Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1082 - 1081: Meeting Again

Liu Sisi stepped forward with a tray: "Father Emperor, Ruyu has prepared some food for Father Emperor, and hopes that Father Emperor will taste it."

"Bring it here."

Zhao Yuanlang directly ordered the eunuch behind him: "Hurry and find a seat for Princess Ruyu."

"This old servant obeys the command."

Eunuch Xiao hastily brought over a stool and placed it beside Di Yelei, with a beaming smile he respectfully invited Liu Sisi: "Princess Ruyu, please."

Liu Sisi still carefully looked into Eunuch Xiao’s eyes, yet she still couldn’t comprehend the deeper meaning within them.

She could only present the food she was holding: "Thank you, Father Emperor, for your profound favor! Thank you, Eunuch Xiao." Only then did she sit down at the edge of the stool.

Everyone at the center of the scene remained silent, even Di Yelei sat there with his eyes lowered, not moving an eyebrow when he saw Liu Sisi sit down.

Once the food was brought forward, Eunuch Xiao beside picked up the food, eating three bites in succession, before finally bringing the milk-flavored shredded potatoes before His Majesty.

Zhao Yuanlang’s mind obviously wasn’t there, tasting only a bite before setting it down.

"Hmm! The flavor is quite good, reward!"

Having said that, he then rose and walked outside.

"Yes."

Eunuch Xiao beside loudly proclaimed: "Award Princess Ruyu."

"Thank you, Father Emperor. I respectfully see off Father Emperor."

Liu Sisi hurriedly expressed her thanks.

"Respectfully seeing off His Majesty!" everyone bowed in unison, and quickly filed out in succession.

It wasn’t until everyone had left that Liu Sisi approached Di Yelei, who was lost in thought, and seeing everyone walking away outside, she couldn’t help asking: "How did it go? How did the talk go? What did he say?"

"He? Which he?"

Di Yelei casually inquired.

"Stop playing dumb! Are you going to talk or not?" Liu Sisi seemed especially impatient today.

"What else could we talk about? He just instructed us to contact her, and incidentally arranged tomorrow’s matters. You better not ask anymore."

Di Yelei glanced at her, then called for Di Hongyuan and Zhang Peng among others, and went straight to the study room.

It felt as if they were all intentionally avoiding her!

Tomorrow, is it?

Everything would be clear tomorrow; she wasn’t eager for this moment.

That night, Di Yelei did not return to his room to rest.

Instead, Liu Sisi lay tossing and turning at the head of the bed, unable to sleep, and at midnight, she got up to look at the big blade and ended up falling asleep next to the table.

When she woke up, she felt severe pain with every movement of her body. Before she could call out for someone, Ms. Gao hurried in.

"Princess! Old Master Marquis has ordered you to make a trip to the governmental office."

What was she to do at the governmental office? She wasn’t there to bring a lawsuit, and yet they were asking her to go there. Could it be that there was some instruction?

"Then get ready quick, we need to go there fast."

Calling herself so urgently, she didn’t even have time to groom, Liu Sisi just changed her clothes haphazardly and left the house. It was only when she started walking on the avenue leading to the governmental office that she realized the ominous presence seemed omnipresent along the roadside, causing her skin to bristle and making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Only after she entered the back of the county government did she realize something was amiss.

Everyone was gathered here.

"The Princess of Xixia Country has arrived and is speaking with His Majesty inside."

Di Yelei grabbed her and whispered urgently.

"She’s already inside? How long has it been?"

"Not long, just a moment... What are you thinking of doing?"

Seeing Liu Sisi turn around and barge toward the inside, Di Yelei quickly caught her hand and wouldn’t let go.

"Let go! I want to go in and see."

Liu Sisi struggled.

"Don’t go!"

Di Yelei wouldn’t relax his grip: "Let them talk it out. What’s the point of you getting involved?"

"I must figure some things out. I want to know. Let go!" Liu Sisi pulled her hand back with force.

"Sisi, this isn’t what you think! I understand what you want to know, but if you barge in like this, you’ll only anger them and still won’t get any results. The risk isn’t worth it, why bother?"

Di Yelei pleaded earnestly, and then whispered into her ear, "Besides, they’re husband and wife who haven’t seen each other for so long. Do you know what the scene inside looks like now? What if you barge in at a crucial moment... have you thought about that?"

Only then did Liu Sisi stop her struggling, gradually calming down: "I just... I..."

"No more talking, let’s go rest over there first."

While the two of them went to rest, inside the room, the two who hadn’t seen each other for over twenty years didn’t have the intense reunion everyone imagined.

The room was unusually quiet, Zhao Yuanlang and Lin Xiner each sat on a side, with their followers dismissed by the two, they looked at each other, both unsure how to begin.

After a while, Zhao Yuanlang finally coughed lightly, "Xin’er, I didn’t expect that I would see you again in this lifetime! From the moment I learned you were still alive, I was so excited I couldn’t sleep for several nights. I... felt as if I were back in my youth, so impulsive that I dropped everything and rushed to see you!"

"I also didn’t expect that I could return here and sit down to talk to you so calmly." Lin Xiner subconsciously smoothed her clothes, seemingly transported back to their past.

The smile on Zhao Yuanlang’s face froze for a moment: "Xin’er, it’s been so many years, do you... still hold a grudge against what happened back then?"

"No! I stopped being angry long ago because I’ve learned to let go."

A flicker of complex emotions crossed Lin Xiner’s face: "Being alive is already a mercy from the heavens. If I didn’t appreciate life after that, I’d deserve nothing but death!"

These words moved Zhao Yuanlang to lean towards her: "Xin’er, what exactly happened back then?"

"All these years have passed and you still haven’t investigated what happened initially?" Although she tried to stay calm, Lin Xiner’s face revealed a hint of pain.

"I’ve done my best to investigate what happened, but there were so few witnesses at the time, and afterwards, Zhao Dun went mad. It was impossible to get a word out of him. Besides, I want to hear from you, what exactly happened back then?"

"It’s just as it was. At the Imperial Enlightenment Temple, someone schemed against me causing me to have a miscarriage on the way, and while giving birth to Sisi, Zhao Dun’s men found me. They used Sisi to coerce me into following them."

Lin Xiner spoke with a particularly subdued tone as she looked down: "On the run, I managed to escape from them at one point, but in the end, I was recaptured. He was already insane by then. He nearly moved to kill me twice, but it was unexpected that in the end, I still perished under his dagger. By the time I woke up, it had been more than a month. By then, things had settled, and Heilong Mountain had calmed down. I didn’t want to return to Heilong Mountain to keep company with a madman. Disheartened, I let them take me back to Xixia Country."