Chapter 46 Warm Welcome
The Empress Dowager's words today laid a solid foundation for Xiao Jinyi to confess to Emperor Wu'an in the future.
When Xiao Jinyi confessed, he was already prepared for his father's wrath. Just when he was ready to bear it, who knew that this wrath would turn into a gentle spring breeze and drizzle.
The topic has gone off track, let’s get back to the present.
"I have taken note of what your Majesty said. I will ask someone to call Hongying and Xuan'er so that our family can have a good reunion."
Emperor Wu'an ordered Quan Xi to send someone to call the Empress and Princess Kangning. Quan Xi went to the Empress's palace in person and saw the Princess was there too. He thought that he really saved himself the trouble of running errands again.
"Your servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty live a thousand years. Her Royal Highness the Princess. May Your Highness be blessed!"
When Queen Lin called him, he stood up, shook the whisk in his hand, and said respectfully to the two of them, "Your Majesty and Your Highness, Prince Xiaoyao and his future princess will be entering the palace soon. The emperor wants you two to go to Cikang Palace to celebrate the family reunion."
Princess Kang Ning was surprised and delighted to hear that her brother who had been away from home for many years had returned. "This kid is finally back. If he hadn't come back, I would have forgotten that I had a brother."
Queen Lin's focus was on the future princess. "Quan Xi, Prince Xiaoyao brought the princess back, is that true?"
When Princess Kangning heard the Queen ask this, she noticed her blind spot. Her brother, who was almost thirty years old, finally knew how to find a wife for himself.
Seeing Quan Xi nod, the two aunts and sisters-in-law couldn't wait to rush to Cikang Palace hand in hand. As soon as they stepped into the palace and had no time to salute, Princess Kangning asked Emperor Wu'an in a hurry.
"Brother, I heard from Quan Xi that Lie'er brought back a princess. Is this true? Brother, do you know who she is?"
Emperor Wu An told them everything about listening to Shen Shixu's thoughts in the court. After two months, they have become accustomed to listening to Shen Shixu's thoughts.
The Queen Mother had only heard about it from others, but had not heard it herself. She was quite curious and said, "You guys are talking about it so amazingly. I am really curious about this new number one scholar. Summon him to the palace someday so that I can see him for myself."
When Queen Lin heard this, she remembered that the Queen Mother's birthday banquet would be held soon. At that time, all officials would bring their families to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, and she would be able to see him at that time.
"Mother, your birthday banquet will be held in two months. You should be able to meet Mr. Shen by then. To be honest, I haven't even met him. I only heard from Sister Xuan that he is very handsome."
Princess Kang Ning praised Shen Shixu in front of the Queen Mother again, "Mother, that Lord Shen is a rare talent. Let's not talk about how much his voice helped. He solved the case of the missing girl in three days.
Moreover, he has not been idle in the past few months, reviewing old cases in the Dali Temple. Based on the files, he solved two or three unsolved cases, discovered problems in several cases, and found the real murderer behind the scenes.
If I didn't have a daughter, I would have brought a young man like him home as my son-in-law, who is capable, good-looking and comes from a good family. ”
Hearing Princess Kangning's words, Queen Lin teased her, "You didn't bring Lord Shen back as your son-in-law, but didn't you let Bin'er worship Lord Shen as his master? I heard from Jinyi that Bin'er has become much more stable and motivated by following Lord Shen."
Princess Kang Ning was so happy when she heard her sister-in-law praising her child, "That's right, this master is really the right one. My useless child has become a decent person now."
Xiao Lie brought Baili Xi and followed Xiao Jinyi and his brother to Cikang Palace. Before they entered, they heard the voices of his sister and sister-in-law talking and laughing. From time to time, they could also hear the empress dowager laughing at the two people's conversation.
Xiao Yuanqi looked at his uncle who was not much older than him standing at the door and refused to go in. He could not help but urge him, "Uncle, hurry in! The Empress Dowager has been looking forward to your return!"
Hearing his urging, Xiao Lie let out a long sigh and pulled Baili Xi, who was also nervous, into Cikang Palace.
As soon as the two of them entered, the Cikang Palace, which had been filled with laughter and joy, suddenly became quiet.
Just when Xiao Lie and Baili Xi were feeling uneasy, Princess Kangning smiled, stood up from her chair and walked towards the two of them. Under the surprised looks of Xiao Lie and Baili Xi, she held Baili Xi's hand.
Because of his witchcraft, Baili Xi never has physical contact with others. It's not that he doesn't want to have contact with others, but that others are afraid to have contact with him.
In his twenty-odd years of life, the first person who touched him without scruples was Xiao Lie, and the second was Princess Kangning.
Baili Xi deeply felt that Xiao Lie and his family seemed to be a little bit greedy. Don't they know how to be afraid?
Princess Kang Ning held Baili Xi's hand and said with a smile: "You must be the sweetheart of Xiao Lie. He looks really good, but why do you want to fall in love with my stinky brother? He is not good in every way. He is willful and has a bad temper. Is he threatening you to be with him?"
Xiao Lie subconsciously retorted when he heard this, "Sister, what are you talking about? Am I as bad as you say? And why would you ask me to threaten Ah Xi to be with me? We are clearly in love with each other."
Princess Kang Ning heard this and said to him with a look of doubt: "You can only deceive others outside. I watched you grow up, and I don't know you yet. You must be clinging to her because she is good-looking.
But you have a really good eye. You went out and brought back such a beautiful sister-in-law for me. By the way, Ah Xi, can I call you that? ”
Baili Xi looked at Princess Kang Ning who was talking to him enthusiastically and nodded blankly, "Ah Xi, do you have any married sisters in your family? I have a son who is not young anymore, and I want to find him a wife. He has high standards and insists on finding a beautiful one.
I see that you are so good-looking, and your relatives must be good-looking too. I also heard that you are very good at witchcraft.
But I have to be very strong so that I can control that naughty boy in my house. ”
Xiao Lie was about to reply on behalf of Baili Xi when Emperor Wu An grabbed his arm and pulled him over to watch together with Empress Lin.
"Well, not bad. You look a lot stronger after not seeing you for such a long time." Emperor Wu An patted Xiao Lie's strong arm and said with satisfaction.
"Okay, now that we've checked it out, let's let mother take a look. I haven't been back for so long, and mother must have missed me terribly." The attentive Queen Lin pushed Xiao Lie to the Queen Mother.
When the Queen Mother saw her youngest son whom she had not seen for a long time, she reached out her hand and touched Xiao Lie's slightly rough face which had been weathered by wind and rain, and said, "Why does he look uglier than at home?"
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