Hu Yong informed Ming Yan about the incident. Hu Que was punished, and the punishment was severe.
Dozens of lashes later, he was sprawled on the ground.
"I don't understand!!" Hu Que shouted.
It was clearly he and Jie Ling who had prepared to slander Si Yan's younger brothers, so why had the outcome turned against them?
Where did they go wrong?!
"Si Yan hit me. It must have been Si Yan," Hu Que cried his eyes out. "She also slandered me, making me suffer so many lashes. Lord Ming Yan doesn't like me anymore."
Hu Yong applied medicine to Hu Que.
"When has Lord Ming Yan ever liked you?"
"You!" In his frustration, Hu Que almost sat up, but the pain made him cry out instantly.
"Stop provoking Si Yan. You're no match for her," Hu Yong said as he applied the medicine to Hu Que's back with a stick, nearly causing Hu Que to faint from the pain.
Hu Que lay back down. "But she isn't from Black Tiger City."
Hu Yong said, "Haven't you realized that our lord is trying to win her over?"
