After chatting enthusiastically for a while, the Queen Mother suddenly remembered something and asked the female official beside her, "Shi Qi, where is that boy Wu Hui?"
The female official named Shi Qi was in her twenties, with delicate features and a clever look. She said, "Chai Yue just took the young master to change into the new clothes given by the Empress Dowager. I guess it's time for him to come."
As she was speaking, a childish voice came hurriedly from afar: "Grandma! Grandma, how did you know that I like purple the most recently?"
When Huo Wuhui ran over, the golden unicorn collar on his neck was shaking and making a rattling sound. The purple robe he wore made the child look even more noble, and his dandy temperament was even more than Huo Wuyou's.
The Queen Mother pretended to be angry with him: "Why did it take you so long to change clothes? Chai Yue, tell me."
Chai Yue, who was following behind Huo Wuhui, said jokingly, "When changing clothes, the young master started arguing with Yinger again."
"I didn't." Huo Wuhui pouted, "It's just that the parrot you raised, grandma, is too picky."
Suddenly, Huo Wuhui noticed Xue Zhiyi: "Who is this sister? Why haven't I seen her before?"
Xue Zhiyi smiled slightly and said, "I am the princess's friend Xue Zhiyi. I am here to watch the ceremony at the princess's invitation."
Huo Wuhui was delighted: "Sister is so beautiful!"
As he spoke, he was about to go towards Xue Zhiyi.
But Huo Wuyou suddenly called out to him, "Huo Wuhui, come here."
Huo Wuhui paused, pouted, turned around to look at his second brother, then groaned, and reluctantly took the seat next to Huo Wuyou.
Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but chuckle, but suddenly thought of the ending of Huo Wuhui's previous life.
In his previous life, his grandmother and brothers and sisters passed away one after another, leaving him alone. He was also labeled as the brother of a traitor. A few playboys led by Zhao Xu's youngest son Zhao Heng made fun of him and tied him to a wild horse and dragged him to death.
Because Zhao Xu was an important official in the court, and Huo Wuhui was just the son of the Xing family, no one spoke up for him, and no one wanted to offend the Zhao family. The few playboys were only imprisoned for half a month before being acquitted.
Xue Zhiyi took a deep breath and came back to her senses. At least she couldn't let the people present notice that anything was wrong.
At this moment, the family was chatting and laughing, and unknowingly they talked about today's coming-of-age ceremony.
Huo Zhiyu said, "Second brother is about to get married, but he's still so careless. He even lost his hair ribbon at a spring fair a few days ago."
After these words were spoken, Xue Zhiyi and Huo Wuyou both felt guilty for a moment.
No... Xue Zhiyi thought: Why is she feeling guilty? That was clearly given to her by Huo Wuyou to pay off her debt.
Huo Zhiyu, however, didn't notice anything wrong with their expressions and continued to mutter, "Fortunately, we'll all be wearing hair crowns from now on, so we won't need ribbons anymore."
Seeing that Huo Wuyou rarely exposed her secrets, Huo Zhiyu felt a little bored.
Thinking of something, she suddenly nudged Xue Zhiyi with her elbow and said, "By the way, this year's palace flowers are very unique and can't be bought outside. How about picking a few for me when we leave the palace later?"
The sudden address startled Xue Zhiyi.
Before he finished speaking, a peanut hit Huo Zhiyu squarely on the head. She groaned and glared at Huo Wuyou: "Second brother, what are you crazy about!"
Huo Wuyou's expression was extremely tense: "What are you... yelling about?"
Covering his head, Huo Zhiyu felt very aggrieved: "My uncle has already arranged for Sister Zhiyi to be married to Brother Gongwang. Although it is not right to yell like this now, she will be my sister-in-law sooner or later. There is no one else here, so what's wrong with me yelling!"
Huo Wuyou's breathing suddenly stopped... It's over, what was he thinking just now?
At this moment, he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into...
Because of his own little thoughts, he felt guilty like a thief and almost subconsciously associated Xue Zhiyi with himself.
Now I really don’t know how to end this.
Huo Wuyou's expression was extremely stiff, and his words were stuttering. He gritted his teeth and started to argue, "Since...since you know it's unreasonable, why are you still shouting like this? If you don't control your mouth outside one day, see...see how I'll deal with you!"
It turns out that people pretend to be busy when they are embarrassed.
After Huo Wuyou finished speaking, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, but accidentally choked. He coughed and inexplicably adjusted his already neatly tied cuffs.
At this moment, he didn't dare to look at Xue Zhiyi's expression... I hope she doesn't see it!
Fortunately, Huo Zhiyu was slow to react. She only snorted and said to Xue Zhiyi, "Sister Zhiyi, I don't want to pay attention to him anymore. You don't have to pay attention to him either. He has always been so excessive!"
But Xue Zhiyi saw Huo Wuyou's reaction clearly.
I saw that the tips of Huo Wuyou's ears were red, and even under the cover of his hair, they still looked like they were on fire, with a youthful red.
Xue Zhiyi felt something strange in her heart... Huo Wuyou? This surprised her.
The Queen Mother just smiled and tried to smooth things over between the brother and sister: "Alright, alright, your brother has a point. You are already grown up, so you should be more careful with your words and actions."
Huo Zhiyu then mumbled, "Yes, grandma."
At this moment, Shi Qi came to report: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Ge and Concubine An request an audience. Concubine Ge also brought His Highness the Ninth Prince to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother said in surprise, "Why are they here together today? Please come in."
Shi Qi responded, stepped out, and invited Concubine Ge and Concubine An in.
The younger ones stood up and saluted.
Xue Zhiyi raised his eyebrows slightly, and saw that Concubine Ge was still holding the young Ninth Prince. Concubine Ge inherited the beauty of the Ge family and was born with a beautiful appearance. Her age did not make her look old, but instead added to her charm.
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