"From now on, you are not allowed to take a single step out of the tent. Once we return to the capital, I'll immediately send you to your grandmother at Guanyin Temple to calm yourself properly. You may return only after you have truly learned your lesson and thought things through."
As it happened, this would also keep her away from those princes, so she would stop eating, drinking, and fooling around with them outside without any regard for propriety.
If the Emperor found out that several princes had taken an interest in her, he would surely be displeased. By then, she might not even know how she had died, and her actions could also ruin his political career.
Su Yuxin covered her numb, aching cheek, tears welling in her eyes as she stared at him in disbelief. "Y-You hit me?"
"Father, you've never hit me once from the time I was little until now. How could you hit me over a few ridiculous things she said?"
Not to mention this life, even in her Past Life and this one combined, Su Yuxin had rarely been beaten.
Yesterday, Su Qiao had slapped her, and she had not slept at all last night. She had cried and made a scene the entire night, hoping her father would go and cause trouble for Su Qiao. Yet when her father returned, he not only failed to punish Su Qiao, but instead confined her to the tent and ordered her not to leave before they returned to the capital.
Now, Su Qiao—the Green Tea woman—had clearly done something shameless, yet he not only refused to scold or punish her, he had even come to beat and berate her instead. How could she possibly bear it?
Looking at his daughter's tears, Prime Minister Su felt