"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
At noon on the third day of March, the sky was gloomy and drizzle fell like silk.
In Youzhou City, located in the northern part of Laifeng State, the You King's residence was peaceful and tranquil. It was lunchtime, and You King Nalan Qiudi was lost in a dream, enjoying a sweet moment with the dreaming Chu Kangyi.
However, this beautiful dream was shattered by a rapid knock on the door. Nalan Qiudi's heart ignited with rage. She leaned towards the door and shouted, "Old Mo, you'd better have something important to report. Otherwise, I will immediately order you to be thrown into the Yousi River to feed the fish!"
When the housekeeper Lao Mo heard this, her body trembled violently, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead. Although she was afraid, she still mustered up the courage to answer, "Your Highness, someone is coming from the capital."
Nalan Qiudi glanced towards the door and asked leisurely, "Do you know who is coming?"
"Your Highness, it's a middle-aged couple and a handsome man. They showed a badge from the Prime Minister's Mansion and said they are your relatives." The butler Lao Mo at the door responded truthfully.
Nalan Qiudi, who had originally closed his eyes and was about to go back to sleep, suddenly opened his eyes upon hearing this.
"Could it be... my aunt, uncle, and Feng'er? No, are they Qingluo and I coming to Youzhou to see this king?"
A hint of anticipation flashed in Nalan Qiudi's eyes, and then she quickly sat up from the bed, put on her coat, and while hurriedly putting it on, she walked quickly towards the hall in the front yard.
However, when Nalan Qiudi, filled with joy and excitement, hurried to the front hall, she was stunned by the scene before her. The people she had expected to see—Situ Luoyun, Yuwen Tianqi, and her own brother Qiu Feng (now the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Situ Qingluo)—were not there.
Instead, a middle-aged couple, dressed simply, sat in the guest seats. The woman looked gentle and refined, while the man, with his large belly, gave off an impression of being simple and honest.
Not only that, but next to the couple sat a handsome, elegant man dressed in white. Furthermore, a giant white cat lazily sprawled on the hall carpet, and on top of it lay a cute little calico cat?!
However, Nalan Qiudi inexplicably felt that the more he looked at these two cats, the more they resembled Hua Qingcheng's two. One of them was even... If these two cats weren't larger, Nalan Qiudi would have directly mistaken them for Hua Qingcheng's two.
[The last time Nalan Qiudi saw Xiaobai and Hongfu was two months ago. Hongfu had grown considerably larger than before.]
"Lao Mo, get over here! Who are these people? Are they the relatives of mine that you mentioned?!" Nalan Qiudi turned his head with a look of suspicion, looking at the housekeeper standing behind him with a forced smile. The sharp look in his eyes made Lao Mo feel a little uneasy.
"Reply...Reporting to Your Highness, this...the badge presented by this young man is indeed the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion..." The butler Lao Mo lowered his head and responded in a trembling voice.
"Humph! I only have one cousin, Situ Xuanye, and one cousin, Situ Qingluo, in the Prime Minister's Mansion. How could there be such a stunning person like this..."
Nalan Qiudi stared at the handsome man before her, her eyes filled with confusion. She wondered to herself, could it be that... this handsome man with a distinguished demeanor was, as she had imagined, her aunt's illegitimate son?
Mu Lige's lips curled up slightly, but soon returned to normal. He looked silently at Nalan Qiudi, whose face was as colorful as an ink palette.
"You...Your Highness Prince You."
Seeing Nalan Qiudi coming, Hua Rongsheng hurriedly stood up from his seat, and at the same time did not forget to pull Ye Maochun, who was still in a daze beside him, and signaled him to stand up quickly and salute the other party.
However, as soon as the two of them made a move, Mu Lige raised his hand to stop them.
"Third sister, you are polite. I am the King of Qingcheng, Su Mulige. As for these two... they are the adoptive mother and adoptive father of your fourth sister."
Mu Lige slowly rose from his seat and looked directly at Nalan Qiudi without arrogance or servility. Facing Nalan Qiudi's scrutiny, Mu Lige showed no fear at all, but instead naturally tried to get close to Nalan Qiudi.
After Mu Lige and Hua Rongsheng's wife and husband met in Qinzhou, he originally planned to settle Hua Rongsheng and Ye Maochun in Qinzhou first, but when he thought of their special identities, he was afraid that they would be plotted against by someone with ulterior motives. After much deliberation, he could only take them to Youzhou together.
And looking at the entire Youzhou, where could there be safer than Prince You's Mansion? Therefore, upon arriving in Youzhou, Mu Lige, without even having time to eat lunch, headed straight to Prince You's Mansion in Youzhou City with Hua Rongsheng and her husband.
Hearing Mu Lige's words, Nalan Qiudi remembered the letter from her mother and didn't bother to respond to Mu Lige. Her eyes fell directly on Hua Rongsheng and her husband, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "You are... Hua Rongsheng? You are... Ye Maochun?"
Facing Nalan Qiudi's fiery gaze, Hua Rongsheng suppressed her inner panic and nodded calmly in response of "yes".
"Hahaha, that's great! I was originally worried about where to find you, but now you've come uninvited, that couldn't be better..."
Nalan Qiudi made no secret of her joy. The hostages had escaped; this was truly great news for her! Now, she could work with Tianji to capture Xiahou Jing and her daughter, as well as Gongyang Jiezhen, without any scruples.
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