The Huo family.
When Huo Baijun first entered his father's study, all his uncles and brothers were waiting for him to conduct a three-way interrogation, a truly intimidating scene.
Huo Baijun tried to pull his leg back from the doorway, so he stood there awkwardly in the doorway.
Huo Jindao glared at him irritably, "Get in here."
"Hehe, I'm afraid you'll hit me."
Huo Jindao desperately gathered his strength, shouting, "If you don't come in now, I'll break your legs!"
Huo Baijun forced himself to enter the house, forcing a smile under the gaze of more than ten people, "What does Dad want to see me about?"
Huo Jindao's eyes widened. "You went to see Prince Yuansheng. What did she say?"
Huo Baijun hesitated for a moment, his heels slightly recoiling as if he were ready to flee at any moment. "Your Highness... Your Highness ordered me to take a thousand Xiao family soldiers with you..."
After waiting a few moments, he was surprised to find that his father did not fly into a rage.
"Brother, you guessed right," Huo Tongdao said.
"Father, does Xiao Liu still need to take our people with him?" Huo Baizheng asked.
Huo Jindao glared at Huo Baijun, "No need, this is fine too."
As long as this kid leaves the Huo family and has no Huo family members around, at least Prince Yuansheng won't suspect him, and he can use the excuse that the child is willful and he, as the father, has no choice but to deal with His Majesty.
Huo Baijun wasn't stupid; he immediately dropped his joking demeanor and stood in the hall, his expression shifting.
One by one, his uncles and brothers came over, patted him, hugged him, and left in turn.
Huo Baijun panicked and looked at his older brother, Huo Baizheng.
The latter was the last to stand up, hugged his shoulder tightly, and patted his bald head. "Xiao Liu, take care of yourself. Your family will not be able to help you anymore."
Huo Baizheng smiled with satisfaction, "Big brother envies you for being able to fight on the battlefield. Do a good job and don't tarnish the reputation of the Huo family."
After saying that, he turned away hastily and left.
Huo Baijun's eyes gradually reddened.
When Huo Jindao took out a family genealogy book separately, he said, "From now on, you will be your own lineage, separate from the main branch of my Huo family."
"Father!!" Huo Baijun knelt down with a thud. "Is it really going to be like this? Son, son..."
He didn't want to leave his family, nor did he want to give up his dreams. Now, faced with a difficult choice, he was in a state of mental turmoil.
Perhaps he had foreseen that the family precepts would run counter to his dreams, and that he would eventually betray the family.
So at this moment, he was not surprised, but felt reluctant, sad, guilty, and grief-stricken.
“Get up! Now that you have made your choice, go forward bravely. I, Huo Jindao’s son, cannot be a fickle person.”
Huo Jindao walked over and helped him up, patting him hard on the shoulder. "Does this mean you're no longer my son, Huo Jindao's son, just because we've separated our clans?"
Huo Baijun's eyes were blurred with tears, but he held them back with all his might.
Huo Jindao shoved the thin family tree into his arms, saying, "Remember, the Huo family soldiers are not cowards either. You will always be a member of the Huo family!"
Huo Baijun knelt down again, kowtowing fiercely while holding back tears, "Yes, son remembers!"
In the courtyard, Old Madam Huo, along with several daughters-in-law and young ladies, gazed at him with tears in their eyes. Madam Huo's face was already covered in tears.
[Green barrage: In our world, the Huo family army is indeed not cowardly. They take protecting the imperial city as their sacred duty. When the barbarians slaughtered the Central Plains and attacked Shengjing, the Huo family army fought to the last man. Women, children, and even the young were all dressed in military uniforms. The entire clan died on the battlefield. It is a truly moving and heroic story.]
[Red barrage: In our world, the Huo family army, though without great achievements, has guarded Shengjing for hundreds of years, earning the emperor's trust generation after generation, a legacy that has lasted for millennia.]
[Yellow bullet comment: In our dimension, the Huo family army has been glorious for thousands of years and still exists today!!]
[Yellow bullet comment: Huo Family Army is here!] +
The words are few, yet exceptionally brilliant.
Xiao Zhixing left the Huo family's scene with mixed feelings, realizing that the Huo family had its own way of surviving.
That's fine, Huo Baijun will be completely hers now.
She turned her head and clicked into Xiong Chumo's shot; she hadn't expected him to be forced into marriage?
It turned out that Xiong Bei felt he was about to slip out of his control, so he wanted to find him a wife before he left the capital, and the wife was from the family of his beloved concubine's mother.
For this, the gentle and dignified mother bear erupted for the first time, scratching Xiong Bei's face.
"My son has a bright future ahead of him, and this is the perfect time for him to build his career. How could you let such a thing ruin his life?"
Mother Xiong's eyes turned red with rage, and she shouted angrily, "Unless I die, if you dare to arrange a marriage for Abao, I will kill myself in front of this house, and before I die, I will take all of you bastards down to meet our ancestors with a handful of rat poison!"
As he spoke, he smashed everything in front of him and slapped his concubine.
Everyone was taken aback.
Xiong Chumo was stunned for a moment, then quickly helped his mother, who was furious. "Mother, don't be angry. Your son is no longer someone he can control. Even His Majesty can't interfere with my marriage."
He sneered, "If Father has the guts, he can go and talk to Prince Yuansheng. If the Prince allows it, I will get married immediately."
Xiong Bei's face changed color from green to white to red in turn. Finally, he uttered the words "rebellious son" and hurriedly hid with his beloved concubine.
The mother bear held her son's hand, tears welling up in her eyes. "You can't back down when it comes to people. If you back down, some people will take advantage of you."
For her son's sake, she could no longer run away.
That very night, she moved back to the main courtyard with her people, forced her beloved concubine to kneel in the ancestral hall, and when Xiong Bei made a scene, she tormented her beloved concubine and her two illegitimate sons.
She openly posted messages to all her friends, not afraid of making a fool of herself, telling everyone about Xiong Bei's scoundrels, and emphasizing that no one could say anything about her son's marriage, especially not Xiong Bei.
Xiao Zhixing chuckled. Xiong Chumo was now free of worries. With his mother's strong leadership, he could focus on his career.
She thought of everyone's wedding plans again and couldn't help but rub her forehead.
She herself didn't plan to have a man, almost forgetting that they were all supposed to get married. They were all of marriageable age, yet none of them had a partner. It was truly unbelievable.
Didn't their families find them any suitable partners?
As a result, Hongmei said to her, "Since you ladies entered the Gentleman's Courtyard, I've heard that fewer people have come to propose marriage."
Xiao Zhixing frowned, somewhat annoyed and displeased. "Why is that? Are you worried that they'll ruin their reputation by hanging out with men?"
Bihe explained, "Your Highness has misunderstood. It's not because of that. What they want to marry is a virtuous wife who puts her husband first, not a famous queen who rides on their backs and is even more renowned than them."
Xiao Zhixing sneered, "That's a real pity. Our Seventh Lady is unique, and these people are not worthy of her."
Thankfully, the families of the girls did not pressure them into marriages, and now that they are busy governing the country, no one mentions marriage anymore.
As for the men, Huo Baijun was a spoiled brat in the past and no one took a liking to him; Xiong Chumo was ruined by his scumbag father; Mu Zixi's marriage is a mystery; and Ji Bai's master will arrange it, but he has never mentioned marriage.
Jiang Tan had a fiancée in his hometown of Qingzhou, but she had died and they never got engaged again.
Lin Muzhen was impoverished because his family sent him to school, and no one wanted to marry him. Later, after he became a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, some women came to his door, but few of them were to his liking. He decided to wait until he passed the imperial examinations to discuss marriage.
These young men are now all promising and eligible bachelors, so their marriages can't be taken lightly.
The live stream chat was full of people trying to create pairings and ship couples, but she just thought they were joking around.
I snapped out of my reverie and went back to watching the live stream.
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