Chapter 130 Family Reunion

Chunzhi looked at Huo Zheng and didn't say anything for a while.

Ever since the last storm when Huo Zheng stayed at the Song residence, he didn't want to go back to the palace to sleep alone with a lamp and a cold quilt.

He wanted to sleep with Chunzhi and the child every day.

Huo Zheng waited for a long time, but Chunzhi didn't speak, so he said immediately, "I will leave before dawn and won't let Song Anlan know."

"That's not good either." Chunzhi said, "You come to the Song residence every day, and my brother doesn't say anything. If you want to stay here..."

The Song family still has an unmarried daughter.

Huo Zheng looked at Chunzhi and knew what she had left unsaid, so he hugged her and let her go reluctantly after a long while. "I really want to marry you home soon."

Chunzhi smiled and said, "The wedding is in June, and it's already the end of March."

Previously, she was worried that the emperor would regard her as the daughter of a criminal and would cancel her marriage with Huo Zheng.

Today, the emperor personally issued an order to summon Mu Qingshan back to Beijing, which means that Mu Qingshan will be reinstated soon.

Her identity as the daughter of a traitor no longer exists.

Her wedding with Huo Zheng will also take place as scheduled.

Huo Zheng stared at Chunzhi and said, "I can't wait even for a day."

Chunzhi lowered her head and smiled.

She and Huo Zheng had already been married in Linshui Town. For her, the emperor's marriage was just another wedding banquet, but a more luxurious one.

But now seeing Huo Zheng looking forward to it like this, Chunzhi is also looking forward to that day even more.

As the days passed, the flowers in the garden gradually faded, and in the blink of an eye it was late April.

Mu Qingshan was summoned back to Beijing and arrived with his family.

On this day, Huo Zheng came to the Song residence early to pick up Chunzhi and took her to the city gate to welcome Mu Qingshan and his family.

The carriage of the Chang'an Palace was parked outside the city gate, quite conspicuous.

Chunzhi and Huo Zheng stood together in front of the carriage, looking at the carriages and horses coming and going on the official road.

From the afternoon till dusk, countless carriages and horses entered the capital, but none of them were members of the Mu family.

Chunzhi was looking forward to it.

Huo Zheng asked her to go back to the carriage and wait, but she refused.

Haruji said softly, "I want to see them sooner."

Huo Zheng knew that she missed her family, so he waited with her.

As the sun sets, a simple blue cloth carriage slowly approaches from the official road. A woman in blue sitting in the carriage lifts the curtain and looks out.

Chunzhi met her gaze and recognized at a glance that it was her blood relative.

Her eyes instantly sparkled with tears.

The green cloth carriage drove up and stopped in front of them.

The woman in blue in the carriage didn't even wait for the driver to put the horse stool in place. She lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, walking towards Chunzhi, "Zhi...Zhi'er?"

Before he could finish his words, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Mother..." Chunzhi dived into the arms of the woman in green like a young swallow flying into the forest.

There was no need for any paternity test; as soon as she saw this person, she knew she was her mother.

Madam Mu hugged Chunzhi, tears streaming down her face, and said, "My dear Zhi'er...you have suffered so much over the years."

Even though Mu Qingshan and his wife were far away in the northern border and didn't know about the changes in the world in the capital, they heard about the affairs of Prince Chang'an and Chunzhi on their way back to the capital.

Mrs. Mu felt so sorry for her daughter that she was speechless.

Chunzhi felt very distressed when she saw her mother, who was covered in weathered clothes.

Madam Mu was also a famous beauty in the capital back then. Now she is only in her forties but already has a head of white hair. It is obvious how difficult it is to survive in a cold and harsh place like the North.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.

A handsome young man in his twenties helped Mu Qingshan, who had white hair, get off the carriage and walked up to the mother and daughter.

The capital city is full of flowers and brocade, and the Mu family members are dressed simply, which is totally out of place here.

"Hurry." Madam Mu raised her sleeve to wipe Chunzhi's tears and said to her, "Meet your father."

Chunzhi raised her eyes and looked at the man who had once captivated the capital. Now his face was covered with dust and his hair was as white as frost. She cried out with tears in her eyes, "Daddy."

"Zhi'er...my Zhi'er has grown so big."

Mu Qingshan, with tears in his eyes, raised his hand and touched Chunzhi's head.

The handsome young man beside him looked at Chunzhi with eyes full of expectation and said, "My name is Mu Kaiji, and I'm your brother."

Chunzhi's eyes fell on Mu Kaiji and she called out, "Brother."

"Good girl Zhi'er." Mu Kaiji wanted to reach out and hug her, but suddenly he remembered that Zhi'er was already a grown-up girl who was about to get married, so his hand froze in mid-air.

"Brother." Chunzhi called him again and threw herself into Mu Kaiji's arms.

Mu Kaiji was stunned for a moment, then quickly hugged her.

Huo Zheng waited until their family members recognized each other before stepping forward and saying, "Meetings, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and eldest uncle."

"You are...King Chang'an."

Upon seeing this, Mu Qingshan hurriedly brought his wife and son to pay their respects to Huo Zheng.

Huo Zheng supported Mu Qingshan with one hand and Madam Mu with the other. "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, there's no need to be polite. This is not the place to talk. Follow me into the city and rest in the house."

Chunzhi raised her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes. "Yes, Daddy, Mommy, and brother have worked hard on the journey. Let's talk about it when we get back."

Mu Qingshan said, "Then I'll have to trouble King Chang'an."

Huo Zheng said, "We are all family, no need to be polite."

Huo Zheng said this and asked the three members of the Mu family to get on the carriage of the Chang'an Palace.

The carriage was big enough for the whole family to sit.

It's a good opportunity to talk together.

Mu Kaiji helped his parents get on the carriage. When he reached out to help Chunzhi, he saw Prince Chang'an personally helping Chunzhi get on the carriage.

Mu Kaiji thought to himself: This brother-in-law...is not bad.

Everyone entered the carriage, and Chunzhi and Mrs. Mu sat next to each other.

Madam Mu held Chunzhi in her arms and whispered, "When the Mu Mansion was ransacked, your father and I were afraid you'd die in the northern border, so we asked our wet nurse to take you away first. But later on, the journey was long and we lost all contact..."

Mu Qingshan and his wife intended to let the wet nurse take Chunzhi back to the countryside to hide for a while.

But they were all exiled to the north, and the mountains were high and the roads were long, so they could not get any news about their daughter.

Madam Mu asked Chunzhi, "How has Zhi'er been living these years?"

Chunzhi told her mother about how she was stranded in Linshui Town at the age of nine, fell seriously ill with a high fever and forgot everything before the age of nine, lived in the Lu family for ten years, and later met Huo Zheng.

She only talked about the good things that had happened in the past eleven years and never mentioned the suffering she had endured.

Mrs. Mu burst into tears just by listening to her say this.

Her Zhi'er was originally a noble lady, but she was stranded in the countryside and served as a child bride for ten years. She made a living by making and selling tofu, and was even let down by others...

"Madam, you finally got to see Zhier, you should be happy." Mu Qingshan wiped Madam Mu's tears and whispered to her.

Mu Kaiji said, "Yes, mother. You've been talking about Zhi'er all these years. You should be happy to finally see her."

"Yes, I should be happy." Mrs. Mu couldn't help it.

Huo Zheng didn't say anything, but silently handed Chunzhi a handkerchief.