The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

The three of them immediately left the house, and then seemed to be wandering around the room doing nothing, but in fact they were paying close attention to whether there were any suspicious people approaching.

After the room was on alert, Ye Buhuo asked:

"General, do you still remember the incident of the Northern Kingdom's spies appearing in Anyang City?"

Because of this, Hua Wu Ke and Yuecheng were almost conquered by the Western Kingdom. Also because of this, they discovered that enemy spies had infiltrated Beimo Pass.

"Of course I remember. But hasn't the spy been caught?"

Ye Buhuo nodded.

"After the spy was captured, he revealed information about the Fire Lotus."

The two of them explained the matter of Fire Lotus in detail, and the more Hua Rongyu and his son listened, the more serious their expressions became.

Hua Wujing said:

"So, there are people in my Hua family army who are connected with the spy chief of this northern country? And their military rank is not low?"

Ye Buhuo nodded solemnly.

"So the two generals need to investigate carefully to see which of the generals who have settled in the capital have concubines."

It will be easy to deal with it once we know who has a concubine. This concubine cannot be someone who grew up in the Ye Kingdom for generations. There must be something wrong with her origins.

When the time comes, we will check one by one and we will definitely find the suspicious person.

"It's not difficult. Whether the soldiers are married and how many people are in their families are all recorded in the soldier's register."

Hua Rongyu turned around and went into the inner room to get out the list of generals and soldiers, while Hua Wujing prepared paper and pen, and wrote down the people who agreed when he saw them on the list of generals and soldiers.

After flipping through the entire list of soldiers, the names of twelve soldiers were recorded on the paper.

Hua Wujing handed the list to Ye Buhuo.

"The rest are those who are unmarried or have concubines."

Ye Buhuo took the list and glanced at it, and found that there were one or two generals who had followed Hua Zhukong for many years.

When he looked up again, he found that the faces of Hua Rongyu and his son were not very good. No one wanted the brothers who had fought with them for many years to be used by the spies of the Northern Kingdom.

The soldiers of the Hua Family Army were led by these generals. If the people of the Hua Family Army were used, it would easily arouse vigilance, so this matter could only be left to Ye Buhuo.

"I will immediately send someone to investigate secretly. I believe we will find clues soon. The two generals don't have to worry."

Hua Rongyu relaxed his expression and said:

"I'll have to trouble you, Your Majesty, for this matter."

In the afternoon, Hua Rongyu and his son were busy training soldiers, so the two of them had lunch with them in the barracks and then left with the list.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Ye Buhuo handed the list to Ye Yi.

"Dispatch some personnel to check their backyard and find out the identities and origins of those concubines. If there is anything suspicious, report it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

After everything was arranged, Hua Wu Ke returned to the general's mansion. Before she got off the carriage, she heard some commotion at the gate of the mansion.

As soon as the curtain was opened, the steward was seen standing at the door, directing several servants to hang a plaque on the door. Hua Zhukong was watching leisurely beside him.

"Don't hang it crooked."

The chief steward smiled and replied:

"Master, don't worry. The plaque of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion must be hung upright!"

Hua Zhukong nodded with satisfaction, and then in a blink of an eye he saw Hua Wuke's carriage parked in front of the mansion.

"Sui Sui is back? Come and see this new plaque."

Hua Wu Ke walked over and supported Hua Zhukong, and looked up with his grandfather.

After the plaque was hung, Hua Wu Ke scattered some silver and money to the onlookers to let them share in the joy, and then helped his grandfather back to his yard.

Grandfather seemed to be in a good mood, but Hua Wu Ke felt complicated. After thinking about it, he told him what happened today.

After listening to this, Hua Zhukong sighed with some regret:

"If the family is not at peace, the country cannot be at peace. Sigh~ You and the prince will have to worry about this matter."

Hua Wu Ke nodded.

"I know, don't worry, Grandfather. The prince and I know our limits."

Hua Zhukong had seen this kind of thing all his life and didn't dwell on it too much. Seeing that the matter was making progress, he stopped asking questions.

The plaque of the General's Mansion has been changed to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and after the second branch moved into the new mansion today, they sent someone to hang the words "Hua Mansion". From then on, no one talked about the first and second branches of the Hua family as one.

Today, the masters of the Hua Mansion were directing their servants to clean up their new courtyards, and Hua Fuying and her daughter were not surprised.

It’s just that I don’t know if these two are used to doing things themselves or what, even though Hua Fuying caught Hua Jingqian’s eye and was valued by him, there were only a few servants in the yard of Hua Fuying and her daughter.

They packed a lot of things themselves.

After they had just finished cleaning up, it was time for dinner. The old lady had specially sent someone to tell them that they had moved to a new mansion and the family should have a meal together.

It wasn't until we got to the banquet that we realized that this meal was just to celebrate Hua Jingqian opening a family tree and including Kuo'er in it.

During the meal, Hua Jingqian drank a glass of wine, held Kuo'er in his arms and said with a smile:

"Hahaha, from now on, Kuo'er is the legitimate son of our Hua family!"

Children brought home from outside are raised like treasures, but children one has raised for many years can be killed without even blinking an eye.

Hua Jingqian doesn't even care about the son in his belly.

Luoluo despised them in her heart, thinking that she really didn’t know what kind of hearts these mother and daughter had.

But she didn't dare to raise any objection. Not only her, but also the women in the backyard of the second house, who else dared to say anything?

But I could only despise it in my heart and deal with it with a smile on my face.

After the banquet, the old lady had just begun to ask everyone to go back and rest when she heard someone from the doorman come to say that Wu Ze, the eldest son of Minister Wu's mansion, had arrived.

"What is Mr. Wu doing here so late at night?"

The concierge replied:

"My Lord, maybe he is here to propose marriage. I saw that Mr. Wu brought a lot of things with him and was accompanied by a matchmaker."

Hua Jingqian's face lit up with joy, he looked at Hua Fuying and asked:

"Ying'er, do you know about this?"

Hua Fuying knew this of course, after all, it was her who got today's proposal.

Last night, Lin Siyu called Hua Fuying to her room.

"Ying'er, we have lost contact with the first house now, and we can no longer get close to Hua Wuke and Ye Chuji."

"Hurry up and arrange your marriage with Wu Ze, and move into the Wu residence as soon as possible."

Hua Fuying originally thought that if she postponed her engagement with Wu Ze, there might be a chance for a turnaround.

Unexpectedly, Hua Zhukong proposed separation as soon as he returned to Beijing. Now it is difficult to rely on the first wife to establish connections with the palace, so he has to hold on to Wu Ze.

Hua Fuying nodded to indicate that she understood.

The next day, she sent a message to Wu Ze.

Ying'er has always been shy, and this is the first time that Ying'er took the initiative to ask him out. Wu Ze was filled with joy.

When they arrived at the agreed place, he saw Hua Fuying standing in the pavilion with her back to him, quietly looking at the water lilies in the lake that were about to bloom.

"Ying'er, I'm late. I didn't expect you to be here earlier than me."

Wu Ze walked over with great joy, but before he even entered the pavilion, he heard Hua Fuying speak in a low voice:

"Mr. Wu, please don't come over here. Let's...let's call off our engagement now."