Chapter 49: Adding an Official Seal to a Name
Su Zhenzhen was a little confused. "Your grievance can't be that you haven't seen your brother at all, can it?"
"No, that's not true!" Granny Huo stood up anxiously. "Miss is also of the Huo family bloodline, but the old general won't even give her a name!"
So Su Zhenzhen understood. "You want General Huo to name you? Because he is the eldest grandson of the Huo family, if he names you, it's a way of acknowledging your and your mother's identities."
Madam Huo nodded with difficulty. "I have considered myself a daughter of the Huo family since I was a child, and I have learned the Huo family's tradition of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. This title is very important to me."
General Huo was also deeply moved, never expecting that so many things would happen in the capital while he was far away in the border region.
“As your son, I dare not speak ill of my father. But as your elder brother, I have the responsibility to love and guide you. It is my fault for neglecting you all these years.”
Madam Huo's eyes instantly reddened, "Brother..."
"Since you are sincere and pure of heart, I will name you 'Rouzhen', is that alright?"
Madam Huo curtsied to General Huo, "Thank you, brother, for bestowing this name upon me."
Su Zhenzhen had an idea. "Granny Huo, go and get some paper and pen."
Although Granny Huo did not understand what she meant, she still did as she was told.
Paper, ink, brush, and inkstone were laid out on the table, and Su Zhenzhen beckoned to Hensheng.
"Write down the name that General Huo just mentioned."
Hensheng thoughtfully included his surname as well.
The three characters "Huo Rouzhen" leap off the page.
Su Zhenzhen blew the ink dry and handed it to Madam Huo, saying, "Keep it safe."
Madam Huo assumed that her brother was now a ghost and unable to hold a pen, so someone else was doing it for him, and happily accepted the paper.
The barrage of comments in my mind rarely praised Su Zhenzhen.
[The female lead's move was impressive; having a member of imperial blood personally write her name is like having an official seal on your document in the 906th century!]
Su Zhenzhen continued to ask about what happened after that, "What happened after you married into the Zhu family?"
What happened next is easy to explain. With so many beautiful women around Zhu Er, some of them were blind to the fact that they thought they could replace the legal wife and resorted to various poisoning and framing tactics.
The Pearl Maiden couldn't bear to see her child being bullied, so she ate the faces of these little demons, since she also needed these things to maintain her cultivation.
When Kyoto was besieged, Zhu Er did receive advance notice and prepared to flee alone.
But Madam Huo kept a close eye on him, which directly caused his mother to reveal her true colors, forcing Zhu Er to bring along everyone he had brought from the Huo family.
Uncle Zhong and Granny Huo were former servants of the Huo family.
Zhu Er dared to run away, which naturally meant he amassed a considerable amount of wealth.
The group fled to Dan County. Madam Huo originally planned to kill Zhu Er, take his money, and go to General Huo.
Before any action could be taken, news of General Huo's death spread throughout the country.
With no other option, Madam Huo had to live in anonymity with Zhu Er in Dan County.
Zhu Er was afraid of Zhu Nu, and Madam Huo did not want to kill him so quickly. After all, she only knew where his money was hidden, but she did not know how long he had been planning this, nor did she know how many villains like him were in the court.
The couple kept to themselves. Madam Huo built a shrine in the courtyard to worship the Pearl Maiden, while Zhu Er continued his debauchery, but dared not bring her home, since the Pearl Maiden was notorious for her shamelessness.
Until Zhu Er got into a dispute with his old friend, which happened to be the day he invited Cui Niang to perform.
Zhu Er felt that his current life of wealth and honor was good, but his friend thought that the Zhu family had been high-ranking officials for generations. If the emperor on the throne were an enlightened ruler, it would be fine, but now the whole court was in chaos. Zhu Er held money in his hands and should think about what to do. The two argued, and the friend cursed Zhu Er, saying that he deserved to be childless. In a fit of anger, Zhu Er married Cui Niang.
Upon hearing this, Su Zhenzhen immediately had a bad feeling. "What does your friend want Zhu Er to do? Why is Zhu Er unwilling?"
"I heard that there is imperial blood left behind, and a friend wanted to persuade Zhu Er to earn a share of the credit for supporting the new emperor," Madam Huo said helplessly. "If there were truly imperial blood, loyal ministers and generals would have been assisting him long ago. He's just using this as a pretext to establish himself. Zhu Er is extremely afraid of death, so naturally he's unwilling. Later, he felt that Dan County was not safe and wanted to run away with his money. Meanwhile, my mother is getting old and often weak. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control Zhu Er, so I had to take the initiative and poison him. The poison was a flower that my mother picked up at the border when she was young. It was colorless, odorless, and difficult for anyone to detect."
Now everything is pretty clear.
Su Zhenzhen sensed that the causal threads on Zhu Er's body had been untied, but she had a question: "Zhu Er shouldn't have been mentally impaired before he died, right? What exactly was that flower? It was so eerie."
A person's soul is either mentally challenged in life or has been damaged after death.
"No, Zhu Er was thinking about his escape route before he died."
That flower damaged his soul.
Are there any flowers left?
Mrs. Huo shook her head. "Back then, my mother picked it out of curiosity because she saw that one peanut was still alive in the dead of winter snow."
Su Zhenzhen nodded, indicating that she understood, and then immediately opened the Cycle of Reincarnation, releasing Zhu Er's soul from the storage compartment and sending it inside.
Madam Huo was astonished by the sight before her. "Has he been reincarnated? How could he possibly be reincarnated?"
"To be frank, he has never directly taken anyone's life. The only karmic debt he has was stealing national funds, which is why you poisoned him. The flower's poison is very strong, and his soul has been damaged. Even if he is reincarnated, he will be an idiot. With this, the karmic debt ends, and he should be reincarnated."
Upon hearing that Zhu Er would be reincarnated as an idiot, Madam Huo's mood visibly improved.
Su Zhenzhen kindly reminded her, "You have a lot of karma on your hands. Your mother is a demon, and she directly ate human faces, which will be punished by the Heavenly Dao. But you got involved, and that's all your sins."
Madam Huo, however, did not care. "If I don't cultivate virtue in this life, what's the point of living in the next? In this life, I am General Huo's sister. Even if I become a wandering ghost after death, I will be willing."
Alright, Su Zhenzhen was too lazy to say anything more.
Hensheng, however, took a liking to Zhu Er's wealth. "May I ask, Madam, how much of the wealth that Master Zhu brought from the capital is left?"
Both troops and provisions require financial support.
Madam Huo did not answer directly, but looked at General Huo and asked, "What does my brother think?"
General Huo nodded slightly. "If you know, then tell me."
Madam Huo did not speak, but led everyone into her bedroom, unlocked the mechanism on the bed, and a secret room appeared before them.
The pile of gold bricks was so dazzling that Su Zhenzhen felt like her eyes were about to be blinded.
"After settling down here, Zhu Er was afraid of losing his money, so he entrusted the majority of it to me for safekeeping," Madam Huo explained. "He knew that I couldn't leave him for the time being. This world is very harsh on single women, not to mention my mother's unusual behavior. Moreover, this place has excellent feng shui, which is suitable for my mother's cultivation."
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