Ximen Jingxuan lowered his eyes and glanced at Yao Donghai and his wife. Without saying a word, he flashed past the two of them, used the Shadow Breaking Technique, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Master Jing."
Tao Jiankun, who was ordered to meet the gang of female slaves in the underground city, was waiting outside the Imperial Master's Palace.
"I won't blame you for Yao Donghai's matter." Ximen Jingxuan stopped walking.
"No, they are those people brought back from the underground city." Tao Jiankun said.
"Didn't I ask you to resettle them?" Ximen Jingxuan asked. Ximen rescued a group of people who had no resistance. He never confused them with the underground city.
"Everyone else has been settled, but one is not easy to deal with." Tao Jiankun looked hesitant.
"What's so hard to do? Why are we so picky when we save their lives? If they are difficult to serve, we will kill them without mercy!" Ximen Jingxuan snorted coldly.
This matter still delayed him from seeing Xin'er. If he met someone who was ungrateful, he wouldn't mind taking an extra life.
"If you dare to kill me, I will ask my mother to save my life."
A threatening yet childish boy's voice sounded from inside the gate of the Imperial Master's Palace.
It's that brat again!
Ximen Jingxuan strode over, and the stones followed him across the threshold, one large and one small, one high and one low, pitching towards each other.
"You said you were looking for your mother?" Ximen Jingxuan stared at those small eyes full of fighting spirit.
He knew that Shitou's mother was dead, but he didn't think Shitou meant to meet his mother in the underworld.
"That's right, my mother, my bride!" Shitou puffed out his cheeks and said loudly.
Bride, new mother-in-law.
"Bride?" Ximen Jingxuan's eyes narrowed. It was quite interesting to hear such words from a child.
"Yes, Madam Imperial Master, Ouyang Minglan and Lin Xiner are my brides!" Shitou explained in great detail.
"Huh?" Ximen Jingxuan's cold snort took a turn, and the fun he just felt immediately dissipated, leaving only a pair of eyes that gradually became cold.
"Do you know what you are talking about?"
If Shitou had been a little older and said such words, Ximen Jingxuan could not guarantee that he would not take action... and strangle to death this boy who dared to steal Xin'er from him!
"I know!" Shitou raised an unyielding face and responded abruptly. He pointed at Tao Jiankun as if he was so angry that Ximen Jingxuan would not pay for his life, "You can ask him. My bride has promised to keep me by her side. It's him who refuses to accept me."
The bride’s arrangements are waiting for you at the door!”
"Do you know who I am?" Ximen Jingxuan asked in a very calm tone. If the stone hadn't met his cold eyes, no one would have known that he was angry.
"I know, you are the national master Jingxuan, the husband-in-law of my bride." Shitou still answered unambiguously.
He had already figured out this identity at the entrance to the royal tomb.
"You keep calling me the bride, why do you call me the master?"
Following Shitou's words, Ximen Jingxuan probably figured out the situation.
"National Master." Shitou spat out two words without any emotion.
"No!" Ximen Jingxuan scolded coldly, walked around the stone, and strode towards the Imperial Master's Hall.
"You can do it, you have to do it even if you don't, you can't defeat my bride!" Shitou turned around and walked closely behind Ximen Jingxuan.
Ximen Jingxuan's steps were neither hasty nor slow, but each step was very big. If Stone wanted to catch up, he had to walk fast, and if he didn't let himself fall, he had to hurry up.
"Jingxuan, you are back."
Lin Xiner heard that Ximen Jingxuan was back and left Leng Yanqiu's residence to welcome him out.
Seeing that smiling face, Ximen Jingxuan felt much more relaxed, but when he thought of the tail following behind him, he felt a pang.
"You want to keep this kid by your side?" Ximen Jingxuan said with a serious face.
"I saw that you were so conflicted with his temper, and I thought you would be willing to do it, so I was going to ask you." Lin Xiner said, looking at Shi Shi with a smile.
"Do you think I will find myself a guy who always fights against me?" Ximen Jingxuan raised his dark eyebrows lightly.
"Otherwise?" Lin Xin'er raised her eyebrows, as if it was up to you.
"Mom, you said you wanted to keep me."
Shitou, who was following Ximen Jingxuan, still didn't quite understand the relationship between Lin Xiner and Ximen Jingxuan, so he couldn't help but interjected.
"Shh-" Lin Xiner winked at Shitou.
"Aren't you afraid of nothing? Are you afraid that my master will not agree?" Ximen Jingxuan seemed determined to fight this kid to the end.
"You are quite self-aware," Ximen Jingxuan said. After saying so many words, he liked to hear these words.
No matter who he meets again, he will always be the first in Xin'er's heart, just like Xin'er will always be his first. Even if he has a child, if something unexpected happens, he can't have it both ways. He has to choose
I can only stay with Xin'er.
Everything in life will not go as planned. As long as you keep Xin'er, it will be everything to you. Children and grandchildren will have their own destiny and blessings.
"Just what you said, I don't object to Xin'er's decision. But -" Ximen Jingxuan said, turning around and looking at Shitou.
"What?" Shitou asked nervously, fearing that Ximen Jingxuan would regret it.
Children are children after all, and they dare to fight for what they want, but when they see their hand, they will become somewhat timid when problems arise, as if they have gained something and don’t want to lose it again. If it is lost, it would be better to never gain it.
"But you are not allowed to mention Xin'er as your bride in the future. Since you have called her mother, she is your biological mother." Ximen Jingxuan stopped teasing Shitou and made his words clear.
"Yes, my son is paying homage to his mother!" Upon hearing this, Shitou immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times to Lin Xiner, then turned to Ximen Jingxuan and looked at the indifferent face with some hesitation.
He didn't know how his mother could marry such a man. Although he had seen this man's abilities in Wangling and had heard that the Imperial Master was an extraordinary person, he knew that a woman like his mother was worthy of such a man.
But this man's face has always been cold, as if he doesn't care about anything, and is as indifferent as ice, which is completely opposite to my mother's warmth.
Shitou hesitated whether to be his father, or whether this man would accept him.
"Silly boy, why are you so stunned at this time?" Lin Xiner laughed, breaking the deadlock between the two men, one big and one small.
"My dear, meet your father!"
With Lin Xiner's support, Shitou no longer hesitated. A man who dared to act bravely went forward and kowtowed three times. Regardless of whether the other party accepted it or not, he gave the gift.
"Congratulations to the young master and his wife on the birth of their son."
At some point, a circle of people had gathered around them, including Tao Jiankun and his son, Ou Nan and Oubei, Su Ying, Song Chun, and Leng Yanqiu...
"Okay, don't worry now. Let's go with your brother to pay filial piety to your mother for three days." Lin Xiner pulled up the stone and stroked her forehead that was about to be bruised.
"You come with me!"
Ignoring everyone present, Ximen Jingxuan reached out and took Lin Xiner into his arms, picked her up by the waist, and swept towards the backyard...