little wife

Chapter 18

Chun Wei is almost here, and the dispute between Ning Heng and Ning Zhenchuan has almost reached a fever pitch.

Ning Heng didn't talk back to Ning Zhenchuan, but just resisted silently.When Ning Zhenchuan was there, he just sat in the study and acted like a puppet. When Ning Zhenchuan was not there, he disappeared at some point.

And when Ning Zhenchuan taught him his homework, the always gentle and refined Master Zhongshu Ling became the ice of winter, and anyone could feel his anger.

Ning Luo finally figured out the reason from Qin Xianglan's evasive words, and couldn't help but blame her father a little bit, even if it was for the brotherhood of her uncle's family, she couldn't sacrifice her brother's future like this.

When Ning Luo came back from the academy that day, she saw Ning Quan standing at the door with a flustered expression on her face. When she saw Ning Luo, she seemed to have seen a great savior: "Miss Jiu, go and persuade the third master, the third master is here Hit the young master."

In the study room, Ning Heng was kneeling in the center, with his upper body exposed, while Ning Zhenchuan was holding a feather duster upside down and smacking his back fiercely, the bloodstains were shocking, while Qin Xianglan stood aside and covered her mouth cry.

With a cry of surprise, Ning Luo stepped forward and grabbed Ning Zhenchuan's hand, and shouted hastily, "Father, calm down, even if brother did something wrong, don't let yourself get angry."

After all, Ning Zhenchuan was a literati, he was already out of breath after the beating, he was dragged by Ning Luo, staggered and almost fell down, but Ning Heng, kneeling there, was still tall and straight, with his eyes closed tightly, But he didn't even frown.

After this meal, Qin Xianglan immediately rushed forward, hugged Ning Heng distressedly and cried bitterly.

"You bastard, you know how to hang out with those cronies of yours all day long, so you might as well break your legs to see if you can still do something wrong!" Ning Zhenchuan came forward again with a feather duster.

Ning Heng opened his eyes and retorted: "Jing Yun is both civil and military, and even His Majesty treats him with great favor. Does anyone believe my father said that he is a friend?"

"You!" Ning Zhenchuan was trembling with anger, "Since you know that he is both civil and military, why don't you imitate him? He is so confident that you don't want to learn from him..."

Ning Luo was stunned, this... Ning Zhenchuan's impression of Jing Yun is not so bad... But now she can't think about it, and hurriedly dragged Ning Zhenchuan and said: "Father, I will have to ask for it in the future." Chun Wei's exam is about to start, if you beat my brother again, what should I do if he won't be able to go?"

Ning Zhenchuan was stunned, threw the feather duster away, and was disheartened: "Okay, since you don't want to obey my discipline, just pretend that I don't have you..."

"Father!" Ning Luo shivered, and interrupted Ning Zhenchuan hastily, "It's not that brother doesn't listen to you, it's just that his talent is limited, so he can't do anything about it."

Ning Zhenchuan sneered, pointed at Ning Heng's nose and said, "Ask yourself, are you stupid? If you devote yourself to learning, even though you can't rank in the top two, it's easy to be a tribute, but you see Look at you now, don't say you are a Gongshi, I am afraid that the exam papers you answer will make people laugh!"

"Aren't you the one who is afraid that I will lose you?" Ning Heng suddenly retorted, "I really don't know, you despise me like this, but you don't let me learn things that can make your family proud, is it okay for you to do this? Think of me as your son?"

"Heng'er!"

"elder brother!"

Qin Xianglan and Ning Luo exclaimed.

"Did I say something wrong?" Ning Heng raised his chin, his face that resembled Ning Zhenchuan was full of pain, "Even my grandfather knew that I was a good candidate for martial arts, why did Dad keep deceiving himself? Sometimes, I I really doubt that I am not your own! The second cousin is!"

With a "slap", Qin Xianglan slapped Ning Heng's face with a slap.

Ning Heng stood up abruptly, and walked towards the door with big strides.

Ning Luo was terrified. Could it be that the father-son rivalry in the previous life was still unavoidable?Can't my brother get rid of the fate of dying in the army?
"Brother...Father..." She knelt down on the ground unconsciously, her whole body couldn't help shaking, and tears fell like rain.

Ning Heng paused and turned around with difficulty.

"Brother, don't go," Ning Luo choked up and shouted, "I won't let you go, we are a family, we can never be separated..."

Ning Heng gritted his teeth tightly and remained silent.

"Father!" Ning Luo begged and looked at Ning Zhenchuan, dragging his clothes almost rascally, "I don't want my brother to leave, don't beat me anymore, I don't care, I don't care about anything, I just want my brother !"

She was out of breath from crying, tears all over her face.

Ning Zhenchuan sighed dejectedly: "I...how can I not treat you as my son...it's just..."

His voice paused, and his voice was harsh, "Your uncle saved my life before, for me, his legs suffered from cold syndrome, and he couldn't improve his horse riding and archery. Heng'er, Duke Ning's hereditary The title was originally awarded by the ancestors from horseback, how could you... overwhelm Huai'er!"

Ning Heng stayed where he was, with blankness in his resolute eyes.

"Either you practice martial arts and join the army, and let you go straight to the sky, but you will never be my son of Ning Zhenchuan again; or you study hard, even if you don't make it this time, and next time, our family can still be happy with each other." Ning Zhen Chuan smiled wryly, "I can't control you, you decide for yourself."

After he finished speaking, he fled away, Qin Xianglan rushed over and hugged Ning Heng, weeping, Ning Luo took the opportunity to stand in front of Ning Heng, grabbed Ning Heng's sleeve and choked up: "Brother, you are not allowed to go, if you dare to go, My mother and I just cry every day, crying so much that you will be uneasy for the rest of your life..."

The younger sister's pink and tender face was full of tears, and the originally lively eyes were soaked in tears, making her more charming, not to mention the mother who was wiping away her tears. How could Ning Heng be so hard? Heart?
"Okay, don't cry," he muttered, "It's really impossible to make water."

Ning Luo widened her eyes and was overjoyed: "Brother, are you leaving?"

"Where to go, it hurts me to death." Ning Heng gritted his teeth and said.

"Go to the bed and lie down, I'll go find a doctor!" Ning Luo was immediately happy, and ran out in a few steps. At the end, she was still not at ease, and poked out half of her head outside the door and said, "Mother, stay on guard." Brother, don't let him run away!"

Ning Luo hurriedly walked through the corridor, with tears still on her face, but the corners of her mouth turned up. She saw a glimmer of hope that her father and brother might reconcile.

Green Bamboo shouted hurriedly behind him: "Miss, please slow down, the doctor and servants will invite you!"

The past two days, Lvzhu can be regarded as proud and elated. The accusation placed on her by Nanny Tian has finally been removed, and she has served Ning Luo more carefully and faithfully.

Nanny Tian's husband was found out several times for corruption. Fortunately, the time is not long, with hundreds of taels of silver, the couple regretted it too late.Qin Xianglan listened to the old lady's advice, gave both kindness and power, and did not report to the officials, but sold their whole family back to Jiangnan. A change.

What is even more gratifying is that the old lady is very satisfied with Tianmao's handling of this matter, and without those scumbags provoking in the middle, the relationship between the old lady and Qin Xianglan has greatly eased, and they can finally talk about it on weekdays. That's it.

Ning Luo was thinking about it when a person suddenly appeared at the corner of the corridor and almost bumped into him.

"Jiumei? Where are you going in such a hurry?" the man asked with a smile.

Ning Luo saw that it was a coincidence that the person who came was none other than his second cousin Ning Huai.Ning Huai is twenty-two this year. Apart from the married elder sister, he is the oldest grandson in the house. He has always acted honestly and prudently, and he is especially fond of the youngest ninth sister.

Originally Ning Luo also respected this cousin very much, but when he thought that his father and brother were arguing because of him, Ning Luo couldn't laugh anymore, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll go to the doctor."

Ning Huai also looked a little absent-minded, but he didn't ask any further questions, but just nodded: "I'll go and see Fifth Brother, he will enter the examination room in the future, I don't know if there is anything I missed."

"No..." Ning Luo blurted out, wouldn't going now be an obstacle for Ning Heng? "My brother is ill, second brother, you should go later."

"Ill? What's wrong?" Ning Huai was a little anxious, "Why is this not the right time? What about his Chunwei?"

This question was like a cannonball, and Ning Luo didn't know how to answer it, so she just hesitated.Ning Huai's face gradually changed, and he said earnestly: "Jiumei? Could it be that your fifth brother ran out again and you are hiding it for him?"

"Ah?" Ning Luo was stunned.

"Fifth brother has a father who is so knowledgeable and talented as third uncle. I don't know how envious I am that I envy him as soon as Chun Wei wins the middle school. Fifth brother must cherish it." Ning Huai sighed.

It took Ning Luo a long time to come back to her senses, and tentatively asked, "Second brother, aren't you going to join the Imperial Guard as a school lieutenant next month? What do you envy my brother for?"

"With my poor kung fu, how can the imperial guards have a bright future!" Ning Huai blurted out, and felt wrong as soon as the words came out, and said with a little embarrassment, "You are still young and don't understand these things, I will go first and wait for you Fifth brother is back, I'll go and persuade him."

Looking at his back, Ning Luo suddenly had a thought: Could it be that by mistake, the second cousin was forced to take a road that she didn't want to take, just like her elder brother?

After inviting the doctor to the study, Ning Luo didn't care about anything else, and went back to the house early, sat alone in the room and meditated, and now the fragments that she ignored in the previous life became inexplicably clear.

In his previous life, Ning Huai was really mediocre. He had been an eighth-rank school lieutenant since he joined the Imperial Guard Army. During the period, he heard that he had conflicts with others. Huai likes to be arty, and there are many calligraphy treasures of former literati in his room, and he chats with Ning Zhenchuan about poetry and current affairs in a straight-forward manner.

The more Ning Luo thought about it, the more excited she became, and after deliberating for a moment, she wrote a letter to Jing Yun, picked a clever servant, and told him to find a way to deliver it to Jing Yun himself.

Apart from Jing Yun, she didn't know who else she could trust to entrust this matter involving the face of Duke Ning's government.

After waiting anxiously for an hour, Jing Yun's reply came soon. On the letter paper, there were two lines of words written concisely, just like the person himself, with sharp pens that pierced through the back of the paper: At three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, we will meet by the side of the green lake in the academy.

(End of this chapter)