Chapter 822

Outside the gate of the Marquis's residence.

Huo Zhao's carriage was parked outside the gate.

Seeing Zhong Jie come out, Huo Zhao smiled and said, "Mother must have been very impressive just now, right?"

“What’s all this talk about being impressive? It’s all hindsight,” Zhong Jie sighed. “If I had known earlier, I should have come sooner and driven that old bastard out!”

In this way, Huo Zhao wouldn't have to suffer this pain.

Huo Zhao pursed his lips: "I am already very grateful that my mother stood up for me."

In her previous life, amidst such despair, she had no one to rely on.

For a long time after her rebirth, she also walked her own path step by step.

Seeing her gloomy expression, Zhong Jie sighed again and spurred her horse toward her.

Before Huo Zhao could react, a warm hand touched her cheek, followed by Zhong Jie's gentle voice: "Zhao Zhao, you don't need to thank me. It's what I should do to support you, and it's what I want to do."

We've been separated for so many years, and I owe you so much, but this is nothing.

After Zhong Jie finished speaking, a discordant sound of footsteps was heard.

Turning around, I saw Shen Rang rushing out to meet me.

"Tsk."

Zhong Jie frowned, finding Chen Rang even more displeasing.

Why didn't you come later!

When Shen Rang met Zhong Jie's gaze, he subconsciously paused in his steps before continuing to walk towards Huo Zhao.

Zhong Jie spurred her horse away, and Shen Rang got into the carriage and sat down.

Shen Rang's hands were a little cold.

Huo Zhao grasped his hand in return: "How is things at the manor? Your father... hasn't made things difficult for you, has he?"

"No, Father will figure it out."

The Marquis's mansion is no longer what it used to be.

Huo Zhao nodded.

The carriage drove forward.

Shen Rang said, "But you, instead of staying at the Prince's residence, why did you suddenly come out?"

Huo Zhao looked at him, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

"Go ahead and say it."

"...Actually, when I first found out I was poisoned, I already guessed who was behind it," Huo Zhao said. "It's not that I have a prejudice against your grandmother, but there's probably someone else behind her. Your grandmother...I'm afraid she was someone else's accomplice."

Shen Rang remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, until the carriage stopped, Shen Rang said, "No matter what, it is a fact that my grandmother hit you. My mother-in-law did not pursue the matter and only let my grandmother go back to her hometown. I am already very grateful."

After all, she was his grandmother; they were blood relatives.

Huo Zhao nodded.

——

The old lady will leave in five days at the latest, so Huo Zhaoan can stay at the Prince's Mansion during this time.

She thought she only needed to wait for the old lady to leave, but unexpectedly, only two days later, someone from the Marquis's residence came to her door.

“They said she was the young master’s cousin, and she came with the old lady,” Jixiang said. “At first, the old lady even said she wanted this cousin to be the young master’s concubine.”

After Jixiang said that, Huo Zhao remembered this person.

Although the old lady said she wanted that cousin to be Shen Rang's concubine, that cousin never came to their place on ordinary days. It is said that she rarely even left her own courtyard and was very well-behaved.

This sudden visit suggests that you have something important to say.

Huo Zhao pondered for a moment, then had someone bring her in.