Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

“But, Du Xin… could Master Kong Kong also be a two-faced person?” he worried.

He had never felt any malice from Du Xin before, so he didn't know that people are multifaceted.

The fact that he treats you as a friend doesn't prevent him from being an enemy to others.

If Master Kongkong is also a bad person, then wouldn't recommending him to Xiaoya be harming her?

"I'd better not write any more letters. It's safer for you to go as ordinary pilgrims."

That's just how it is.

Huo Jingya pinched the boy's delicate face, "You've lost a bit of weight lately, eat more when you get back."

"it is good."

"Okay, I'll be going now! I'm pretty busy!"

Huo Jingya released the boy and turned to run away.

"Xiaoya!" the boy called out urgently.

"Hmm? Is there something else?"

"That...list."

He pulled a booklet out of his pocket.

"Two thousand Black Armor Guards are all up there."

Huo Jingya shoved it into her arms and waved her hand, "I know, you should go now, it's not safe to stay any longer."

"Small……"

Huo Jingya had already run away and disappeared behind a big tree, out of sight.

The snow in the forest had not yet melted, and white flowers hung on the treetops.

When the wind blew, they floated down like sprites onto the boy's head and body.

Pure and peaceful, untouched by the world.

But in his eyes, there was immense disappointment.

"You didn't kiss me?"

He lowered his head and muttered to himself.

Feeling a little sad, he looked at the footprints on the ground and tried to step on them.

Step by step... the footprints suddenly disappeared.

Where did you go?

Could it be that Xiaoya flew away?

He couldn't help but look up.

An upside-down face suddenly appeared in front of me.

"I've forgotten that I haven't even kissed the young man I'm marrying yet."

The girl giggled, turned the boy's head, and kissed his slightly parted lips, which were showing surprise.

The sky was a clear, deep blue, and the trees were adorned with jade-like blossoms.

"Susususu..."

Another gust of wind blew, and snowflakes fluttered down, covering the lovers' heads.

……

Hua Buyan's joyful heart sank when she arrived at the magnificent gate of the Hua family.

He stood outside for a while before going inside.

It seems that the heart that had briefly enjoyed freedom has also been imprisoned.

"Young Master, the Old Madam is waiting for you," Lu Xun said coldly.

Grandmother, you've returned from the palace.

All the patriarchs of the Hua family were present in the main hall of the Hua family.

Prince Hua Chenghou saw Hua Buyan walk in and immediately smashed the cup.

It fell off course and missed.

It hit Xiaoyu on the head as she followed behind.

"Hua Buyan! Where did you go after leaving the city?"

The hall was filled with uncles and elders, some angry, some disappointed, some frustrated, and some gloating with calculating glints in their eyes.

None of them showed any concern or care from their elders.

Family ties don't exist in the Hua family.

The Grand Princess, with her deep-set eyes, sat in the center, resembling a judge.

This is a trial against Hua Buyan.

“Now that Shen Ye has led his troops to defect, the garrison commanders have been repeatedly summoned but have not returned, and the capital is in grave danger. Hua Buyan, as the heir of the head of a noble family, you are still entangled with an enemy woman! You are not worthy to be the head of the Hua family!” said Second Uncle Hua.

"Mother, eldest brother, he is not worthy to be the head of the Hua family. He must be deposed! Take back the Black Armor Guards!" Uncle Hua said.

"Actually, we can use Bu Yan to lure that enemy woman here and kill her. What do you say, Bu Yan?" Uncle Hua said sarcastically.

Flowers do not speak, they utter no words.

He only looked at the Grand Princess.

No matter how much these people say, it's useless.

The Grand Princess is not someone who can be controlled by others.

“Yan’er, your grandmother can give you the Black Armor Guards, or she can take them away.”

Once the Black Armor Guards show their faces and acknowledge a new master, their loyalty cannot be guaranteed, and she will not take them back.

It will be removed directly.

"Grandson knows."

"Alright, what do you think of what your fourth uncle said? Lure Huo Jingya here, then kill her!"

Hua Buyan suddenly looked at the Grand Princess.

“Grandmother, such despicable means…”

"Despicable? To consolidate the dynasty, any means are necessary! Your grandmother couldn't bear to let you see those sordid things before. Do you really think that the Hua family's century-old lineage and the Yan dynasty were obtained through divine protection?"

"That's right, that's right!" Uncle Hua's suggestion was adopted, and he sat up straight excitedly, his eyes revealing greed.

"In this respect, I am no match for my son Zhiyou. Mother, are you considering deposing the eldest son and establishing the younger one in favor of the eldest?"

"Even if the eldest son is deposed and the youngest son is chosen, it won't be your fourth branch's turn!" Uncle Hua sneered.

“My son Zhide is incredibly intelligent and talented. Over the years, he has been doing business all over the place, and the Hua family has relied on him to support it all…”

"Come on, if I didn't hold such an important position, would he have gotten away with it so smoothly..." Uncle Hua flicked his official robes as the Grand Historian.

"Shut up, all of you!" the Grand Princess roared.

"Yan'er, Grandmother is only asking you, will you do it or not?"

"Don't do it!"

"Very well! In the end, it was Grandmother who was wrong to trust you!" The Grand Princess stood up and walked towards Hua Buyan with a sharp and fierce aura.

“Mother…” Prince Hua instinctively stepped in front of his son.

“Yan’er is indeed not suitable for the position of heir apparent. You should depose him and let someone else take the position. Don’t force him…”

The Grand Princess slapped Hua Chenghou across the face.

"Bullshit! He's the smartest person in the entire Hua family! He just doesn't do it!"

Why don't you do it? Why don't you do it?

Hua Buyan, you must do it! Dongyang is doomed, the Hua family is doomed, do you know that? Do you know that?!

The Grand Princess grabbed the boy's shoulders and shook him violently.

An aged face bore the mark of an unyielding and resentful ambition.

If she were twenty years younger, she could have done so much more, but she's too old!

Her carefully nurtured grandson did not follow her plans.

Why is he so unwilling to take on the responsibilities he should bear?

"It's not that Dongyang is finished, it's that the Yan family is finished!"

Hua Buyan's gaze was calm, and he saw through the Grand Princess's heart completely.

“If Grandmother wants to protect the Hua family, she should stop being so stubborn. You are doing this for the Yan family, not the Hua family.”

The Grand Princess's eyes widened suddenly, as if she had been struck by a heavy blow.

"Yan'er! You can't say that. The Yan family and the Hua family are one family. They share the same fate, and they share the same fate!" Hua Chenghou scolded.

The boy, with his cool and aloof expression, uttered even more shocking words in a voice that was neither pleased nor angry.

"Since they are from the same family, why not put a son of the Hua family on the throne, instead of an eight-year-old child?"

My eldest cousin is wise and talented, my fourth cousin is very tactful, and there are so many outstanding nephews and nieces in the Hua family. Which one of them is not better than an ignorant child?

Why did Grandmother insist on recommending Yan?

"Is it Heaven's will that you must have the Yan family?"

The hall was so large you could hear a pin drop.

The Hua family members' gazes were filled with shock and uncertainty.

The Grand Princess swayed, her face turning ashen, as if she had aged ten years in an instant.

The grandson she raised and loved so dearly ultimately plunged a sword into her heart.

“Grandmother, it was clearly for your own sake.”

"For the sake of the Yan family's honor, more than a thousand members of the Hua family were buried with the Yan family."

They abandoned it, disregarding the lives of countless people in the world!

But you still couldn't stop it.

The Yan family was corrupt and powerless to reverse the situation.

The rise of the virtuous and capable to replace the old is an inevitable trend!