Step Aside, My CEO Ex-Husband! Chapter 1142 - 1144: Is There Still a Punishment She Doesn’t Know About?

Tian Xingyun, with her eyes shut tight, embraced her daughter, shielding her.

Opening her eyes, she declared, "So what? My daughter and Ziyang share a genuine love!"

"You've been aware of this the entire time, haven't you?!" Huo Shaohua exclaimed, stunned by Tian Xingyun's admission, which clearly indicated her prior knowledge of Tianxin and Ziyang's relationship.

"Yes, I knew! And I gave them my blessing!" Tian Xingyun confessed.

"Mom..." Tianxin cried out, incredulous. Had her mother truly approved of their union?

Then why had her mother insisted on this engagement to Yangyang?

"Tian Xingyun, are you out of your mind!"

"You're the one who's crazy! You actually struck your own daughter!" Tian Xingyun released Tianxin, rose to her feet, and furiously confronted Huo Shaohua.

"She made a mistake, and she deserves to be punished!"

"What mistake did she commit? Is loving Ziyang a crime?"

"Slap~" As soon as Tian Xingyun finished speaking, a searing pain erupted on her cheek.

Huo Shaohua withdrew his hand with palpable regret, his gaze locked fiercely onto Tian Xingyun. "As the mistress of the Huo Family, uttering such defiance before the ancestors is utterly preposterous!"

"Those archaic rules should have been abolished long ago! Why cling to them and inflict pain? What is wrong with Ziyang and Tianxin being together?" Tian Xingyun passionately argued, unable to meet the gaze of the ancestors' tablets.

She understood that such declarations within the ancestral hall were considered rebellious and deeply disrespectful.

In any era, it was deemed wrong for the mistress of the Huo Family to voice sentiments that challenged established traditions.

"From the moment you married into the Huo Family, you knew it was a traditional household. These punishments are not yours to abolish on a whim!" He too wished to discard these rules, but the reality was far more complex.

Even with the younger generation now managing the Huo Clan, the influence of the elder members remained significant.

Each generation of Huo Family leaders gradually dismantled certain outdated regulations.

Their generation had already removed numerous rules, leaving only this single, final punishment.

More punishments had been eliminated under their leadership compared to previous ones, yet this last one could not be rushed into abolition.

What he had never anticipated was his own daughter violating this very last rule!

"Then let us abolish it, starting today! I refuse to see my child suffer!"

"She was aware of the Huo Family's rules since childhood. If she dared to be with Ziyang, then we shall see if Ziyang can emerge alive! I will show no leniency!"

"Dad, what are you planning to do!" Tianxin leaped up in alarm, confronting her father.

Wasn't the punishment merely to expel Brother Ziyang from the Huo Family and Huo Clan, subjecting him to the family's legal penalties?

Why had her father just declared, "Let's see if Ziyang can emerge alive"? What did that sinister implication mean?

"Kneel! You shall not rise without my command!" Huo Shaohua sternly ordered Tianxin, his daughter's actions pushing him to the brink.

She had truly grown, daring to fall in love, and worse, with Ziyang!

She had been attached to Ziyang since childhood, and that bond only strengthened as they grew; he should have been more vigilant from the start!

If only he had taken earlier precautions, such a critical issue might have been averted!

"Dad, what do you intend to do to Brother Ziyang?!" Tianxin pleaded desperately, stepping forward to grasp her father's arm.

"Kneel!"

"Dad, please, don't make things difficult for Brother Ziyang!"

"He dared to be with you, and he understands the price he must pay!"

"What price?" Tianxin inquired, her voice trembling, wondering if there was a punishment unknown to her.

"Kneel!"

Tianxin knelt within the confines of the ancestral hall, with Huo Shaohua strictly forbidding anyone from entering.

He departed with Tian Xingyun, issuing directives that echoed throughout the entire household.

Under no circumstances was anyone to bring Tianxin food or water without his explicit consent!