The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

"Dad, let Sui Sui exempt my second brother from the gift from now on. Why should I let my second brother move out of the house because of this?"

Hua Zhukong glared at this unclear thing. The matter of Hua Jingqian and Ye Chuji still needed to be investigated in detail.

It is a foregone conclusion that Ye Chuji has been raising private soldiers. Judging from the theft of the defense map last time, these two may be involved with the Northern Kingdom.

If the family is not divided now, how will the eldest wife protect herself when Hua Jingqian is convicted? Will she have to watch the entire general's mansion be buried with a bastard?

But Hua Rongyu had already said so much, so he didn't want to go too far. After all, Hua Jingqian still had to call him father.

Hua Zhukong thought helplessly in his heart that the matter of dividing the family would require long-term consideration.

Seeing that Hua Zhukong no longer insisted on asking the second wife to move out, the old lady felt that the master still had some feelings for her and the second wife.

She also quickly struck while the iron was hot and pushed Kuo'er in front of Hua Zhukong:

"Ku'er, hurry up, kneel down and call me grandfather."

Hua Zhukong saw the child as soon as he arrived home. Seeing that he was being led by the old lady, he thought he was someone's child staying here for a few days and he was too lazy to ask.

Only now did he take a closer look at the child.

"I don't know when I got such a big grandson."

"Master, your return is supposed to be a great joy, but during the time you were away, our Hua family suffered a great disaster!"

"Yue'er, Yue'er is gone~"

The old lady beat her chest as she spoke, and cried out in agony, but she didn't shed many tears.

Hua Jingqian also sighed sadly and patted his mother on the back to calm her down.

Sun Ruhui looked at the pretentious and hypocritical appearance of the mother and son, and her heart went cold. She hid her hands in her wide sleeves, clenched her fingers tightly, and lowered her eyelashes to hide the hatred in her eyes.

Although Hua Zhukong had known about this for a long time, he still felt regretful when he heard it again.

After sighing, he asked:

"What does this have to do with this child?"

The old lady pressed her handkerchief to her eyes, pulled Kuo'er to her side, and said:

"This child is the orphan of Qian'er's best friend. Now Ruhui and Qian'er have lost their legitimate daughter, and this child has lost his parents. I thought of asking them to adopt this child as their adopted son, so that they can have someone to rely on in the future. What do you think?"

Hua Zhukong had no objection to this.

"It's up to them to decide on this matter. There's no need to ask me."

Bringing Kuo'er back to the general's mansion was only one of the old lady's goals. She also wanted to rely on Kuo'er to become the legitimate wife.

So she continued:

"This Kuo'er is under Ruhui's name, so he is the legitimate son of the second wife. Logically, he should be included in the family tree. But I am useless. He has been just a concubine for so many years, and Qian'er is also a bastard."

"It is our mother and son's fate that Qian'er cannot be included in the family tree, but this child was originally a legitimate son who was included in the family tree. Now that he has lost his parents and finally recognized Qian'er as his father, he cannot even be included in the family tree."

"When I think of this child, I think of my poor Yue'er. They are both poor children. I really can't bear to see Ku'er suffer this injustice!"

Hua Zhukong had a very deep relationship with his original wife. If she hadn't used some tricks at the beginning, he would never have taken her as a concubine, so she had never come to her yard for all these years.

She had no status at all in Hua Zhukong's eyes, and the old lady didn't dare let Hua Zhukong realize that she was relying on Kuoer to be promoted.

"I know the position that my sister holds in the master's heart, and I have never thought of coveting the position of legal wife, so I ask the master to recognize Qian'er as my sister, even if I am no longer Qian'er's mother in the future, I will still recognize him!"

"As long as Qian'er and Kuo'er can be included in this family tree legitimately."

The old lady sobbed and cried, her tearful look like that of a mother who was not competitive and who cared wholeheartedly about her children.

Unfortunately, Hua Zhukong had already seen through her true colors.

At that time, Hua Zhukong was full of guilt for his deceased wife, and felt that he had forced Liu Rumei to hurt this innocent woman when he was not in consciousness.

Under inner torment, he had to give Liu Rumei an identity.

When he thought about this incident again later, he felt many doubts.

After years of fighting, he had become accustomed to staying sober at all times and had never been drunk to the point of passing out. And because his late wife did not like the smell of alcohol, he seldom drank in front of her.

Even though he was depressed that day, he never thought of drinking to relieve his sorrow. If Liu Rumei hadn't brought a pot of wine and said that she also missed her sister, Hua Zhukong would not have drunk that glass.

Thinking of this, Hua Zhukong knew that there must be something wrong with the wine that Liu Rumei handed him. Unfortunately, Liu Rumei found out that she was pregnant, so he did not pursue the matter any further.

Now, not only did Liu Rumei not know how to restrain herself, she even dared to mention her late wife. Hua Zhukong was even more angry and didn't even want to maintain the superficial relationship.

"Since you want this child to be included in the family tree so much, then it's just right for you to move out and start your own family. This way, this child can legitimately be included in the family tree of the second house as the legitimate son of the second house."

The old lady didn't expect that she would not only fail to steal the chicken, but also lose the rice. For a moment, she was shocked by Hua Zhukong's words of dividing the family again and was speechless.

He knelt on the ground in a daze, looking at Hua Zhukong in disbelief.

Hua Zhukong didn't even look at her.

Hua Zhukong had clearly let it go just now, but he didn't expect that because of a few words from his mother, the matter would be back to square one.

Hua Jingqian could no longer hold his composure, and in a panic he tried to excuse his mother:

"Father, father, mother is just a little sad and confused thinking about Yue'er."

"It doesn't matter if this child is not included in the family tree. There is no need to make such a big fuss for him."

As he spoke, he looked at Hua Rongyu, hoping that he could speak for him again.

Hua Rongyu felt sorry for her younger brother because of some things that happened in their childhood, but that didn't mean he was a fool. When facing the old lady, Hua Rongyu was still very sober and wise, not to mention that this was about her deceased mother.

Although the old lady said that she did not expect to be promoted to the legal wife, she knew that Hua Jingqian was already so old. How could she let such a big child recognize someone else as his mother?

Isn't it obvious that this is forcing her father to make her his legal wife?

I thought this old lady was a peaceful person, but I didn't expect she was so scheming.

It seems that what Qinglan and Qingmei had vaguely mentioned to herself before, that the old lady was overtly or covertly using the opportunity to belittle her to elevate the two girls from the second house, was not groundless.

Since it is true that the old lady is harsh on Sui Sui, is the second brother really as sincere to Sui Sui as he originally thought?

Hua Rongyu's trust in Hua Jingqian was somewhat shaken, and she stopped speaking for Hua Jingqian.

"It's decided. The plaque of Duke Dingguo's Mansion will be delivered in three days. You will move out of the mansion within three days."

Hearing this, the old lady sobbed and said:

"Master, we can discuss Kuo'er's inclusion in the family tree slowly, but you want to divide the family and drive Qian'er and me out of the house right after you return to the capital. How will the people in the capital view us?"