The commotion of the doors opening was loud enough that everyone in the hall turned to look in that direction.
Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul awakening ceremony, along with those of the other two children, came to a temporary halt.
Standing on the stone platform, Huo Yuhao turned around curiously and looked toward the doors. At a glance, he spotted the charming, stunning woman standing before several maids.
Though Huo Yuhao had never met this woman before, he still knew that this dignified, noble-looking woman was the mistress of the ducal residence—the White Tiger Duke's wife, the Duchess.
Even though Huo Yuhao was only six years old, and Dai Yunze had protected him as an older brother during the past few years, that did not mean he was some innocent child who understood nothing.
On the contrary, he understood very clearly.
He knew that this elegant, noblewoman before him was the chief culprit behind his family's current plight.
Adults said that children would not remember things that happened when they were little.
But Huo Yuhao remembered everything.
From the day he opened his eyes, he had remembered every single thing with perfect clarity.
He knew that the reason his family went hungry and lacked proper clothing was all because of this Duchess.
Because of jealousy—because she was jealous of his mother, Huo Yun'er.
Because her two children had the same golden hair and blue eyes as the White Tiger Duke, the same double pupils as the White Tiger Duke, and the same Martial Soul as the White Tiger Duke.
Because he, too, was the White Tiger Duke's child.
Even though he had never seen what his biological father looked like since the day he was born.
His only impression of his father was the silhouette his mother often drew on the