Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 13 Marrying a Hero
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Huo Mingzhu went to Pingyang Hou Mansion not far away, accompanied by Lin Ruyi and Huo Huaiyu.

Lin Ruyi was not used to riding in a carriage, so she took a sedan chair, and in the carriage, Huo Huaiyu wanted to sit next to Huo Mingzhu. Although Huo Mingzhu already had a grudge against her, she couldn't do it yet.

Live again, Baili Zonglu has a very different personality, and the silly prince seems to be different from his previous life. Huo Mingzhu is not sure whether Huo Huaiyu has also changed.Those little tricks she played in front of her grandmother were just tricks after all, and they could not be convicted of it.

"Sister, apart from the gadgets you brought me when you were in the border town, did you have any fun? What are Kunlun slaves? Their masks are really strange." Huo Huaiyu couldn't stop talking, and kept teasing Huo Mingzhu and asked Dong Ask West.

"Sister, when will Cousin Yunxi return to court? I haven't seen him for many years! I really envy my sister who grew up with my cousin since he was a child. He is now a heroic general! I don't know how many times my sister has gone to Beijing." Girls want to marry their cousins ​​as wives, and I don't know if the threshold of the uncle's house has been broken by the matchmaker..." When Huo Huaiyu talked about Lin Yunxi, he really envied Huo Mingzhu.

Hearing Huo Huaiyu mention Yunxi, Huo Mingzhu's heart turned cold. Yunxi died in the disaster of Xicheng in the 27th year of Tianyou, but his bones were restless and flogged.Huo Mingzhu responded with a half-smile: "Does Huaiyu also want to marry her cousin?"

"Oh, sister!" Huo Huaiyu blushed, and stuck her head into Huo Mingzhu's arms.Huo Mingzhu's hand naturally caught her, but she still couldn't stretch her smile like before.The younger sister in her arms, whom she loved for many years, sheltered her from the wind and rain, and helped her in everything, snatched her love away, and even planned to destroy her life for a long time.

Huo Mingzhu's hand caressed Huo Huaiyu's soft hair, pinched a strand and put it in the palm of her hand to play with. Her eyes were heavy, her smile was light and distant: "Huaiyu, don't be shy, you are already 13 years old, and you will be born in two years." But Jiji, there must be someone who will break through the threshold of the General's Mansion by then, does Huaiyu want to marry a hero?"

I don't know if Huo Huaiyu is genuinely ignorant, or if she's deliberately acting stupid, she obediently leaned her head on Huo Mingzhu's shoulder, her big eyes fluttered, and she muttered seriously: "Well, hero...Of course I want to marry a great hero! It's not like cousin Yunxi, it should be like the God of War King Nine Princes, I like the heroes in the big dramas, who are all-powerful on the battlefield, except for them, no one is willing to marry!"

After Huo Mingzhu heard this, her heart sank. Before she could make a sound, Huo Huaiyu got up from her arms again, and her big eyes looked at Huo Mingzhu with envy: "Sister, I heard that you met me on the way back this time." When you arrived at the assassin, it was the Ninth Prince who rescued you, right? Originally, when my sister came back today, I wanted to pick her up and see the Ninth Prince’s demeanor, but my parents wouldn’t let me go! I’m so annoyed!”

She said, complaining about her parents, but the expectation in her eyes was real.

Huo Mingzhu sneered in his heart, Baili Zonglu is really capable, he rescued her dozens of miles away from Shangjing, but the news spread to Shangjing so well, even the girls in the boudoir fell in love with him, and did not hesitate At the risk of losing the reputation of a lady, I have to go to see his demeanor.

He just wants to be his hero, let her Huo Mingzhu become his eternal foil, save her, he benefits, send her, he benefits, even if he whispers to her, she can become a target of public criticism, and he always Li Zonglu returned to Beijing and won numerous praises.

Facing Huo Huaiyu's expectant gaze, Huo Mingzhu said with a faint smile: "Huaiyu, don't worry, the Ninth Prince will not go outside the Great Wall when he returns to Beijing this time, and my father is on good terms with the Ninth Prince again. You still have a chance to see him." There are many."

"Really!" Huo Huaiyu exclaimed excitedly, realizing that her voice was too loud and unseemly, she hurriedly covered her mouth, and smiled at Huo Mingzhu with her big eyes, quite innocent and cute.

Huo Mingzhu often thinks that when she and Baili Zonglu were in love, they told each other the vow not to marry Feiqing and not to marry Feijun. Could it be that Baili Zonglu at that time was all a disguise?Or maybe she gradually lost all her naughty temper during the three years with Baili Zonglu. Ritsu is in love with her sister...

"Miss, Second Miss, here we are."

Su Lan opened the curtain from the outside.

Huo Mingzhu got out of the carriage first, her feet were fine, Huo Huaiyu arrogantly extended his hand to her: "Sister, help me get out of the carriage!"

When Huo Mingzhu held her hand, Huo Huaiyu jumped down, put his arms around her arm, and said with a smile: "Sister, I knew that your martial arts are the best. My uncle and grandmother praised you, but I can't learn anything." , It will hurt for a few days even if you take a horse stance, how annoying! Hehe, anyway, before I married my hero, I relied on my sister to protect me."

The closest sister should be like this, Lin Ruyi got off the sedan chair, and was very satisfied with the scene of sisters' deep affection, and said to Lin Zhong, the housekeeper who greeted them at the gate of Pingyang Hou's mansion: "The old ancestor keeps talking about it every day, look, this child Mingzhu Didn't you come back? Butler Lin, did the ancestor get up?"

This Lin Zhong is a distant branch of the Lin family, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion where his family went down, because he is extremely smart and loyal, he took care of things carefully, so he served as the housekeeper in the mansion.

Hearing Lin Ruyi's question, Lin Zhong smiled and said, "Second Miss, you know that as the old lady grows older, her sons and grandchildren's hearts become more and more serious. Miss A Jin is far away in the border town, so how can she not talk about it? After returning from the Marquis I've been talking about Miss Ajin all the time, so I should be talking to Madam now."

Lin Zhong is almost fifty, and he can be regarded as watching Lin Ruyi grow up, so he still can't change his mouth. He often calls him "Second Miss", and "A Jin" is Huo Mingzhu's baby name.

"Mingzhu, do you hear me? Your grandmother misses you so much, let's go in quickly, don't keep the old man waiting." Lin Ruyi smiled gently. Huo Mingzhu kept observing her smile, wondering if she had something in her heart. No matter how you look at it, Lin Ruyi's smile is brighter than when he was in the general's mansion, as if he smiled deliberately for someone.

After entering the courtyard of the old lady of the Lin family, the voices of the women were really happy, and they ran with smiles on their faces while closing the curtain: "Old lady, the second young lady has brought the two girls here!"

When Huo Mingzhu went in with Lin Ruyi, she saw her grandmother coming up with the support of the girl, and she couldn't care about her own little daughter, she just looked at Huo Mingzhu, her face tensed, and she said angrily: "You This unworthy granddaughter, let my old man wait until now! See if my old man won't beat you!"

As she spoke, she wanted to swing the crutch in her hand and knock on Huo Mingzhu's leg.

Huo Mingzhu didn't cry when she was framed by Baili Zonglu's tricks, she didn't cry when she was frightened by her grandmother's dismounting, and she didn't cry when she was fooled by her mother and sister's singing and harmony... But, she was shocked by her grandmother's voice... Inspired by the real scolding and the stick hitting her leg, Huo Mingzhu lost her mind, uncontrollably moved forward, hugged the trembling grandmother, and the call stuck in her throat: " Grandmother..."

A gentle smile may be a deadly trap, but this beating with a gesture of complaint is a real love. Huo Mingzhu, who crawled out of hell, cannot escape from this kind of love.

"Hey, are you still crying? How old is the girl?" Mrs. Lin was also from a general background. Although she was not in good health, she still spoke with great momentum. Her mouth was never forgiving, but the crutch in her hand was No more swiping.

(End of this chapter)