Heavenly Language and Silken Sound, Great Nation's Majesty! (Monthly Ticket Request, Two-in-One)

"Ah! If we go late, we won't get a good spot!"

"You brat, the seats were assigned eight days ago. A class B seat—I came to inspect it myself yesterday; the view is completely unobstructed! Why are you rushing around? What if you ram into someone?"

"Hurry, hurry!"

The child paid no heed, dragging his parents forward with both hands, butting ahead like a calf. After tugging for a while and finding them truly too slow, he simply let go and scrambled up the stairs on all fours. But just as he turned the stairway corner, his forehead slammed into something, and he fell to the ground.

Before he could raise his head.

A shadow loomed over him.

"Hmph! Whose wild brat is this, with not a shred of manners? Running into me means you're unlucky. I'll take it upon myself to teach you a lesson on behalf of your elders!

"First, I'll exile you to the Northern Court for three years. Three meals a day, cabbage cores with cornmeal black buns, until your cheeks bulge from chewing. Then I'll exile you to the Southern Border for another three years, where mosquitoes sting you and venomous snakes bite you every day. Even when you shit, white worms will come out, and halfway through, they'll burrow back in..."

"Waaah!"

"Ow! Master's Wife, why are you hitting me?"

Xu Shi snapped, "Why? You're such a grown man, and you like bullying children? His parents are here. Go comfort him!"

Xu Zishuai gave an awkward smile, crouched down to help up the terrified, crying child, then took out some copper coins and called for an attendant to buy a skewer of sugar-coated hawthorn.

The attendant sighed helplessly. "Guest, today is the Military Parade and Presentation of Captives. The Heavenly Feather Guard has cleared