Chapter 228: Who is your birth mother?

Everyone was stunned.

Xiao Ningchen probed, asking, "Tuan Tuan, look carefully—who am I?"

Tuan Tuan tilted her little head and looked at him: "You're An'er, how could I not know you?"

Xiao Ningchen was bewildered: "Then who are you?"

Tuan Tuan replied seriously: "I am your… uh, what do you call it? Oh, your husband!"

Gongsun Yue stared, mouth agape: "Tuan Tuan! What nonsense is this! An'er, aren't you her mother?"

Xiao Ningchen looked at his father: "Father, what's wrong with Tuan Tuan?"

"Father?" Tuan Tuan turned to look at Xiao Yuanhang: "You're An'er's father? Then where's my dad?"

Xiao Yuanhang's forehead veins throbbed as she called him An'er on the left and An'er on the right.

"I am your father!"

Tuan Tuan looked at him, utterly confused: "Aren't you An'er's father? How come you're my dad too?"

She reached out her little hand, trying to lift the big sword placed on Xiao Yuanhang's saddle.

But her strength was too small; even with both little hands together she couldn't lift it.

With a clang, the big sword fell to the ground.

Tuan Tuan looked around, a bit embarrassed, raised her two little hands and waved at the soldiers before her: "You all did great today! You are my War God's troops! Time to go home and eat!"

Everyone had a bewildered expression.

"Cough, cough," Xiao Yuanhang cleared his throat: "Return to camp!"

Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Tuan Tuan turned to look at him: "An'er's father, why do they listen to you and not me?"

Xiao Yuanhang helplessly rubbed his forehead, then pulled her into his embrace: "Let's also go back to the mansion."

Xiao Ningchen realized: "Father, is Tuan Tuan leaking her aura again?"

Xiao Yuanhang nodded: "Probably. It's not a big problem, just need to hold out another day before she recovers. You go back first; I'll take her back to the mansion."

"Yes!" Xiao Ningchen led the troops away.

Aura leakage?

Gongsun Yue seized the key point: "May I ask, Prince Ning, why is Tuan Tuan like this? When will she get better? Should we call a physician for her?"

Xiao Yuanhang looked at him, eyes deep: "No need; she'll be fine after just one day."

He laid it out directly: "When Tuan Tuan was in Da Xia, your Da Xia's National Preceptor Wu Luo set a trap in her dreams to seize her aura, but she ended up sucking all of his cultivation instead."

"But Tuan Tuan can't control that cultivation, so the mighty wind that shattered the enemy you just saw was caused by her aura leaking out."

"It's actually Tuan Tuan?" Gongsun Yue was stunned.

"So it's not that Prince Ning has divine protection; it's that he has Tuan Tuan protecting him!"

"Tuan Tuan, no wonder everyone calls you an Immortal Envoy—you actually managed to defeat Wu Luo!"

"Then can you also save me from this sea of suffering?"

His eyes blazed with light, bursting forth an unusual glow.

Xiao Yuanhang stared at him; this hostage seemed closely tied to Wu Luo, and mentioning Wu Luo's defeat by Tuan Tuan made him seem suddenly different.

"Xiao Er! Send His Highness back!"

"Yes!"

Gongsun Yue looked at Tuan Tuan, worried: "Tuan Tuan, go home and rest properly."

Tuan Tuan looked at him: "Kid, I am War God Xiao Yuanhang! Not Tuan Tuan!"

Gongsun Yue choked: "Oh, okay, War God, I'm off!"

Tuan Tuan waved her hand nonchalantly: "Xun Er, take this kid to get his eyes checked—why can't anyone tell us apart?"

Xiao Er stared blankly for a moment, "Me?"

He looked at Xiao Yuanhang, utterly confused.

Xiao Yuanhang gave him a helpless nod.

Xiao Er led Gongsun Yue away as they turned and left.

"An'er's father, why aren't you leaving yet? I'm hungry." Tuan Tuan pouted.

Xiao Yuanhang sighed: "All right, let's go."

Returning to the Prince's Mansion, Cheng Ru'an opened her arms, about to hug her daughter.

Tuan Tuan had her hands behind her back: "Physician Guo? What are you doing here?"

Cheng Ru'an blinked: "Physician Guo? She looked around, but there was no one!"

Xiao Yuanhang hurriedly explained it to him, and Cheng Ru'an laughed through tears.

Tuan Tuan looked at Xiao Yuanhang: "An'er's father, are you going to stay at my place today?"

"Yeah, I'm not leaving today." Xiao Yuanhang resignedly went along with her.

Cheng Ru'an was startled, eyes wide: "When did the Prince become my father?"

Xiao Yuanhang waved at her: "Just go along with her; after enduring one more day it'll pass."

Tuan Tuan mistook Liu Po Po for her older brother: "Yuan'er, why do you look older than me?"

She shouted at the snow clothes: "Chen'er, what are you doing squatting on the rack?"

Everyone went along with her, and the Prince's Mansion fell into chaos.

Finally, they made it to bedtime.

Tuan Tuan swaggered into her parents' bedroom, flopped onto the bed, and said: "An'er isn't here, so I have to sleep alone!"

Cheng Ru'an's cheeks flushed red.

Finally, Tuan Tuan fell asleep.

The couple stood by the bedside watching her, and both let out a long breath at the same time.

Cheng Ru'an looked at her husband: "Where should we go?"

Xiao Yuanhang embraced his wife, looked at her and smiled: "Any place will do! Fortunately, the mansion has enough space."

The two exchanged a smile.

In the pawnshop.

When Xiao Er sent Gongsun Yue back, he saw Yu Gonggong.

Yu Gonggong smiled all over his face: "Thank you for your trouble."

Xiao Er glanced at him and took his leave.

Gongsun Yue was anxious, wondering whether the loud shout he had used to warn Prince Ning earlier today had been heard.

Seeing Yu Gonggong write down everything he had seen today in a letter without omission, and not mentioning this matter, he finally relaxed.

It seems that at the time everything was chaotic and he was far away, so he didn't hear it.

That night, he lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Before his eyes were all those unbelievable scenes from today.

Xiao Yuanhang's words kept echoing in his ears.

Wu Luo actually lost to Tuan Tuan! No wonder, when leaving Tianqi Cheng, Father Emperor didn't let me see him, saying he was in seclusion.

Tuan Tuan, you have such divine abilities; are you willing to help me?

All these years, I have struggled alone, never placing hope on anyone.

Can I count on you?

But I am a person of Da Xia! I also bear the mission to assassinate Prince Ning.

He thought back and forth, sometimes excited, sometimes dejected, unable to sleep.

The next day, Tuan Tuan returned to normal, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Coaxing a tiny war god is really difficult.

The following day, Gongsun Yue came to the Prince's Mansion.

Cheng Ru'an personally made sweet soup for the two of them and had them eat it together.

The two little dumplings sat together, eating bite by bite, incredibly sweet.

Gongsun Yue sighed: "Tuan Tuan, your mother has always been with you; that's wonderful."

Tuan Tuan wondered: "Don't you live with your mother consort?"

Gongsun Yue looked dim: "My mother consort's status is low; I cannot live with her, only seeing her during festivals."

Ah? Xiao Yueyue, you're so pitiful! Why don't you bring her out of the imperial palace? That broken palace, what's there to stay for?

"Take her out?" Gongsun Yue's spoon paused in his hand.

Immediately his face darkened: "No, Tuan Tuan, the father emperor's consorts cannot leave unless they die."

"Cannot leave unless dead?" Tuan Tuan thought seriously: "That's easy! Xiao Yueyue, just have your mother consort pretend to be dead! That would work!"

"Pretend to die?" Gongsun Yue's eyes lit up: "Yes! If the mother consort pretends to die and deceives the father emperor, she could come out."

She never liked it there; if she could get out, live freely outside, and be with me, how wonderful that would be!

He was lost in thought, completely unaware, when Prince Ning entered.

Tuan Tuan saw his father and happily lunged at him: "Daddy!"

Xiao Yuanhang picked up his daughter and sat opposite Gongsun Yue.

"Your Highness, I have a question for you."

Gongsun Yue's heart jolted, he rose and bowed: "Yes, Prince Ning, please speak."

"Sit." Xiao Yuanhang looked at him: "That day you gave the warning, I have not yet thanked you."

Gongsun Yue quickly waved his hands: "No, it's not necessary."

Xiao Yuanhang's eyes turned sharp: "As far as I know, Consort Yun's son died nine years ago, and she has not borne any children since. May I ask, Your Highness, who is your mother consort?"