Jun Ruolan looked at Li Xiao helplessly. She didn't know how to reconcile the relationship between this father and son.
"Go meet him first, and then I'll tell you what I think!"
Jun Ruolan advised, Li Xiao nodded silently, and followed Li Chun into the depths of the palace.
"The Great Emperor is in seclusion, striving to reach a new realm. He can't come out for the time being. However, for you, he deliberately tore his soul apart, just to see you!"
Li Chun brought Li Xiao and others into a small ancestral hall, where there was a small cenotaph.
In front of the cenotaph, there is a ritual cushion placed there all year round. It was used by Jun Ruolan to pray for her former sister.
At this moment, a faint and weak shadow was floating beside the broken tablet, looking at Li Xiao with a dim gaze.
"You are the Great Emperor Jiuyan?"
Li Xiao frowned and spoke, breaking the strange silence.
"You are Li Xiao?"
The shadowy figure spoke almost at the same time, and then both of them fell silent.
"You go back first."
After a moment of silence, the shadow sighed and asked Li Xiao to go back.
Li Xiao rolled his eyes immediately. What the hell is this?
His lost son came to visit him, but the old man had always been hiding from him. Now that he finally saw him, why is he still like this?
Li Xiao really couldn't understand his train of thought. If you don't want to admit it, just say so!
"Okay! I'll take him back first!"
"Now that my child has found me, I don't need to hide here any longer."
Seeing Li Xiao in a daze, Jun Ruolan suddenly walked over and protected him behind her, blocking him from the shadow's gaze.
"He's the only one among the royal family members who's not afraid of me at all. That's a good thing!"
The shadow sighed softly and dissipated.
"Let's go back!"
Ignoring the confused and stunned crowd, Jun Ruolan took Li Xiao's hand and took him back to his previous residence.
"He doesn't want to recognize you! He doesn't want to recognize other princes and princesses either."
"In this world, my sister is the only family member he recognizes, and he will only accept my sister's child."
"Do you understand?"
After returning here, Jun Ruolan suddenly relaxed visibly. She looked at Li Xiao with infinite love, as if Li Xiao was her child.
"I understand! I should first gain my mother's approval here, and then go to the palace to gain the emperor's approval."
Li Xiao's face looked grim, but he still understood the logic behind it.
I don’t know whether I should say that this great emperor is affectionate or that he has a hole in his brain!
But it is obvious that there are indeed things left by my cheap mother in this house.
"That's where I hid with my sister."
"Unfortunately, they still found out."
"You must be wondering how you ended up being left out there, since you're the seventh prince of the dynasty?"
"All this is because of the Sword Sect!"
Jun Ruolan revisited her old place. She first took a brief stroll with infinite joy and nostalgia, then pulled Li Xiao aside and tried to explain his doubts to him, telling him what had happened that year.
"The people of the Sword Sect discovered your mother's identity as the Demon Lord's only daughter. They were immediately surprised and secretly contacted the people of the Nine Nether Holy Land. They tricked your mother out of the Imperial City in my name and launched a crazy siege on her!"
"That's why I felt guilty and trapped myself in the Imperial Palace for twenty years. And your father was so desperate that he didn't hesitate to consume the dynasty's foundation to uproot the Sword Sect!"
Jun Ruolan did not hide anything and directly told everyone about the grudges of the past.
Her face was full of guilt, and before she knew it, tears were already streaming down her face.
"The Sword Sect, no matter how prosperous and powerful it is, is ultimately dependent on the Nine Flame Dynasty. How dare they do such a thing?"
Li Xiao frowned as he listened. He couldn't understand the madness of the Sword Sect.
Perhaps, by holding the Demon Lord's only daughter hostage, they could gain countless benefits.
But, is this risk really not taken into consideration?
"The Sword Sect of the Jiuyan Dynasty is actually just a branch of the Sword Sect. The real Sword Sect is not only the leader of the world's swordsmanship, but it is also rumored that they have some kind of connection with forces outside of the Tianyuan Continent."
"Originally, no one in this world should dare to attack the Sword Sect."
"It's just that your father, for your mother, he really has no scruples."
"So, if you can't get your mother's approval, then he will probably never recognize you!"
Jun Ruolan sighed helplessly. Emperor Jiuyan had such an extreme personality that he really made people love and hate him.
"What happened in the past was not Aunt Lan's fault! You punished yourself for twenty years without any reason. Now that I have grown up, you don't need to feel guilty anymore."
Li Xiao lowered his head and thought about it, and then he forgave Jun Ruolan on behalf of his mother.
She was the saint of the previous generation of Jiuyou Holy Land. Jiuyou Holy Land was involved in the murder of her mother, but this obviously had nothing to do with Jun Ruolan.
Otherwise, she would have died at the hands of Emperor Jiuyan twenty years ago.
The Great Emperor Jiuyan trapped her in that ancestral hall for twenty years, and he was obviously resentful, but he could not find any evidence to accuse her.
If anyone is to blame, it's only his mother's fault that she was too casual and became a close friend of a key figure in the hostile force.
"How can you, child, just casually make decisions for your mother?"
Jun Ruolan was shocked when she heard this. She looked at Li Xiao in disbelief, tears in her eyes dripping like pearls from a broken string.
In twenty years, no one has ever really blamed her.
Even if the Nine Flames Emperor placed her under house arrest, it was in the name of protecting her.
But her heart was filled with guilt and fear, and she was even worried that Li Xiao would not be able to forgive her.
The reason why she came back with Li Xiao today was that if Li Xiao could not forgive her, she would die here!
But who would have known that she had just said two sentences and Li Xiao actually chose to forgive on behalf of his mother.
"I'm lucky to be alive. Since my mother's body is gone, maybe she's still alive."
"However, even if she died, it has been so long since the incident. Aunt Lan doesn't need to hang the ring anymore. I think this is what my mother meant."
Li Xiao sighed lightly. As a time traveler, this was just his inherent value.
"Young Master, as expected, clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment!"
Zhou Xuan, who was standing by, suddenly knelt down, his face full of admiration and excitement.
"Um!"
Tianya responded subconsciously, but her eyes looked thoughtful.
"Don't worry, I'll live here and tell you some stories about your mother's past to help you remember her."
Jun Ruolan sighed. In her opinion, Emperor Jiuyan was simply unreasonable. Li Xiao had been without parents since childhood, so how could he be so eager for maternal love?
She stayed there like this, taking personal charge of Li Xiao's food, clothing, housing and transportation, fully fulfilling the responsibilities of a loving mother. This made Tianya, who thought of herself as Li Xiao's maid, feel a little overwhelmed.
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