Chapter 15: Have a baby soon
"Young Master, the Second Miss gave you two hundred-year-old ginsengs." Ye Yan said.
"What the hell?"
"Hundred-year-old ginseng—the second young lady said she gave it to you to nourish your body. I wish you good health and a long life."
"What's the matter with you so early in the morning?"
Huo Gannian didn't have time to ask more about Huo Luyu's inexplicable sudden gift. As the young master of the Huo Gang, he had too many things to do.
The Huo family's ancestral temple worship ceremony was divided into two parts. The first three days were led by the head of the family, who led the Huo family members to comfort the ancestors. The second three days were for guests to come and pay their respects.
It can be said that the Huo family’s ancestor worship every three years is a major event for the entire Yancheng and even the Nan Kingdom.
Friends came from all directions.
Enemies also came from all corners of the world.
Fortunately, the Nan Kingdom has strict ethics and morals. Even if the hatred is huge, no one will be killed in someone's ancestral temple.
Because women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, on the first day of burning incense, Huo Luyu and other female family members stayed in the side courtyard, and Yun Chen stayed with Huo Luyu to protect her.
On the second day, everyone gathered in the main courtyard outside the ancestral hall to worship and pray.
This was Yun Chen’s first time participating in the ancestor worship ceremony of a powerful and wealthy family.
It is said that the prosperity of a family can be seen from its ancestral hall and ancestor worship.
Yun Chen knew that the Huo Gang was extremely wealthy, but he never imagined that a clan temple could be built on par with those built by the royal family and dignitaries.
Inside the magnificent and tall wall gate, the intricately carved white marble gatehouse stands quietly.
The lion-shaped screen is lifelike and majestic, and the lion's claws in the relief are bigger than a human head.
The ancestral hall is built symmetrically along a central axis with three sections, namely the front hall for receiving guests, the three main halls for ancestral worship, the rear hall for the shrine, the stele pavilion, and the back garden.
The entire ancestral hall is magnificent and solemn, with buildings connected together, and was built entirely according to the prince's regulations.
Yun Chen stood at the back with Huo Luyu. Whenever the Huo family members knelt down, she, as their guard, could see Huo Gannian clearly in the distance.
Through the sea of countless heads, Yun Chen saw Huo Gannian, wearing a black golden robe embroidered with lion patterns, sitting on the incense altar with a dignified look.
The black shrine is solemn and majestic, and the huge burning incense is thicker than an arm.
In the mist, his face, handsome as a god but cold and gloomy as a lonely star, was looming.
At that moment, Yun Chen suddenly felt that this sky, this land, this temple, and these people seemed not to be here to worship their ancestors, but to worship him, Huo Gannian.
Only at this moment, when she was not looking at him alone but at him among the crowd, did she realize how arrogant he was.
For a moment, Yun Chen felt like a king high above everyone else.
She thought, if her first meeting with him was not in the deep courtyard of the bamboo forest, and if they were not acquainted with each other through the opportunity of the most intimate fight between guards, but if she had gotten to know him as the young master of the Huo Gang, like most people, she would have looked up to him.
She felt that she would never be as relaxed as she was now.
No, she probably would never have the chance to get close to him in her entire life.
The benefactor she had only met once was actually the one who pushed her closer to him.
Maybe a person's life is so wonderful, time and luck, fate brings people together and fate separates.
As if sensing her gaze, he suddenly looked up at her after burning incense and making a wish at the incense altar.
Among the countless figures in the yard, he found her accurately, and his eyes, as deep as lake water, looked straight at her.
Her heart tightened inexplicably. For some reason, in such a solemn and sacred occasion, she suddenly thought of the kiss underwater.
A kiss without any lust, just to breathe.
She remembered how eager he was to breathe, the hand that was wrapped around the back of her neck so domineering and urgent, and the kiss that was so forceful.
She suddenly felt her heart beating faster and quickly shook her head, trying to drive away the inexplicable thoughts.
After the mountain worship and blessing, everyone entered the banquet to prepare for the subsequent wine sacrifice.
All the members of the Huo family, young and old, with names and surnames, sat at the banquet according to their seating order, filling up a hundred tables.
Sitting at the head of the table was the old man of the Huo family, dozing off on his chair with his eyes closed.
Huo Gannian was a bastard born to Old Master Huo when he was in his fifties. When Huo Gannian became the head of the family, Old Master Huo was almost seventy years old.
Now Old Master Huo is so old that his face is full of wrinkles, his eyebrows, beard and hair are all white, and he is sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. Sometimes he even doesn't recognize Huo Gannian.
Listening to the buzzing voices around him, Old Master Huo felt bored and sleepy. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he caught a glimpse of a tall figure walking towards him out of the corner of his eye.
There were many people at the banquet and it was very busy, so Yun Chen was temporarily transferred back to Huo Gannian's side to protect him. After she finished some overseas affairs, she immediately rushed back to report to Huo Gannian.
Old Master Huo only saw a "young man" with a feminine face walking up to Huo Gannian, holding the Hidden Moon Sword in one hand and kneeling on one knee with one hand on his knee. His clean face was slightly raised, and he looked at Huo Gannian with a pair of big eyes that were so clear that they were only stained by sunlight.
Huo Gannian seemed tired as well, leaning lazily in his chair.
He lowered his eyes and nodded, with a rare softness on his face, and his whole posture was defenseless.
In an instant, the servant who was serving the old master felt that Old Master Huo shook violently, his back straightened forward, and his old eyes, whose eyelids were almost dragging on the ground, suddenly opened wide, shooting out two rays of light.
Because Old Master Huo's movements were a bit too big, the servant beside him was frightened and said:
"Old Master, did you bump into something? Where does it hurt?"
Old Master Huo waved his hands impatiently, his movements not behaving like an old man at all. He pointed at Yun Chen and shouted:
"Child! Come here and let me see you. Come here!"
Yun Chen was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Huo Gannian. After the latter nodded, he walked up to Old Master Huo.
Just as Yun Chen was about to kneel down and salute, Old Master Huo grabbed her arm and said with a smile:
"Not bad, not bad. It looks like she can have children. Gan Nian has excellent vision."
The people around were stunned for a moment, then started laughing.
"The old man is really confused. He can't even tell the difference between men and women."
"This young man looks a bit feminine and good-looking."
This was the first time Yun Chen met Old Master Huo. She felt that this white-haired old man looked very kind and amiable. His hands were quite strong. He was grabbing her wound through her clothes, causing her to sweat a little due to the pain.
Seeing that Yun Chen looked unhappy, Huo Gannian frowned in displeasure.
"Dad, when Yunchen is born, I will bring him to you to see. Yunchen has to go out on business now."
"Good, good, good!" Old Master Huo said three good words in a row, and looked at Yun Chen several times with a smile. He liked him more and more no matter how he looked at him.
Yun Chen blushed and bowed as he took his leave. Old Master Huo sighed deeply, his body slowly relaxed, he leaned back in his chair, his eyelids drooped again, and he returned to his old and frail appearance.
Huo Gannian, who was standing by, glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely urge Yun Chen to have a baby soon and bring him to you."
"Oh!" Old Master Huo responded with a bigger squint and a roll of his eyes, and said slowly:
"Hurry? So early? I wonder if I can see my grandson before I'm in the coffin! Judging from the situation, I'll have to wait for several years!"
Huo Gannian frowned, not knowing what nonsense the old man was talking about. Now even he felt that the old man was really confused.
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