Chapter 462 Aristocratic Family

Shen Yueyao knew that Su Xueyi had a lot of information stored in her mind.

In particular, he was in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and sometimes he had to organize a lot of information and had a comprehensive understanding of the characters' information.

However, she had no idea about the name Huo Bingshuo and had never heard of it.

Su Xueyi sighed softly and said, "The surname Huo is not an ordinary surname."

Looking at Su Xueyi's expression, Shen Yueyao knew there was a story behind this.

Shen Yueyao couldn't help but ask: "What kind of Huo family is this Huo family? Is there any story behind it?"

Seeing Shen Yueyao's curious expression, Su Xueyi slowly explained, "In the previous dynasty, the Huo family was the most famous aristocratic family. They were different from ordinary aristocratic families."

"The Huo family is famous for their integrity. They have lived in Xingbei for generations, which is the gateway to the Central Plains. Many talented children have emerged from the family, including many talented generals."

"The Huo family spear is the most famous. It's a spear technique the Huo family created themselves. At the end of the previous dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, with many warlords vying for supremacy. The foreign races took advantage of the situation and wanted to occupy the Central Plains. It was the Huo family who led their sons and daughters to fight against the enemies, defending the people of the Central Plains. However, at the same time, the Huo family's elite died on the battlefield, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women and children."

Speaking of this, Su Xueyi felt a little regretful.

"And some aristocratic families who were good at maintaining their own safety were able to preserve their family strength during the war."

"When the new dynasty of the Great Yan Dynasty was established, the Huo family was safe in a corner and had a period of recuperation. The Huo family was also a small family. A talented martial artist emerged in the family. He made military achievements and became the famous General Huo. Unfortunately, a hundred years ago, the Huo family was implicated in the struggle for power among the princes. It was also because of these events that the Huo family was no longer as prosperous as before. A hundred years later, the Huo family has become a poor family."

"If my guess is correct, Huo Bingshuo performed outstandingly in the martial arts exam. Unfortunately, there were many children from aristocratic families at the time, and Huo Bingshuo was not given a position when it came to assigning positions."

"It was after the current emperor ascended the throne that he selected some people and arranged for Huo Bingshuo to join the Imperial Guard."

"If they are from the Huo family, their character is naturally extraordinary."

When Su Xueyi said this, Shen Yueyao's eyes sparkled, "So, it's quite suitable for Daya."

"Daya doesn't have to worry about being bullied if she follows him."

Family spirit is a very important thing.

Su Xueyi said, "I'll ask someone to check it out. Don't worry."

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "I understand. Let's see what's going on first."

After Shen Yueyao and Su Xueyi discussed something, they went to bed.

Just when Su Xueyi was investigating the Huo family and Huo Bingshuo because of who knew Su Daya, the Lu family was in a state of panic because of the internal strife within the family.

The old lady of the Lu family felt that she could not allow the Lu family to continue like this.

"The Lu family is no longer the same as before. We must make plans for the Lu family."

Madam Lu felt that the best relationship the Lu family could rely on now was the Su family.

The Su family is a favorite of the emperor. If the Lu family can get close to the Su family again, it will naturally be extraordinary.

Nanny Wang, who was beside the old lady, was resentful of Su Daya's ruthlessness and deliberately whispered to Old Lady Lu, "Old Lady, the Lu family is the maternal family of that young lady after all, but you don't consider her maternal family. You don't even have the Lu family in your eyes."

Madam Lu also snorted coldly and said, "Who does she think she is? A little girl, and she dares to reject the Lu family."

Nanny Wang said, "Don't be angry, Madam. Filial piety is the most important thing now. If that girl is disrespectful to you and then unfilial to her mother, her reputation will be ruined. Then you will be left to the Madam's mercy."

Madam Lu frowned and said, "That Daya has a bad reputation. Marrying into the Lu family has wronged Dalang."

Old Madam Lu wanted to use Su Daya, but she also looked down on Su Daya. When she thought of the fact that Su Daya had been divorced, her brows furrowed.

Nanny Wang offered a bad idea: "Old Madam, don't you still have a illegitimate grandson? Who will it be when the time comes? It's vague and the Su family won't know."

When Madam Lu heard this, her expression changed and she said, "That's a good idea."

"Besides, Manzhi is going to Beijing soon. Let Manzhi go and tell her that the girl will never be disrespectful to her mother."

Old Madam Lu didn't consider Su Daya as her granddaughter at all, and all she wanted was to use Su Daya.

To her, her sons and grandsons are the Lu family, while her granddaughters and granddaughters are outsiders.

It is a tool used to build connections for the Lu family.

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The Su family didn't know what the Lu family was planning.

Su Xueyi is very attentive to her niece's affairs.

It took only two days to find out everything about Huo Bingshuo.

That night, Su Xueyi told Shen Yueyao, "Huo Bingshuo is the direct descendant of the Huo family. He has a younger brother and sister. Even though they are young, they are all very good. His brother is only thirteen years old, but he is born with supernatural powers. He also knows how to practice martial arts at home..."

"His sister is fourteen years old, but she is well-versed in poetry and literature. However, she doesn't go out often and is not well-known."

"With the temperament and talents of these three siblings, if the Huo family manages it well, it will surely prosper."

"As for Huo Bingshuo's previous wife, she was chosen for him by his father before he passed away."

"After Huo Bingshuo's parents passed away, the family wanted to cancel the engagement. Unfortunately, Madam Yuan was Huo Bingshuo's aunt, and she intervened. The Mu family had no choice but to marry Miss Mu into the Huo family. Who would have thought that Miss Mu would actually try to murder Huo Bingshuo and elope with someone? Unfortunately, Huo Bingshuo discovered her plot, and her plot was exposed."

"Ah, there are people like this. If she doesn't want to be with Huo Bingshuo, she can just break off the engagement. But she actually wants to kill someone."

Shen Yueyao despises such people.

Su Xueyi explained calmly, "According to the Jinyiwei's investigation, the Mu family cares a lot about their reputation. Furthermore, this Miss Mu is a concubine's daughter who was forced to take a scapegoat. Naturally, she is unwilling to accept this. She hates Huo Bingshuo and the family's arrangements, but she is powerless to resist. She can only enter the Huo family and take action."

"She bought some medicine that can make people die silently. Besides, Huo Bingshuo comes from a poor family and has no elders to support him. Even if he dies, no one will know and no one can do anything about it. His brothers and sisters are still young and will not know the truth."

"By then, Miss Mu will fake her own death and leave the capital to elope with someone..."

Shen Yueyao became angry after hearing this, "And then?"

"What happens after the truth is revealed?"

Shen Yueyao felt that no normal person would tolerate this.

Seeing her anxious look, Su Xueyi smiled helplessly, gently stroked her hair and said, "This Huo Bingshuo suppressed the matter, negotiated terms with Miss Mu, and then gave Miss Mu a divorce letter, asking her to leave, only saying that she could not return to Beijing and could not appear in front of him in the future."

"Otherwise, he would have made public the confession signed by Miss Mu."

Shen Yueyao's expression shifted. "According to the laws of the Great Yan Dynasty, Miss Mu killed someone, and she killed her husband, so she should be beheaded. Huo Bingshuo didn't kill her and let her go. He gave her a divorce letter, but at the same time, to prevent Miss Mu from blaming me later, he still made her sign a confession."

"This way, Miss Mu won't dare to confuse right and wrong and threaten Huo Bingshuo again."

Su Xueyi nodded and said, "Not bad. He is brave and resourceful, rough but meticulous. He did a pretty good job on this matter."

"Most people simply can't stand this kind of thing."

"And this way, at least the Mu family wasn't too affected. Otherwise, the entire Mu family's reputation would be completely ruined."

Shen Yue needs to understand.

Shen Yueyao exclaimed in admiration: "It seems that Huo Bingshuo is not bad."

"Then who did he say he was repaying a favor for at the beginning?"

Su Xueyi explained, "It's Yuan Jinghen, the young master of the Yuan family."

Shen Yueyao suddenly realized and said, "I have heard of this young master Yuan from the Yuan family. I heard that he is famous for his talent and has the title of a scholar."

"This Young Master Yuan hasn't married yet, right?"

Su Xueyi said, "Well, this man is also very self-disciplined and carries the heavy responsibility of the family. The Yuan family is also a wealthy and noble family with a simple and uncomplicated population. Madam Yuan is a rare and sensible person."

"It's just that Yuan Jinghen has someone in his heart, so he doesn't like Daya."

"Yuan Jinghen and Huo Bingshuo are cousins."

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "No wonder, but I can't blame this Young Master Yuan either. It's normal for him to have such thoughts."

It cannot be said that Yuan Jinghen was wrong. It was normal for him to look down on Su Daya given his position.

"But we should thank him. If not, who would know Huo Bingshuo? And Shuo Bingshuo probably wouldn't know Daya either."

Huo Bingshuo has no parents and no elders to take care of things for him.

In addition, the Su family is now a favorite of the emperor. Some people want to establish a relationship with the Su family, so they naturally want to find a son of an aristocratic family or a wealthy family for Su Daya.

Many people felt that only in this way would the Su family agree.

Little do they know that they value morality more.

After Shen Yueyao figured out the whole story, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I can rest assured. I can tell Daya and ask Huo Bingshuo to arrange for someone to propose marriage."

Su Xueyi nodded and said, "It can be arranged."

Shen Yueyao was very happy, "We can talk to Daya tomorrow and make arrangements. We should also prepare."

During this period, Shen Yueyao also prepared a lot of dowry for Su Daya.

We want Su Daya to have a grand wedding.

Shen Yueyao was very happy when she thought about this.

After breakfast the next day, Shen Yueyao pulled Su Daya into the study and told her about this.

"The Huo family's ancestors were an aristocratic family. Their descendants protected the people of the Central Plains from being trampled upon by foreign races. They defended the border with their flesh and blood..."

Shen Yueyao solemnly told Su Daya about the history of the Huo family and the character of the Huo family.

He also talked about some of the things Su Xueyi investigated.

When Su Daya heard this, her heart started pounding.

She instantly admired Huo Bingshuo.

Such a family is an admirable heroic family.

Shen Yueyao said: "Daya, heroes should not be buried or bullied. If you are ready to be with Huo Bingshuo, you must support each other and care for each other."

"And his brothers and sisters are all very nice."

Su Daya said seriously, "Aunt San, I understand. I will definitely treat him well, and I will also treat his younger brothers and sisters well."

Su Daya also felt relieved. This way, she had nothing to fear.

She believed every word Huo Bingshuo said to her.

Such people are influenced by their family traditions and will not tell lies or make promises casually.

Such people always keep their word.

Thinking of what Huo Bingshuo had experienced, Su Daya felt a little sorry for him.

When saying this at this moment, Su Daya looked serious and earnest.

Shen Yueyao said with some concern: "You have to think clearly, maybe Huo Bingshuo will guard the border or go to war in the future."

Su Daya also said seriously: "Aunt San, I understand. If he goes to the border, I will go with him. I am not afraid of hardship."

After the Su family was exiled, they suffered a lot and she experienced hunger at that time, so she is not afraid of anything now.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Daya's expression, touched her hair, and said with relief: "You have grown up."

After Su Daya finished talking to her third aunt, she went to the farm.

She wants to teach more students in Zhuangzi's class.

Perhaps because she was thinking about Huo Bingshuo, Su Daya was in a good mood.

She also thought that if she met Huo Bingshuo, she would tell her her thoughts.

Third Aunt said that if she did not see Huo Bingshuo delivering the message, she would ask Third Uncle to help bring the message to Huo Bingshuo.

Su Daya thought about this with a smile on her face.

But she never expected that when she returned home at noon, she would meet the Lu family again, and this time it was Lu Manzhi.

Even after so many years, Su Daya recognized her mother Lu Manzhi at a glance.

She still looked arrogant and indifferent.

Su Daya was stunned for a moment and even felt that she was hallucinating.

How could her mother appear here?

Su Daya had wanted to see her mother countless times, hoping that her mother would appear and take her back to the capital.

But after going through so many things, her mentality has long since changed, and she will no longer have any expectations of her mother.

When she finally put her mother down, she didn't expect to see her.

Although she was not as young as she remembered, and although she was old and had white hair, Su Daya still recognized her at a glance.

Strangely enough, she was very calm inside, and looking at her just felt like a familiar stranger.

Su Daya laughed sarcastically, then walked past the carriage as if she hadn't seen her at all.

Lu Manzhi looked at Su Daya and almost didn't recognize her.

The truth is that she hardly remembers what Su Daya looked like when she was a child.

I only remember that she was crying at that time.

"stop!"

Su Daya laughed sarcastically and said, "Auntie, who are you? You told me to stop, so I stopped."

Lu Manzhi said angrily: "I am your mother, and you treat me like this!"

Su Daya said coldly: "Oh, you still remember that you have a daughter like me, I thought you had forgotten it long ago."

"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten that I had a mother."

"No, my mother forced my father to write a divorce letter. Even though it was a divorce letter, it had nothing to do with the Su family anymore."

"According to the laws of the Great Yan Dynasty, you have no right to use your mother's name and identity to control and pressure me."

"So you want to control me and ask me to do something. It's unreasonable and you have no right to do that."

Su Daya stared at Lu Manzhi closely.

Her mother didn't see her excitement at all, nor did she have a loving mother's look. She looked at her coldly and with a scrutinizing expression, as if she were just an object.

She also knew that her mother now had a son who lived with her childhood sweetheart who was an official in a foreign country.

Lu Manzhi still looked arrogant and said, "No matter what, I am your mother. If you talk back to your elders and disrespect your mother like this, it will only make your reputation worse."

When Su Daya heard this sarcastic remark, a surge of anger rose in her heart.

"reputation?"

"Oh, you still know about reputation, isn't it all thanks to you."

"You don't even care about your own reputation, and you still want to control me!"

Lu Manzhi scolded: "How dare you talk to me like that."

Su Daya said coldly: "I dare you. If you have the guts, go to the Su family and make a scene. Try to make a scene in front of my father. You don't dare. You only dare to show off in front of me by using your status as an elder."

"Do you want me to remind you how you humiliated my grandmother and my father when you forced my father to write the divorce agreement?"

"My grandmother and my father asked you what to do with Daya, and you said you didn't want her anymore because she was just a daughter."

"You said it yourself, why do you want to deny it now?"

"Oh, after all, she's the daughter of an aristocratic family, and yet she behaves like this. But the Lu family doesn't have much of a reputation anymore."

"Fortunately, I am a member of the Su family."

Every word Su Daya said seemed to hit Lu Manzhi's sore spot, making Lu Manzhi tremble with anger and unable to say anything.

This is exactly what she said at the time.

She didn't expect that Su Daya heard it all.

She didn't expect that Su Daya would be like this when she grew up, stubborn and hard-headed.

She looks a lot like her dad.

Lu Manzhi was very patient and she still remembered the purpose of her visit.

"I'm your mother, I won't harm you. You have such a bad reputation now, no one really wants to marry you. They only care about the Su family behind you."

"But if you marry into the Lu or Gao family, things will naturally be different. At least you'll be related by marriage. You won't have to worry about other people's faces, and you won't have to be looked down upon."

The Gao family is naturally Lu Manzhi's husband's family. The Gao family's eldest wife has a illegitimate son, who is just right for marrying Daya.

In this way, Lu Manzhi will have a more stable foothold.

After hearing these words, Su Daya suddenly burst into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

She laughed so sarcastically that tears were about to come out.

With a mother like her, what else could one expect?

It's ridiculous. When she was young, she was so stupid that she was influenced by her and became so paranoid and stupid.

She even thought that she had a mother in the capital, and as long as she saw her mother, her mother would definitely protect her and take care of her.

I was so stupid back then.

Su Daya wished she could slap herself hard a few times.

Su Daya didn't even want to look at Lu Manzhi.

Lu Manzhi frowned fiercely when he heard Su Daya's unbridled laughter. "There are no rules at all."

As expected of someone from the countryside, he has no manners.

If people in the capital knew that she was Su Daya's mother, they would simply laugh at her.

Su Daya looked at Lu Manzhi's disgusted eyes, took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said, "You have no right to control me, nor are you qualified to make decisions for me."

"Don't think I'm easy to bully, and don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're my mother."

"Those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes. At worst, I will go and knock on Dengwen's bone. You can try to see if I dare."

Su Daya used to be paranoid, but she is actually very tough.

She has a kind of backbone that would rather break than bend.

Su Daya's eyes were so cold at this moment that Lu Manzhi was frightened.

She could even feel that Su Daya was really capable of doing such a thing.

Seeing that this wasn't going to work, Lu Manzhi quickly softened her voice and expression and said, "Daya, you misunderstood me."

"Mom is not forcing you. I am... I haven't been by your side these years. I just want to do something for you. I want you to come to me so that I can make it up to you."

Lu Manzhi instantly acted like a loving mother.