Huo Yanyu ate two more pieces, and seeing his rather sad expression, she rolled her eyes and said, "Brother, I think it's really boring of you to spend all your time with those old fogies from the Hanlin Academy. In three years, you'll be seventeen, and with your personality, you won't be able to stay in the capital. You might as well not wait three years and just slip away now! Hehe, and take me with you!"
Huo Junhao's eyes lit up, then he looked at Huo Yanyu with a puzzled expression: "You want to go out and play by yourself, right? Then go back to your parents! Anyway, your grandparents are with your uncle's family, so they're not afraid of being lonely. They don't need you to accompany them."
Huo Yanyu knew her brother very well and knew he was tempted: "Brother, I don't care where you go, you have to take me with you. Look how pitiful your sister is! She's already eleven years old, how many more years can she play around?"
Huo Junhao stood up, patting the wrinkles in his clothes from sitting: "I'm a top scholar, who wants to play with a little girl like you! Since I can't deliver the girl today, I'd better get down to business. You go back by yourself, I'm going to my uncle's office!"
He left as soon as he finished speaking, giving Huo Yanyu no chance to catch up.
Huo Yanyu stomped her feet in exasperation. She didn't want to go to her uncle's yamen!
That damn Huo Junhao, he must be planning to leave Beijing. Humph, he won't get rid of her this time.
Huo Yanyu called her maid and hurried home; she wanted to go and act cute with her grandparents.
Huo Junhao's uncle was the Left Prime Minister of the current dynasty. He was reading the official documents that had been reported when his attendant announced that the Seventh Young Master had arrived.
Huo Junhao is the seventh grandchild in the Huo family. Their family has not split up, and the children of each branch are arranged in order.
Prime Minister Huo put down the official documents, let him in, and took a sip of tea.
Huo Junhao rushed in: "Uncle, Uncle, I want to resign from my official post!"
"Pfft!" Prime Minister Huo spat out a mouthful of tea.
Huo Junhao quickly grabbed a handkerchief to wipe the table and face of his uncle.
"Get away! Get away! You're using your tablecloth to wipe my face! Are you using my face as a table?" Prime Minister Huo wanted to teach his son a lesson on behalf of his third brother.
Having tidied himself up and suppressed his anger, Prime Minister Huo looked at the most intelligent child in the Huo family and asked, "What are you going to do after you resign?"
Huo Junhao said, "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. I am only fourteen years old and do not want to be confined to the capital. I want to go out and travel for a few years, to travel all over the Great Zhou, to experience the local customs and culture, and to experience the hardships of life!"
Prime Minister Huo looked at Huo Junhao: "Get to the point!"
Huo Junhao: "...Nephew wants to go to the border!"
Prime Minister Huo sneered, "Go weigh yourself and see how much you weigh! Go to the border? Someone like you couldn't even kill an enemy soldier if you were thrown out! What would you do at the border?"
Huo Junhao: "Uncle, you're wrong to say that. Military generals kill with swords, while civil officials kill with their pens. I want to write articles to boost morale and cheer on the men of our Great Zhou! I'm proficient in music and can create inspiring melodies. I can go to the city tower to beat the drums and wave the flags to cheer them on!"
Prime Minister Huo: "Ha!"
Huo Junhao ran over and grabbed Prime Minister Huo's arm: "Uncle, it's true. The Hanlin Academy is so boring. When Uncle Gu was around, I could play chess with him and learn a few things from him. Now, there's no one in the Hanlin Academy who can beat me! Even the Emperor thinks I'm too young and won't summon me to lecture him, although lecturing isn't very interesting anyway. Uncle, please let me go!"
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