Zi Mu nodded obediently and smiled brightly: "My daughter is very obedient in the palace and has been practicing archery and horse riding. Aunt Xuan taught me poetry, books and etiquette, and Aunt Yue taught me music, chess, calligraphy and painting. My daughter has never slacked off. Half a month ago, His Majesty asked my daughter and the princes and princesses to learn from Doctor Huangfu."

"Oh, my dear daughter, will she be tired from learning so much every day?" He Yong's first reaction after hearing this was not pride but heartache. After all, his daughter is not even eight years old. Even if she is precocious and learns so much, he is still worried that she will not be able to keep up.

"Father, I'm not tired. I want to be a general in the future. What's the point of all this hard work? It's good that father and brothers are back safely. Are you tired from this journey?"

"Not tiring. The military camp is not far away and there are carriages." He Yong asked the housekeeper to carry the gifts they brought back for Zimu to her Qichi Garden.

After thinking for a while, Mu decided to mention Cheng Shaoshang's matter to her parents during dinner. After all, she felt a little guilty about bringing people to snatch someone else's daughter away.

At the He family dinner in Cuizhuju, He Yong drank happily with his five sons. Dalang and his wife gave birth to two fat grandsons for him five years ago. Erlang and his wife's son was only three years old. Not long after Silang got married, his wife became pregnant and even the palace doctor said that this baby was still a grandson.

Sanlang and Silang, one is studying at Cui's in Qinghe and the other is studying at Bailu Mountain. There is no expectation for them to get married at the moment. The He family has only one daughter, He Zimu, and there is not even a daughter for their grandchildren, so Zimu has always wanted nothing more than the stars since he was a child.

Seeing that her father, brother and sisters-in-law were almost done with their meal, Yuchan quietly came over and said that Shaoshang had already returned the money.

Zimu walked directly to the center and bowed deeply to He Yong and Madam He: "Father, mother, brother and sisters-in-law, Zimu has something I would like to ask for your help."

This bow shocked everyone. You know, Zimu is the legitimate daughter of the He family and the youngest. Several branches of the He family only have one doting daughter.

The whole family wanted to spoil her to the sky. If she hadn't wanted to be a general and hadn't slacked off in her martial arts training, how could the He family be willing to let her suffer like this.

Not to mention the He family, even the emperor, empress, concubines, princes and princesses in the palace, who doesn't treat Zimu as their own youngest child?

Zimu has always been the one helping others, so why does she need her family to help her?

He Yong stood up distressed and helped his little daughter up: "Zi Mu, stand up. This is not allowed in our family. Tell your father anything. Even if you want the moon in the sky, your father will find a way to pick it down for you."

"Yes, Zimu, why did you suddenly do such a great honor? Is there anything that your father's official position cannot accomplish? It doesn't matter, there are still your great-grandfather, great-grandmother and uncles. I, the Cui family of Qinghe, am no pushover."

"Yes, sister, you scared me by acting like this all of a sudden."

……

Only now did his son Mu understand why He Zhaojun was spoiled. With such a big family trying their best to pamper her, if she was really a child, it would be hard not to be spoiled and become willful.

"Father, mother, today I accidentally saved a little girl. Her life story is so rough and pitiful. Her father is Cheng Shi, a member of General Wan Songbai's army. It is said that when Madam Cheng gave birth, the eldest mother of the Cheng family was deceived by the old immortal hired by the second daughter-in-law, and the mother and child were forcibly separated."

"This Cheng Shi has been promoted to lieutenant. His Majesty praised this couple for this matter." He Yong still remembered this couple. His wife was also quite prestigious in the army and was highly respected by the families of military officers. "It's been several years, and they still haven't brought the child to their side? Zimu, go on."

"This little girl has a twin brother. Madam Cheng was forced to choose between her son and daughter and leave her behind. The eldest mother and the second daughter-in-law of the Cheng family didn't like the little girl's mother, so they took out all their resentment on him. He is the same age as her daughter, but he looks only five or six years old."

Zimu also recounted the scene of today's rescue and what the court doctor said.

"This is too much. Captain Cheng and Madam Cheng have been sending boxes of money to the capital in recent years. How can they use the money that her parents have worked so hard for to abuse her daughter?"

He bravely overturned the table with one hand, and the ceramic bowls, bamboo chopsticks and wine bowls were smashed to pieces.

Mrs. He and the three daughters-in-law of the He family were the first to think of the dirty things happening in the backyard. Compared with the anger of the He family's father and brothers, they were calm for a while.

Seeing the eye contact between his mother and the sisters-in-law, Zimu was very satisfied that this was the result she wanted.

So she wiped her tears and continued, "Father, mother, brothers and sisters-in-law, Zimu was lucky to be born in the He family and be loved by her parents and brothers and sisters-in-law. You should be considerate. If I were her, I would have died long ago without even a bone left."

Everyone in the He family was heartbroken after hearing this, especially He Yong and his wife, because their daughter was the lifeblood of their family.

Normally, they are held in their hands for fear of dropping them, and held in their mouths for fear of melting them. If the nobles in the palace did not really love them and they were not kept at the lap of the emperor, empress and concubines in the palace most of the time, they would probably be even more spoiled.

Seeing Zimu crying like this was really unbearable, so He Yong made a direct decision: "Zimu, since that little girl was saved by you, it means that you two are destined to be together. My He family is rich and can afford to raise a little girl. If you want to keep her as a father for you..."

"General"

Mrs. He interrupted He Yong. He Yong and several other sons of the He family were very puzzled. Mrs. He had always been kind-hearted and would not have stopped them.

"Madam? But what's wrong with this little girl?" The first thing He Yong thought of was what happened to his wife, as her face seemed to look a little off.

"General, have you ever thought about why Madam Cheng kept her daughter but not her son?" Madam He asked General He and then said to the sons, "You should also use your brains to think about it."

"This... isn't it because they were deceived by the old immortal, and the couple had no choice but to leave a child to protect the old lady of the Cheng family from disaster?" After He Yong finished speaking, Dalang, Erlang and Silang of the He family also nodded.

Mrs. He and several daughters-in-law shook their heads when they heard their husbands' brainless answers. Sanlang and Wulang of the He family could only hear that something was wrong but they didn't know what.

"Since it must be that baby, and that baby is a boy and a girl, why didn't Madam Cheng keep the boy?"

Seeing her husband and son shaking their heads together, Mrs. He sighed. It turned out that having too many generals in the family was not enough to keep their brains.

"Zi Mu just said that the old lady of the Cheng family and Madam Zhong only wanted Erlang to stay, so Madam Cheng gave up her own daughter on her own."

"Mother, why didn't Madam Cheng keep her son?"

"Both the old lady of the Cheng family and Madam Zhong dislike daughters. From the fact that Madam Zhong threw her own daughter back to her parents' home to be raised, it can be imagined that Madam Cheng knew that her daughter would not be treated well. She knew that her daughter would definitely be tortured, or even die unexpectedly."

"This... If she knew, why didn't she take her daughter away and leave her son behind?"

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