Everyone looked over.
Mrs. Xu's face turned red with embarrassment.
Hong Ye, standing nearby, hurriedly ordered someone to bring new chopsticks.
Gu Baoshu shifted the topic back, saying, "If my third brother can drive away the Yelv Clan, it must be thanks to the divine protection of my father and brothers from the afterlife. I heard from my mother that when my father and brothers died, their eyes didn't close. Before my third brother went to the Northern Border, he swore before our ancestors, and they must have protected him. The first thing my third brother did upon returning was to offer incense at the ancestral hall. I saw it myself that day, the incense sparked and burst with flowers, our ancestors were surely delighted."
Everyone marveled for a while and shared some peculiar stories they had heard.
Mrs. Xu's face grew paler.
