Chapter 1301: Resting (3)
Chapter 1301: Resting (3)
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As Qi Haoran crossed his legs and basked in the sun on a rock, he sighed in satisfaction. "It wouldn’t be bad if I could live like this forever."
Qi Haoran turned to Mu Yangling and said, "Why don’t we fetch Tiger Head and Little Lion over? We’ll hire a teacher for them and we can stay here for a few years."
"If you can let go of things in the capital, I have no objections."
Having not seen their three sons for more than four months, she missed them dearly.
This made Qi Haoran think of Tiger Head and Little Lion. At this moment, Tiger Head and Little Lion had already arrived at the intersection with the two imperial physicians and guards. Looking at the ruined road, the two of them looked at each other and jumped up decisively. They shouted, "We’ll go first. Take your time finding the way in."
The two imperial physicians watched helplessly as the two young masters left. They could only grab a guard and say, "We have to treat King Rong. How are we going to treat him if we can’t see him? Besides, Chief Physician Hua even wrote a letter to King Rong."
The guard thought for a moment and said, "The road will dry up in two days. At that time, we’ll bring King Rong and Queen Consort Rong out. As for the letter, why don’t you hand it to us and we can pass it to King Rong?"
The imperial physician poked the soft soil with his foot and could only take out the letter to hand over to him. "Still, you have to think of a way to send King Rong out as soon as possible or send us in. We have to personally take his pulse to treat the poison in King Rong’s body so that his body can heal in time."
The guards agreed repeatedly. After turning around, they jumped inside, leaving the two imperial physicians behind.
The imperial physicians could only lead their assistants and servants and look over anxiously.
After Qi Haoran was done basking in the sun, he swayed to look at his son’s calligraphy. After looking at it for a while, he said in disdain, "Your handwriting is too ugly. When I was young, my calligraphy skills were much better than this."
Little Leopard immediately stuffed the brush into his father’s hand and hugged his leg as he climbed up. He shouted, "Daddy, teach me."
Baozhu made a face at her brother and said, "You’re so stupid. Mother has been teaching you for a long time."
"I’m not stupid. I mastered the martial arts that Daddy taught me after just practicing once. Meanwhile, you still don’t understand mental cultivation techniques. You’re the stupid one."
Baozhu’s eyes reddened. She immediately threw down the brush and threw herself into her father’s arms. Between sobs, she asked, "Daddy, am I not your and Mother’s child? Why can’t I cultivate internal energy?"
Little Leopard and Baozhu were already four years old and could start learning martial arts. As Qi Haoran was free these two days, he began to teach them how to meditate and cultivate internal energy.
Little Leopard only sat for half a day before he got the hang of it. After a day and a half, he could even feel qi. However, Baozhu did not feel anything at all. When she sat cross-legged, she either fell to the side or fell asleep directly. Therefore, she was relentlessly mocked by Little Leopard.
Qi Haoran immediately hugged his precious daughter and coaxed her. "You’re carved from the same mold as Daddy. If you’re not Daddy’s daughter, whose daughter are you?"
Mu Yangling was trying the soup. When she heard this, she spat out the soup in her mouth. The surrounding guards also turned their heads to suppress their laughter.
"If Baozhu is carved from the same mold as you, how is she going to get married in the future?" Mu Yangling pulled her daughter into her arms and said to her, "Don’t listen to your father’s nonsense. You look like your maternal grandmother. Also, martial arts requires talent. Just because you’re not good at this doesn’t mean that you’re inferior to your brother in other aspects."
She went to lecture Little Leopard, "You’re not allowed to call your sister stupid just because she’s not as skilled in martial arts."
Unconvinced, Little Leopard shouted, "Sister was the one who called me stupid first. Why is she allowed to do it whereas I’m not? I feel so wronged!"
Qi Haoran couldn’t help but smack his son’s head. "What are you shouting about? It’s all your mother’s fault for leading you astray. You’re really using all kinds of words."
Then, he turned around and comforted his daughter. "Don’t cry. You’re slower at learning martial arts because you inherited this trait from your mother. Think about your mother. She has been practicing martial arts for 20 years and is still mediocre at it."
Mu Yangling glared at him.
Qi Haoran continued, "But who dares to bully your mother? Although she’s not skilled in martial arts, ordinary people aren’t her match. Why is that so?"
Baozhu looked at her father with sparkling eyes.
Qi Haoran stroked her head and said with a smile, "Firstly, it’s because your mother is strong. Secondly, your mother comes from a family that is talented at martial arts. Although her internal energy is not good, every move she makes is unique and allows her to defeat the enemy, thus emerging victorious. In addition, her archery skills are superb. Not to mention ordinary people, even if I, your father, were to do my utmost, I wouldn’t be able to defeat her within a hundred moves."
Mu Yangling thought that he would say that he couldn’t beat her, but he actually said that she could only last a hundred moves. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him.
Qi Haoran continued to rub his daughter’s head. "Most importantly, why must a princess like you practice martial arts?"
"You have powerful guards and servant girls by your side, and you don’t have to go to the battlefield to kill enemies. There’s no need to learn these things," Qi Haoran said proudly. "Didn’t Daddy make contributions just to let you live a comfortable life?"
Stunned, Baozhu turned back to look at her mother, then at her brother. "But my brothers all learn it."
"That’s because they’re boys. In the future, they’ll have to protect their country."
"But Mother said that in our family, men and women are equal. I, too, want to make contributions in the future and protect my family and country."
Qi Haoran said with a straight face, "Who said that men and women are equal in our family?" He said seriously, "Since you’re the only girl in our family, your brothers have to protect you and prioritize you. Leave the matter of protecting the country to your brothers. In the future, if anyone bullies you, just tell them and let them avenge you."
Mu Yangling hurriedly pushed Qi Haoran away and said to the two children, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. Have you finished the homework I assigned to you today? If you’re done, I’ll bring you guys out to play. If not, you’re not allowed to go out today."
When the two children heard this, they immediately ran back to do their homework. As for who was stupid and who was smart, they would discuss it later.
After the children left, Mu Yangling gently hammered him and said, "How can you teach the children all the bad things?"
"What’s wrong with me teaching them to love their siblings?"
"Aren’t you afraid of spoiling Baozhu? Let me tell you, you’re not allowed to spoil the child like this."
Qi Haoran pouted and said, "My Baozhu has a good personality and is kind-hearted. No matter how much I spoil her, she won’t go astray..."
Just as Qi Haoran was about to hold his wife’s hand and seriously discuss this problem, he looked up and saw Blackie jumping over from afar.
Although he did not see the person clearly, he was extremely familiar with that qinggong technique. Their entire family used this qinggong technique.
He could not help but rub his eyes and take two steps forward to take a look. The two black dots in front of him were getting more and more obvious. Soon, he could see their figures clearly. He was slightly stunned before he jumped and shouted, "Why are these two brats here?"
Mu Yangling followed his gaze and was stunned. She asked hesitantly, "Are these Tiger Head and Little Lion?"
If not them, who else could it be?
The two figures became clearer and clearer. Soon, they arrived at the foot of the mountain. With a roar, the two of them quickly sprinted up the mountain.
When Little Leopard and Baozhu heard the shout, they hurriedly ran over to take a look. Seeing their two brothers leaping up, they immediately clapped their hands happily and shouted, "Second Brother! Third Brother!"