Chapter 692: Visit to the Regent Palace
Half a month later
Liao Dynasty Regent Palace
Since the Liao Kingdom withdrew its troops half a month ago, Xiao Jue encountered a crazy assassination and was injured on his way back to Beijing. The captured assassin was the remnant of the previous dynasty.
Many people came to visit during this period, but each of them had his or her own little thoughts.
Xiao Jue didn't want to deal with these people, so he just had them sent away and closed the door to visitors on the pretext of recuperating from his injuries.
At this time, the housekeeper came hurriedly.
"My Lord, the princess is here."
"Cough cough..."
Xiao Jue, who was lying on the couch, had a pale face and was wearing a white shirt. Through the clothes, a hint of blood could be vaguely seen on his shoulders.
Hearing that the princess was coming to visit, Xiao Jue propped himself up and stood up, frowning.
"What is she here for?"
"Why, the prince is ill and I can't come to visit him?"
Di Ran, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in, holding a baby in her hands.
The little guy was raised to be plump and fair, with a pair of eyes like crystal clear grapes, and thick, long and soft eyelashes that blinked and touched people's hearts. His chubby little face trembled with the steps of his short legs, and it was so soft that it made people's hearts melt.
"you……"
"You all get out."
Di Ran signaled everyone in the room to leave. The housekeeper glanced at Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue nodded, and the housekeeper left.
When only Xiao Jue, Di Ran and a baby were left in the room, Xiao Jue spoke slowly.
"Your Highness shouldn't have come."
There are so many people outside staring at him, how can she come here so brazenly.
"It's all here."
Di Ran smiled, took the baby to sit on a chair beside the bed, and picked up the little guy to sit on her lap.
Xiao Jue was stunned when he suddenly saw a cute little baby, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.
"Is this your Highness's son?"
"Yes, my son Ji Nian."
Di Ran smiled and pinched his son's soft little face: "Niannian, come, call me grandpa."
When Xiao Ji Nian met Xiao Jue for the first time, she was very unfamiliar with this uncle, but her mother seemed to be very familiar with him.
But why did mother want him to call this uncle grandpa?
Xiao Ji Nian knew that grandpa was daddy's daddy's daddy. He had a great-grandfather but no grandfather. Daddy said that grandpa went to a very far place.
He and his father accompanied his mother to the Liao Kingdom. For little Ji Nian, the Liao Kingdom was very far away. So, when his father said that his grandfather went to a very far place, was it here?
Is this uncle in front of me my grandfather?
Little Ji Nian blinked her eyes, looked at her mother, and with her mother's encouragement, she turned to Xiao Jue and gave him a lovely and innocent smile. Her little baby voice was so soft and tender, so sweet to the heart.
"Grandpa~"
Xiao Jue was stunned by the call of "Grandpa".
"you……"
Xiao Jue had a complicated expression. He looked at Di Ran, his eyes narrowed slightly, "Your Highness, I am not worthy of being called Grandpa by your name."
Di Ran smiled calmly, as if letting his son call Xiao Jue grandpa was not a big deal, and there didn't seem to be any other meaning.
"You are my uncle, what's wrong with my son calling you grandpa?"
"Besides, don't young children call the older generation "grandpa"? "
"This……"
Xiao Jue was stunned for a moment, pursing his thin lips.
……
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Royal Palace
There was a man sitting on the dragon couch. The man was thin and had a sickly face. He seemed to have heard something he didn't want to hear. His pale face sank and his eyes were fixed on his subordinates who were kneeling on the ground below.
"Is this serious?"
"It is absolutely true. I have personally seen Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess frequently entering and leaving the Regent's Palace these days."
"Your Majesty, will the princess..."
The man, the Liao Emperor, had a gloomy face and a hint of melancholy flashed in his cloudy eyes.
"When the princess comes back, let her come to see me immediately."
"Yes."
As soon as Di Ran returned home with his son, he was summoned to the palace.
"Master, that person wants you to come to the palace."
Di Ran lowered his eyes and said in a slightly cold voice: "I know."
(End of this chapter)
