The long-awaited night arrived, and Jia Rui quietly entered Yongguo Mansion through the darkness. And as he closed the gate, he slipped into a passage room.

The surroundings were truly pitch black, and no one was coming or going. The gate leading to the side where Jia Mother was located was already locked from the other side, but only the gate heading east was still open.

Jia Rui listened carefully, but no one came for a long time. Suddenly, there was a sound of something closing, and the eastern gate also closed with a bang.

Jia Rui became flustered, but he couldn't make a sound. He quietly came out and tried to shake the gate, but it was tightly closed like an iron bucket, and he could no longer get out.

There were high walls to the south and north, and there was nowhere to climb over, nor any place where one could not be caught or have their feet tripped. The room inside was also empty, and the wind blew through it.

It was a cold time of the year in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and the nights were long. The biting north wind pierced the skin and blew as if it would tear through to the bone. Jia Rui almost froze to death during one night.

Finally, it was morning. An elderly female servant opened the east gate and went to ask someone to open the west gate.

Jia Rui, taking advantage of the moment when a maid turned her back, quickly ran with both arms held. Fortunately, it was still early morning, and no one had woken up yet. He left through the back gate and ran all the way home.

Jia Rui lost his parents at a young age, and was raised by his grandfather.

Daifyu.

daiju

He/She was raised by one person.

The substitute teacher, Dai Confucianist, was very strict in his discipline and did not allow Jia Rui to go out carelessly. He was deeply worried that if he went out and drank alcohol or gambled, he would become lazy and neglect his studies.

Since Jia Rui did not return home for one night, Dai Ru thought that he must be out drinking and gambling, or perhaps staying with a woman. Unaware of what had actually happened, she was angry all night long.

Jia Rui also broke out in a cold sweat, and all he could do was lie. "I went to my mother's uncle's house, and it got dark, so they told me to stay overnight," he said.

The teacher said, "Until now, you should not have been able to go out without my permission. Why did you go out yesterday without asking? That alone is a reason for punishment. And on top of that, you lied!"

Da Rú was angry and pushed Jia Rui to the ground, hitting him with a board thirty or forty times. He didn't allow him to eat, forced him to kneel in the courtyard and read articles, and wouldn't let him leave until he finished ten days worth of studying.

Jia Rui spent a night shivering from the cold, and he was beaten and not given anything to eat. He remained kneeling in the windy courtyard and was forced to read passages, which caused him unbearable suffering.

Even so, Jia Rui's crooked feelings did not change, and he didn't think at all that Phoenix had teased him.