Song Ci's words made Song Zhicheng and Jiang's rare silence.
Not wanting the younger generation of the Song Family to join the military, their family follows the Civil Servant path, adding a Military General would be like saying the thorns in the flower bed aren't enough, are you courting death?
But knowing one's own son, Song Lingzhao taking the Civil Servant path is impossible; he is a rough-and-tumble young man. Asking him to memorize books and study philosophical texts is harder than getting him to practice a set of sword skills.
Song Zhicheng had long considered that if the eldest son truly couldn't pass the civil examination, he could take the military examination instead, and perhaps use connections from the elder uncle to secure an unimportant position in some Military Department in the capital.
If worse comes to worst, he would take over the management of household affairs and minor duties, which require reliable people to handle given their scope.
