Emperor Huiwu was furious at first, but because the Empress Dowager and Marquis Zhongyong pleaded with him, the matter was let go!
Huo Yajie just didn't understand what Aunt Liu meant by mentioning this Ninth Master.
Outside, the old woman stopped talking.
Huo Yajie frowned.
Was it Aunt Liu deliberately stirring things up, or was there really something going on?
She was only five years old, while Ninth Master was already eighteen. No matter how absurd it was, it was impossible for her to be given to Ninth Master.
So what exactly happened?
Huo Yajie returned to the General's Mansion with doubts, but she entered through a side gate.
The servants explained that Huo Minglang had been demoted and was supposed to move out of the General's Mansion.
However, this General's Mansion was not a gift from the Emperor, but rather the ancestral home of the Huo family, so the Emperor had no right to take it back.
However, since Huo Minglang was no longer a first-rank general, the specifications of the Huo family mansion's gate were beyond the prescribed limits, so it had to be demolished and rebuilt.
Huo Minglang refused, so he sealed the gate.
Since his transfer order was to depart in a month, the General's Mansion would no longer be inhabited. Sealing the gates would be equivalent to sealing the mansion, so it would not be considered disobeying the imperial decree.
Entering the General's Mansion through a side gate was an experience Huo Yajie had never had before.
However, having been kicked out before, Huo Yajie didn't take this matter to heart.
Upon entering the mansion, Huo Yajie immediately sensed a distinct sense of desolation. More than half of the servants were gone, and the flowers, plants, and trees were left untended and unmaintained, growing wildly and unruly, which added a touch of wildness but lost its sense of order.
"My daughter, you're finally back! Your mother has missed you so much!" Madam Wang's voice preceded her arrival, as if she were performing a theatrical piece.
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