Chapter 58: Driven Out of the House
When Yun Chen recovered completely, a major event happened to everyone.
Although Princess Nanlijun has a villa in Yancheng, she cannot leave the Kyoto Imperial Palace for long.
Nan Lijun was going back to Kyoto. As Nan Lijun's current confidant and businessman, Huo Gannian should not be too far away from Nan Lijun. He finally agreed to Nan Lijun's proposal to move the entire Huo family to Kyoto to settle down.
Relocating is a big deal, especially for a wealthy family like the Huo family.
The new mansion had to be sited and decorated, the old mansion had to be packed and packed for shipment, the route to Kyoto had to be chosen, locations had to be scouted in advance, accommodations had to be made along the way, and security had to be provided. Furthermore, the main branch of the Huo Gang had to be relocated. Would the entire mansion go together or stay behind?
There are so many things to do, and Huo Gannian has to make the decision on everything.
The palace was bustling with activity for more than two months, until late autumn, when the grass and trees turned green and yellow, and all affairs were finally settled.
Old Master Huo, Huo Luyu, most of the maids and servants in the mansion, and the boxes had already gone to the Kyoto mansion. Led by Ye Yan and Hua Jue, they had a thousand men to escort and take care of things along the way.
At the Huo Mansion in Yancheng, the mansion suddenly became deserted.
Yun Chen temporarily took over the responsibility of commanding Ye Yan's guards, and led Buyan, Xun Jian and others to take charge of all the guard affairs.
Yun Chen was so busy that he had no time to rest and was exhausted every day.
Only at this moment did she truly admire Ye Yan. Brain work is much more tiring than physical work.
Looking at Ye Yan's usual calm demeanor, compared to her flustered and flustered first time taking command, there's really no comparison.
Fortunately, Huo Gannian seemed to have endless patience. No matter how big or small the mistakes Yun Chen made, he would take responsibility for them all.
He taught Yun Chen what he didn't know, and cleaned up the mess Yun Chen made. In this way, the mansion was peaceful.
Huo Gannian even praised her for revising the guard deployment in the mansion so well that it filled a loophole that no one had ever discovered.
To sympathize with her and the guards for their hard work over the past few days, Huo Gannian said that he would hold a small banquet as a reward, and the location would be set up in the lakeside pavilion in the back garden of the Huo Mansion.
At dusk, Yun Chen walked along the corridor towards the waterside pavilion.
There are few people in the mansion now, and it is quiet and empty everywhere.
From afar, Yun Chen saw the lake shimmering brightly under the warm orange-red sunset, and Huo Gannian, dressed in black, sitting quietly under the pavilion.
The afterglow shone on his profile, outlining his handsome nose.
His face still had the domineering and stern look that only a person in power could have, but the corners of his phoenix eyes had a hint of sunset red, which intertwined with the coldness in his eyes, making this peerless face exude a breathtaking handsomeness.
Hearing her footsteps, he looked up and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
She felt an inexplicable stir in her heart and quickly lowered her head to sort out her thoughts.
But he only saw the beautiful person walking towards him with big strides through the corridor and the fluttering veils.
Her fair face was like the autumn moon, with a flawless cold white. Her bright eyes were filled with the fearless spirit of youth, but she felt a little shy when she looked into his eyes.
Just one look from afar made his heart beat faster than he could contain.
Yun Chen walked up to Huo Gannian, knelt on one knee as usual, put down the Hidden Moon Sword, and looked up at him.
"Young Master, I'm here."
Every time she put down the Hidden Moon Sword, he could see the sword tassel made of starry night sapphires and matte red gold thread.
No matter how far she came, he always saw the sword tassel first, and then his heart softened and warmed when he saw her jade-like face, which was whiter than a South Pearl.
He didn't know why this happened, perhaps it was because of the unspeakable fear and shame in his heart.
He never thought that after all his brutal and ruthless life, he would have nothing to do with the word "cowardly" in this life.
"Eat your meal before it gets cold," he said.
Only then did she realize that the small banquet, which she had thought would be attended by many guards, was actually attended by only her and him.
There was only a small square table under the pavilion, with Huo Gannian and her at the table. Even the attendant Runhe was not there.
"Please sit down." He added, "Since the others are not attending the banquet, I'll ask Runhe to give them some silver as a reward."
She obediently sat down opposite him and was about to serve him some food when a round dumpling was handed to her in the bowl.
She looked at him in surprise, wondering what was going on. It seemed like this was the first time she had dinner at the same table with him, and why was he taking care of her?
Facing that face that was as calm as a lake, without a trace of abnormality, and even somewhat gentle, she asked carefully:
"Young Master...are you going to...drive me out of the house?"
Huo Gannian was stunned, "Why do you ask?"
She breathed a sigh of relief and began to eat with peace of mind. "Nothing. It's my first time eating with the Young Master, and he even picked up some food for me. I was a little flattered—wow, the dumplings are filled with Spanish mackerel!"
He laughed dumbly, "Why, am I always mean to you? Are you not used to this?"
She quickly waved her hands and swallowed the dumplings in her mouth. "No, no, no, the young master treats us very well, but the house rules are very strict. There is a rule that no guard can eat at the table. I think I am the first one."
"We?" He pondered over these two words and suddenly felt that he owed her too much.
His feelings always had to be hidden, and he had to reward all his personal guards and even his bodyguards before they could benefit her.
Unless she had done something meritorious, he rarely had a reason to treat her well.
But every time she accomplished something, she was injured and bleeding, which made him heartbroken.
"It's okay. There are only you and me here. Rules don't matter." He said as he picked up some more food for her.
Perhaps she felt it was impolite for her master to serve the food, so she put down her chopsticks and picked up a shrimp baked with salt and yellow rice and peeled it for him.
She pinched the shrimp body, gently peeled off the shell, and put it into his bowl.
Watching her peeling shrimps, his brows jumped and he felt some strange feelings in his heart.
It was always Runhe and the servants who peeled shrimps for him, but he had never seen anyone slightly curl their little finger while peeling shrimps.
That seemed to be an action only performed by women, because women are always more careful about cleanliness than men and are afraid of getting their hands dirty when peeling shrimps.
These thoughts flashed through his mind, and when he looked at her eating, he felt that she looked more like a woman.
Usually she would mingle with Ye Yan and the others, fighting over the food at the small table, gobbling it up in a flash, and nothing much could be seen.
Just looking at her now, he found that she ate very cleanly and enjoyed her food without wolfing it down. She was pretty and elegant.
He stopped speculating and focused on having dinner with her.
"Young Master, the spicy fried beef marrow is delicious, try it."
"good."
"Young Master, stir-fried small intestines are delicious too, not fishy at all, but I remember you don't like offal. Why did you serve this dish today?"
"It's okay, if you like it, eat more."
"Yeah!" She responded happily, but accidentally bit her tongue, which hurt so much that she let out a soft "ah", covered her mouth, and frowned.
"Eat slowly, like a child." He took out a handkerchief from his pocket, "Come closer, let me see how you are."
Tears welled up in her eyes from the pain. She leaned forward, slightly opened her lips, and revealed the pink tip of her tongue.
There was a small cut on it, and dark red blood was oozing out.
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