Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 93 Disposal
"Ming'er, you tell me, which of the two of them is telling the truth?"

At this moment, Sheng Hong already had a guess in his mind, but he did not point it out. Instead, he turned to his youngest daughter, Minglan, and asked her for confirmation.

He wanted to see what his three daughters were really like.

After hesitating for a moment, Minglan finally told Rulan the whole story under her angry glare.

"Father, they are both deliberately targeting me."

As soon as Minglan finished speaking, Molan hurriedly retorted, "They deliberately framed me, Father!"

Hearing her two younger sisters' explanations, Mo Lan was not surprised. This was all within her and Lin Qinshuang's expectations, so she was prepared to protest, "Fifth sister, sixth sister, how could you do this?"

"Even if you made a mistake, you shouldn't compound it by lying to your father!"

Mo Lan cried very sadly, almost like a modern-day "Dou E": "As long as you know you're wrong and correct it, it's nothing. I know you're angry that your sister told the truth, but you can't deliberately frame her!"

Mo Lan spoke quickly and urgently, giving her two younger sisters no chance to argue. In the end, she even used her ultimate move!
"Fifth sister, I know you're still angry, angry that I, a concubine's daughter, have talked back to you, the legitimate daughter. But I argued with you only for your own good, hoping that you can become a lady of a prestigious family and bring honor to the Sheng family!"

In front of Sheng Hong, Mo Lan kept pointing out, "Moreover, Fifth Sister, you only know about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, but have you ever heard of the order of seniority?"

"Besides, I'm not trying to argue with you about anything, it's just that you made a mistake, and I can't pretend I didn't see it!"

"Fifth sister, that's not helping you, it's harming you!"

Mo Lan turned and tugged at Ru Lan's sleeve, her words earnest!
"You...you're talking nonsense!"

At this moment, Rulan was so angry that she could no longer speak coherently!

"you you……"

Rulan stammered for a long time, but couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

"Minglan, speak!"

Fortunately, Rulan suddenly remembered that she had a helper by her side, so she quickly turned to look at the little nobody next to her—Minglan.

However, Rulan was used to being domineering and didn't know how to restrain herself in front of Sheng Hong. She grabbed Minglan and, in a huff, "commanded" her in a commanding tone: "Minglan, you tell me!"

"enough!"

Before Minglan could speak, Sheng Hong couldn't hold back any longer!
"Look at yourself! Do you even resemble a daughter of the Sheng family anymore?"

Sheng Hong gripped the ruler and angrily pointed it at Ru Lan: "You disrespect your elder sister and do not love your younger sister. You speak and act entirely according to your own whims, doing whatever you please. Do you have even the slightest bit of sisterly affection left?"

“In the past, it was one thing for you to act tough at home, but today you are being so reckless in front of guests!”

"This time, if I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never remember!"

Finally, Sheng Hong got serious: "Hold out your hand!"

"Ah? Waaaaah..."

Rulan was finally frightened. She stared blankly at her father, wanting to dodge, but in the end, under Sheng Hong's sharp gaze, she timidly reached out her hand.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Sheng Hong struck three times in quick succession.

However, despite its considerable fanfare, there was more to it than met the eye.

Sheng Hong grew up enduring beatings and hardship, and as the saying goes, "experience makes a doctor," so he was naturally quite knowledgeable about beating people.

Although the blows that landed on Rulan's hand hurt, they didn't break her skin, leave scars, or cause any long-term effects.

"Ah~~ Ooh~~"

Rulan was in pain from the beating, and her tears flowed even more freely! "Ah? Ru'er!"

When Madam Wang saw her daughter like this, she was about to explode!

However, Sheng Hong had anticipated this; this time, he would treat everyone equally and beat each one of them.

"And you, Mo'er!"

Just as Madam Wang was about to explode, Sheng Hong suddenly turned to look at Mo Lan and reprimanded her, "As the older sister, you have no sense of propriety at all. You've been fooling around with your two younger sisters without any sense of order!"

"Afterwards, he downplayed the incident and didn't even tell his father the truth!"

"Such behavior is hardly befitting a lady of a respectable family."

"Father, daughter..."

"Hand out!"

Sheng Hong ignored him and shouted angrily.

"Woooo..."

Ru Lan had the same reaction, only Mo Lan cried more gently, more "elegantly," and more movingly.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

It was three strikes in a row, with the same force as when he hit Rulan before.

Finally, Sheng Hong was ready to punish Minglan: "Ming'er, do you know your mistake?"

Sheng Hong's anger subsided considerably when it came to his well-behaved little daughter. He knew she was just a pitiful little thing who had been dragged along, but this punishment was still necessary for her.

Firstly, she had indeed made a mistake and deserved to be punished; secondly, if she wasn't punished this time, she would inevitably incur the jealousy of her two older sisters.

Having come from the path of a concubine's son, Sheng Hong naturally knew many of the intricacies involved. Although he wanted to change things, he was always reluctant to give up Lin Qinshuang's gentleness and affection, and he couldn't do anything about Wang Ruofu's status and righteousness. So, as long as it wasn't too excessive, he would turn a blind eye.

"My daughter knows she was wrong!"

Minglan was quite straightforward. She extended her hand to admit the punishment, saying, "It was my lack of manners that caused trouble for the guests in the front courtyard, disgracing the Sheng family. I accept the punishment!"

"it is good!"

A hint of pity flashed in Sheng Hong's eyes, but his hands continued to strike without stopping!
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

However, he still felt sorry for him, so Sheng Hong secretly held back a bit of his strength this time. Although the outward appearance was the same, the internal force was much lighter.

Seeing this unfold, Madam Wang finally had nothing more to say.

"The three of you will kneel in the ancestral hall all night, and you may go back at dawn tomorrow."

Sheng Hong glanced at Madam Wang, who was standing to the side with tears in her eyes, walked over to her, and grabbed her wrist: "You can't stay here either, you should come back with me!"

As Sheng Hong spoke, he pulled Madam Wang outside.

"Huh? How could you do this? Ru'er is just a child! How could you be so cruel?"

"Hmph! Ru'er is spoiled by you. Look at what she's become!"

"..."

Sheng Hong and his companion left amidst their bickering.

Of course, Madam Wang was unwilling to leave, but in the end, she was forced to leave under Sheng Hong's insistence.

However, before leaving, Sheng Hong specifically left two maids to guard the ancestral hall and watch over Minglan and the others as they were punished, so that no one could sneak away.

(End of this chapter)