The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

At this time, Kang Ge'er and Luo Zhen were in the Boying Hall. The two were shirtless on the ring, and there were cheers from the audience.

"Hit him, pin him down!"

"Get up soon!"

"It's almost time! Almost there, almost there!!"

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Kang Ge'er was training all day long at the border, and Luo Zhen had not neglected his practice in the capital over the years, especially after his grandfather passed away, he basically lived in the martial arts training ground.

"Wuhu! We won, we won! General Duan truly lives up to his reputation."

Luo Zhen was panting heavily, lying on his back on the ring. Kang Ge'er, who was sitting cross-legged next to him, was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief thrown to him from below.

"Here, here you go."

Kang Ge'er threw a new one over his face.

Luo Zhen's breath made the handkerchief float up and down. He took the handkerchief away with one hand and wiped it on his face a few times.

"I thought I was strong enough, but I didn't expect I still couldn't twist you."

Luo Zhen turned over and sat up, talking to Kang Ge'er face to face. His body was already wet with sweat, and he was wiping his chest at the moment.

Luo Zhen is not like Kang Ge'er. He is shorter than his family, but now he is the tallest in the family and is not much different from ordinary people.

He practices martial arts regularly, and his muscles are bulging. He is much stronger than his peers, but his face looks delicate like his mother's.

When he puts on his clothes, he looks like a little lamb, but when he takes off his clothes, he becomes a big bad wolf in sheep's clothing.

"Ha, you never hit me when I was little, but now, well... it's not even close."

It is undeniable that Luo Zhen's strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, but Kang Ge'er is not bad either, and he is good at using clever strength to turn the situation around.

Amid the crowd's cheers, they supported each other and left the stage.

There were already attendants waiting by the side with clothes, and as soon as they came down, they put on outer garments for the masters.

In the March weather, the two of them walked upstairs wearing open-necked coats that revealed a large area of ​​their chests.

The two were walking and chatting when they met a familiar person at the corner.

"Shao Wanqi?!"

The person opposite was wearing a white robe, holding a feather fan, and leaning against the red pillar in the corridor.

"It's down."

Shao Wanqi raised his chin modestly, pretending to be polite.

Kang Ge'er's eye twitched. This guy is still pretending to be so stubborn.

"I came back earlier and heard that you were in your hometown of Dongyang. Why didn't you tell us anything after you came back?"

Kang Ge'er clung to him and walked towards the private room.

Shao Wanqi covered his nose with a fan and moved out of the way when he entered the private room.

"Look at you, you're all sweaty. It's really disgraceful."

Kang Ge'er ignored the guy who was singing opera and sat down on the armchair, half lying lazily.

"You look so dead, you're still pretending in front of us two brothers."

Luo Zhen laughed heartily and took a grape from the side and put it into his mouth.

"I guess he was detained by his mother."

Having said that, Shao Wanqi threw away his feather fan and followed their example by lying down casually, with his legs resting on the footstool.

"It's so comfortable."

"It's my mother who insisted that I imitate my brother's noble and elegant manners. She also said that if I behaved unruly outside again, she would break my legs when I came back, even if my father tried to stop me."

Kang Ge'er lowered his head, blew on it, and took a sip of tea.

Luo Zhen on the other side had already started the conversation skillfully, "This is all your own fault."

Speaking of Shao Wanqi, his father is Lord Shao, the Minister of the Imperial Household, and his mother is Chu Qinqian, the fifth daughter of Prince Rui. He has an older sister and an older brother, and a younger sister.

There are even more illegitimate brothers and sisters.

The eldest sister in the family is already married, and the elder brother is also engaged and will be getting married in July this year.

Next came Shao Wanqi. This kid had been a mountain king since he was young. He bullied his younger brothers at home. Chu Qinqian was afraid that this kid would cause trouble and lead the younger brothers astray, so she often had people coax him out.

Being the mistress of a household wasn't easy for Chu Qinqian. Her husband was a passionate man. He had countless concubines and many children, and she couldn't manage them all.

Today, a pair of sisters quarreled over a pearl flower and messed up their hair. Tomorrow, a boy secretly did something naughty and teased the teacher.

These are all small matters. Chu Qinqian still has absolute deterrent power over the children in the family.

All the concubines were well-behaved by her, and her children were basically under her strict control. If any servant said anything to sow discord, he would be sold the next day.

The most troublesome thing is the living mother-in-law who has a headache and fever all day long and needs the princess's wife to serve her personally. The other one is the troublesome son Shao Wanqi.

The old lady of the Shao family is a typical representative of the Beijing people who torture their daughters-in-law.

Why do I say this? When Chu Qinqian married Lord Shao, the old lady of the Shao family felt that although her daughter-in-law had a high status, she was just a concubine's daughter. She attached great importance to bloodline and disliked her from the bottom of her heart.

But because of the Rui Wang Mansion, she appeared to attach great importance to this marriage, but in private she was very indifferent.

In addition, the most important point is that the Rui Wang Mansion has more females than males. When Chu Qinqian got married, the Rui Wang Mansion did not have a male heir.

The old lady of the Shao family wondered if there was something wrong with the bloodline of Prince Rui's Mansion, otherwise why couldn't they give birth to a boy.

When she thought of Chu Qinqian again, she felt uncomfortable.

After giving birth to her eldest daughter, the old lady felt that her suspicions were confirmed, and she cried and cursed her mother for not being able to give birth to a son.

One side was crying as if she was about to faint, and the other side was giving Lord Shao four concubines. This could not cut off the incense of her Shao family.

At that time, Chu Qinqian would not allow anyone to give birth to a illegitimate son before her, so she gave them contraceptive soup after each bedtime.

This time, Mrs. Shao was so angry that she ignored Chu Qinqian who was still in confinement after giving birth and rushed into her room, pointing at her nose and scolding her.

From that time on, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law became mortal enemies.

Lord Shao is a sentimental man. He seems to be born with rich emotions. He dare not disobey his mother. He just apologizes repeatedly, looking like a son who is willing to suffer the mother's pain himself.

On the other hand, in front of his wife, he was gentle, considerate and compassionate.

The main goal is not to offend either side.

Over time, his mother and his wife realized that they could not rely on him, so they started to fight face to face.

Every time they had a big fight, Shao Wanqi would run back and forth, comforting one and then the other.

Old Mrs. Shao relied on her status as an elder to suppress Chu Qinqian, but Chu Qinqian was no pushover.