Gu Xin and Gu Si laughed heartily as they helped Huo Yanyu up: "Silly girl, what brings you here? What brings you here? Am I dreaming?! I've missed you so much!"
Huo Yanyu steadied herself and said, "I dream about you all every day! I regret every day that I'm not a man, so I can't marry you and look at you every day! Ah! We've finally arrived in Kuncheng! Look at me, look at me, I'm so happy I'm crying tears of joy! My sisters, come and hug me!"
The three girls hugged each other and laughed together.
Lu Zheng smiled happily. When Gu Shouxin said that the emperor would send someone to assist him, he guessed that Huo Junhao would be there. He didn't expect Huo Yanyu to come too. Well, his Xinxin has another friend!
Huo Junhao also wanted to give Lu Zheng a hug, but Lu Zheng reached out to stop him: "You two siblings can actually ride horses?"
Huo Junhao's excitement was instantly dampened: "Brother, can you not discourage me? Yan Yu and I suffered a lot on horseback along the way in order to speed things up."
Lu Zheng chuckled: "Alright, I won't discourage you! Are you here to take office or to have fun? I'm a little worried you might resign!"
In his previous life, Huo Junhao was the top scholar in the next imperial examination. He served in the Hanlin Academy for a year before resigning.
Huo Junhao wore an expression that said, "You're truly my brother." He continued, "I was planning to resign. But then my eldest uncle said something to the Emperor, and the Emperor sent me to assist my second uncle. Now I'm the registrar of Kuncheng, in charge of Kuncheng's official documents, ledgers, files, and other affairs. So, brother, from now on, when we're at the yamen gate, you'll have to call me Lord Huo, hehe!"
Lu Zheng slapped Huo Junhao on the head in an annoyed tone: "Alright, Lord Huo. From now on, when you visit my Northern Camp, please address me as General Zhou!"
Huo Junhao's eyes lit up: "Hey, not bad! Brother, you've only been here a few months and you've already become a general!"
Lu Zheng: "How could I dare to be your older brother if I didn't have some skills!"
The three girls, having finished laughing and joking, came over.
Gu Xin looked at Huo Junhao with a grin: "Hello, Lord Huo!"
Gu Si: "However, I think Huo Shentong sounds better!"
Huo Junhao glared at Gu Si with displeasure: "Hey, you little girl, I'm fifteen now, not a child anymore. Remember to call me Lord Huo from now on!"
Gu Si pursed her lips: "Oh, okay, Master Huo!"
Huo Yanyu and Gu Xin both laughed.
Huo Junhao was furious. "That brat! I even brought the cook from the manor just to give her her favorite pastries. Fine, I won't make them for her. You heartless brat!"
Gu Si was quite pleased to see Huo Junhao so angry.
Anyway, seeing Huo Yanyu and Huo Junhao made her feel even better for no reason.
Huo Junhao was there to take up an official post, so naturally he had to see Gu Shouxin first. Since the Gu family was all there, the brother and sister went to pay their respects together.
Gu Xin hadn't forgotten her appointment with Xiao Yu, so she asked a constable to go to the agreed-upon place to invite Xiao Yu over. She wanted to introduce Xiao Yu to Huo Yanyu.
Good friends should play together!
Not long after the Huo siblings arrived, a long line of people followed, including members of the Gu family from Qingzhou and those sent by the Emperor to assist Gu Shouxin.
The accommodations for the people from Qingzhou had already been prepared, and Uncle Gu and Madam Zhang led them to settle in.
The emperor sent few officials, but there was a group of craftsmen. Unfortunately, Gu Nian was still outside the city, so Grandpa Gu told these craftsmen to stay at the place where the yamen runners lived.
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