Chapter 306 The pain that ordinary people cannot bear

Mother Zhao was very surprised when Su Ying returned home with her three children.

"Why did the princess come back so early?" Mother Zhao was even more surprised when she saw Fu Zheng by mistake, "Isn't this the eldest grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"

"Mother Zhao knows him?"

Mother Zhao nodded. She had seen him twice before in the capital. She remembered him because his features were too similar to those of his biological mother, Zhou.

"This child must be at least seven or eight years old, right?"

"Mammy, I am already eight years old this year." Fu Zheng replied.

Mother Zhao felt sorry for him as she saw how pale and thin he looked. "You must be hungry. Old Man He said the princess wouldn't be back by noon. I don't know if she has prepared food. I'll send someone to ask her now."

Su Ying sat down on the chair, waved to Fu Zheng to come to her, and reached out to touch him.

Fu Zheng shrank his neck a little embarrassedly, not knowing what Su Ying was going to do.

"Just now I felt that your bones are in good condition. You are more suitable for martial arts training than Ling'er and the others. It's just that your foundation is too poor." Due to long-term malnutrition, Fu Zheng's Qi and blood were not mobilized, resulting in the dispersion of his body's true Qi.

"Princess, I will definitely study hard."

Su Ying nodded and reached out to press on his acupuncture points. In just a few moments, Fu Zheng felt his whole body heating up.

After activating the acupoints and mobilizing the Qi and blood in the body, the complexion looks much better.

Soon, Mother Zhao personally had the food delivered.

"Eat first, then have a good sleep. There is no rush to practice martial arts."

Fu Zheng looked at the food on the table and stood aside a little stiffly, "Princess, I can eat in the servants' room."

"Little brother, come and sit with me." Erbao actively took Fu Zheng's hand and sat on the stool.

As soon as Xiao Jin entered the room, he saw a child sitting at the table. He looked at Su Ying inquiringly, and Su Ying said, "Fu Zheng, the eldest grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."

Fu Zheng saw Xiao Jin walk into the room and quickly stood up, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Xiao Jin frowned. The Duke of Zhenguo was one of the few brave generals in the State of Chu. They had drunk together before. He remembered that he was a little drunk that time and said that his eldest grandson was pitiful because he lost his mother when he was born.

This happened seven or eight years ago, but the child in front of him looked about the same height as Ling'er, not even as tall as Ji'er.

"Get up and sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness." After Xiao Jin came back, Fu Zheng became more reserved.

After playing outside for half a day, the children were hungry. When they saw Su Ying and the others picking up their chopsticks, they also picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

"Little brother, eat quickly, this braised pork is delicious." Erbao wished he could become an expert in picking up food, and in a blink of an eye, Fu Zheng's bowl was filled with food.

"Thank you, little princess. Please eat quickly and don't worry about me."

"Okay." Erbao looked at the chicken leg in front of Dabao, "Brother, I want to eat chicken leg."

Dabao picked up the chicken leg with chopsticks. Just as Erbao happily came over with the bowl, Dabao put the chicken leg in his own bowl and took a bite.

Erbao opened his eyes wide and said, "Brother is so abominable!"

Dabao took another bite of the chicken leg as if nothing had happened, "The chicken leg is so delicious."

Erbao puffed up his face angrily, picked up a piece of pork ribs and took a bite viciously, "I don't want to give pork ribs to my brother."

The meal was quite lively.

After they were full, Su Ying let them go to the yard to play and digest their food.

Xiao Jin blew on the tea in his hand and passed it to Su Ying, "Why did you bring Fu Zheng back?"

Su Ying picked up the teacup, lowered her eyes and took a sip. Originally, she didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when she looked at the child's thin and lonely figure, she seemed to see herself back then, so helpless.

She always retains a soft heart towards children.

"Have you ever heard that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather? Look at him, he doesn't look like an eight-year-old child at all."

Xiao Jin frowned and reminded, "After all, he is someone else's child." If the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion came to ask for someone, it would be difficult for them to keep him.

"Seven days. I need seven days. Just try to get away with it."

"It's useless for you to protect him like this." Sooner or later, everyone will go back.

"So, I give him seven days to learn how to protect himself. Now that he has the chance, it depends on him whether he can grasp it." After all, she is not a real philanthropist. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

"Your Highness, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites has arrived and asked to see Your Highness."

Su Ying gave Xiao Jin a look that told him to solve it himself, then stood up and went to the yard.

Xiao Jin stood up resignedly. Since Su Ying wanted to stay, then let her stay.

Three children were playing in the yard. Su Ying waved and asked them to follow her to the martial arts training ground.

Su Ying asked Dabao and the others to continue practicing concentration, while she took Fu Zheng to the other side.

“See those vines under that big tree?”

Fu Zheng nodded. The vines under the tree came from nowhere, but they clung tightly to the tree, almost covering the roots of the tree.

"This thing started from nothing, but it was able to turn the tables without anyone noticing. This is also due to its own strength. You are now like a young vine. At first, you can only survive by clinging to a big tree. But whether you can turn the tables depends on whether you have the ability to do so. If you just want to survive, just pretend I didn't say anything and I can send you back now."

"No, I don't want to live in vain."

Su Ying looked at the determination in his eyes and nodded, "If you want to be strong, you must endure hardships that ordinary people cannot endure."

Fu Zheng clenched his fists, "Princess, I can endure any hardship!"

"Okay, go stand on that root."

Fu Zheng obediently walked to the farmhouse and leaned against it.

Su Ying walked up to him and took a stick from her body for him to bite.

Fu Zheng didn't understand what was going on. As soon as he bit the stick, he felt a sharp pain in his body.

The pain was like a slave who took advantage of his power and crushed him with a wooden barrel, almost crushing every bone in his body.

“Ugh!”

Fu Zheng sobbed in his throat, his body leaning tightly against the wooden stake behind him. The pain in his body became more and more intense, and he collapsed to the ground, twitching continuously.

But Su Ying's hands showed no sign of stopping.

To put it in a clichéd way, she was opening up all the blood vessels in his body. What she didn't say was that she discovered that this boy was a martial arts genius, but his meridians were blocked. If he wanted to learn martial arts, he had to clear all the meridians, but the process was extremely painful and not something that ordinary people could endure.

The training programs in the training camp also included ancient martial arts, which took her a long time to master.

“Hmm!”

"puff!"

Perhaps it was too painful, Fu Zheng vomited violently, his eyes turned white and his body became stiff.

Suddenly, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

(End of this chapter)