Fight the Giants

  Chapter 574 Intention

  Huo Xi also got the news from Mu Yan early in the morning.

  Her mother was posthumously titled "Mrs. England".

  When Nanny and Ningxiu heard the news, they knelt and bowed in the room, weeping uncontrollably.

   Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai were also full of surprises, hugging Huo Xi and Huo Nian, excited: "This is great, this is great!"

  Huo Xi also shed tears excitedly, and was not sure what Zhang Fu's intention was for doing this.

   "Sister." Huo Nian came over and hugged Huo Xi.

   "Mother has been prosecuted, do we have status?" After waiting for so many days, the father did not give them an explanation, but it was somewhat comforting to wait for the news that their mother was prosecuted.

  Huo Xi didn't want to lie to him: "It should be like this. But no one can prove that we are the children of our mother. If the Zhang family refuses to admit it, we are nothing."

  Nurse and Ningxiu were very excited: "How can no one prove it? We are witnesses, we can all prove it!"

  Huo Xi smiled at them comfortingly, "Well, you can all prove it."

  Seeing the worried look on the nurse's face, Huo Xi smiled at her. Ningxiu said: "Miss, are we not enough?"

  Huo Xi thought for a while, but still nodded: "If the Zhang family doesn't want to admit it, then we don't."

   "Then what should we do? Are we just waiting so hard?" Who knows how much sincerity the British father has for the children of his first wife. The longer the days, the weaker the affection.

   "It's not waiting. Let's get rid of Wu's minions first. On the one hand, wait for her to make a move, on the other hand, collect evidence. If it doesn't work, then sue Wu for killing the lord."

   "Well, if the eldest lady needs us to do anything, just ask. We are all witnesses, and your nanny was there back then, and they can all testify."

"good."

"elder sister…"

  Huo Xi looked at Nian'er, he didn't start school until tomorrow, thought for a while, "Sister, take you to see your mother, and tell her the good news."

"good!"

   "When you come back, write another letter to your grandparents and tell them the good news."

   "Okay!" Huo Nian responded loudly.

  The two children were going to pay homage to their mother, which made Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai too busy. The husband and wife are busy preparing sacrifices, incense candles and other things.

   Send them out the door again.

   "Where are the brothers and sisters going? Why didn't you bring An An?" An An pouted dissatisfied. If his sister hadn't promised him a bunch of conditions, he would have howled loudly just now, hum.

   "Didn't your brother and sister say that they are going to see a relative, and you can't go there when you are too young. When they come back, they will take you to see a sideshow."

   "Okay. The mother will help me remember. My sister always forgets things."

   "Okay, mother will help you remember. But why don't you remember?"

   "I'm also afraid of forgetting things. Hey, who told me to be my sister's younger brother? I have the same problem with my sister, forgetting things all the time, which is not good at all."

   Shaking his head, he walked in with his hands behind his back.

   Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai were speechless for a while. This child is not like them at all, I'm afraid he picked it up too.

  Outside the grave of the Zhang family ancestors, the siblings pulled out a circle of weeds and made a circle. Then they placed the sacrifices and lit joss sticks and other things.

   While Nian'er was burning paper money, Huo Xi babbled to his mother's grave not far away.

   "... Is mother happy? Don't worry about me and Nian'er, I will bring Nian'er to your grave in a dignified manner in a short time, to pay respects to you..."

  In Zhangjiazu’s grave, the grave watcher looked this way again.

   I don't know who it is again, and who to sweep it for. Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any bad thoughts, he shrank back.

   "Sister, your grave seems to have been leveled!" Huo Nian sharp-eyed, saw that the small mound next to his mother's grave seemed to have disappeared.

  Huo Xi also saw it, his eyes flashed.

   "Did he send someone to pacify?"

"probably."

  Huo Nian pursed his lips.

Throwing paper money into the fire, he also said: "Mother, don't worry about me and sister, Nian'er will come to see you often, and I will go to school tomorrow, Nian'er will definitely study hard, and the martial arts class will also be good. You must learn the art of war and martial arts well..."

   After burning the paper money, he picked up another dead branch and started shooting marksmanship on the barren slope, saying that he wanted to show his mother.

   Playing till sweat broke out on his forehead, he stopped.

  Before leaving, Huo Xi asked Tayue to give two taels of silver to the grave watcher, and left him all the sacrifices he brought, hoping that he would take care of his mother's grave more in the future.

  The grave watchman stared at Huo Xi and his party who had left. I don't know who came to sweep the funeral for the Duke and his wife, and asked him to take care of them.

  A few days ago, Zhang Jin, who was next to the Grand Duke, came to bulldoze the young lady's grave, and he was confused for a while. Now someone came to sweep Mrs. Li.

  The man who watched the grave looked at the two taels of silver in his hand, and was very happy. In the future, Mrs. Li's tomb will be cleaned so that not a single speck of dust can be seen.

  Huo Xi couldn't figure out Zhang Fu's intention to ask for the title, and Emperor Yongkang couldn't figure it out either.

   Today is the first court meeting of the new year, but there are not so many political affairs to deal with. After he finished his work, he began to think about Zhang Fu asking for a seal this morning.

   It seems that Zhang Fu knows the existence of those two children. Then why didn't you just give that Huo Nian the crown prince instead of his mother?

  Why bother?

   "Mu Yanke is outside?"

   "The minister is here!" Mu Yan, who was guarding the entrance of the main hall, entered in response.

  Ye Chen glanced at him, obviously he was guarding outside the hall with that guy Mu Yan, why did the emperor always call him, but never called himself?

   Could it be that I am not as handsome as him?

  Huh, angry!

  In the evening, he's going to Linxian Tower to eat roast duck, eat hibiscus and shark's fin soup, and order a few pots of Qiulubai, so that he can bleed once! Ye Chen kept complaining in his heart.

  In the main hall, Emperor Yongkang asked him his opinion on Zhang Fu's request for title.

"According to my knowledge, the British public knew of the existence of his two children. They should have wanted to take them back. But after the British lady left, the Zhang family helped the Wu family, and the Zhang Xie born to the Wu family was older than Huo Nian. One year old. I'm afraid the British public has some concerns."

  Uh... Emperor Yongkang knocked on the dragon case.

   When it comes to heirs, he also has a headache.

  Compared to the crown prince, King Han and King Zhao are more in his heart, and King Han is even more like him. But the prince is the eldest son.

   Fortunately, he has no heir, otherwise he would have even more headaches if he had another heir.

   Presumably, his father also suffered from a headache back then.

  However, "Zhang Fu doesn't seem like a person who is hesitant and indecisive." Emperor Yongkang was a little puzzled. If Zhang Fu asked Huo Nian to seal him, would he still disagree?

   "The British prince is decisive outside the country, but everyone in the world says that family affairs are hard to decide. Besides, the British prince is not the only one who makes decisions in the British government."

   "You mean, Mrs. Wang, Rong Guo?"

  Mu Yan bowed her head and did not answer.

  Emperor Yongkang continued to tap his fingers. Fortunately, there was no queen mother in the harem, otherwise, he would be constrained everywhere. The queen mother is gone, and the queen is gone.

  Thinking about the dead Empress Xu, Emperor Yongkang felt a sense of loss.

   Waved to Mu Yan.

  Mu Yan handed over his hands and resigned. Back out of the hall.

  The British government asked for the seal, and the attitudes of the various prefectures in the capital were different. Everyone who has a good relationship with Wu's feels wronged for her.

  On this day, at the banquet held by Princess Fuqing, Princess Fuqing took Wu Shi to comfort her.

   In the comments, some readers reminded that Mrs. Li was posthumously named Mrs. British, and the "gong" was omitted. It's not that she was named "British Duchess and Duchess".

   Like the Duchess, Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Uncle, she follows her husband's title, and she is called Mrs. what. These princes and wives do not necessarily have to be conferred, such as the Wu family. Although Mrs. Wu is called the British princess, she has no title or salary.

   Imperial titles have titles. For example, Mrs. Li's British wife and Mrs. Wang's Rong Guo are both titles. "Mrs. Guo" is the highest title for a married woman. For example, the three sisters of Yang Yuhuan, Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Guo, and Mrs. Korea are all titles.

   Like Zhang Fusui is three thousand stones, so Li's is also three thousand stones. The annual salary of the princess of the Ming Dynasty was no more than two thousand shi, and the salary of the princess was 800 shi. Compared with those wives who have no imperial seals. Status is naturally different.

   In ancient times, women depended on men to live, and women who could get a salary and eat themselves had a higher status than other women.

  (end of this chapter)