Chapter 82 Found the lost child
Everyone's eyes were focused on Mrs. Huo.
Huo Lao Er and his wife's eyes were shining and their faces were full of surprise.
They probably thought that Mrs. Huo was finally going to give in and announce that she agreed to adopt their eldest grandson.
The second wife of Huo Lao couldn't help but mutter, "You're only thinking of agreeing to the adoption now that half of your body is buried. If you had agreed earlier, our eldest grandson would have married the daughter of the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple..."
The Huo family members didn't say it, but they all felt so in their hearts.
So what if you have been stubborn for so many years? In the end, you are old and very old, and you still don’t have anyone to take care of you in your old age or to see you to the end of your life.
If he had been adopted earlier, the eldest grandson of Huo Laoer's family could have moved into the general's mansion, allowing him to live a good life sooner, and they could have cultivated more feelings and been closer.
Now you have no choice but to agree to the adoption, but the child doesn't even care about your kindness.
The elder of the Huo clan even pretended to scold the second wife of the Huo clan: "Second brother, you should say less. When your eldest grandson is adopted, you must be nicer to the old lady and be filial to her!"
In fact, what the Huo clan leader was thinking was that once the eldest grandson of the Huo clan's second eldest grandson was adopted, he, as the person who advocated and facilitated this matter, would also be able to gain a lot of benefits.
The old lady of the Huo family, relying on the fact that she is a first-rank lady in front of the emperor, does not take the people of the clan seriously. She is really difficult to control.
But this old lady Huo is just like the old lady Huo, she is too rigid and doesn't understand the ways of the world at all.
Who told her that her husband and son all died on the battlefield? Don't accuse them of bullying a woman.
Old Madam Huo listened to their words and took in all their expressions.
From her position, she could see everyone's expressions, including their little thoughts.
Old Madam Huo did not argue with them verbally, but instead played her most powerful trump card directly.
She held the hands of Xiaohui and Xiaocong behind Wen Ling, their thin but warm hands, and took one at a time and walked in front of the Huo family.
She said slowly and firmly, "The big thing I want to announce today is that I have found the twin siblings of my eldest son Huo Yao who were stranded outside.
I will raise them well until they grow up, and then our Huo family will have descendants, and there will be no need to adopt other people's children into our family. ”
When these words were spoken, it was like a bolt from the blue to the Huo family, shattering all the little plans they had in their minds.
Huo Lao Er, who was determined to win just now, jumped up immediately and said, "How is this possible?!
Your Huo Yao went to the frontier before he even got married, and it has been eight years since he died. How could there be a child wandering around? ! ”
"That's right!" The second wife of Huo Lao also jumped out to agree immediately: "Did you just find a pair of children who look alike from outside to impersonate them in order to monopolize the Huo family's assets?!"
The elder of the Huo clan also frowned and said, "Madam Huo, we cannot recognize a child of unknown origin just because you unilaterally say that he is a child of the Huo family.
As long as I don't nod, they won't be included in the Huo family tree, and they are not members of our Huo family. ”
Although Xiaohui and Xiaocong did not agree to return to the General's Mansion immediately, they were still very angry when faced with such an aggressive group of people who wanted to take advantage of Grandma Huo.
Xiaohui was about to scold them, but Mrs. Huo patted her on the shoulder to stop her.
The big hand that patted her shoulder, old but warm, immediately gave Xiaohui strength and made her feel reliable and at ease.
When Mrs. Huo looked at them and spoke again, her attitude was more forceful than ever before.
"These two children are Huo Yao's own flesh and blood. I won't make any nonsense about this matter.
It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. After I have sorted out the affairs of these two children, I will enter the palace as a royal lady and report the matter to the emperor in person.
I believe that the emperor is kind and sympathetic to our loyal family, and will definitely make reasonable arrangements for our family. ”
She even dared to report it to the emperor. Cheating the emperor is deceiving the monarch, how could it be false?
If the emperor has acknowledged these two children, why wouldn't the Huo family acknowledge them? Why not include it in the family tree?
Don’t they even take the emperor seriously?
The members of the Huo family who had been so aggressive just now were now as quiet as chickens, and no one dared to refute.
It is obvious that he is a bully at home and has no real ability. He only dares to bully the elderly, the weak, women and children in his own family and use the so-called rules and traditions to oppress others.
Unfortunately, their wishful thinking was destined to fail.
Because Madam Huo is not just an ordinary old and weak woman who can be bullied by others. She is the wife and mother of a hero.
Not to mention that she now has two children, Xiaohui and Xiaocong, she can instantly transform into a protective grandma for her children.
Even if Xiaohui and Xiaocong were not there, she would never let her husband and son give away the family business built up by them to these ungrateful people and then watch them squander it all.
She had made plans long before. After she passed away, she would return the general's mansion to the emperor, the court and the country, to fulfill the final glory of this loyal and heroic family.
Fortunately, God had mercy on them and allowed them to preserve their bloodline without extinction.
The Huo family members stared at Xiaohui and Xiaocong with unwilling eyes, as if they wanted to gouge a hole in the two of them.
But Xiaohui and Xiaocong were not afraid of them and glared back at them.
Xiaohui even made a face at them, and Xiaocong showed his disdain by looking at them with his nose squinted.
Mrs. Huo was overjoyed and praised, "As expected of Yao'er's child. Look at his courage and boldness. He is greater than ordinary children!"
The old housekeeper couldn't help but sigh beside him: "That's how the old lady praised the young masters when they grew up..."
There is some regret in this statement, but more of it is comfort and hope.
With Xiaohui and Xiaocong, the General’s Mansion has a future!
No matter how unwilling the Huo family was, there was nothing they could do. They did not dare to really do anything to Old Madam Huo. No matter how dilapidated the General's Mansion was, it was not a place where they could act unreasonably and wildly.
In the end they could only come in a rage and leave in a dejected manner.
When they were about to leave, Mrs. Huo suddenly spoke up, "By the way, let me tell you something else. Before, our General's Mansion gave the Huo family two thousand taels of silver every year for you to establish a clan school and train talents.
It was originally agreed that the program would be provided for ten years, but if no one passed the imperial examination, the program would be discontinued.
The ten-year deadline has already expired since I gave the money. No one in the Huo family has passed the imperial examination, so I will stop giving the money starting this year.
Now that our two children have been found, I need to educate them well in the future, which will require a lot of money. ”
Want to just throw a tantrum and leave? It’s not that simple!
If I don't teach them a lesson now, they might think that her general's family is easy to bully. What if they bully the two children in the future?
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