Ning Ze didn't know that his mother still had hope for him. He took Su Rong and Fengling out of the Nanping Marquis Mansion and showed them around all the places he thought were delicious, delicious and fun.
At the end of the day, Ning Ze's back and back were so tired that his legs were almost useless. Seeing the two of them with unchanging expressions, brisk steps and still full of energy, he sighed, "These people are really incomparable."
Comparing the two of them, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that he was indeed a useless waste. My feet hurt even after walking a lot.
Fengling patted him on the shoulder, "You should exercise more, brother, you can't do this, you're too useless."
Ning Ze nodded. He also felt that he was too useless, but he felt even more that he was hopeless. He sighed, "It's too late for me to practice martial arts now."
"It's not too late. I will teach you a set of boxing techniques. You get up every morning and practice a set of boxing skills, and then run around the Nanping Marquis' Mansion three times. I guarantee that you will be strong enough to beat a cow after one year."
Ning Ze wondered, "Is it true or false?"
"of course it's true."
Ning Ze was in trouble, "Get up early...how early?"
"Mao Shi."
"No, I can't get up."
Fengling was speechless, "It's almost midnight, why don't you get up? When you were studying in the past, you didn't go to bed until the rooster crows at the third watch? Did you get up before the fifth watch and continue reading?"
Ning Ze shook his head, "No."
He looked at Fengling sheepishly, "I always go to bed at midnight and get up at midnight."
Feng Ling clicked her tongue, "No wonder you are so useless."
He commented, "I remember when the results of the scientific examination were released, you got a second-class one hundred and thirty-seventh place? You didn't work hard, but you still got this ranking?"
Ning Ze scratched his head, "The husband who taught me before also thought that I am still good at reading. I just can't do martial arts. Unlike my elder brother, who is good at both civil and martial arts."
Fengling clicked her tongue again for a long time.
It was already night when the three of them returned to Nanpinghou Mansion.
When Ning Ze returned to his yard, he saw his mother waiting for him in his house. When he saw him coming back, he immediately smiled, "You're back? Are you exhausted from the day?"
When Mrs. Hou saw him, she knew that her son was exhausted and was dragging his feet when he walked, but he didn't look unhappy or depressed.
Ning Ze nodded, sat down, and said with his legs hanging down: "My legs hurt, and my feet hurt too. I walked for a whole day and visited most of the streets and alleys in the city. I'm exhausted."
Mrs. Hou smiled, "You are so weak. When I was young, if I went shopping, I could spend a whole day shopping."
Ning Ze muttered, "Fengling said the same thing."
He struggled for a moment, "Mom, where is Master Wu in our house? Let him teach me how to practice martial arts?"
Mrs. Hou said "Huh?", surprised, "You are so old."
"It's not too late for Fengling to say it." Ning Ze said: "He said that I am so useless because I have not practiced martial arts. Although I can't practice to be very powerful, it is no problem to strengthen my body and be able to beat a cow."
Mrs. Hou smiled and agreed, "Okay, let Master Wu teach you tomorrow."
She sighed, "He is your eldest brother's enlightenment martial artist. He squatted on a horse and practiced pile driving, which was the most difficult. Your eldest brother persisted, but when he gave you the enlightenment, you cried and fainted three times. Follow your father , a man’s family, how can you not know some boxing and kicking skills? Why do you continue to practice? It’s also my fault. I can’t bear to leave you. You are such a loving mother and loser, so I let you go. Until now, you don’t know how to do any Kung Fu. You are such a big man. Yes, I still have to endure the hard work."
"It's not your fault, it's my fault." Ning Ze also sighed.
Mrs. Hou looked at him and said, "Mother heard that you came to Beijing to take the exam and actually got into the second class. Although you are at the bottom of the second class, mother was very happy after hearing this. After all, you can't say that you study hard."
Ning Ze was also very happy. He really didn't study hard. "My son didn't expect that I did well in the exam."
When the results were released, he was still imprisoned in Prince Ruian's Mansion. At that time, he was only afraid of waiting for the imperial edict to be released and beheaded. He could not think about fame. At that point, his fame would have been over long ago.
Mrs. Hou asked him, "Ze'er, what are you going to do in the future?"
Ning Ze didn't know either, so he scratched his head and said, "Just eat and wait to die!"
Mrs. Hou was not unhappy about this, "What kind of wife do you want to marry in the future?"
Ning Ze didn't know anymore and shook his head, "Mom, whatever you want!"
Mrs. Hou smiled and said, "Didn't you like your cousin before?"
Ning Ze immediately said: "I don't like it now."
Mrs. Hou looked at him, "What's wrong? Is it because you feel that you are no longer worthy of your cousin?"
Ning Ze coughed, "No."
He looked around and saw that no one was in the room. Then he looked out the window. The yard was very quiet and the servants had all retreated. He whispered: "Mom, please don't laugh at me when I say it. I have been in Beijing since I came to Beijing." Later, when I met Miss Su Qi, I no longer liked my cousin."
Mrs. Hou: "..."
She took a breath, "She's not someone you can like."
"I know that. Your son still has some self-awareness. If he didn't have it before, he has it now." Ning Ze whispered: "The point I am telling you is that I don't like my cousin anymore. As for who I will like in the future, I have no idea what kind of person to marry."
Mrs. Hou was a little sad, "A woman like Miss Su Qi is indeed very easy to like. Not only men, but women also like her. I heard that Princess Duanhua liked her very much after meeting her and invited her to I stayed in the Princess Mansion for a long time."
Ning Ze nodded, "Yes."
Mrs. Hou hesitated for a moment and asked him: "Mom has an idea, I don't know whether I should do it or not. Please listen to it."
Ning Ze nodded, "Mom, you tell me."
Mrs. Hou said: "Mom is thinking that you still have some talents. In Daliang, you can no longer serve as an official in the court, and you will not be able to take the scientific examination in the future. This means that your future is completely ruined, although mother also knows , it’s not easy for you and your sister to come back safely. We should be content, but I always feel a little pity for you. Even if you don’t work hard, you have been studying hard for more than ten years since you were young. If you are so mediocre and ignorant Mom always feels that if you spend your whole life idle under your elder brother's hands, you won't be worried even if you die. Mom wants you to go to Nanchu and follow Miss Su Qi to have a try."
Ning Ze's eyes widened in shock, "Mom, no, no, you, you... you want me to follow Su Rong to Nanchu?"
"Yes, you have some talent and learning, but your road to becoming an official in Daliang has been blocked. It's better to go to Nanchu and give it a try. It's better than living under your elder brother." Mrs. Hou looked at him, "You know how to read, and what you have learned since childhood , is also the way to be an official. I heard that Nanchu selects talents in an eclectic way, even if they are disabled, even if they are women, they will have a chance."
Ning Ze opened his mouth wide for a long time, unable to speak.
(End of chapter)
