When the prince rushed into the Prince's Mansion and reached the room where Luo Yunji and the others were, he saw Luo Yunji kneeling before his wife with a young woman in green, the two of them bowing respectfully. The Princess Consort was already weeping uncontrollably, one hand covering her mouth as tears soaked her cheeks. Her younger son stood beside her, gently comforting her, his eyes glistening, too.
"Father!" Liao Xing cried happily when he spotted the prince.
"Come quickly!" The Princess Consort beckoned to her husband as soon as she saw him. "Come sit down! Yunji brought the girl he loves to kowtow to us!"
As she spoke, the Princess Consort covered her mouth and began to cry again.
The prince was still trying to make sense of the situation, but he did as his wife asked, walking over and sitting beside her.
Seeing him, Luo Yunji turned to glance at Bi Yao beside him, then looked back at the prince. He and Bi Yao respectfully called out, "Your son pays his respects to Father!" Then they kowtowed to the prince together.
Liao Zhihe stared in disbelief as Luo Yunji and Bi Yao respectfully finished kowtowing at his feet. For a moment, he was speechless, and only a series of "cough, cough" sounds escaped his throat.
The Princess Consort happily clasped the prince's hand tightly. She had finally lived to see this day! At last, she and her husband had waited long enough.
By the time the prince came to his senses, tears had already slid down his cheeks and dampened his face.
"...Good...good! Good!...Good!" Liao Zhihe reached out to help his eldest son up, but his legs suddenly refused to obey him, and he could not stand. He covered his eyes with one hand and turned his