Live in peace.
Today's events were quite a big deal, so Fu Ling naturally knew about it.
As soon as Fu Rongxin walked in, she felt that Fu Ling's expression was not right.
After the servants had left, she spoke cautiously, "Mother?"
Fu Ling was furious and said, "Rongxin, do you remember what you promised me before you left? I told you not to do anything before the imperial examination, so why are you so impatient?!"
Hearing this, Fu Rongxin's expression changed: "Are you blaming me, mother?"
She smiled bitterly and sat down slowly: "But it's been almost seventeen years, how can I not be anxious?"
Facing Fu Rongxin's stubbornness, Fu Ling was anxious: "Do you know that if I get what you want today, your brother will most likely lose the qualification to participate in the Spring Examination?!"
Fu Rongxin couldn't help laughing. She bent over, almost laughing to tears. "After all, when my parents used Xue Zhiyi, weren't they also using me? They didn't consider my suffering at all, and only looked after my big brother. They didn't want him to take any risks, nor did they want to give up the glory that comes with the Phoenix Fate!"
"you!"
Having her secrets touched upon, Fu Ling raised her hand, almost unable to hold back from slapping Fu Rongxin, but she stopped herself. She held her hand in the air, tears in her eyes, as she looked at Fu Rongxin, who was now devastated.
Fu Rongxin just smiled and said, "Go ahead and hit me! Just beat me to death!"
Guiltily withdrawing her hand, Fu Ling glanced around and lowered her voice, "Stop messing around. You're the one I love the most. Why do you have to say these things to hurt me? If you keep going on like this, are you going to sacrifice yourself for that bastard Xue Zhiyi?"
Fu Rongxin snorted coldly: "Is she worthy?"
"Of course she doesn't deserve it!" Fu Ling sat down in front of her, his tone softened. He held her hand and said, "So Rongxin, you are a phoenix destined by heaven, a daughter of a rich family. Don't harm yourself again just to vent your anger on Xue Zhiyi. Do you understand?"
Seeing that Fu Rongxin's expression had softened, she continued softly, "It breaks my heart to see you like this. I carried you for ten months, so how could I not love you? I also hope that your brother will have a promising future so that he can be your support in the future. Do you understand?"
…
At this moment, in Lin'an Marquis Mansion.
Huo Wuyou, who had been bandaged, leaned against the head of the bed.
His bony fingers were twisting a small plum blossom hairpin, which was made of pearls, round and white. It was small and very suitable for adorning the hairpin, and it also had a faint fragrance.
The half blue scar left by the glass bead on the base of his right hand shone brightly.
This pearl flower was dropped by Xue Zhiyi today. Somehow, he picked it up as if possessed by a ghost.
Not knowing what he was thinking, he pointed at the agate pistil with his finger, but his mind had already flown to the Yongping Marquis Mansion during the day.
"Damn it." He cursed softly.
Could it be that he would be so easily attracted to the girl from the Xue family?
Why is he so easy to tease?
I am weak-willed! I am so weak-willed!
At this moment, a sound of pushing the door was heard: "Second brother, second brother, second brother!"
Huo Wuyou hurriedly hid the pearl flower under his pillow: "Huo Wuhui, where are you calling your soul in the middle of the night?"
A child about ten years old ran in. He had a round head and wore an apricot-yellow brocade robe. His hair was half tied up and he had a golden unicorn collar around his neck.
Huo Wuhui couldn't hide his anxiety: "Second brother, I heard you were injured? What happened?"
As the youngest son of the Huo family, he was raised in the palace for a few years after his parents passed away. As he was getting old, it was not convenient for him to stay in the palace any longer, so he moved back to the Lin'an Marquis Mansion this year.
Not wanting to worry his younger brother, Huo Wuyou tapped the child's head with his fingers: "What's wrong with you? You're back so late, where have you been? Did you skip classes again?"
"I...I..." Huo Wuhui immediately looked guilty and looked around, grabbing the hem of his clothes.
"You're so good! I'm just not at home for one day, and you dare to skip class again!" Huo Wuyou raised his hand to hit him.
But someone laughed softly: "I heard from Yan Gui that you couldn't even walk, and I thought it was serious. I didn't expect you still had the mind to teach me a lesson."
I saw a tall and slender man, wearing a white fox fur coat, as gentle as jade, walking towards me with slow steps.
"What a big scene! It even alarmed Brother Yunlang."
Huo Wuyou gave up on dealing with Huo Wuhui for the time being. Seeing this, Huo Wuhui felt as if he had been pardoned and tiptoed out of the house.
Sui Yunlang put down the medicine box and raised his hand, saying, "Come on."
Huo Wuyou gave him his hand and let him take his pulse.
Sui Yunlang closed his eyes and hummed softly. After a moment, he glanced at his wound and said, "You are lucky. It's nothing serious. Just rest well these days."
After that, he glanced around quietly and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Huo Wuyou lost his joking expression and sighed slightly: "I wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were guests at the Zhao family today so that I could sneak in and collect evidence, but I didn't expect Zhao Shen to notice me. Fortunately, although I was slightly injured, he didn't discover my identity."
After a moment of contemplation, Sui Yunlang asked him, "Are you so certain that the battle at Yueling Pass was Zhao Xu's plan?"
Huo Wuyou half-leaned on his arm, his usually cynical eyes now icy. "Three years ago, my father and brother, along with 70,000 members of the Huo family army, perished at Yueling Pass. If you and I hadn't guarded the rear and stayed with the army, we'd all be dead by now... Everyone says my father and brother failed to lead the troops well, having fallen prey to a treacherous scheme by the Northern Di people. But one of my father's former soldiers narrowly escaped death and, with his last breath, told me that it was all Zhao Xu who falsely transmitted the imperial decree, executing the exhausted remnants of the bloody battle for disobeying orders."
After saying this, he sneered, "In the final analysis, I'm not entirely sure if it was Zhao Xu's doing. This is just one of the few clues left from the Battle of Yueling Pass, and I can only follow this information to investigate further. Over the past three years, we've investigated not only the Zhao family, but also their accomplices. Unfortunately, I don't know if it's a rumor, or if Zhao Xu is truly too good at hiding things. The few clues we've got are simply insufficient to serve as evidence."
"Perhaps." Sui Yunlang looked at him. "As a military general, the Zhao family may have held a title, but the past two generations have lacked military achievements, and gradually declined. Zhao Xu truly needs a resounding military achievement to save the declining Zhao family. At the Battle of Yueling Pass, everyone believed it was the Marquis of Yongping who turned the tide in times of crisis and kept the Northern Di at bay. This battle earned Zhao Xu the favor of His Majesty, and the Zhao family once again became a prominent family."
Recalling everything that happened three years ago, Huo Wuyou's eyes turned red and his breathing became so heavy that his throat and chest ached slightly.
"Your Majesty may seem lenient now, but little do you know that he originally intended to punish the entire Huo family for my father and brother's incompetent military leadership... It was only after my mother committed suicide that his majesty, not wanting to be criticized by the people for his harsh treatment of loyal officials and the infamy of forcing them to death, was able to intervene and save the three of us."
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