Fight the Giants

  Chapter 647 Who will run the house

  The British government thanked guests behind closed doors.

   Didn't cause much discussion outside. After all, Duke Ying was unconscious before, and all the prefectures in the capital had sent people to visit him. Now that he heard that he was seeking medical treatment outside, he thought it was normal.

  Mrs. Tai did not expect that Zhang Fu would stay in the temple. She didn't have time to discuss the matter with him about the big house, and now the two speakers of the big house are gone.

   After sending someone to ask him, they called Huo Xi.

  In the ancestral hall, solemn and solemn. The huge altar was filled with the memorial tablets of the ancestors of the Zhang family.

  Huo Xi stared at his mother's tablet for a long time, then glanced at his grandfather's tablet in the other row, took the incense and burned it, and bowed respectfully.

   Mrs. Tai watched her quietly until she finished all the actions.

   Waiting for Huo Xi to sit down on the futon opposite her, looked at her and said, "Do you hate me very much?"

   "Shouldn't I hate you?"

   Mrs. Tai was silent, "You should hate me."

   "I know what I did wrong. I'm sorry for your mother. I made you and Nian'er suffer outside for ten years. I could have used other methods to settle your mother, but I chose such an extreme method."

   "But if you don't regret it after asking me...I don't regret it."

   After speaking, he turned his eyes to the altar, looking at the rows of tablets in front of him.

"Look at the offering table, your grandfather, your great-grandfather, and your great-uncles, which one of them didn't shed blood for the family? Look at the big families who were officials in the previous dynasty with your grandfather, great-grandfather, and How many are there?"

"You have Zhang's blood on your body. The family gave birth to you and gave you glory and wealth. When you need to die, you will not be allowed to refuse. I don't know if you understand, but I still want to tell you, no matter you Wherever you are in the future, and which family you marry, you need to remember that your surname is Zhang, and Zhang's blood is flowing on your body."

  Huo Xi was silent, she could understand, but she was not Mrs. Tai, and she couldn't understand Mrs. Tai's actions now.

"I know that I have committed a lot of crimes. No matter how many scriptures I recite, I can't get your mother back. But Sister Ning, if there is no family, there will be no you. Ten years ago, our family was just a small ordinary official family in the capital. In the capital city of Beijing, our family is nothing. But within three months after your mother left, your father was first made an earl, then a marquis, and finally a duke after hard work. In ten years, our family became a first-class duke Mansion, no one dares to underestimate it."

  Huo Xi's eyes were cold: "You mean, if my mother doesn't die, my father won't be able to get the earl?"

   "Your father has made great military achievements, and no one can erase his achievements."

"But Sister Ning, when the capital was **** and many families were destroyed in the capital, if our family had no attitude and tried to please both sides, based on our status as a surrendered minister and the in-laws being the old emperor's people, your father will definitely win." If he is not reused. If he is not reused and cannot lead the army, he will not be able to accumulate these achievements."

   "So, did you sacrifice my mother for all this?"

   Mrs. Tai was silent.

   "I want to discuss with your father, and indicate on the genealogy that your mother willingly sacrificed herself for the family..."

"unnecessary!"

Huo Xi interrupted coldly, "You don't need to whitewash the peace. How my mother died, my younger brother will personally indicate the reason on the genealogy in the future. Whether she died willingly or was killed by you, I can't erase her Contribution to this family."

   "Yes, grandmother knows. Nian'er's position as the eldest son, with me, no one can shake it. I promise you, in the future, Nian'er will definitely be the king."

  Mrs. Tai's guarantee is not necessary for Huo Xi.

"We don't care about this title. If my father can earn this title, Nian'er will be able to do so in the future. It's not that there is no double title in the capital. But as you said just now, father's title was obtained by sacrificing my mother. It should belong to Nian'er! Whoever dares to grab it, I will take care of him for Nian'er!"

   "Your father won't let anyone reach out." Mrs. Tai assured her, trying to make up for something.

  But Huo Xi didn't intend to listen any more.

  Seeing that Huo Xi was about to leave, Mrs. Tai stopped her again, "Now I live in the ancestral hall, and you can help the two aunts take care of Zhongfu."

   "I'm not interested, and I'm not available."

   Mrs. Tai earnestly said: "Your father is already looking for a family for you. You are the eldest daughter of the Duke of the Kingdom. In the future, the family you will marry will not be inferior. Learn some skills of being a family manager, and you will benefit endlessly in the future."

   "I'm not interested, let the second and third aunts handle it."

Mrs. Tai sighed, "Then you have to take charge of the big house's general affairs, right? Your father is not here now, and he is impatient to deal with internal affairs. Besides, your father may not marry again. Wait until Nian'er gets married. It will take several years for his wife to take charge of the family..."

  Huo Xi did not respond and left the ancestral hall.

  Talk about the head of the house with Mother Ma.

  Nurse Ma thought for a while, and said, "Girl, if you don't want to palm feeder, then don't palm it, but you still have to learn what you need to learn. You don't care about the middle feeder in the mansion, but you have to take over the middle feeder from the big house."

  First, it is unreasonable to let the second and third concubines be in charge of the uncle's housework, and then it is not appropriate to let the two concubines, Xiao Wang and Liu, be in charge of the house.

  Huo Xi thought for a while: "Someone call Mrs. Liu here."

   "The girl wants Aunt Liu to help?"

  Huo Xi nodded. Mrs. Wang is from Mrs. Tai's natal family, and her two daughters have reached the age of marriage, so she is afraid that she will be unfair. And Bi Ke, born by the Liu family, is only eight years old, and it's still too early to say goodbye.

  Nurse Ma also wanted to understand Huo Xi's intentions, "You can leave Xiao Wang behind, girl, isn't she afraid that she will have opinions?"

   "I don't care what she thinks as a concubine. Since she has chosen to be a concubine, she will naturally do what the master says."

   Not long after, Mrs. Liu was called. "Miss called my concubine, what orders do you have?"

  Huo Xi looked at Liu Shi, saw that she was dressed elegantly and gracefully, and then thought of Xiao Wang Shi, and felt that his father's two concubines were different from other people's concubines who dressed up enchantingly and competed for favor.

  It is a blessing that Dafang has not had any rumors of jealousy among wives and concubines in recent years.

  Huo Xi conveyed the meaning to her again.

   "Miss is asking my concubine to help manage the affairs of the big house?" Liu Shi was very surprised.

   Madam is not here, I am afraid that she will not come back in the future, she actually knows it well. But she never thought that the matter of managing the family would fall on her head. Xiao Wang entered the mansion much earlier than her.

   "What, you can't handle it?"

  Liu Shi swallowed her saliva: "Yeah, it's not that I can't handle it. Then Sister Wang..."

   "She has to take care of Bizhu Biyue, and is busy with socializing and finding a home for them, so I'm afraid she won't have time to manage the big house affairs."

  Ms. Liu pursed her lips tightly. She didn't know why the eldest lady chose her instead of Xiao Wang. She was very happy, "Since the eldest miss trusts her, then I will try to take care of it."

   "Well, I will let Mama Ma and An Momo be with you, and come to me if there is anything you can't handle."

   "Yes, Miss, don't worry, my concubine must take good care of the affairs of the eldest family."

  (end of this chapter)