Chapter 64: Ice Play (Please read on!!!)
At this time, Yang Wenyuan stood up and said:
"Duke, if the princess asks, you might as well say that we are going to visit Master Zhuang. That would be just right."

When the Sheng family's private school was suspended, heavy snow had been falling for several days, making transportation inconvenient, so Zhuang Xuejiu did not return to his hometown, but lived in a small courtyard prepared for him by the Sheng family.

This is a perfect reason to go to Mr. Zhuang to wish you a happy new year.

"That's it, go ahead."

Seeing Qi Heng's happy face as he followed Yang Wenyuan out, Duke Qi couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

As the young master of the Duke of Qi's mansion, his son shouldn't be like this.

Even if I don't talk about indulging myself in pleasure like I did when I was a child, I should at least have some youthful spirit, instead of being like I am now, where I am particularly happy just to go out for fun.

Every time he saw Qi Heng studying hard, compared to Princess Pingning's relief, Duke Qi felt more pity in his heart.

Ten years of hard study for fame and honor, when has this sentence been used to describe the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion?
But unfortunately, he had a soft personality, and the fact that the Duke's Mansion's wealth was now supported by Princess Pingning made it difficult for the Duke of Qi to speak. He could only keep his words to himself and lament.

Lamenting the wrong decisions made by previous generations of the Duke's Mansion.

The Duke of Qi's Mansion, which was supposed to be a military family for generations like the Duke of Ying's Mansion, was instead being led down the path of civil service. However, who would have known that the children of the Qi family were simply not cut out for this, and ended up being the current state where they were neither good at literature nor at martial arts.

The old friendship in the army is gone.

His current official position was obtained with the help of the patronage and relationship with Princess Pingning.

The glory of the Duke's Mansion is apparently supported by the connections of a woman, Princess Pingning.

He also lamented that he was not ambitious enough and had no ability, which made his son suffer so much since childhood.

As for Princess Pingning's strict discipline.

Duke Qi didn't have much to say. He could understand Princess Pingning's desire for her son to become successful. After all, the two backers of the Duke's Mansion were not stable now. Only Qi Heng was the support for the next generation of the Duke's Mansion. Princess Pingning could only place all her hopes on Qi Heng.

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

This is how Princess Pingning loves Qi Heng.

……

Jiying Lane.

Sheng family.

Yang Wenyuan took Yang Ruijin and Qi Heng to the door.

First, he went to Shou'an Hall to visit Old Madam Sheng, and then went to Zhuang Xuejiu's courtyard.

Yang Wenyuan knew that Zhuang Xuejiu liked to taste all kinds of delicious food.

Therefore, before coming, he went to Fanlou, bought a food box of Fanlou's famous dishes, and sent it to Zhuang Xuejiu.

Zhuang Xuejiu was naturally very happy.

He gladly accepted the gift and said a few words of encouragement.

Wang Ruofu was naturally very happy when she learned about Yang Wenyuan's origins.

He looked at Yang Rujin happily, then hurried to pull Changbai, Hualan, Rulan and Minglan out.

Needless to say, the girls were very happy when they met each other.

Changbai, on the other hand, was somewhat reluctant. He had just received a good painting from his grandmother and was in high spirits, so he didn't want to go out for a walk.

At this time Chang Feng and Mo Lan appeared.

As soon as Chang Feng arrived, he clamored to go together.

It turned out that when Yang Wenyuan just entered the Sheng family's gate, he was seen by Xueniang, so she hurried to Linqi Pavilion to report to Lin Qinshuang.

Lin Qinshuang knew that Yang Wenyuan came at this time most likely to invite his children to go out and have fun, so she hurriedly asked Changfeng and Molan to come to the front hall, where they ran into each other.

All the peers in the family were going, and Changbai had no choice but to go with them.

A group of people went out in a crowd. In addition to ten guards in obvious attire, there were many people in plain clothes following them.

There are lots of wonderful joints along the way.

Even with Yang Wenyuan's vision, he couldn't help but be impressed by the many exquisite performances.

Indeed, the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated.

Over time.

It seemed like everyone had finished their meal and went out to have fun.

The flow of people on the street is getting bigger and bigger. It is almost hard to find interesting stalls because of the crowds.

Seeing this, Yang Wenyuan suggested to Hualan, "There are too many people here now. It's not safe for the brothers and sisters to continue walking around here. Why don't you go to our martial arts arena to play ice skating? There are no outsiders there."

The ice rink near the martial arts field has free labor to help maintain it every morning, so it can be put into use at any time.

Not sure if it was because Yang Wenyuan’s last sentence was ambiguous, but Hualan’s ears quickly turned red, and she glanced at Yang Wenyuan lightly with her beautiful eyes.

Then she looked around and saw that there were too many people. She nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Yang Wenyuan gathered everyone around him again and gave his suggestions.

Yang Ruijin was the first to respond.

She had long felt that there were too many people and it was not fun, so she decided to take her friends to go ice skating.

At that time, ice skating was only popular around the city of Bianjing.

The children of the Sheng family had only heard of the name of ice skating, but had never experienced it themselves.

When they heard Yang Wenyuan's proposal, they all agreed immediately, their eyes full of eagerness to try.

The same is true for Qi Heng.

Although he grew up in Bian Jing, he had only heard of ice skating but had never practiced it himself.

Because Princess Pingning felt that it was freezing outside and Qi Heng was still young, it would be easy for him to get frozen and catch a cold if he played on the ice in the cold wind.

I also felt that ice skating was unsafe, so I never let Qi Heng try it.

But now with Yang Wenyuan taking the lead and Minglan echoing him, Qi Heng's heart suddenly began to stir, and a different emotion was brewing in his heart.

"I'll go too!" Qi Heng said softly but firmly.

Hearing this, Yang Wenyuan looked at Qi Heng in confusion.

I just went ice skating, why do you look like you made some major life decision?
However, thinking that he seemed to have never seen Qi Heng on the ice rink, Yang Wenyuan roughly understood that it was probably because Princess Pingning did not allow him to do so.

It’s really difficult for Qi Heng, the good boy.

Yang Wenyuan patted Qi Heng's shoulder gently but said nothing.

"Yeah, let's go ice skating!"

Following Yang Ruijin's soft call, the group rushed to the ice rink.

Ice rink.

Yang Wenyuan asked his personal guards to guard the periphery.

Take out the ice skates, have everyone sit on the benches next to the guardrail, and teach them how to fasten the skates after putting them on.

Considering that except for himself and Yang Ruijin, no one else has ever played ice skating before.

So Yang Wenyuan asked them to hold the guardrail and slowly move forward, while he gave them guidance from the side.

After a while, until they are familiar with each other.

Yang Wenyuan taught Changbai, Qiheng and others, while Yang Ruijin taught Hualan and others, and they began formal practice.

In fact, as long as your body coordination is not particularly poor, ice skating is not difficult to learn. After all, it is not figure skating and requires mastering a variety of skills.

Once you learn to keep your body balanced, the rest is easy.

Half an hour later.

Everyone present no longer needed help and could skate slowly and independently on the ice.

Yang Wenyuan nodded.

After all, it’s my first time to ice skating, so it’s pretty good to be able to achieve this level.

Nights come quickly in the north in winter. As the sky gradually darkened, Yang Wenyuan ignored everyone's reluctant eyes and began to call people to go home.

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