I have to mention that Liu Fuyun was a literary man, and despite his dissatisfaction with his wives over the years, he never laid a finger on them.
His discipline for his son was very strict, and he was quite harsh with Liu Shimei as well. However, when it came to his always gentle and affectionate wife, Madam Zhang, he never acted rough. Even in the previous incident at the Grand Court, where he suffered 30 strokes because of the foolish mother and daughter pair, he did nothing more than scold them a few times.
This was the first time he resorted to physical violence!
"Who is responsible for all these troubles?" Liu Fuyun said coldly, "If it weren't for your schemes against Shimei, she would have become the Crown Princess by now! Reluctantly, I accepted Yan'er, but that's as far as I can go! Yet you continue to cause me trouble! Now..."
