"In four hours, we'll go see Grandfather. He'll take us to the Imperial Palace," Xiao Hongchen said.
"All right." Huo Yuhao casually offered him a grilled fish. "Brother Xiao, have you had lunch? Want one?"
A trace of disdain crept into Xiao Hongchen's smile. "This is what you're treating me to?"
"If you don't want it, forget it." Huo Yuhao refused to indulge him and promptly pulled it back.
"I'll eat it. Why wouldn't I? Don't forget when the time comes." Xiao Hongchen took the grilled fish. He didn't linger, leaving the laboratory after one final reminder.
A few days earlier, Jing Hongchen had suddenly instructed the siblings to take care to maintain their relationship with Huo Yuhao. Xiao Hongchen hadn't thought much of it.
Jing Hongchen now held Huo Yuhao in high regard. Though arrogant, Xiao Hongchen acknowledged Huo Yuhao's strength. If the Hongchen Family could win over a genius like him, a little investment was perfectly acceptable.
Ju Zi glanced at the departing Xiao Hongchen, then quickly returned to normal.
In fact, Crown Prince Xu Tianran had helped push this banquet forward.
The attack on the Illustrious Virtue Hall was an excellent opportunity to draw closer to it. Although His Majesty had forbidden the princes from contacting Jing Hongchen directly, those young students were all well worth investing in too.
However, Ju Zi paid little attention to the other students. In her eyes, Huo Yuhao alone was worth winning over.
She firmly believed that one Huo Yuhao could be more useful than a hundred Illustrious Virtue Hall students.
Huo Yuhao was also working his own little abacus in his mind.
He wanted a closer look at the Sun Moon Imperial Family.
Four hours passed quickly. Huo Yuhao arrived at Jing Hongchen's office, ready to follow him to the