Xiao Hanzhi reached out to take it back, but Helian Shu flipped over and dodged his hand.
He wanted to retrieve what belonged to him, but then he thought of the matters behind Helian Shu. He could only force a smile and said, "It should have been yours. Keep it well."
After teasing Xiao Hanzhi for a while, Helian Shu found that this man was like a pool of stagnant water. Teasing him was so uninteresting that she quickly lost interest and hurriedly left the imperial study.
After leaving the imperial study, she rushed back to her palace. With so many palaces here, it was easy to prepare a place for the princess. This was also to prevent any accidents from happening at the wedding on the 18th of this month.
The common people outside couldn't see the bride or the people coming to pick her up. But they heard that the bride's dowry would go around the city once, so they regarded it as a wedding procession.
Not long after Helian Yun left, one morning, Shen Li felt as if she was dreaming when she suddenly saw her father and mother.
This was a scene that Shen Li had only seen in her dreams again and again.
"Dad, Mom!" Shen Li's tears suddenly welled up. She threw herself into her mother's arms and was like a tearful mess.
Liu Yu gently patted Shen Li's back and comforted her softly, "Don't cry. You're a grown - up girl now and still cry so easily."
But Shen Li didn't listen. She rubbed against Liu Yu's arms and said, "I don't care, Mom. No matter how old I grow, I'll always be your daughter."
Shen Long looked at his daughter lovingly. But because of his reserved fatherly love, he wanted to hug his girl but didn't know what to do. He could be calm and composed when facing the enemy, but he was completely at a loss when facing his daughter.
So all his countless longings turned into just one sentence, "Our girl has grown up."
Shen Li didn't ignore her father either. She hugged her father's waist and said, "Dad, I miss you too!"
Shen Long's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, but he couldn't cry in front of so many people. He could only quietly wipe away the tears from his eyes with his sleeve.
The three of them didn't stay at the door for long, because the entrance of the Night Shade Division was too conspicuous.
As soon as they entered the house, Shen Long and Liu Yu saw that Shen Yi was already prepared, waiting for his father and mother to come.
Liu Yu saw her son. He had grown from a young lad into a young man.
Shen Yi smiled and said to Shen Long and Liu Yu, "Dad, Mom, welcome home!"
After the four of them exchanged greetings, Liu Yu suddenly looked at her son and asked, "I heard that a princess has moved into our house?"
Shen Yi nodded and replied as expected, "It's true. But since she came to our mansion, the princess has been reluctant to go out. It seems that she is rather timid, so everyone just ignores her."
After hearing about the princess's reputation, Liu Yu's face changed a bit. "Go and call that princess here. I'd like to see what kind of girl she is! Since it was the emperor who arranged this marriage for you, as his subjects, we naturally can't refuse. But as a mother, I have to meet my future daughter - in - law!"
Shen Yi nodded and asked someone beside him to call the princess over.
Shen Li was suddenly stunned. This was because the princess usually kept a very low profile when going out. She even never showed herself in front of others. For a moment, Shen Li had even forgotten about the princess's existence. It was only when Liu Yu mentioned it today that she remembered.
Since this was a matter among women, Shen Long didn't get involved.
The princess was brought in. She took small steps, as if she was carefully testing, for fear that any wrong move would be punished.
Liu Yu looked at the girl in front of her, who was about 14 years old. She suddenly frowned. Maybe it was because the girl was so young but had been sent here. She looked like she had been abandoned. Since Liu Yu had her own children, she felt extra pity for such people.
"Look up. Let me have a look at you." Liu Yu's tone softened a bit.
Maybe because the princess thought the voice was a bit familiar, she wasn't so scared. Instead, she timidly raised her head. After seeing Liu Yu's face clearly, the princess suddenly exclaimed, "Madam Yu!"
"Yue'er?!" Liu Yu didn't expect to meet someone she knew here.
At this moment, the princess seemed to have found a reliance. She threw herself into Liu Yu's arms and said, "Madam Yu, Yue'er is scared!"
Liu Yu could only gently comfort Yue'er and glanced at her son.
That look seemed to say, "Did you bully this little girl?"
Shen Yi looked innocent. He really didn't know why this girl suddenly hugged his mother and cried.
The crying gradually stopped. At this time, everyone finally heard Yue'er's life story.
It turned out that she had been forced by Helian Cheng to come here. No wonder she was so careful in everything she did, for fear of making a mistake.
Liu Yu held Yue'er's hand, just like a mother. "At that time, I saw that Yue'er was still young. It was probably two years after I went to the Western Yue State. I saw that this girl was just like Li'er, so I liked her very much. Thinking about it, this is really a kind of fate."
With the company of Liu Yu and Shen Long, Yue'er was no longer as timid as before. There was a glimmer of liveliness in her big, watery eyes.
This appearance was indeed somewhat similar to Shen Li's when she was a child. Liu Yu, who missed her daughter very much, would naturally treat Yue'er better.
Shen Long saw that his daughter had grown into such a graceful and charming young lady. He angrily slapped the table and said, "I didn't expect that the royal family members are really so ambitious. I should have fought them to the death back then."
Liu Yu slapped Shen Long and scolded him, "What are you talking nonsense about? Be careful not to scare the children!"
Shen Long smiled obsequiously at Liu Yu and said, "Yes, yes, yes. You're right, my wife! I said the wrong thing."
Then he patted his daughter on the back and said, "Don't worry, girl. Dad is here to avenge you! Think about it. You were still so young back then, but the emperor sent your mother and me out. It was because he suspected the things in our hands! Now we've brought back an army no less powerful than the Night Shade Division. Let's see what else he can do!"
Shen Li was confused by these words and didn't understand what her father and mother meant.
But Shen Yi understood. When Shen Long and Liu Yu left that year, Shen Yi was already 12 years old, so he had overheard some conversations.
What Shen Long had been carrying with him and protecting tightly for the past eight years was the imperial edict of the former emperor!