"From today on, you will be like Dalang and the others. You will get up at Yinshi, run circles, ride a horse, practice boxing, and finish at Chenshi." Qiao Xin stood on the podium and announced to Xu Can, who was still confused below.
"I want to practice too?" Xu Can thought he was deaf and had heard it wrong.
"That includes you, of course. Otherwise, why would you come here?"
"Why should I be in a group with kids? I'm an adult now, I don't need to practice this, and I won't be going to the battlefield in the future."
Xu Can was not happy. People like them were born to enjoy a good life and had guards to protect their safety. If he had to do it himself, why did he still have so many people?
If you rely on yourself for everything, you will be exhausted to death!
Qiao Xin saw the disdain in the boy's eyes and he obviously disagreed with what she said.
"Either you study here, or you go back to the Imperial Academy to study."
Xu Can wailed, "Ah, old lady, please forgive me. I can't compare with them. They, the guards, are born to protect their masters. I don't have to protect others."
Qiao Xin looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Xu Can, it seems that the brown bear from Xiaoyao Village and the fists of the young master from the Duke's Mansion have not taught you a lesson!
That's fine, the captain of the guards can take your son back to report to the Marquis. The Qiao family has too many things to do and cannot entertain guests."
Xu Can rarely blushed. These were the two ugliest moments in her life, but Qiao Xin saw them every time. She was beaten again and again, but she didn't learn her lesson. No wonder Qiao Xin ignored her.
The head of the guards stepped forward and answered respectfully, "Madam, the Marquis said that the prince will be under your control for one day in Laohu Town. He has no objection to being beaten or punished." Then he turned to Xu Can and said, "Prince, the Marquis has invited three or five doctors from the four branches of the Imperial College, and they are waiting for you to return."
Xu Can absolutely did not want to go back to school. He had had enough of all that nonsense!
But practicing martial arts is so hard!
Getting up at the hour of Yin, is this what a human being does? But he didn't dare to refute it. Compared with practicing martial arts, the life in the Imperial College was even more unhuman.
He forced two words out of his throat: "I'll practice!"
No matter how good he is, he can't be better than the little rascals in the Qiao family.
When he saw Dalang, Qiao and Erlang and other children turning and running up and down on wooden obstacles as nimble as monkeys, he thought he could do it too.
But he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly. The first step, the 100-meter weighted obstacle race, cost him half his life, not to mention that there were more than a dozen similar events to come.
After he finally used up his last bit of strength to complete the training task, Qiao Xin announced that they had to do two rounds of business around Laohu Town, then come back and squat in horse stance for a quarter of an hour and practice boxing and kicking for half an hour.
After one movement, Xu Can became like a dehydrated salted fish, without even the strength to turn over with his fingers.
Under everyone's sympathetic gaze, he was carried away by the people around him! Xu Can covered his face with his sleeves, too embarrassed to see anyone.
"Ah~~~~~"
Xu couldn't help but shiver when she heard the screams coming from there!
"Mom, is this really okay?"
Qiao Xin stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed.
"It's okay. It was like this at the beginning. Plus, he's old, so it must be painful. Didn't Dalang and the others cry their eyes out at the beginning?"
Xu recalled how her mother-in-law had trained the boys in the family so miserably on the first day, and her heart was relieved at once.
"Then I'll ask Butler Cao to send them some medicine!"
"Go, tell them that you, the master and the servant, will go to the paddy field to pick rice seedlings this afternoon. Don't wear such nice clothes, or they will be wasted. If you don't work, you will have nothing to eat."
Xu looked at Qiao Xin in astonishment. Only her mother could let the young master do farm work!
When Xu Can heard this, he jumped up from the bed in a flash. He jumped up so hard that he almost sprained his waist. He came here to live a free life, not to be a slave. Which bastard thought Qiao Xin was easy to get along with? If he finds this person, he will definitely wipe out his entire clan!
"Sister-in-law, can you not go?"
Xu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid not. If you don't do what mother-in-law has decided, the punishment may be more severe. But don't think that mother is deliberately making trouble for you. When my husband and his family were at home, they were all good at work. Even my second brother personally cooked for the family the day before he left for the capital."
As soon as Xu left, Xu Can immediately told Chu Yuan, "Quickly pack up, I'd better go somewhere else!"
"My Lord, are you planning to be a deserter?"
"What do you mean by deserter? I'm just trying to save my life. Just look at how my arms and legs don't belong to me in just this morning. If this continues, I'll only be able to breathe out but not breathe in."
Chu Yuan didn't mean to attack him, but his words were particularly heartbreaking. "But the old marquis has entrusted your personal safety, food, drink, defecation and urination to the old lady. I guess those guards outside won't listen to us for the time being. Now we are at the mercy of others, so we should just endure it!"
"Who do you belong to? Why do you keep asking for trouble?"
"I am naturally the prince's man, but we must also recognize our strength. I am afraid that we will be caught before we run out of the scope of Laohu Town!"
Chu Yuan really didn't dare to underestimate Qiao Xin's ability. It was not something that ordinary people could do to raise several sons in such a short time. Besides, the old lady didn't treat their young master specially.
For every training that Xu Can performed, the eldest, second and third sons of the Qiao family gritted their teeth and completed them. Even the fourth and fifth sons followed suit and did most of them. Even the eldest and second wives of the Qiao family were able to keep up with the pace.
Only his young master, who was the oldest, cried the most miserably, but had the worst results.
After all, the prince is too weak!
Xu Can moved back to the couch, buried his head in the quilt, and became autistic!
But Xu Yuan came up to him without knowing the tact and said, "My Lord, you'd better hurry up and apply the medicine! Madam said that there will be braised pork elbow, pickled fish, braised pork, mutton buns, and three fresh noodles for lunch. You should get well soon, or you won't be able to eat them if you go too late."
Xu Can swallowed his saliva involuntarily, and felt more pain in his body, especially in his stomach, which was burning from bottom to top. He angrily opened the quilt.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and apply the medicine to me!"
If someone else said he couldn't have it, he might have sneered. But he didn't dare to take Qiao Xin's words lightly. Others might give him some face for his father's sake, but Qiao Xin wouldn't. He didn't see a trace of awe and flattery towards them in Qiao Xin.
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
Chu Yuan was silent for a moment, then picked up the medicine box and started working.
"What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll ask the captain of the guards to keep an eye on you! Otherwise, how about mutton buns and three-fresh noodles?"
Xu Can gritted his teeth and said, "Whatever you choose, I want them all!"
He endured it for the sake of that bite of food!
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