Chapter 424 - 151: Luo Mingzhu (Part 2)
If Yueyao saying she wanted to learn martial arts was surprising, the most shocked was not Madam Ping or Zhuang Ruolan, but Luo Mingzhu. When Luo Mingzhu heard Yueyao express her desire to learn martial arts, she thought there must be something wrong with her ears. A talented lady wanting to learn martial arts? Wasn’t that as absurd as it raining red from the sky?
Luo Mingzhu asked incredulously, "You said you want to learn martial arts? Are you serious?"
Yueyao nodded, "I asked my uncle a few days ago to find me a female master to teach me martial skills. I didn’t know before, but later I found out that practicing martial arts is good for the body and can strengthen and improve one’s health."
Luo Mingzhu looked at the rosy-cheeked and tall Yueyao, full of doubt, "Are you unhealthy?" If the person in front of her was sickly, then probably no one in the Capital City was healthy.
Yueyao smiled and said, "I also have to thank an old doctor who taught me a set of boxing exercises, which I persist in doing every day. I used to be very weak and got sick easily. Ever since I started practicing these exercises each day, I hardly ever fall ill."
Ruo Lan knew nothing of Yueyao asking Ma Chengteng to find her a teacher, but she was aware that Yueyao practiced the Five Animal Frolics every day, and explained, "This child practices her boxing for half a shichen every morning and evening." Ruo Lan indirectly affirmed that Yueyao wasn’t lying.
Luo Mingzhu, who was tall for her age, looking more like she was fourteen or fifteen instead of twelve, asked, "Now that you are healthy, why do you still want to learn martial arts? Don’t you know ladies should be gentle and dignified? Only those who are crude engage in martial arts."
Upon hearing Luo Mingzhu’s words, Madam Ping’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. This young girl, who routinely disregarded propriety herself, was actually preaching about dignity to others.
A look of surprise crossed Yueyao’s face as she asked, "Is there an inevitable connection between practicing martial arts and becoming a noble lady?" Learning martial arts was just a means to protect oneself, and it truly had nothing to do with whether she was a noble lady.
"Ah?" Luo Mingzhu was caught off-guard by the question.
Madam Ping was also full of curiosity; this was no ordinary girl. She asked Yueyao, "Practicing martial arts involves handling swords and spears, do you think a lady that learns martial arts can still be considered refined?"