Chapter 146: Will He He agree to remarry at the end?
Wu Sheng stayed outside the stone house all night long, and was worried all night long.
The next day at dawn, the stone gate finally opened and Cheng Juesai appeared at the door.
Wu Sheng couldn't wait to ask, "Where's my boss? Is he... okay?"
Cheng Juesai answered irrelevantly, raising his hand and handing over a small porcelain bottle: "This is the antidote to the Heart-Eating Flower poison. I have fulfilled my promise to your boss."
Wu Sheng stared at the porcelain vase in a daze, tears suddenly falling, and then he shouted, "What happened to my boss?"
Cheng Juesai replied, "Your boss is unconscious and has only his last breath left."
Wu Sheng pushed him away and rushed straight in. It was not until he saw his boss lying unconscious on the couch that he realized what Cheng Juesai said was true.
He was extremely grief-stricken, and he lay on the bed crying, murmuring, "Boss, wake up, boss..."
The boss was fine when he came, but he never came back. How could he not be sad?
Cheng Juesai warned, "The Soul-Returning Herb in this antidote is only effective for three and a half days, and it takes three days by horseback to get from here to the capital. I advise you to take the antidote and return to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise your boss's kindness to the princess will be in vain."
Wu Sheng wiped his tears upon hearing this and stared at him resentfully, "Is there any hope for my boss?"
Cheng Juesai replied, "If an ordinary person had their heart blood taken, they would surely die on the spot, but your boss is in good health and still has breath left. I will do my best to fight for a glimmer of hope for him."
Wu Sheng's eyes flashed: "Are you serious?"
Cheng Juesai replied, "But this matter cannot be rushed. We must take our time."
Wu Sheng asked in a trembling voice, "How long will it take?"
Cheng Juesai replied, "I will take your boss into seclusion for half a year. After he wakes up, he will need another half a year of recuperation. In other words, if your boss is lucky, he may be able to be resurrected in a year."
Wu Sheng burst into tears again, knelt down and bowed deeply, "I'll leave everything to Master Cheng." Then he stood up, took the antidote, looked at the unconscious leader seriously again, turned around and was about to leave the room.
Cheng Juesai called out to him: "Wait."
Wu Sheng stopped and asked, "What else does Valley Master Cheng need?"
Cheng Juesai replied, "Your boss asked me to tell you that the princess must not know that this medicine is made with his heart blood."
Wu Sheng felt an inexplicable surge of sadness in his heart.
He choked and replied, "I understand." Then he hurried out of the stone house.
At this time in the princess's mansion, Su He's breath was getting weaker and weaker.
The emperor canceled his morning court sessions these past two days and moved into the princess's residence, staying by his daughter's bedside day and night.
Qi Huai was even more frightened and studied the prescription day and night, but it was all in vain.
Zhang Xiuhua cried every day, and from time to time she would go to the kitchen to interrogate Qi Huai, who was boiling medicine, "Can the master save my young lady? Can he?"
Qi Huai also burst into tears: "If...if Lord Xie doesn't come back, the princess...will have to prepare for her funeral..."
When Chunlan heard that she had to prepare for the funeral, she couldn't help crying while she was busy in the kitchen.
The entire princess's mansion was shrouded in a heavy atmosphere. Every breath was a matter of life and death, and every breath was extremely difficult to endure.
Late that night, Su He woke up and began to curl up in pain again.
These past few days she was either unconscious or awake, then fainted from the pain, then woke up again, repeating this cycle like hell.
She had been tortured to the point of being emaciated and unconscious, and her end was near.
The emperor called out to his daughter distressedly, "He He, He He," while shouting, "Qi Huai, think of a solution quickly, think of a solution quickly."
Qi Huai had no other choice but to cry.
Everyone in the mansion was crying.
Things were getting desperate and Su He was about to die!
A team of fast horses passed through the night and stopped in front of the gate of the princess's mansion. Wu Sheng dismounted, raised the porcelain bottle in his hand and ran into the mansion quickly, shouting as he ran: "The antidote is here, the princess's antidote is here."
It is like the dry rice fields welcoming the rain, or like the dark night welcoming the moonlight.
Qi Huai was the first to hear the word "antidote" and rushed out to greet him. He then shouted in surprise, "Your Majesty, there is an antidote, there is an antidote."
The emperor's face lit up with joy when he heard this, and he quickly stood up and walked towards the door.
In the darkness of the night, Wu Sheng rushed into the hall like a rabbit. Without even having time to salute, he went to the bedside and stuffed the hard-earned antidote into Su He's mouth.
He was sweating profusely, but he let out a long sigh and then knelt down to salute the emperor.
Half an hour after Su He took the antidote, he finally woke up.
She could no longer feel the pain, but her whole body was sore and weak. Looking at the people gathered in front of the bed, her head was a little dazed: "I... am still alive?" She thought she was going to die this time.
Zhang Xiuhua and Chunlan were still crying, and Qi Huai was crying too. Of course, they were all crying with joy. The effect of the antidote was immediate.
The emperor was filled with mixed emotions. "He He has taken the antidote. She will be fine."
Su He murmured, "Where did Father get the antidote?"
The emperor replied gently, "It was prepared by an expert." He then ordered his maid to bring him egg custard and ginseng soup. "You haven't eaten for many days. Eat some soup first. When you've recovered, I'll tell you more."
Su He was indeed hungry and tired.
She replied "OK", and Zhang Xiuhua helped her drink the soup, and she lay down to rest obediently.
After Su He rested, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor summoned Wu Sheng to a side hall and asked directly, "Where is your master? Why didn't he come with you?"
Wu Sheng burst into tears, his tears and snot running down his face.
The emperor frowned: "Why are you crying?"
Wu Sheng then choked up and told the story of Xie Wuhen using his heart blood to prepare the antidote. At the end, he explained: "The boss said that this matter must not be known to the princess, lest... the princess feel uneasy."
The emperor exhaled heavily and remained silent for a long time.
He didn't expect that the capable eldest son of the Xie family, Xie Ziyu, whom he had watched grow up, would be willing to sacrifice his life for his He He.
He ordered in a deep voice, "You must take your guards and return to Medicine King Valley immediately. Guard your master with peace of mind. I will be waiting for your safe return in one year."
Wu Sheng knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
The emperor replied, "Get up, and remember, if you are undecided, you can send a message back to the capital, and I will come and make the decision for you."
Wu Sheng got up from the ground, lowered his head and replied "yes", then left the house and went to the kitchen to visit Chunlan.
Chunlan was busy cooking porridge, sweating profusely. Seeing him appear, she asked in confusion, "Are you hungry? Why are you in the kitchen?"
Wu Sheng was busy all day and night, looking dusty and dusty. He murmured, "I have to go on a long errand. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the cakes you made for a while."
Chunlan asked, "How far is it?"
He replied, “Very far.”
Chunlan asked again: "How long will it take?"
He replied: "At least one year."
"Why is it taking so long?"
"It just...it takes this long."
"Is Master Xie going too?"
He lowered his head and said "hmm".
Chunlan stuffed two boxes of cakes into his hands, then took out two more boxes from the cupboard and stuffed them into his hands, filling his chest completely. She said, "Eat sparingly. It will last you a long time."
Wu Sheng stammered, "When I'm not here, you..." He hesitated to speak.
Chunlan asked: "Me what?"
He wanted to ask, "Will you miss me?", but he didn't dare to ask because he was afraid of scaring Chunlan.
He said, "You must remember that I love the cakes you make. When I come back, you must make them for me."
Chunlan twisted her fingers, not knowing what to say. She glanced at him through the dim candlelight and nodded silently.
Wu Sheng smiled contentedly, turned around and walked out of the kitchen, disappearing into the night.
In the following time, Su He slowly recovered and her life returned to normal.
In her spare time, she would take her daughter for a walk in Ping'an Lane, or sit at Zeng Yidao's residence. She even saw Liu selling pancakes at the street corner.
Zhang Xiuhua was filled with emotion: "Ever since the Du family was confiscated, the Liu family has to fend for themselves. Life is really like the wheel of fortune."
Su He ordered: "Buy all the pancakes from her stall."
Zhang Xiuhua asked, "The Du family has committed so many evil things. Could it be that the princess still sympathizes with her?"
Su He replied, "The one who committed the most evil deeds was Du Yuting. Although Liu Shi made Mother sad, she is not an unforgivable criminal."
Zhang Xiuhua sighed and said, "Only the princess is kind-hearted." Then she got off the car to buy pancakes.
Su He found that Wu Sheng had not come to see Chunlan for a long time.
She hadn't seen Xie Wuhen for a long time. Even when she went to the palace to look for her father, she couldn't meet him. Even her father rarely mentioned him in front of her.
One day when she had some free time, she pretended to be casual and asked Chunlan, "Why hasn't Mr. Wu come for a long time?"
Chunlan replied: "I heard he was out on business."
She asked again: "It's been a long time, why haven't you come back yet?"
Chunlan replied: "It is said to take a year."
She wondered, "What kind of errand would take a year?"
Chunlan shook her head: "I don't know either, but Master Xie also went."
Su He became more and more confused, but he knew that he would not be able to get anything out of Chunlan.
She made a special trip to Weiyang Palace and asked indirectly, "My father once said that a master had prepared an antidote for me. What kind of master was that?"
The emperor smiled and said, "He He has recovered a long time ago. Why are you bringing up the past again?"
Su He replied: "I am just curious and asked casually."
The emperor also pretended to be casual and replied: "I heard that he is a master from Medicine King Valley."
"What's your name?"
"I heard his surname is Cheng, but I didn't ask for his name."
Su He said "Oh", half believing and half doubting.
The little princess Lele is growing up slowly and is now over one year old.
She learned to walk and talk at an early age, and was stronger than ordinary children. She kept shouting, "I want to learn martial arts" and "I want to beat up the bad guys."
From time to time, she would go to Weiyang Palace and pester the emperor, "Ah Huang, my mother won't let me learn martial arts, you will definitely let me learn, right? Please find someone to teach me."
The emperor was afraid of her falling when he held her in his arms, and afraid of her melting when he held her in his mouth. He was reluctant to let her learn any martial arts: "Le Le is still young. It's not too late to learn when she grows up."
The little princess broke free from his embrace and ran around the hall on her short legs: "Your Majesty, look, I have grown up a long time ago."
The emperor was forced into a corner and had to ask Zhao Fu to make her a small wooden sword so that she could hold it in her hand and enjoy it.
Later, the little princess picked up a yellow kitten, and she also called the cat "Ah Huang".
The emperor held her in his arms and said, "Lele, why don't you change the cat's name?"
The little princess tilted her head and asked, "Why?"
The emperor smiled and said, "Lele calls me 'Ahuang' and the cat 'Ahuang'. So, doesn't that mean I have the same name as a cat?"
The little princess blinked her big black eyes and thought for a moment: "But you are different yellows."
The emperor said softly, "But it sounds just as yellow."
The little princess pouted unhappily and said, "I don't want to change the cat's name, nor do I want to change Ahuang's name." After saying that, she turned her neck and didn't want to pay any attention to Ahuang anymore.
Ah Huang had no choice but to soften his tone: "Okay, then I won't change it, I won't change it."
He couldn't do anything about this little ancestor.
In the entire Daliang Kingdom, only this little ancestor could not do anything to him.
But the little ancestor also has his own worries.
The little ancestor has no father, but everyone has a father.
She asked Su He: "Mother, why don't I have a father?"
Su He replied: "You have a father."
"Where's my father?"
"Your father has gone far away."
"Why doesn't he come to see me?"
"He's busy."
"Is he busier than the emperor?"
Su He choked and was left speechless by the question asked by the one-year-old kid.
Sometimes when the little princess was in a bad mood, she would cry and yell, "I want to go find my father, I want my father, I don't want to pay attention to you anymore..."
It always took Su He a long time to coax this stubborn little guy.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiuhua couldn't help but ask, "The little princess is growing up day by day. Does the princess intend to keep this a secret forever?"
Su He sighed: "Don't worry, aunt, I will tell Lele the truth sooner or later."
In the past, she was poisoned by the Heart-Eating Flower and was waiting for death at any time. Therefore, there was no possibility for her to be with Xie Wuhen, and she was unwilling to have any involvement with him in the name of a child.
Now that the poison in her body has been cured and Lele is always clamoring for her father, she will naturally think about whether she still has a future with Xie Wuhen!
But at this time, where did Xie Wuhen go?
Su He turned to Chun Lan and asked, "When I was poisoned that day, were you sure it was Wu Sheng who sent me the antidote?"
Chunlan nodded, "That's right, and it wasn't just me who saw it. My aunt saw it, too, and so did many others in the palace." Zhang Xiuhua echoed, "When the princess fell unconscious from the poison, Lord Xie came to visit. I heard he swore a solemn oath before the Emperor to find an antidote for the princess."
Su He was puzzled: "But why didn't Xie Wuhen come when the antidote was delivered?"
Chunlan thought for a moment, "That was the night Wu Sheng said he wanted to go on a business trip with Master Xie for a year. Could it be that they encountered something urgent?"
Su He said "Oh" and said no more.
She always felt something was wrong - what could be more important than the solemn oath he made to the emperor?
The next day, Su He came to Weiyang Palace again and asked directly, "When I was poisoned that day, did the emperor send Xie Wuhen to Yaowang Valley to find an antidote?"
The emperor looked at her suspiciously: "Hehe, why do you ask that?"
Su He replied: "I am just confused as to why the antidote has arrived but Master Xie is nowhere to be found."
The emperor pulled her to sit in front of the tea table, poured her a cup of tea himself, and asked jokingly in a low voice, "He He, are you... starting to care about Zi Yu?"
Su He choked and was speechless for a moment.
But judging from the emperor's expression, she guessed that Xie Wuhen should be fine.
She still felt embarrassed and made an excuse, "Thank you, sir, for finding the antidote for me. You saved my life, so it's only natural for me to be concerned about his whereabouts."
The emperor put away his expression and sighed: "In fact, there is something that father has been hiding from you."
She asked, "What's the matter?"
The emperor recounted the story, explaining how Xie Wuhen had used his own blood to prepare an antidote for her, and how his life hung by a thread as he recuperated in seclusion in Medicine King Valley. Finally, he said, "Zi Yu specifically instructed not to tell you about this. If he weren't safe now, I would have kept it a secret from you."
He said as he handed a short message to Su He: "A letter came from Medicine King Valley today."
Su He took the letter and read it. There were only a few words on it: "I am fine and will return to Beijing in three days. Your Majesty, please don't worry." The signature at the end was "Xie Wuhen".
Su He looked at the familiar handwriting on the letter, feeling mixed emotions.
Things turned out just as she expected. This man seemed indifferent and distant to her on the surface, but in fact he would arrange everything for her behind her back and even risk his life for her.
——He didn't even want her to know the truth so that she would feel uneasy.
Her eyes were inexplicably wet and she was choked with sobs.
The emperor deliberately avoided looking at her, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said casually and slowly, "In fact, I watched Ziyu grow up. I even held him when he was just born." Then he lowered his voice and said, "I can see clearly that the little princess now looks exactly like Ziyu when he was a child. They really are exactly the same."
Su He's chest tightened: "What is Father talking about?"
The emperor smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Zi Yu will be back soon anyway. How about I give you another decree granting your marriage?"
Su He suddenly stood up, lowered his head and remained silent for a moment.
When she was silent, the emperor kept looking at her: "Hehe, what's wrong?"
Su He bowed solemnly and asked, "Father, can you promise me one thing?"
Seeing her so serious, the emperor couldn't help but become solemn as well: "He He, if you have something to say, please feel free to speak."
Su He said, "Can I handle the matter between you and Master Xie myself?"
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll listen to He He."
He He bowed again, then turned and left Weiyang Palace.
Three days later, Xie Wuhen returned to Beijing safely.
He first returned home to pack up briefly, and then went to the palace to meet the emperor.
When he lifted his long legs and stepped into the Weiyang Palace, Su He was grinding ink for the emperor in the palace.
The moment their eyes met, they were both stunned.
After not seeing each other for a year, she looked better and he seemed to have become whiter.
After not seeing each other for a year, both she and he had experienced life and death ordeals. The people and things that separated them seemed unimportant, and the worries and concerns were no longer important. What mattered was that they were still alive and could meet in such a seemingly ordinary day.
After staring at each other for a moment, Xie Wuhen knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, your ...
The emperor's face was filled with relief. "Zi Yu, there's no need to be so polite. Please stand up."
He then instructed Zhao Fu, "Please give him a seat."
Zhao Fu immediately brought the brocade stool.
The emperor and his minister had a lively chat about court affairs across the table.
Finally, the emperor could not help but remind him: "Zi Yu has been away for a year. I am afraid that the official business of the Dali Temple will pile up like a mountain. Don't delay here. Go back and deal with the official business as soon as possible."
Then he ordered Su He: "He He, deliver a fertility decree for me."
Su He replied "yes", and then she and Xie Wuhen left Weiyang Palace together.
It's autumn again, the sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear.
Above the palace with red walls and green tiles, flocks of wild geese fly south, leaving behind a trail of silhouettes.
The two walked inside the palace walls.
Su He was the first to speak: "I wonder what errand you were on during your one-year absence from the capital?"
Xie Wuhen answered with reason and evidence: "The affairs of the court should not be leaked. I hope the princess will forgive me."
She added, "After not seeing you for a year, your complexion has become whiter."
He remained polite and distant: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Princess."
She said unhappily, "Maybe your Excellency has nothing to say to me?"
He lowered his head and replied, "I... don't have any." He still pretended to be different from the king and his subjects.
"If there is no one, then there is no one." She was a little annoyed and walked straight ahead.
He glanced at her back and followed her silently.
The two of them said nothing more and walked out of the palace one after another.
Outside the palace gate, the carriages from the Princess' Mansion and the Xie Mansion had been waiting for a long time.
Xie Wuhen bowed to her again and said, "I am busy with official duties, so I will take my leave first."
Su He said indifferently: "Could it be that in the eyes of adults, only official business matters matter?"
He paused and said again, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Princess." Then he turned around and got on the Xie family's carriage.
Su He watched the carriage slowly driving away, feeling extremely angry.
This man really hasn't changed at all. He is decisive in his official duties, but he is timid in his relationships and is also extremely stubborn.
He had clearly risked his life for her, but he was still so stubborn. She didn't believe that she couldn't cure him.
Two days later, Zhao Fu came to the main courtyard of Xie Mansion with the emperor's oral instructions, "The old lady has raised her children well. The emperor specially summoned the old lady to the palace to receive the reward."
The incident happened suddenly, and Xu Nanzhi was confused: "I didn't... didn't do anything?"
Zhao Fu smiled and said, "You raised Lord Xie's son, which is a great achievement for the court. How could you not have done anything?"
Xu Nanzhi's heart was in turmoil. "Did the emperor really...really say that?"
Zhao Fu smiled and said, "How dare this old servant fabricate the emperor's will?"
Xu Nanzhi then hurried into the inner room to change her clothes, and then followed Zhao Fu into the palace.
The emperor had already prepared tea and snacks in the Weiyang Palace, and when Xu Nanzhi arrived, he ordered her to take a seat.
Xu Nanzhi was uneasy. She bowed and glanced around: "Zi Yu...isn't he here yet?" Since she was said to have taught her son well, she and her son should receive the reward together.
The emperor replied, "I have only summoned Madam Xie. Ziyu should be on duty at the Dali Temple at this time."
Then he ordered Zhao Fu: "Give me the reward."
In just a moment, palace maids came in one after another carrying trays. The trays were filled with a wide variety of rewards, including expensive calligraphy and paintings, cloth, and various kinds of jewelry.
Xu Nanzhi was frightened by the scene and quickly knelt on the ground: "I... am unworthy of this position."
The emperor asked her to stand up, "Thank you, Madam, for raising a good son. You deserve these rewards."
He added, "Your son has not only solved many of my political problems, but has also helped me find my long-lost princess. I am truly grateful for your help."
She added, "The princess is also deeply grateful to the Xie family, so today she has prepared some small gifts for the old lady."
The more Xu Nanzhi listened, the more confused she became. "Princess... Princess?"
How could his son have such a relationship with the princess?
The emperor smiled and ordered, "Call the princess into the palace."
In just a moment, Su He took the little princess' hand and walked into the Weiyang Palace.
Xu Nanzhi was stunned when she saw Su He. This was not a princess at all, this was clearly her missing daughter-in-law Li Shuli.
With that look and that figure, it's definitely Li Shuli!
My son said that Li Shuli was dead. If she was dead, how could she come back to life?
How did she become a princess?
Xu Nanzhi was stunned for a long time and stood there in a daze.
Su He walked closer and smiled at her: "To thank you for your great kindness, I have specially prepared some rare medicinal herbs and top-quality blood swallows for the old lady. I hope that the old lady will be in good health and live as long as the Southern Mountains." After she said that, she waved her hand towards the outside of the hall.
Another line of palace maids came in carrying trays, which contained rewards.
Xu Nanzhi had no time to care about these rewards. She was a little dazed, feeling incredible and unbelievable. The princess in front of her was exactly the same as Li Shuli not only in appearance, but also in voice, expression, and tone of voice.
Could it be that my daughter-in-law Li Shuli is the princess of the current dynasty?
Is that why Zi Yu said, "There is no Li Shuli in this world anymore," and "She is almost dead"?
Su He asked, "Is the old lady satisfied?"
Xu Nanzhi finally came to her senses and knelt down hurriedly to pay her respects.
Su He stepped forward and supported her, "There's no need to be so polite, old lady."
Then he pointed to the little princess beside him and introduced her: "This is my daughter, her name is Lele."
Lele added crisply, "I call you Little Princess, too."
The moment Xu Nanzhi looked at the little princess, she was stunned again. This doll looked exactly like Ziyu when he was a child. The face shape, nose and eyes were all carved by Ziyu. And the fair and tender skin and the black eyeballs. Oh, this is a living little Ziyu.
It would be fine if the princess only looked like Li Shuli, but why does the princess' child also look exactly like Ziyu?
Xu Nanzhi felt that she had discovered a huge secret, an extraordinary secret, a secret that almost burst her chest.
At this time, the little princess was also looking at her with her head tilted, and asked, "Are you the old nanny in the palace?"
Looking at this chubby little person, Xu Nanzhi's heart melted: "My dear little princess, I am not a maid in the palace, I am..."
Su He suddenly took over the conversation and told the little princess: "Call me grandma."
The little princess called out crisply, "Grandma."
The word "Grandma" made Xu Nanzhi melt. How wonderful it would be if this was really her granddaughter.
She was somewhat bewildered, surprised and delighted, and asked tentatively, "Who is the father of this child..."
She had heard rumors in the city about the princess giving birth out of wedlock, but she had never expected that the princess looked exactly like her daughter-in-law. She was eager to know whether Zi Yu was the father of the child.
Su He answered frankly: "I haven't recognized my father yet, I am my mother."
The little princess interrupted and raised her head to emphasize seriously: "Mother said, I have a father."
Xu Nanzhi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the little princess has a father, she has a father."
Then he pretended to be casual and asked, "I wonder when the little princess' birthday is. Maybe next time I will have the honor to celebrate her birthday."
Su He answered frankly: "On the fifth day of March."
Xu Nanzhi secretly calculated in her mind and then became overjoyed. Doesn't this happen to be the day when Li Shuli left the Li family?
She couldn't hide the joy on her face for a moment, and didn't know how to explain it all, so she could only thank him for the reward and hurried out of Weiyang Palace.
The emperor watched Xu Nanzhi leave and asked jokingly, "Hehe, do you think it can work?"
Su He turned her head to avoid his gaze: "Father, please don't ask too many questions."
The little princess also supported her mother: "Ah Huang, please don't ask too many questions."
The emperor sighed. With both the big and small coming at him, he was completely helpless. "Forget it. I won't ask any more questions."
At this time in the Dali Temple, Xie Wuhen was reviewing official documents.
Wu Sheng entered the room and reported: "Boss, someone just came to report that the emperor has sent the old lady to the palace."
Xie Wuhen paused: "But what is it?"
Wu Sheng replied, "It is said that the Emperor wants to reward the old lady, but she has been very anxious since returning home, and is anxiously waiting for the boss to leave his post."
Xie Wuhen thought for a moment, then stood up from the table and said, "Prepare the car and return home."
In just a few minutes, the carriage arrived safely at the mansion.
At this time, Xu Nanzhi was waiting at the gate. When she saw Xie Wuhen get out of the car, she immediately came forward and said, "Zi Yu, I have discovered something important."
Xie Wuhen didn't understand: "But is it related to my mother's visit to the palace today?"
He then asked, "Why did the Emperor summon Mother?"
Xu Nanzhi pulled him to a corner under the eaves, away from others, and lowered her voice to answer the question: "Tell your mother the truth, is the princess of the dynasty Shuli?"
Xie Wuhen asked back: "Did mother go to the palace and see the princess?"
Xu Nanzhi nodded: "Yes, I saw today that the princess and Shuli look exactly the same."
Xie Wuhen denied: "It's just a resemblance in appearance, mother, please don't make random guesses."
Xu Nanzhi became increasingly agitated: "Then...what about the little princess? How are you going to explain this?"
Xie Wuhen was already a little impatient: "What do you need me to explain, little princess?"
Xu Nanzhi wanted to strangle her son to death: "That little princess looks exactly like you when you were a child, as if they were carved from the same mold. I can guarantee that she is undoubtedly the bloodline of our Xie family."
Xie Wuhen was stunned, as if he had been hit by a stick, and even his breath was trembling slightly.
He was silent for a moment, but still denied it: "This concerns the princess's reputation, mother, please be careful with your words."
Xu Nanzhi gritted her teeth in anger: "I asked about the little princess's birthday today, and the time is exactly right. The little princess is your child, my son."
Xie Wuhen could no longer conceal the emotions surging in his chest, and said, "Son has something to do, mother will go into the mansion first." After that, he turned around, mounted his horse, and galloped straight towards the princess's mansion, leaving behind a cloud of dust.
At this time in the princess's mansion, the little princess was acting like she didn't want to take a bath.
Su He didn't coax her today, "If you can take a bath obediently, you can see your father immediately."
The little princess glared: "Really?"
Su He replied: "Really."
The little princess immediately went to the bathroom with her towel dragging her short legs.
When she finished bathing and came out of the bathroom, a maid came to announce: "Princess, Master Xie has arrived and is waiting in the front hall."
The little princess blinked her dark eyes and asked, "Is this 'Master Xie' my father?"
Su He didn't respond to her immediately. Instead, he squatted down, straightened her clothes, and said softly, "Go see your father."
The little princess curved her eyebrows and ran to the front hall with her little wooden sword.
As soon as she stepped into the front hall door, she saw the man standing in the room.
It was dusk and the light was dim, but she could still see clearly that the man was very tall and fair, with a long sword hanging on his waist. He looked very powerful.
She looked down at her sword again. Her sword was made of wood and was not powerful at all. She was so angry that she threw the sword down.
At that time, Xie Wuhen also turned his head to look at her.
The moment the father and daughter's eyes met, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
One big and one small, one tall and one short; the tall one is very tall, the short one is very short.
The little man approached him and raised his little head to look at him.
She asked, "Are you my father?"
The title "father" made his heart tremble, and that wonderful feeling became stronger.
He asked, “Who told you that?”
She replied, "My mother."
As she spoke, she took two steps back and tilted her head back to look at him more carefully.
"Do you know martial arts?" she asked.
He replied, “Yes.”
She asked, "Have you ever killed a bad guy with the sword you carry?"
He pursed his lips and answered truthfully: "I have killed someone."
She arched her eyebrows and said, "You are really amazing."
Although she looked like him, her dark eyes were also very similar to his.
The little man was waving at him: "Squat down."
He squatted down obediently.
She finally didn't have to look up at him. "Can you teach me martial arts?"
He nodded. "Okay."
She smiled crisply, then stretched out her arms and put them around his neck, and told him, "Pick me up."
He picked her up obediently. The plump girl felt soft in his arms, and he felt that his heart had never been so soft.
The little man pointed to the roof outside and said, "Can you hold me and fly?"
He said "Okay" again, and then flew around the roof with the little person in his arms.
After landing, the little man clapped his hands and jumped up happily: "I finally have a father, my father is so awesome."
At last she pouted: "Why did father come to see me just now?"
He was a little at a loss for a moment and didn't know how to coax this little guy.
After a moment, he replied, "Father will always be by your side."
"real?"
"real."
The little person curved his eyebrows happily again, and then took his hand: "Then I will take father to see mother."
The little hand holding the big hand came to Su He's bedroom.
At this time, Su He had just finished washing up and was drinking tea in the hall in her casual clothes. When she saw the father and daughter appear, she dismissed everyone in the hall and then told Lele to go to bed.
Having just seen her father, the little princess didn't want to go to bed. She pouted and mumbled, "I want to stay a little longer. Mother asked me to stay a little longer."
Su He glanced at her and refused bluntly: "No."
Seeing that Su He was not buying it, the little princess turned to Xie Wuhen and said, "Father, I don't want to go to bed. I want to be with you."
She added, "I'm afraid that when I wake up after going to bed, my father will be gone."
A wonderful feeling spread in Xie Wuhen's chest, and he wanted to protect her and comfort her infinitely, to make her safe and happy.
He squatted down and whispered, "Father will tell you a secret."
The little man asked, "What's the secret?"
Xie Wuhen replied: "After Lele wakes up tomorrow, father will start teaching Lele martial arts."
The little guy glared and said, "Father, do you keep your word?"
Xie Wuhen nodded heavily: "Keep your word."
The little guy was finally satisfied and went to his bedroom on his short legs to sleep.
There were only he and she left in the hall.
Under the flickering candlelight, the two looked at each other silently.
After a moment, Su He said, "Your Excellency's tone of referring to yourself as 'father' is quite smooth."
Xie Wuhen's eyes were red, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm sorry."
Su He replied angrily, "You have saved my life many times, there is no need to say 'I'm sorry'."
He admitted his mistake: "I shouldn't have doubted you."
She asked back, "What do you doubt me about?"
"I..." He was too embarrassed to say it.
She spoke for him: "You suspect Lele is Fang Yicheng's, right?"
Then he said, "Now that you are sure the child is yours, you rush to find me. What do you think of me?"
He shook his head: "I don't mind whose child it is, what I mind is... that you have someone else in your heart."
She glanced at him sideways: "Then are you sure now that I don't have anyone else in my heart?"
He murmured, "You've never given birth to anyone else's child, so naturally you won't have anyone else in your heart."
She was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
After a moment, he couldn't help but jokingly said, "Master Xie has always been proud of himself, but I didn't expect him to be so cowardly in love."
"I'm not a coward, I just don't want to force you."
"Then may I ask if the Lord is forcing me now?"
The two looked at each other in silence again.
He replied: "Whether it is forced or not is up to you to decide."
Su He suddenly felt soft-hearted. What a proud and conceited man, yet he bent down in front of her and almost lost his life for her.
She looked around and said something else: "Le Le is not famous yet."
Xie Wuhen replied: "I've already thought about it."
She looked at him: "What's your name?"
He replied: "Thank you, Ai Su."
She asked suspiciously, "When did you make up your mind?"
He replied, "Just on the way from Xie's Mansion to the Princess's Mansion."
She couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I hope Lele likes this name."
When she smiled, his heart relaxed. He stepped forward and gently embraced her in his arms.
A familiar scent hit me in the face, it was her sweet fragrance and his cold pine scent.
He whispered in her ear: "Hehe, I'm sorry, it's my fault."
He called her "He He" again, not "He" but "He".
She raised her eyes, gently stroked his thin cheek, and asked gently, "My lord, you have suffered a lot in Medicine King Valley this year, right?"
He said, "As long as you are well, I don't care." He also said, "Don't call me 'sir' anymore."
She asked, "What's that called?"
He replied, "Call me Ziyu." He paused and said, "Or call me 'husband' like before."
She deliberately teased Qiao: "We have no name or status now, so why should I call you 'husband'?"
He smiled, and when he smiled, a beautiful slant appeared at the corner of his mouth. He whispered in her ear: "He He, can you promise to marry me again?"
She looked up at him, into his dark eyes, into the deep affection that overflowed in them.
“I’ll have to think about it,” she said.
He asked, “Why do you still want to think about it?”
She smiled faintly, her smile was charming and beautiful: "Zi Yu, close your eyes first, and when you open your eyes, I will have thought it through."
He believed it and closed his eyes obediently.
She stood on tiptoe and kissed him gently on the lips.
All the answers are in this kiss...
Two months later, the princess of the dynasty married the Dali Temple Minister Xie Wuhen. She wore a phoenix crown and a red wedding dress, and the grand ceremony shocked the entire Liang State.
The following year, the fifth prince was made crown prince, and Xie Wuhen was named the crown prince's grand tutor.
A year later, the attendant Wu Sheng married Chunlan.
A year later, Xie Aisu began to read and write, and she discovered that her name was actually a love letter her father wrote to her mother, and none of the three words were written to her.
In the end, some people grow old, some are born, generation after generation, the years are long, the time is quiet and good,
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The author has something to say: The story is very cool, and I’m not sure if there will be any sequels.
There were times when I felt discouraged, but it was the continued reading of several of my children that kept me going.
Ever since I started writing, I knew that it is not easy to do something well or accomplish something, but I will never give up.
Next time I want to write about a love story between an uncle and a sister-in-law. In addition to the emotional line, there will still be some dramatic plots. I hope that those of you who have read this book can help add a pre-collection. After all, the more pre-collections you have, the easier it will be to get started. Please, thank you.
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