Chapter 17. Ning Shen

Inside the Ning Mansion, Minister Ning Juan was watching as Ning Shen was being treated by a man who looked like a doctor, there were many scars on his upper body.

"You wanted to fight three thousand Mongols by yourself, is your brain filled with nonsense, what's the need to rush to war!" Ning Juan scolded his only son, Ning Shen, he felt both worried and angry towards him.

"They first attack the towns, it is my duty to save the villagers." Ning Shen whispered.

Ning Juan glared, "You want to save them, go with the army! I've given you such a large army for what!? If you die, what will happen to the Ning family!?"

"Who knew that Advisor Lu would betray me at that time, I informed him to order the army to follow me, I have already beheaded him!" Ning Shen grumbled.

"You should have known! Advisor Lu works for that stinky boy called Zheng Qing, those bastards wishing for the Ning family to die!"

Ning Juan said loudly and Ning Shen just sighed listening to his father's roars.

"Dad, you already know that the Emperor fears the huge amount of troops with us, maybe he is privately supporting that Zheng Qing!"

Ning Juan's forehead veins jumped, "You idiot! Stop talking about the emperor's matter, even the walls of our mansion has ears!" As Ning Juan said, he wanted to head smack his son, but Ning Shen quickly dodged and rolled to the side. Letting Ning Juan almost tumble and fall.　

The doctor's expression didn't change a bit, she silently packed his medicine box and headed out of the hall.

"Your so capable now coming back from just one mission, come here! Let this father beat some sense into you!!" Ning Juan galloped behind Ning Shen as he ran to dodge his father's beating.

The father and son fought for a while until Ning Juan became tired because of his old age. The hall became quietly with just the sounds of heavy breathing.

"Dad, I'll listen to you, calm down, take care of your old bones." Ning Shen quickly sat on the ground and appeased his angry father.

"My Lord." A male servant walked and kneeled in front of Ning Juan respectfully.

Ning Juan coughed a bit and answered, "What's the matter?"

The servant bowed his head lower and answered respectfully, "My Lord, the Crown Prince Shu is here."

"What? That weakling is here?" It was of course a surprise to Ning Juan of Xiao Shu's arrival, for the past 20 years, the Prince had always played or stayed in his palace, what brought him here today.

"Hm? Little Shu is here? Did he come to visit me?" Ning Shen had met the Prince only twice while they were children, the Prince always followed him around so he started calling him Little Shu.

"Well, father bring Little Shu inside! He's a Prince after all!" Ning Shen got up from the ground having bandages wrapped around his upper body.

Ning Juan touched his almost no beard face twice and said to the servant, "Go, get the Prince to the main hall, tell him his uncle will entertain him after a while."

Looking at his unscrupulous son, "Go and change already! What will the Prince think of the Ning family seeing such bizzare clothing!"

Ning Shen sighed again and walked to his room.