Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 73
"What kind of cousin love?!" Mrs. Huo couldn't listen to Huo Mingzhu's words. As long as it was Huo Mingzhu's words, she would object. Yu Tong didn't annoy her, but this explanation made Mrs. Huo furious: "What rebellious words are you talking about! If your mother hears, how will your cousin get a foothold in the general's mansion?!"

Huo Mingzhu had expected the old lady Huo to have such a reaction, she still held Yu Tong tightly and explained with tears in her eyes: "Mingzhu knows that the old lady has never liked Mingzhu, no matter what Mingzhu says is wrong, but this time The matter is related to the innocence of the cousin. If the old lady does not believe the cousin, she will go to court for death! If the cousin knew the father's horoscope early in the morning, how could a smart girl tell it on this occasion? Cousin sees the old lady as a mother, so she will tell everything..."

Huo Mingzhu obviously felt that Yu Tong stiffened in her arms, and she knew it was effective, so she continued: "Since the old lady thinks that the signature is absurd, and the horoscope calculated by divination is consistent with her father, then forget about it. Anyway Father and mother are not here, and the whole Xiao Ci Xuan is only heard by these people, as long as the old lady gives an order, no one will dare to leak what they heard."

In fact, old lady Huo was too confused to come out on the stage. She didn't know whether the signature was true or not. Her son Huo Zhengde's original partner was dead, and Xu Xian's wife was also a lady of the Lin family in Pingyang Houfu.

Due to the power of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, even if she never had a grandson, she could only swallow her anger. In addition, Lin Ruyi had served her so obediently over the years, no one in the General Mansion dared to mention the matter of taking a concubine for the General.

Not mentioning it doesn't mean I haven't thought about it.

The wish that Mrs. Huo had buried in her heart all along, unexpectedly surfaced again with a ridiculous signature, and became her inner demon.

"Old lady, if you don't believe me, let me go back to Qingcheng. From then on, I dare not step into the general's mansion, and dare not see you again!" Yu Tong finally calmed down, tears shed All over his face, he cried like weeping.

Mrs. Huo was still thinking about something, and her face was not very good-looking. When she heard Yu Tong say that she was going to leave, she hurriedly reprimanded, "What did you say! I told you just now, don't let me go!" Say you want to go! Just because of a little nonsense of a sorcerer and a quack, you are going to disappear forever from your aunt? You are really confused, girl!"

Judging by the tone of voice, Mrs. Huo didn't seem so angry. Huo Mingzhu patted Yu Tong's hand and comforted her: "It's okay, Cousin, don't take it to heart, the old lady didn't blame you."

Yu Tong suddenly threw herself on Huo Mingzhu's shoulder and began to cry. She was really grateful at the moment: "Girl, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I would have died once. Today's incident really made me feel sad." No face to see people."

"Okay, okay, cousin..."

"What's so serious, why don't you have the face to face people?"

Huo Mingzhu was comforting Yu Tong when suddenly he heard a familiar middle-aged male voice coming from outside the screen, low and deep.

Yu Tong was stunned: "Cousin...Cousin is here!"

Everyone in Xiaocixuan was stunned, no one expected that when Cao Cao was mentioned, Cao Cao would arrive.

Yu Tong didn't know how much Huo Zhengde had listened to, she couldn't feel ashamed anymore, even Huo Mingzhu's reassurance didn't work anymore, she turned around and ran out, just passing Huo Zhengde's side, almost bumping into his body .

"What's the matter?" Huo Zhengde looked at Yu Tong's running away shadow and the faint tears on his face in confusion.

Huo Mingzhu didn't expect Huo Zhengde to come at this time, her eyes flashed, and she didn't plan to stay here for a long time, so she hurriedly said to Mrs. Huo: "Old lady, I'm going to see how my cousin is doing, I'm afraid she's in trouble... ..."

It was rare for Mrs. Huo not to scold her. She nodded and winked at those nuns, who lowered her voice and said, "You all go out, don't talk nonsense!"

Huo Mingzhu turned around first, and saluted Huo Zhengde who came in: "Father."

Huo Zhengde looked serious, nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Mingzhu, early this morning, the Ninth Prince sent someone to the General's Mansion to pick you up, but it was in vain. If you knew that the Ninth Prince was coming early in the morning, what's wrong? Say it for the father? Did you ever apologize for letting the Ninth Prince go a long way?"

Huo Zhengde will always be like this, fearing that those powerful people will be wronged, he can't wait to kneel on the ground and let them step on them.If he had known that Baili Zonglu would come to pick her up early in the morning, he would have given her to Baili Zonglu in a fancy dress for fun, right?

No matter how much hatred there was in Huo Mingzhu's heart, she responded calmly: "Father, Mingzhu didn't know that the Ninth Prince would come to the mansion to welcome him. When he met by chance at the Huguo Temple, he already expressed his apology. Blame."

Only then did Huo Zhengde feel relieved: "Well. When I meet the Ninth Prince again in the future, I must be respectful and not neglect."

"Mingzhu knows." Huo Mingzhu responded in a gentle voice, very well-behaved.

Huo Zhengde was satisfied, so he turned and walked in. Huo Mingzhu looked back, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips——

There is no impenetrable wall, no secret that can be hidden. The secret of Huo Zhengde and Lin Ruyi's love affair has been known to her more than ten years later. How could Yu Tong's signature be hidden?The chickens and dogs in the general's mansion are restless, let's start with the signature for now!

"Mother, what happened to Cousin Tong? I saw her crying sadly, and she said that she was ashamed to see others. Did she suffer some kind of grievance?" Huo Zhengde asked when he saw Mrs. Huo as soon as he entered Xiaocixuan.

All the servants obeyed Mrs. Huo's order and went out, and Mammy Liu was the only one in the house to wait on her.Hearing Huo Zhengde's question, Mammy Liu glanced away uncomfortably, took the tea from the girl, and put it by Huo Zhengde's hand.

Mrs. Huo didn't recall the signed letter, her brows were also a little unnatural, she lowered her eyes, and said with a smile: "You have always treated people coldly, but you still have some concern for this cousin, which is rare."

Huo Zhengde took a sip of tea, sighed and said, "What did my mother say? When I was young in Qingcheng, my uncle treated me very well, and always covered up for me when I got into trouble. Even if I become a general today, I will never forget my origin. Cousin Tong'er is young and has just come to Beijing, so she is not familiar with the place, so mother should take good care of her."

The more I heard Huo Zhengde talk about taking care of Yu Tong, the more Mrs. Huo couldn't forget the signed letter. She felt moved and sighed: "Oh, if you were a few years younger, our whole family would still be in Qingcheng. , I can have a kiss to increase the kiss, but now... well, it's all fate..."

Huo Zhengde smiled: "Mother, you are joking again. Cousin Tong'er is much younger than me, and she is as old as a pearl. This time she went to Beijing with her uncle and aunt, and this is the first time I saw her."

"Even if Tong'er is about the same age as you, how can you marry her with your current status?" Mrs. Huo was poked in the sore spot and started nagging: "If it wasn't for your daughter-in-law being so good, why wouldn't I want to marry her for you?" Taking concubines? No matter how powerful our Huo family is, so what? You only have two girls, and you will marry in the future, and you will have to follow other people's family names. After a hundred years, you will have no one to take care of yourselves. Mother, I can't rest in peace even if I die. !Ugh!"

Huo Zhengde didn't know what happened to Mrs. Huo, he didn't think about taking a concubine from the beginning, seeing the old mother's complexion, he hurriedly dropped the teacup in his hand, went forward and said: "Mother, you are so well-behaved. What are you thinking? Didn’t these things have been agreed upon early in the morning? I, like Ru Yi... are also..."

"Her body! If she can bear a son, why can't she conceive after more than ten years?!" Mrs. Huo was annoyed, she couldn't control her words, and vented all her brains: "If you don't marry Pingyang The young lady of the Hou's mansion will not cause my Huo family to wither like it is now. Your official position is getting bigger and bigger, but I don't know how those relatives laugh at you. No son inherits the family business, no matter how high you are, What's the use?!"

(End of this chapter)