She watched Little Wukong being led away.
Without her phone or anything fun to play with, Chu Youning was in no hurry to return.
Having finally played the good person for once and educated the budding flowers of the Yu Kingdom, she naturally had to visit their homes and join in the excitement.
With those visits, Chu Youning managed to witness quite a few more extraordinary sights.
There were mixed doubles with feather dusters, fathers lashing away with whips while mothers cried on the sidelines, children strung up in trees and whipped...
In short, the word "miserable" barely began to cover it.
Chu Youning's last stop was Marquis Anning's residence.
That scene... just how shocking was it?
There was a tower in Marquis Anning's courtyard, and it was rather special. It had twelve doors corresponding to the twelve zodiac animals, with a young woman standing at each entrance, each holding a different weapon.
And inside the tower...
Inside, the boy had been locked up with eight vicious dogs. They chased him all over the place as he cried for his father and mother. The scene was simply too lovely for words.
Chu Youning watched this grand performance with relish before returning to the palace, bored out of her mind.
Later that day.
Chu Youning sneezed several times in succession. Clearly, quite a few people were privately sending their regards.
But none of that mattered.
Knowing that the Emperor and Empress were struggling with how to discipline Little Wukong, Chu Youning dashed off a lengthy note and sent it to Chu Wenzong.
And so.
Later that day, the boys and girls who had taken part in the cockfighting were all invited into the palace at a carefully chosen hour, their stomachs empty.
They were all shut inside a hall under guard,