Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 81 Tick the heartstrings
When Lin Ruyi said this, Huo Mingzhu noticed Huo Huaiyu's expression on the side, which seemed to be a little gloating. Huo Mingzhu lowered her eyelids, nodded and said: "What mother taught is that daughters in the boudoir should keep their duty. But mother doesn't know, although I have tried my best to avoid the Ninth Prince, but I still can't find a way, because I have no other way, I still hope that my mother can make up my mind, how can I not offend the Ninth Prince and keep my daughter's innocence in the boudoir?"

"This..." Lin Ruyi couldn't prevent her from answering like this, but Ninth Prince Baili Zonglu was dragged out to stand in front of her. The nobles of the royal family took the initiative to get close to her. Who would dare to defy her?Trying to be a chaste and strong woman and rejecting the prince's favor, maybe even her life will be lost, and the family will inevitably be dragged down. Huo Mingzhu asked Lin Ruyi to make decisions for her, which indeed created a big problem for Lin Ruyi.

"Sister, what do you mean, you have always had no intentions of the Ninth Prince, and it is the Ninth Prince who condescended to pester you?" Huo Huaiyu didn't want to see Huo Mingzhu be so rampant, so she curled her lips and asked.

"Yu'er, don't be presumptuous!" Seeing Huo Huaiyu's disrespectful tone, Lin Ruyi hurriedly stopped her: "Since the Ninth Prince thinks highly of our General's Mansion, we should be grateful, why not talk nonsense?"

Huo Mingzhu smiled secretly in her heart, raised her head and looked directly at Lin Ruyi, quite embarrassed: "What mother said is very true, how can I dare to disagree with such a noble person as the Ninth Prince? Therefore, Mingzhu is in a dilemma, and I really don't know what to do. What to do."

In the previous life, the relationship between Huo Mingzhu and Baili Zonglu did not happen overnight. After experiencing many difficulties that Huo Mingzhu seemed to be twists and turns, they reached the step of talking about marriage.At that time, Lin Ruyi, Huo Zhengde and the others never had a single opinion, they all thought that finding a good match for her was beyond words.In this life, Lin Ruyi has some ideas about her closeness with Baili Zonglu. It can be seen that her temperament has changed a lot, and she is more considerate of her daughter.

"Hmph, mother, I'm just talking, anyway, it's true, what's the point? Let's talk at home, and don't gossip in front of the Ninth Prince." Huo Huaiyu rolled his eyes and said displeased.

In matters of love, especially when the royal relatives choose a beautiful woman, they naturally pick the good ones. Huo Mingzhu's appearance is beautiful enough, her family background is suitable enough, and her age is just right. There is nothing more helpless for Lin Ruyi than this.She couldn't make Huo Mingzhu cut off contact with the Ninth Prince, nor could she make the Ninth Prince withdraw his favor from Huo Mingzhu and pay attention to her youngest daughter who was not yet ready.

After being silent for a while, Lin Ruyi smiled and said: "Mingzhu, since the Ninth Prince has a good impression of you, you should also seize the opportunity. If our general's mansion can produce a princess, your father will be happy, not only you Father, your grandmother and uncle will be happy too."

After saying this, Huo Huaiyu stared angrily at the side, not to mention how pretty that look was, Huo Mingzhu wanted to laugh, so she followed a shy look, lowered her head and smiled and said: "Mother, don't make fun of Mingzhu, let everything take its course. I never thought about being a princess, my father also said that he would keep me at home for a longer time, and I also wanted to spend more time with my parents and not rush to get married."

She didn't seem to understand the thoughts of Lin Ruyi and Huo Huaiyu's mother and daughter, she single-mindedly regarded herself as their biological daughter and sister, Lin Ruyi and Huo Huaiyu couldn't eat anymore.

Lin Ruyi could only say: "It's still Mingzhu..."

When the joyful atmosphere was about to become unbearable, fortunately a girl came forward to relieve the trouble and reported softly, "Ma'am, Miss Yu is awake."

Lin Ruyi frowned slightly, stood up, and walked inside.

Huo Mingzhu also followed, she couldn't miss any good show.

The room was divided between the inside and the outside, and when the thin veil was lifted and walked in, Yu Tong had indeed opened his eyes, and was being lifted up by the girl, ready to feed her soup.

"Cousin Tong'er is awake?" Lin Ruyi asked affectionately as she walked forward. The girls wanted to salute when they saw her, but she raised her hand to avoid the salute, and took the medicine bowl from the girl's hand. Sitting down beside the bed, he said, "Let me feed you, you guys go down."

Yu Tong was uncomfortable at first, but he still remembered the scene of throwing water clearly, especially Huo Huaiyu's words were extremely serious——

"...If that Yu Tong really seduces father shamelessly, I will beat her to death! Scratch her bastard's face! Someone stripped her naked and tied her up on the tower to show the public, who made her so low! "

That flower is simply not what an ordinary girl can say. Yu Tong was ashamed and angry when she heard it, so she committed suicide. But after being rescued, she felt that her death was extremely unworthy. She didn't do anything. Because he threw himself into the water with just a few words, making it a joke for no reason?

It was unexpected for Yu Tong to run into Lin Ruyi after waking up.Lin Ruyi handed a spoonful of soup to Yu Tong's lips, and said, "Drink."

Yu Tong didn't want to drink, but couldn't help but take a sip, and turned her head slightly to meet Lin Ruyi's close gaze. She was inexplicably guilty, felt very uncomfortable, and stammered: "Thank you cousin, I... I can do it myself..."

Lin Ruyi refused to let her come by herself, and insisted on feeding her, and fed her extremely slowly, passing spoonful after spoonful slowly, and said with a smile: "It's all because the bastards have dirty mouths. Suffering such grievances, the old lady has already blamed me, my cousin apologizes to you, you must take care of yourself, and don't do stupid things again."

"...Mmm." Yu Tong responded lightly.

Lin Ruyi wiped the corners of Yu Tong's lips with a handkerchief, and said, "I'm a young lady from the Hou family. I'm used to being pampered. I haven't learned to care for others in the past ten years since I married in the general's house. Your cousin loves me so much." Plus, he won't make things difficult for me any more. Therefore, he loves me, I don't do many things well, and I hope my cousin Tong'er will take care of me, and don't be as knowledgeable as my cousin."

What a beating around the bush!
Huo Mingzhu raised her eyebrows, and smiled lightly on her lips. Lin Ruyi meant to drive Yu Tong to a dead end and let her back out. On the one hand, she said that she was from the Marquis Mansion, and she was used to being noble since she was a child. On the other hand, she said Huo Zhengde and her are very affectionate and do not allow outsiders to interfere.

Heh, she's a normal woman, don't understand her flaunting and threats?
The implication is that Yu Tong, a lowly bastard from a small family, seduces my man, and you don't even look at yourself...

Huo Mingzhu wanted to laugh, and wanted to ask Lin Ruyi, she got Huo Zhengde's favor, but she just snatched it from her own sister. Even if Yu Tong came from a humble background, what right did she have to criticize Yu Tong?What's more, Yu Tong didn't do anything yet.

Yu Tong parted the corners of his lips, squeezed out a very embarrassing smile, and said after a long time: "...my cousin is serious."

Passing the finished medicine bowl to the girl, Lin Ruyi was still sitting by the bed, stroked Yu Tong's hair with her hand, stroked it, and said, "Just now you threw water, you really scared my cousin. Gently, why are you so overwhelmed? What you haven’t done is what you haven’t done. When you dive into the water, you become even more confused. Although my cousin hasn’t been with you for long, she doesn’t believe that you are that kind of As a person, your cousin also often told me that you are young, similar to Mingzhu, and should take care of you equally... Could it be that he treats you like my two daughters, you are really a careless child."

The more she talked, the more ashamed Yu Tong became. She couldn't face Lin Ruyi's smile directly. She kept lowering her eyes and nodded, repeating a sentence: "I'm sorry..."

When Lin Ruyi finally finished speaking, she finally stood up and said, "Okay, I've babbled a lot, and nothing else. , don’t think about getting it, cousins, sisters-in-law and old ladies will give it to you if you can get it, what are you in a hurry for? I’m a little tired, I’ll go back first, and you’ll take care of it, what do you need? Just tell me, eh?"

"Thank you cousin." Yu Tong's voice was almost crying.

Lin Ruyi sighed and said: "Stop crying, the old lady will come later and think I've done something to you, alas, the girl's tears are so much that I can't hold it back."

"Mother, you should go back and rest first. Your health is important. I will accompany my cousin. I will wait until the old lady comes." Huo Mingzhu opened her mouth at this time and offered to accompany Yu Tong.

Lin Ruyi couldn't say no, so she nodded and left the room accompanied by Huo Huaiyu.

As soon as their mother and daughter left, the house suddenly fell silent, the maids went to clean up outside, some of the maids went to call the old lady, and for a while there were only Huo Mingzhu and Yu Tong left.

Huo Mingzhu sat down on the chair beside the bed, stretched out her hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for Yu Tong, and said, "Cousin, lie down and rest, don't think too much. My mother is not a bad person, treat me and her The younger sisters are all very good. If there is something unpleasant in what she said, you can forget it. However, although my father is serious, he cares about you cousin very much. I have never seen him so nervous alone in many years. I personally carried you back from the lotus pond, and I didn't catch my breath all the way..."

This seemingly unintentional sentence has become a crucial point. After listening to it, Yu Tong didn't want to listen to Huo Mingzhu's words, but raised his head and said in surprise: "It's my cousin who sent me back ?”

"Yes," Huo Mingzhu's expression was full of reverence for his father, without any hint of profanity: "Cousin, you don't know, since I can remember, my father has never hugged me again, he is so big The heroic general is valiant and powerful, and the common people praise him... When I was young, I always wanted to marry a man like my father, stalwart, tall..."

Yu Tong's face turned red suddenly, and he murmured, "Really?"

Although Huo Mingzhu was talking to herself, her eyes were always observing Yu Tong's expression. In fact, Huo Mingzhu was right. Her brute father Huo Zhengde was tall and handsome, and he was a first-class handsome man in the capital. Baili Zonglu may not be able to surpass Huo Zhengde in appearance.

In addition, Huo Zhengde has been on the battlefield all year round, and he has never seen the slightest weakness of civil servants. It is conceivable that if a handsome man has a heroic aura, girls will be more pleased.Her dead mother fell in love with Huo Zhengde back then, it was absolutely impossible because he was useless, whether it was beauty or military exploits, Huo Zhengde did have merit.

Even now, Huo Zhengde is not yet in his forties, his youthful and beautiful face is stained with traces of time, adding a bit of charm.

For a girl, the reason for falling in love with a man is very simple, and she doesn't even need anything else. It's just that the man treats her well, so she can keep her mind on it.

(End of this chapter)