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Chapter 161 I Want People to Remember Her Efforts
Second Grandma Ning came with Song Jun after breakfast the next day.

Song Yi also has an older brother, Song Jun's father is the second in the family, so Ning is called the second grandmother.

Song Jun was dressed in an elegant little brocade robe, holding a small folding fan in his hand, greeted Chang Ying at the door, and then introduced his mother, just like an adult.

Chang Ying smiled back and invited Ning Shi into the main hall.

She met the Ning family in Beijing in the past, but the Ling family is a noble family, so naturally they had a lot of contacts with the noble family, even if they met, they did not leave any impression.

Ning is 24 years old. According to Shaoqing's information, she gave birth to her eldest daughter not long ago, so she looks a little rich, but her face is calm, gentle and kind.

The conversation in the room revolved around Song Jun. Changying saw that Song Jun was working hard while pretending to be an adult, and she was amused, so she called Zixiang to take him down to play.

Ning said: "He's only six years old, and he's very naughty. My sister is only half a year old, and I can't spare any effort to take care of him. When we went to the magistrate's house that day, our third child didn't want to take it with him. He touched the ground by himself. Carriage. Hey, it's a headache."

Ning shook her head and smiled, then looked at Changying again: "Maybe the general is married?"

Changying guessed that Song Yu must have mentioned Tong Qi's "Young Madam" when she went back. Ning's words were euphemistic, but she didn't explain: "There is indeed a marriage contract. But we haven't married yet."

Ning smiled and nodded slightly, while serving tea, she took advantage of the situation to look at the servants of the Shen family.

When Mama Wu heard that there was a young guest coming, it was Song Cheng's grandson whom Chang Ying wanted to make friends with, so she had already prepared a lot of food.

Seeing a real person now, looking at his size, he brought out a few more dishes and asked him: "What kind of food do you usually like to eat at home? This servant will go down and prepare."

Song Jun inspected the snacks on the table, reached out and took a pancake and smelled it: "It's delicious rose pancake, how can you make this?"

"The maid has lived in the capital for many years, and is familiar with several famous pastry shops in the city."

Song Jun ate two bites of pancakes and was happy: "It's delicious. Then can you make roast duck? I haven't eaten it since I left Beijing."

Wu Ma said with a smile: "I can do it. But I can't do it for a while. How about I try to make Dongpo elbow or braised hoof for my brother today?"

After Song Jun ate the fire cake, he ate another chicken pastry, so he wasn't picky at all.

……

Huo Rong soon received the news that Huo Mingzhai was coming to Huzhou.

Since it was inconvenient for the Huo family to show up in Nankangwei, in order to make time to meet him at that time, he was so busy with his work these days that even Changying didn't go to see him.

As soon as he woke up in the morning, Guan Su brought in Huo Mingzhai's followers: "Master has arrived in the city, and is waiting for the young master in the house in the west of the city."

Huo Rong then took off the armor on his upper body and went to the west of the city.

The Huo family's house is hung under the name of the big shopkeeper in Huzhou, with five entrances inside and outside. Huo Rong walked through the curved corridor to the back garden. Huo Mingzhai stood under the willow tree by the lake with his hands behind his back, looking at a cluster of lotus flowers by the pool.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around and looked over, and lowered his hands: "So fast?"

Huo Rong was too slow, but the person in front of him was his father who had raised him for 21 years, so it was impossible for him to complain.

He said, "How is my mother?"

"What do you think?" Huo Mingzhai asked back.

Huo Rong laughed, took half a step back and sat on the stone pier under the tree, crossed his legs and said, "Men will be married when they are colleges, and girls will be married if they are colleges. I will marry you and your mother a handsome and capable female general." Daughter-in-law, you should be happy."

"If I can decide this matter, how can I be unhappy?" Huo Mingzhai sat down on the stone pier here, took out a letter from his arms and pushed it over, "I received the emperor's secret decree two days ago. Here, see for yourself."

Huo Rong didn't answer it, nor opened it.

Huo Mingzhai didn't force it, he just said: "Who is not good for you to fancy, but Shen Ying from the Ling family? Shen Ying was expelled from the house by the Ling family back then, and she was notorious in the capital.

"Although she is not guilty according to the king's law, she has a bad reputation after all, how could the emperor agree to you to marry her?
"You also know what you will do in the future. How can she be your wife with such a reputation?"

Huo Rong looked at the lotus in front of him, calmed down and said, "Ling Yan's death was not her fault alone. If I have to say it, the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court are the executioners.

"She has a bad reputation because of this, isn't it largely because the world can't be harsh on the emperor and the court, and instead transfer their anger to her?

"She bears the reputation of a white-eyed wolf, how can I be alone?
"Even if it's true that she harmed someone, don't try to put the blame on her alone. Everyone is a sinner."

Huo Mingzhai fell silent.After a long while he said: "Then there is no need to be so anxious to get married, it will be decided after returning to Beijing, wouldn't it be more important?"

Huo Rong was silent for a while, then said: "It's not easy for her to achieve these achievements through hard work, I don't want others to think that she took some shortcuts by relying on me.

"If we get married again after returning to Beijing, everyone will only remember her as my wife in the future, and no one will remember her sacrifices over the years.

"I want her to marry the ordinary Huo Rong, and then treat me as a husband with peace of mind, instead of being called a high-ranking married man and giving up her attitude to marry me."

"After marriage, if you take her back to Beijing together, isn't that the same result?"

"It's different." Huo Rong said, "Marry Huo Rong first, and I will have a way to make her General Shen in the future. After returning to Beijing and getting married, she will be passive."

Huo Mingzhai couldn't take it any further.

After thinking for a long time, he said, "Did you tell her this?"

"Of course not." Huo Rong said, "It's useless to tell her, but it will only add danger to her."

Huo Mingdi stared at the lake with fixed eyebrows, without words.

Huo Rong stood up: "You have to stay in Huzhou for a few more days, and find a way to make it clear to her that you agree to this marriage. If you don't show some sincerity, she won't marry me."

Huo Mingzhai was angry: "I don't agree. I'm not sincere either."

Huo Rong smiled, rubbed his hands and walked to the lakeside: "If you disagree, then you can live in Huzhou with peace of mind. I will ask Tong Qi to invite famous actresses to sing songs for you every day to relieve boredom, and send people to report to my mother every now and then. Safety."

Huo Mingdi's face darkened and he was about to explode, but in the end he rolled his eyes again, and restrained himself: "You should at least read the letter from the emperor first!"

"You don't need to look." Huo Rong folded a few of his lotus flowers and said while admiring them, "You can just look at it for me."

The flowers and leaves are swaying in front of me, and the breeze blows out a pool of blue waves.

After Huo Mingzhai left, he still sat there with his eyebrows drawn.

The hale and hale old man in a cloth robe stepped under the tree and sighed, "How can this be done?"

Huo Mingzhai turned to look at him: "He has had his own ideas since he was a child, and as a subordinate, there is no way to be tough with him.

"At this moment, the overall situation is what matters. It seems that this relative must be married. On the emperor's side, please ask the prince to clear it up after he returns."

The old man nodded, and sighed again: "You are still so young, how many girls will line up to jump on him in the future, and be so persistent for a mere Shen Ying, is it worth it?"

Huo Mingzhai held his breath when he heard the words, and said for a long time: "Maybe."

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