When Jiang Nuan entered the brat's room using Invisibility, she found him changing into his ghost costume.
At the same time, he kept muttering to himself:
"Hmph, how dare you punish me! I'm going to dress up as a ghost and scare you to death!
Why is my mother such a coward? Getting frightened sick over something like this is so embarrassing. How did I end up with such an embarrassing mother?
Next time, I'll scare her a few more times to train her courage. The way she is now is just too embarrassing!
I really want to give my father a scare. I'll do it in a couple of days.
You know, dressing up as a ghost is really fun. The tiniest shadow sends those maids and servants scurrying everywhere in terror. What a bunch of good-for-nothings."
Hearing his muttering, Jiang Nuan laughed in anger. He really hadn't repented at all!
She wasn't the only one. Magistrate Pan also laughed in anger.
He had already been furious after learning that every disturbance in the residence lately had been caused by this unfilial son of his. Now, hearing these words, he could no longer contain his emotions.
"Laifu, go fetch me the rod from the ancestral hall."
Originally, he had simply picked out a strip of bamboo, intending to give his unfilial son a little lesson. Now it seemed that a bamboo strip was nowhere near enough!
Who knew how many generations had been beaten with that rod in the ancestral hall? It even had barbs deliberately added to it long ago.
His grandfather's grandfather's grandfather had given the rod a very fitting name: the "Dragon-Expectation Rod."
He had never used it, though. His sons and daughters had all been so obedient and sensible that he had never had an