"Ah! How can this be possible!"

The princess rushed to Ning Shu's courtyard and saw Ning Ning pressing Ning Shu's head hard on the table. "You chose the wrong answer for this question again. You are so stupid! How can you pass the imperial examination if you are so clumsy? If you fail the imperial examination, the princess will worry about you. In order to prevent her from worrying, I have to teach you a lesson! I am under a lot of pressure, do you understand?"

"Woo woo, second brother, please forgive me..."

"No, for you to bring honor to our family, I will definitely accompany you to study!"

The princess also burst into tears, "Ning Ning, let him go! You have to teach him to read slowly, and you can't hit him!"

Ning Ning loosened her grip, and Ning Shu slid out with a squeak. He was so agile, "What he showed me was not a book about the imperial examination at all. Woohoo, he clearly wanted to trick me!"

"Hey, Third Brother, why don't you understand your elder brother's painstaking efforts? My heart is broken because of you."

Ning Ning frowned and shook her head, as if she was really hurt.

"I'm doing this for your own good. Although you can no longer take the imperial examination, these things will be useful to you when you farm and raise pigs in the future."

"What! You said he can't take the imperial examination?"

The princess' hands were shaking.

"You don't know yet? Well, I'm wondering why you forced him to study when he couldn't take the imperial examination. A few days ago, when the imperial edict was read out, you fainted, and everyone was in a commotion, so you didn't hear the last sentence. Because Ning Shu didn't allow me to nurse my father, the court said he had ulterior motives and was disrespectful to his brother, and he was disqualified from taking the imperial examination. The imperial edict is still with me, why don't you go and take a look?"

"what?!"

The princess rolled her eyes and fell backwards. Ning Shu hurriedly supported her, "Someone, go get the doctor! Mother, how are you? Second brother, mother is like this, please don't make trouble. Since I can't take the imperial examination, you don't need to teach me to read."

Ning Ning smiled, "How dare you not study? No way! I told you, these will be useful for your life when you go out of the mansion in the future. And if you learn, you can teach your son to study in the future, so you can save money on hiring a teacher. Look how well I have planned for you. Let's leave it at that for today, and I will continue to teach you tomorrow."

After saying this, he walked away leisurely, not caring about the fainted princess, leaving Ning Shu in tears.

After that, he began a miserable life. He had to read books that he couldn't understand every day, and if he couldn't answer Ning Ning's questions, he would be beaten!

What’s even more infuriating is that Ning Ning had probably done some special research and found that each time she hit him, the place would be painful but would not leave any marks, so even if he wanted to accuse Ning Ning of abusing him, he had no evidence.

He even suspected that Ning Ning had worked in the Ministry of Punishment.

The princess was of course worried about Ning Shu. She thought that since Ning Shu could not take the imperial examination, she should choose a suitable lady for him to marry, so that they could have children and raise future generations.

She used to have very high standards. She was afraid that even the princesses in the palace would be spoiled and would not be able to serve her beloved son, so she was always picky. But at that time she did have room to choose.

Now that her and Ning Shu's reputations were ruined and Ning Shu had no chance of passing the imperial examination, there wasn't much room for choice.

After what happened before, the princess didn't like going out, but for Ning Shu, she had to shamelessly go out to banquets and socialize with other women in order to impress Ning Shu.

Unexpectedly, no one responded to her several times, or they simply changed the subject, making it clear that they looked down on Ning Shu, which made the princess very angry. She didn't even wait for the banquet to end before she came back to sulk, using the excuse of feeling unwell.

"Humph, this bunch of flatterers who bully the weak, used to be too lazy to pay attention to me when they tried to curry favor with me, but now they dare to look down on us. Who gave them the courage?!"

The princess's confidant, Nanny Zhou, was about to persuade her when she heard a wailing coming from the front yard, which sounded like Ning Shu's cry again.

"Did Ning Ning beat Ashu again? Didn't I tell him that Ashu didn't need to study anymore? Why did he have to torture Ashu?"

As she said this, she hurried to save her "darling" Ashu.

Sure enough, Ning Shu failed to meet Ning Ning's requirements and was beaten.

"Let me go! If you beat him to death, I will die!"

The princess hurriedly went over to stop them, but as soon as she got close, Ning Ning grabbed Ning Shu's hands and swung them left and right, slapping the princess seven or eight times!

"Ning Ning, you rebellious son, you dare to hit me - Ouch!"

Ning Ning kicked Ning Shu again, and Ning Shu raised his leg and kicked the princess.

While Ning Ning was punching and kicking, she was also talking, "You actually hit your own mother, are you still a human being? Ning Shu, I must seek justice for the princess, I will beat you to death!"

"Hey, second brother, please stop it, I can't do the test well!"

"He didn't hit me, Ning Ning, please stop it! Ouch!"

During the melee, the princess was beaten many times. She had always lived a life of luxury and had never been beaten before.

This time I was beaten so hard that my whole body hurt. I was hit several times on the face and my eyes were black and blue. It was so painful and embarrassing that I hid in the house and didn't dare to go out.

She complained to her confidant, Madam Zhou, "I'm going to sue Ning Ning and say that he was disobedient and actually attacked me!"

Madam Zhou hastily advised her, "You can't do that. Your injuries were actually caused by him using the Third Young Master's hands and feet. If we really investigate, the Third Young Master can't escape responsibility. Our mansion already has a bad reputation, and we must not go out and become a laughing stock for others."

"Then...then I will ask the government to be witnesses and we will separate. I don't want to see this evil creature again!"

"Please think twice. This mansion was given to Ning Ning by the imperial court. If you and the Third Young Master want to separate and live separately, you will have to move out. Now, except for you and the few people who came with the dowry, the rest of the people in the mansion are Ning Ning's people. It is up to him to decide how much property is left. If he makes some moves, I am afraid that you and the Third Young Master will suffer!"

"This won't work, and that won't work either. This evil creature is really going to drive me to death!"

The princess covered her face with a handkerchief and sobbed.

In fact, when Nanny Zhou talked about the mansion, she didn't want to divide the family anymore.

Living in such a large mansion was the last dignity she could retain and the last illusion of her past glory, which she could not give up no matter what.

So the days that followed fell into a cycle. Ning Ning would beat Ning Shu up from time to time. The princess felt distressed and could only go over to stop them. Then she also got beaten up a lot in the chaos.

She has been pampered for many years and couldn't stand it after a few times. Forget it, I'm an old man and can't care so much. Anyway, Ning Ning doesn't dare to beat Ning Shu to death.

Ning Ning, you hit my son so you can’t hit me anymore!

She hid in the house and pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending that she didn't know, but Ning Ning refused to let her have her way and dragged Ning Shu in front of her to beat her.

The princess was in a dilemma. She could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, but she didn't dare to go forward. She could only stand far away and shout a few words, never daring to come forward again. This was really inconsistent with the image of a loving mother she had established in the past.

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