Free Web NovelChapter 355: Chapter 130: Wishing to Build a Cottage by the East Sea, All Is Perfect for Cultivation Together
Why?
And putting aside the Li family’s own reputation.
Just seven days ago, the newly royal Yang family actively initiated a marriage alliance with the Li family.
The Yang family’s new generation prodigy, the present Grand Princess, Yang Sui, is about to marry the Li family’s Patriarch, Li Zhili.
This means the Li family will rise even further, becoming one of the largest families in Great Yin.
Although the Li family’s heritage is not as prestigious as the Yang family’s, its rapid rise and solid foundation are unprecedented.
They know that becoming a guard at the Li family’s main residence is a promising job; who knows, you might be taken out for errands by one of the grand gentlemen of the Li family after just a couple of years, and ascend to wealth and rank from then onward.
Seeing several unfamiliar figures approaching, a guard stepped forward to intercept them, shouting: "The Li family grounds, no unauthorized personnel..."
Before he finished speaking, a crisp "clang" sounded from behind him.
The guard turned his head and was stunned.
His partner, at some unknown time, had dropped his guarding weapon in fear and was half-kneeling, exclaiming: "Prince! Your Highness the Prince!"
Prince? Which Prince?
Though unclear about what was happening, the guard hurriedly discarded his weapon and fell to his knees.
Rose peeked out from behind, smiling cheekily: "The Li family is quite grand, much grander than a decade ago."
Li Xuan smiled gently, his eyes filled with many memories, and then stepped inside.
The news of "the Divine Martial Monarch being alive" is known to only a few, and the Li family is still in the dark about it.
A moment later, the elders, the old gentleman, and the matriarch of the Li Mansion rushed out together.
And a young servant hurriedly ran out to find the Patriarch at the Li family business association.
"Father, Mother."
Li Xuan stepped forward, embraced the two elders, and then brought his children over to greet them.
Li Jing and Li Jin respectfully called out: "Grandfather, Grandmother."
The old lady and old gentleman watched the scene, smiling broadly.
The old lady couldn’t stop holding onto Li Xuan, her eyes brimming with joy, seemingly unable to disperse. It seems she would be happy for decades to come.
"Divine Martial Monarch, wonderful, wonderful."
The old gentleman, with a rosy complexion, kept sighing, not knowing where to started.
The child he once spoiled has now become the most mysterious figure in all of Great Yin.
And with his reappearance to the public, this mystique has only increased.
This is a special period of transition from a "monarch society" to a "sect society," especially intermixed with incense beliefs, Buddha and demons, making it particularly so.
An autumn chill spread across the world, yet birthed countless seedlings for cultivation.
In the past, everyone dreamed of "passing the imperial examinations and becoming officials."
But now, "joining a sect to cultivate" overshadows "passing the imperial examinations and becoming officials"! If a family managed to have a child enter a sect, it was far more festive than getting top marks in the imperial examinations in the past. Poor families would scrimp and save to gather travel funds for their children. Wealthy families would feast on lamb and beef, hosting banquets.
"But your arm."
The old lady looked concernedly at the empty sleeve.
Li Xuan smiled: "It’s really nothing."
"Nothing..." The old lady was at a loss for words.
Strange?
There was none of it.
The child she bore for ten months would never feel strange, regardless of how much time had passed.
She said: "Sit down and have some tea first. Rose..."
The old lady wanted to call Rose, but hesitated at the name, recalling that the once bedchamber maid had long become the exalted "Buddha Mother." She had worried for a long time about whether her son was simply unlucky, how a bedchamber maid could become "Buddha Mother," causing them to feud with the ominous Buddha.
Throughout the Li family, there was no shortage of concern over this.
Rose, chuckling, said: "Mother, just call me Rose."
The old lady said: "How could that be...um, didn’t the Buddha go on a pilgrimage? You didn’t go?"
Rose thought to herself, ’I’m actually traveling with the Buddha,’ but said: "My fate with Li Lang is not over, I should become his wife."
The old lady patted her chest: "Truly, our Li family is honored."
Saying this, she stepped forward to assist Rose to the seat: "Please, take the seat."
Rose glanced at Li Xuan and seeing he didn’t object, jovially returned the favor: "Mother, you should take the seat."
The old lady considered for a moment and asked: "Would you like to have tea or incense?"
Rose quickly responded: "Tea..."
The old lady mumbled: "I don’t know what’s going on with the Yang family nowadays, they’ve forbidden burning incense and worshiping Buddha."
Rose chuckled, and kept the old lady company in conversation.
As they spoke, she glanced at Zhou Yanmei, who stood beside with a bulging belly.
She certainly recognized the young girl.
Previously, when the Li family sent incense money to Xinci Temple, she had come quite a few times.
"Yanmei."
Zhou Yanmei, or the current matriarch of the Li family, muttered several times with her lips, finally calling out: "Sister-in-law."
After a while, as the two became closer, Zhou Yanmei continued reaching her hands towards Rose, smiling as she said: "Absorb some immortal aura, please forgive me, sister-in-law."
Rose generously replied: "Feel free to touch."
Li Jin quietly moved outside, standing with hands behind his back under the eaves, gazing up at the sky as if peering from a well.
Even Xiaojing showed little interest, merely clinging to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked towards his parents: "I’ll go invite Godfather, and host a banquet at the Li family today, how about it?"
The old lady laughed: "Good, everything is good, the Prime Minister has been doing much better lately for reasons unknown."
Li Xuan nodded, raised his hand to dismiss the carriage that had arrived.
Now, on this land, he need not conceal himself.
The resurrection of the Divine Martial Monarch is known to many senior officials, and it’s now time for the common folk to know too.
