Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

Ning Yongyuan’s brain had been sluggish, and he gradually woke up after being shouted at.

“What happened? Why does my body hurt so much?”

Oh, he remembered.

The painting Li Jiarui had stepped on belonged to an old man named Fang Qichen, so Li Jiarui was dragged out to be punished.

Then Jing Xingzhi took the painting and left in anger.

Upon learning who the person in the painting was, Ning Yongyuan was frightened. Seeing Li Jiarui about to be beaten, Ning Yongyuan felt even more anxious.

Unexpectedly, the Holy Emperor, who had watched him grow up, didn’t utter a word. He simply gave him an indifferent glance, let the Yulin guards drag him out, and ordered fifty lashes.

Ning Yongyuan wasn’t sure if they actually gave him fifty lashes because he passed out from the pain when he heard “forty.”

Now Li Jiarui was questioning him, wondering if he was being used.

No, no matter how hard Li Jiarui thought about it, despite their past friendship, it seemed clear to Li Jiarui.

Li Jiarui continued shaking him, his eyes red as he shouted, “What did you say?”

Ning Yongyuan, shaken, glanced at Li Jiarui, and finally his gaze settled on the words “Kaiyang Palace.”

Li Jiarui couldn’t see he was being used. But he had a father, who knew he was being used! While he didn’t even know who his father was!

Ning Yongyuan burst into tears as he thought of this. Enduring the pain, he pushed Li Jiarui away.

“Yes! I was just using you!” Ning Yongyuan sat on the ground, crying, and lost in his thoughts. “Why do you have parents…”

The Holy Emperor’s biological son was Li Jiarui, so naturally, he only protected Li Jiarui and didn’t care about Ning Yongyuan’s situation.

Upon returning home, his mother would undoubtedly cast her cold gaze over him again, leaving him pale and scared.

What was even more absurd was that mother, she wasn’t his mother either.

Li Jiarui didn’t hear the murmurs behind him. He only heard Ning Yongyuan’s confession.

“Okay! I treated you like a brother. I thought we got along well before, and I didn’t suspect you at all. I thought you cared about me! I never expected you to mix up our relationship and use me for your own purposes.”

Li Jiarui endured the pain in his buttocks and raised his foot to kick Ning Yongyuan’s leg. After kicking him hard, Li Jiarui turned away and knelt on the stone bricks far from Ning Yongyuan.

Ning Yongyuan didn’t even look at him. He laid on the ground with blank eyes, lost in thought.

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He didn’t know how long he laid there. When Ning Yongyuan woke up again, he was already in a swaying carriage.

He lifted his eyes and saw Wu Shuangxi with a grim expression.

When Wu Shuangxi was summoned to the palace to collect Ning Yongyuan, who was beaten half to death, she felt utterly humiliated, which explained her grim demeanor.

The maid standing by exclaimed in a hushed voice when she saw Ning Yongyuan wake up, “Ah, Young master is awake! Young master is awake!”

Wu Shuangxi’s eyes were as cold as snow as they fell upon Ning Yongyuan’s face. She coldly instructed her servants, “You all, leave.”

Upon hearing this, the maid kneeling in the corner silently drew open the carriage curtain and exited.

Now, only two people remained in the carriage.

Wu Shuangxi frowned and asked Ning Yongyuan, “What’s going on? Even the Second Highness was punished to kneel?”

Ning Yongyuan lowered his eyes and said succinctly, “He stepped on Jing Xingzhi’s painting, and in the painting was Fang Qichen.”

Both mother and son were smart people. Wu Shuangxi could deduce everything from Ning Yongyuan’s words.

Wu Shuangxi thought about it and realized she could only blame Li Jiarui and Ning Yongyuan for being stupid!

“You two, how could you step on that painting without even looking at it? How could you wait for him to cause harm?” Wu Shuangxi hated that iron could not become steel.

“If you want to harm people, be decisive, ruthless, and unexpected. Only then can you achieve success.”

Ning Yongyuan felt numb, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Wu Shuangxi wondered if Ning Yongyuan’s incompetence had caused trouble. Would the blame fall on her?

Ning Haibo was still busy doing his mission outside and he hadn’t written to her for a long time…

No, this wouldn’t work! Seeing that bastard Jing Xingzhi would not surrender to her, she could not sit still and wait for death.

Wu Shuangxi reached out and held Ning Yongyuan’s hand, which was cold due to blood loss.

The warmth of the touch made Ning Yongyuan’s heart tremble, and he couldn’t help but raise his eyes to look at Wu Shuangxi again.

Although Wu Shuangxi seemed moody recently, could the love he felt before have been all fake? After all, she had raised him for almost seventeen years.

Wu Shuangxi stretched out her other hand and patted the back of Ning Yongyuan’s hand. “Take good care of your injuries. In a few days, your grandmother, who is visiting relatives in her hometown, will come back.”

Ning Haibo was away from home, and Mrs. Ning and Wu Shuangxi couldn’t get along. She simply left the family behind and went back to her hometown to visit relatives and help the poor.

In the old lady’s heart, Ning Yongyuan, the only grandson, was her lifeblood.

And the old lady really liked Ning Yongyuan. She didn’t like Wu Shuangxi; she even hated her. Wu Shuangxi was surprised that she liked Ning Yongyuan so much.

Ning Yongyuan thought of his gray-haired grandmother, gritted his teeth, and shed tears.

“Mom…, forget it.”

Ning Yongyuan didn’t want to bother anymore. Anyway, what was fake was fake.

The worst-case scenario was to send him to unknown lands. Anyway, he could read and had knowledge, so he wouldn’t starve to death.

He had gone through many struggles for his own identity, but now he felt what was fake was just fake. Li Jiarui was stupid, but he had his own father to remind him and a sage to advocate justice.

What about him? When his father knew the truth, he had stopped paying attention to him a long time ago. The only reason he had been kept there was because the palace had treated him well before.

What his mother cared about was never him, but her own status and power.

The wounds on his body obviously had not been treated yet, but at this time his mother was still thinking about the old grandmother who loved him.

“Forget it?! You forget it about him, can he forget about you? Do you really think there are good people in the world?”

Wu Shuangxi looked at Ning Yongyuan with more and more disgust. Not only he wasn’t smart enough, but now he didn’t even have the courage.

Ning Yongyuan closed his eyes and ignored Wu Shuangxi.

But a sharp pain came from his arm. Ning Yongyuan opened his eyes and saw that Wu Shuangxi’s long nail had made a bloody mark on his arm.

“Are you crazy?” Ning Yongyuan stretched out his hand and pushed Wu Shuangxi away.

Ning Yongyuan was injured, but he was still a young man almost seventeen years old. He pushed Wu Shuangxi away with one push.

Wu Shuangxi snorted coldly: “Are you awake? I won’t wake you up if you are not this stupid.”

“Since you came into contact with Qu Zhiwei and asked his clan brother to attack Jing Xingzhi in Hannan Prefecture, the two of you have become enemy with hatred. Do you think you can leave after he comes back? What a joke? Anyone who offends him will not end well!”

This time it was not her who threatened Ning Yongyuan, these words came from Jing Xingzhi’s behavior dealing with his enemy, which also a sincere advice.

“If you don’t fight now, you won’t even be able to save your life.” Wu Shuangxi poked her finger into Ning Yongyuan’s chest.

But Ning Yongyuan didn’t have the slightest desire to struggle now. He looked at Wu Shuangxi and said, “If you die, you will die!”

Looking at Wu Shuangxi who looked stunned after hearing his words, Ning Yongyuan actually felt something in his heart. A sickening pleasure.

Wu Shuangxi always taught him to fight, teach him to calculate, and taught him all kinds of tricks, but now he didn’t want anything! He was no longer willing to be a tool for Wu Shuangxi!

Ning Yongyuan, who was in a state of sickening pleasure, forgot how terrible Wu Shuangxi was. He actually asked Wu Shuangxi with a smile: “Mom, when you throw away your own child, did you think about today? Look, the child is back!”