Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 22
Since she was a gentleman on Liang, she naturally wouldn't get too involved in the family affairs of the general's mansion, the various things in the ancestral hall, and all the things she wandered around in the mansion late at night. If she kept silent, the man in black would probably not oppose her for no reason.

However, Huo Mingzhu was still a little worried. She encountered a man in black on the first night she returned to the mansion. The man in black wanted to steal something, but instead of going to the warehouse, he went to her Chenxiang Garden. Isn't it suspicious?
It's a pity that she didn't even see the face of the man in black clearly, otherwise, if she bites back in the future, she will still be able to tell the whole story.

Huo Mingzhu jumped over the wall, but saw that the general's mansion was brightly lit, the direction of the ancestral hall was noisy, and someone was searching for something, so she hurriedly used lightness kung fu to sneak back to Chenxiang Garden.

As soon as she left, the man in black who was hiding in the dark in the alley stepped out, looked at her back and sighed.

……

"Miss, there were thieves in the general's mansion last night, did you know about it? We've been arguing for most of the night!"

Waking up early in the morning, Huo Mingzhu listened to Su Hui's words.

Huo Mingzhu got up, washed her face in the water brought by Su Suu, sat in front of the vanity mirror and waited for her to comb her hair, looking at the calm face of the beauty in the mirror, she still pretended to ask: "Oh? I was too tired last night , I didn’t even notice, what was missing in the mansion?”

"No." While brushing her hair, Suli shook her head and said, "I haven't lost anything, but I was frightened. I heard that the old lady was woken up, and the madam was also frightened..."

Huo Mingzhu pretended to be worried, and asked anxiously: "Mother is scared? Sulu, come on, comb my hair quickly, I'm going to see my mother!"

"Oh, good!" Sulu hurriedly combed Huo Mingzhu's hair and put on her clothes.

Huo Mingzhu hurriedly walked towards Lin Ruyi's residence, sneering in her heart, Lin Ruyi really knows how to make a fuss, the first night she came back, Huo Mingzhu made such a thing that disturbed her grandmother and mother, even with She has nothing to do, can it be said that her evil spirit is too heavy?She, Huo Mingzhu, is indeed at odds with the General's Mansion.

As soon as Huo Mingzhu entered Lin Ruyi's room, Huo Huaiyu greeted her after the girl passed her message, and anxiously took Huo Mingzhu's arm: "Sister, come and see mother, she was frightened last night, I couldn’t even get up today, it scared me, woo woo woo..."

As soon as she heard Huo Huaiyu's cry, Huo Mingzhu became upset. She still stroked Huo Huaiyu's head and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Huaiyu, my sister is here, just leave it to her. Has father gone to court?"

"Well, I left early in the morning." Huo Huaiyu replied.

She raised the curtain and walked to Lin Ruyi's bed. Lin Ruyi had already woken up, looked at her face, and said sleepily, "Mingzhu, are you here?"

It's hard for Lin Ruyi to put so much effort into cursing her mother last night, yet she can still treat her with a pleasant face as if nothing happened when they meet today.

Huo Mingzhu is a hundred times calmer than her, who wouldn't do the drama of mother kindness and filial piety?She twisted a wet handkerchief to wipe Lin Ruyi's face, and asked anxiously, "Mother, why are you sick?"

Lin Ruyi closed her eyes and smiled, "I was a little scared, it's okay."

"Father has galloped on the battlefield for dozens of years, with father by his side, how could he allow mother to be frightened?" Huo Mingzhu was puzzled.

Huo Huaiyu also echoed: "Yes, isn't mother with father?"

Huo Mingzhu sneered in her heart, presumably Lin Ruyi practiced witchcraft in the ancestral hall, even Huo Huaiyu didn't know about it.

Seeing their questioning, Lin Ruyi couldn't hide it, so she forcefully explained with a smile: "Yesterday when Mingzhu came back, I felt something in my heart. I wanted to say a lot to my sister, but I was afraid that your father would feel embarrassed to hear it. So I went to the ancestral hall alone to pay homage to my sister's spiritual tablet..."

Huo Mingzhu maintained the smile on her face, held Lin Ruyi's hand, and sighed sincerely: "So it's like this, my mother was really kind to me and my dead mother, if my mother has a spirit in heaven, she will definitely bless you." Mother is safe and well."

After a night of restlessness, Huo Mingzhu was able to calm down after listening to Lin Ruyi's confounding words, but Lin Ruyi felt guilty after all, and trembled all over: "...I hope so."

In order to prevent Lin Ruyi from becoming suspicious, Huo Mingzhu changed the topic: "Mother, did the thief last night get caught? How dare you trespass into my general's mansion. If caught, you will be punished severely!"

Lin Ruyi was in a mess. On the one hand, she was afraid that the witchcraft in the ancestral hall would be discovered, and on the other hand, she was very angry at Huo Mingzhu's words. It was not her own flesh and blood, but the daughter of her sister whom she hated. Take out your lungs, as long as she is in front of you, you will feel like a thorn in your back and cannot be stable. From your body to your heart, no matter where you are, you will not be happy.

"These things are left to the housekeeper. Mingzhu, mother's head hurts, and she wants to rest." Lin Ruyi closed her eyes and said weakly.

Huo Mingzhu naturally wouldn't make things difficult for her, she hurriedly got up and said: "Alright, mother is good to rest, let Huaiyu take care of you, I will go to Xiaocixuan to pay my respects to grandma."

It happened that the two were tired of seeing each other, Lin Ruyi nodded lovingly, and let Huo Mingzhu go away.

Seeing Huo Mingzhu walk out of the room, Huo Huaiyu got up impatiently: "Mother, I also want to go to Xiaocixuan to pay my respects to grandma..."

Lin Ruyi grabbed her and said, "Good Yu'er, don't go."

"Why? If I don't go to Xiaocixuan, my grandmother will see her sister a lot, and she will fall in love with her! What should I do then? My grandmother doesn't like me. If even my grandmother only sees my sister in her eyes, I will die. Go down!" Huo Huaiyu twisted her body, her eyes were red with anger.

"Yu'er! Listen to what mother said, when your sister goes to Xiaocixuan right now, the old lady won't be happy, instead she will be ashamed. She just quits when she knows the difficulty, why bother to meddle?" Lin Ruyi said from Sitting up on the bed, he squeezed Huo Huaiyu's hand harder.

"Really?" Huo Huaiyu was puzzled, but she believed Lin Ruyi's words, so she sat down by the bed again.

……

Lin Ruyi was right, Huo Mingzhu went to Xiao Cixuan to greet Mrs. Huo right now, but she didn't get any good looks. Mrs. Huo not only didn't see her, she even dropped her glass, pointing fingers and cursing Huai Huai through the curtain and said: "Yes. I don't know what crimes my Huo family has committed, but I feel uneasy all day long! It used to be fine, but how come it's only in March, and then it starts to be ghostly? It's a good time to get in the thieves! If things go on like this, who knows that there will be trouble What's going on!"

Huo Mingzhu was standing in the yard, and the women who were doing rough work couldn't see her, but she didn't dare to make a sound because of Mrs. Huo's majesty.

Su Suu couldn't hold her breath anymore, she grabbed Huo Mingzhu's hand and said: "Miss, listen to what the old lady said? Isn't this clearly scolding us? We didn't live at home before, and something happened when we came back. But what does this have to do with us?"

Mrs. Huo continued to throw plates and cups: "Those evil things! Get out of here as soon as possible! If there is an old woman around, you will not be allowed to be presumptuous!"

Huo Mingzhu stared expressionlessly at the curtain that blocked her going, with her heart separated from her stomach, Lin Ruyi thought that if she came to touch her grandmother's nails, she would retreat and admit defeat?This scene of virtuous mother and son being filial, isn't it so reliable?
Huo Mingzhu held down Sulu's hand, walked to the front of the curtain with a smile on her face, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, don't be angry, those treacherous things will be kicked out sooner or later, how can a living person be forced to death by ghosts? Are you right? If you feel dissatisfied, it is better to invite an expert to come to the mansion to do a ceremonial ceremony. I have seen many battles when I was at the border, and I will try it all!"

The movement of throwing plates stopped, and when she, Huo Mingzhu, pretended not to understand what was being said, Mrs. Huo could not point to her nose and call her a demon.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Huo's silence, Huo Mingzhu continued: "Grandmother, Mingzhu came to greet you, and on the way, I want to tell you about the two aunts who will come to the mansion to watch the ceremony in half a month."

Inside, the cup Mrs. Huo was about to throw out stopped abruptly.

(End of this chapter)