "Nah. You do stand up for what you think is right so you're not that bad, " said QiuLan.

"What's wrong with you these days? General Li said you were more polite and smarter these days. Tell the truth, " said Li Wei. "When I met the bandits, they also captured me. The bandits were mean and arrogant. They fought against each other on how powerful and how rich they are. Some died and others thrived. I thought that they were very stupid. They reminded me of how I acted. I didn't want to end up like them so I started to change, " said QiuLan. "It's very good that you are changing for the better, " said Li Wei. QiuLan smiled and nodded.

"Can you help me?" asked QiuLan. "What is it?" "I want you to not be that nice to me. I just want you to act in front of our family that you don't like me, " said QiuLan. "Okay. But I probably would hit you or something. So you mustn't hate me. I won't lie to the Emperor though, " said Li Wei. "It's alright. Thank you. It's late now so I won't bother you now, " said QiuLan. QiuLan left and walked back to her room.

"How was it?" asked Ming'er. "It was fine, " said QiuLan. "That's good. I was afraid they would try to hurt you, " said Ming'er. "YaHui looked like she wanted to but too bad, " said QiuLan. "You must be tired, miss, " said Ming'er. QiuLan nodded and Ming'er got QiuLan ready to sleep.

{...A good show is coming up...}

At the same time, YaHui ran to her mother's room and started crying. "What's wrong?" asked her mother. "Father is not going to sleep with you, " said YaHui. "What! Why?" yelled her mother. "That woman is back so father is now busy, " said YaHui. "She should have died with her mother that year!"