The onlooking crowd with their melons found themselves with indigestion, one by one expressing that they had been overfilled by the melons.
The scene before them was simply too impactful.
A lord clad in brocade forced his own son... well, presumably his own son, right?
People suddenly became doubtful, but whether it was his own son or his adopted son, to be forced by the lord in front of them, dressed in brocade, to kneel at the doorway of his home, accepting punishment and beating, with the lord himself holding a branch, not standing up straight...
A new drama put on by the troupe next door?
Or perhaps Liang Qu was a royal prince lost among the commoners, soon to ascend to greatness, with former enemies kneeling for forgiveness?
That's what they say in the storytelling.
Xue Dingyi, with a mixture of snot and tears, was about to wipe them on him when Liang Qu quickly retreated, shaking him off.
