Inside the Ninth Prince's Residence.
The moment she stepped through the door, Xia Wanwan eagerly threw herself into her mother's arms. "Mother, I avenged you! I dealt with the Heavenly Dao myself!"
Xia Siheng was even more overwhelmed with excitement than she was.
Xia Siheng hurriedly reached out and gently lifted the little girl out of his wife's arms, then gathered his wife tightly into his embrace.
"Wan'er! Wan'er!"
The wild joy of regaining what he had lost swept through him like surging waves. He held her tightly, not daring to let go. Only by truly feeling her heartbeat and her breathing could Xia Siheng be certain that none of this was an illusion, that she really had not left him.
"Prince, the children are watching," Liu Wan said, her voice choked with emotion as she gently patted his shoulder. Her eyes were as red as his.
But Xia Siheng seemed not to hear her and still refused to let go. "I don't care."
"Well, the elders are watching too."
Xia Siheng jolted in shock!!!
He instantly let go!
Whipping his head around, he saw Consort Ling, the Empress Dowager, and the emperor watching him with beaming smiles, just as she had said.
His heart gave a sudden jolt, and he turned his head again.
Sure enough!
The entire Liu Family was staring straight at him!
He hurriedly fumbled to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
"My mother had a baby. Today is Qianqian's Full-Moon Banquet. They said we'd hold it at the Ninth Prince's Residence so we could wait for you to return too. Brother-in-law, your timing couldn't be better." Liu Shi patted his shoulder with a teasing expression.
"Qianqian?" Xia Siheng eagerly