Chapter 797 - 798: Glass(3)_1
Huo Yuan knelt before the Luohan bed, bowed his hands and said, "My respects to you, mother!"
Lady Huo said sternly, "What respect to show? Because of that Mu Family girl, the Virtuous Consort is still under house arrest, you also went to prison, and offended the elders of our group. If I haven’t worried myself to death already, it’s because of my luck, how could I ’rest easy’?"
Hearing these words, Huo Yuan laughed and said, "I’ve already said that I have nothing to do with the Mu family matters, please stop blaming them, mother. Besides, I’m already out of trouble, aren’t I? I’ve been paying attention to the Consort’s situation too, I figure the ban will be lifted soon, mother need not worry; As for offending the elders, well, I’m now responsible as the house master. Those in the clan who refuse to obey out of seniority always want to cause some trouble to whet my appetite. If I don’t suppress them appropriately, then I shouldn’t act as the house master and just let them trample me into the mud."
Having said this, he got up straight and walked to Lady Huo’s Luohan bed edge, flipped his robe and sat down on the edge of the bed. Aunt Bi quickly approached and poured his favourite ’Snow-capped Jade’ tea.
As Huo Yuan was just about to sip his tea, Lady Huo scoffed and said, "You don’t have to sweet-talk me, thinking that I don’t know anything because I’m deep in seclusion. I just want to ask you, what is your relationship with that Mu Family girl?"
Huo Yuan gently blew on the tea leaves in his cup, took a sip, set down the cup, looked at his mother with clear eyes, and smiled, "I’ve said it before, there’s nothing between us. Why won’t you believe me, mother?"
Lady Huo, infuriated, smacked the table, "Do you think I’m senile now? Stop trying to deceive me. I’ve looked it up myself. For that girl from the Mu family, you even invited the palace maid who embroiders the empress’s phoenix robe to teach her embroidery. You also invested heavily, opening a ’Mu’s Shen Record Shop’. Since the shop bears the ’Mu’ name, you must be planning to please the Mu family girl, right?"
His mother’s words made Huo Yuan’s smile fade. He asked with a slightly chilled expression, "You’ve been investigating me, mother?"