Die or accept

Prime minister had informed of this matter to the entire house. His anger so visible that all the people were obedient, beside one person.

As soon as she heard that not only bai lan also will marry song hui but was also chosen as the main wife and she as a mere consort she dragged her wounded body to her fathers to complain and cry.

Enough with her antics and drama he had her on the board with tied hands and feet's. Then called all the women folk along with his shu sons and daughters lined in a row.

Picking a cane he started to beat her again reopening her wounds, sensing it might leave scar he then started to beat at the soles of her feet. Not satisfied he ordered to bring salt water.

Then dipping the cane in it gave a viscious beating in her soles taking out all the anger and humiliation he felt "never learning animal, this father pampered you the most, had palace mama's envied by many to educate you, had never let you be slighted in food, clothes, jewelry or money yet you repay this father by dragging his face down.

This father had already placed a nice family set for your future, but now your idiocy had made this father be humiliated to the bones. Instead of accepting ones mistake and trying to mend, you dare to complain.

Let me teach you how offending people and being stupid is shortening ones life. You said you rather die right, good this father also don't want such stupid and disgusting daughter to live to disgust me more in future.

I will kill you by my own hands and pass on the message you died of sickness. If not you are going to act the same hideous way in duke yings house making me more humiliated than now."

Zhou xuan felt immense fear for the first time. Her fathers word and cruelty now made her realize that she has been stupid. What is she compared to her father's love towards his reputation and ambition?

She felt like she would be crippled from the beatings but none came forward to save her. Thus she could only wail like pig asking for mercy. While all the other seeing this felt fear rooted deep inside.

Especially the daughters and the sons knew it was their father reminding and warning them that if they dare to act stupid they too will face such punishment or even more considering they were just shu borns.

While prime minister continued with the beating "now you know to ask for mercy, why should this father take mercy on you, the shrew natured disgusting daughter. I know how viscious you are yet I turned blind eye thinking having visciousness will be for self protection but what you do?

You go and show your visciousness like a shrew to the entire world making this father force to apologize and accept such conditions. Making yourself unable to be placed as a respected main wife.

Song hui himself had demanded this father either to let you be a consort or not to have marriage. Why because you are a shrew gaining disdain instead of respect and care.

Let me kill you right now rather than you going to song manor and once again show your shrew behavior shaming this father."

Zhou xuan really felt she would die so she promised her father to be obedient and would not do anything to shame him in future. But still her father didn't believe her, she now regretted her every actions.

If she hadn't been so hasty then she could have bai lan removed nicely without anyone knowing but now not only she had to serve under her as a consort also couldn't do anything as she will be the first person to be suspicious.

She was now crying from her heart for loosing the position as a main wife, for loosing respect and possible love from song hui, for loosing her fathers trust and love, loosing her impression on the crowd.

Finally after beaten to the point of having no sensation she was carried back to her courtyard. Doctor came to patch her up, and expressed solemnly to be careful or she can be crippled.

Hearing the word cripple made Zhou xuan fear reach to peak never daring to anger her father again. After everyone had left her mother came and advised her to be more level headed, rather than thinking of Bai lan she should rather think of attracting song hui's love.

For her not to be foolish to do anything to bai lan for some time and even act good to her, as not to irritate song family and her father. After the situation in court is normal then she can slowly plan to remove bai lan. But for now their zhou cannot be enemy's with songs or the bais. Giving heartfelt advise her mother left her, soon she also succumbed to darkness.