"Of course I've been there. Your great - aunt used to live in the imperial palace."
"But you just said that TV dramas are all lies."
"I was being imprecise, dear. The imperial palace is real, but Princess Huanzhu is just a fictional character."
Li Tong stared at Li Qiyu in shock. It felt like his little world had been shaken.
"Auntie, are Ultramen real?"
Li Qiyu also liked watching Ultraman. She quickly nodded and said seriously, "Of course they are real. We must believe in light!"
"Yeah!"
The two little heads nodded emphatically in unison.
Just then, the maid came to report.
"Master, Miss, the young master - in - law is here."
Li Tong instinctively looked at Li Qiyu. Seeing her face change instantly, he obediently put the remote control back on the coffee table and stood up.
"Auntie, I'm going to do my homework now."
"Okay."
Li Tong was very understanding. She did want to face Song Jiaye alone.
She and Song Jiaye needed to end things once and for all.
Although it still hurt sometimes when she thought about him, she would never do something as stupid as alienating herself from everyone and losing everything for him again. She didn't want to go back to those days of waiting for him bitterly and begging him to change his mind.
She would properly break things off with Song Jiaye and then live a good life.
Li Tong took two steps out with his short legs, then turned back with a patter. He leaned close to Li Qiyu's ear and whispered, "Auntie, don't be afraid. If Uncle Song bullies you, just summon Ultraman."
Li Qiyu's eyes turned red. She smiled and stroked the top of Li Tong's head.
"Auntie will. Go ahead."
"Yeah, Auntie, believe in light!"
"Believe in light!"
Watching Li Tong huffing and puffing as he climbed the stairs with his short legs, Li Qiyu felt both touched and heart - achy.
As expected of a child, so innocent. He actually believed that Ultraman would really come.
Could Ultraman be summoned at will?
Ultraman was there to save the world. He wouldn't care about her petty emotional disputes with Song Jiaye.
At this time, Song Jiaye had already entered the house and was changing his shoes at the door.
As soon as he entered, he saw that on the TV wall of the Li family, the 100 - inch super - large TV was playing Princess Huanzhu?
This woman had been away from home for a month just for Princess Huanzhu?
Was there no TV at home? Was it fun for her to leave him alone at home for so many days?
Song Jiaye frowned and asked, "Li Xiyu, what new tricks are you up to?"
Li Qiyu rolled her eyes and replied, "I can wield a spear, but I don't know how to play tricks."
The Li family had a long - standing tradition of martial arts. Although Li Qiyu was not a top - notch master, she was quite good at archery and horse - riding. Her specialty was using a long spear. Even Song Jiaye had once been defeated by her.
Thinking of this, Li Qiyu whispered to herself, "Song Jiaye is so weak. He's only good - looking. Li Qiyu, are you blind? How could you fall for such a pretty boy?"
At this moment, the "pretty boy" frowned at the muttering little woman.
After all, he was at his father - in - law's house. No matter how angry Song Jiaye was, he had to hold it in. He looked at Li Qiyu and said,
"Li Xiyu, stop fooling around and come home with me."
"Go home?" Li Qiyu was confused. This was her home. Where else could she go? Could it be the imperial palace?!
Li Qiyu shook her head like a rattle in her mind.
She opened her big eyes and asked, "Is this an imperial edict?"
Song Jiaye was both amused and exasperated by Li Qiyu's strange question.
"What imperial edict? Li Xiyu, can you be normal?"
Li Qiyu looked at Song Jiaye and double - checked. "It's not an imperial edict. You said so yourself."
"It's not!"
"Then fine, I refuse."
Li Qiyu was quite proud. If it wasn't an imperial edict, what did she have to be afraid of?
Song Jiaye: "..."
At this time, Father Li and Mother Li had rushed back after hearing the news. Seeing Song Jiaye and Li Qiyu in a stand - off, the two elders were afraid that the young couple would start a fight at any moment.
It wasn't the first time this had happened. Usually, Song Jiaye would just ignore Li Xiyu and leave. Li Xiyu could only vent her anger unilaterally. She would turn into a house - wrecking maniac and smash all the things in the house that she could move to pieces.
As a result, every time Li Xiyu came home, the Li family would suffer losses of more than a hundred thousand.
Father Li looked at the antique vase he had just bought from the antique market on the bookshelf. His heart tightened.
He quickly stepped forward and decided to separate the two first.
"Jiaye, come with me."
Father Li called Song Jiaye into the study and left Mother Li to talk some sense into Li Qiyu.
After Song Jiaye left, Li Qiyu dared to take a big breath. After all, it took courage to refuse an "emperor".
Moreover, Song Jiaye was clearly very angry, but he didn't even try to behead her?
Seeing Li Qiyu looking so scared, Mother Li was also very confused.
This fearless young lady had such a day?
Mother Li wasn't Li Xiyu's biological mother. She was Father Li's second wife. She had married into the Li family with her daughter, who had changed her name to Li Xichi.
Mother Li pretended to persuade,
"Xiyu, why do you and Jiaye have to torture each other like this? I know that Jiaye likes Xichi, and you've always been bothered by it."
"Why should I be bothered if he likes Xichi?" Li Qiyu was confused.
It wasn't a secret that Song Jiaye liked to take a bath in the Xichi Palace. Not only Song Jiaye, but she also liked it. There was a hot spring there, warm all year round. It was very comfortable to soak in.
Mother Li was stunned.
"You don't mind anymore?"
Li Qiyu waved her hand and said, "It's just a bath. There's no need to make a fuss."
Not to mention that she no longer wanted to be Song Jiaye's queen. Even if she were still his queen, she had no right to interfere with the emperor's hobby of taking hot baths.
At this moment, Li Qiyu had no idea what a storm her words had stirred up in Mother Li's heart.
In the past, Li Xiyu and Song Jiaye always clashed when they met. Mother Li had played a major role in this. Every time she knew Song Jiaye was coming, she would mention Song Jiaye and Li Xichi's past in front of Li Xiyu, deliberately trying to annoy her.
Li Xiyu had a fiery temper. She was like a firecracker that would explode at the slightest touch. Hearing these things, she would naturally fly into a rage and quarrel with Song Jiaye as soon as she saw him.
But today was different. Li Xiyu not only wasn't angry but even retorted?
What did she mean by "it's just a bath"?
The more Mother Li thought about it, the angrier she got. Did she mean that as long as she, Li Xiyu, was around, her daughter would always be the other woman?
Mother Li was fuming with anger. She glared at Li Xiyu.
Of course, she didn't dare to be angry with Li Xiyu. She was just the second wife, while the other was Father Li's darling.
No, she couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
Seeing that the whole family had a new impression of Li Xiyu this time she came home, if she didn't provoke her bad temper and violent behavior, all her efforts over the years would be in vain.
If words couldn't stimulate her, then...