Chapter 500: Alright! Alright! Everyone Come In!

Xiao Yuanhang was discussing military affairs at the desk with his two sons, and upon hearing it they all suddenly raised their heads.

"Tuan Tuan!"

Xiao Ningchen rushed forward in a few swift steps, bent down and scooped his sister into his arms, lifted her high and spun a few rounds: "Tuan Tuan! You finally came back!"

Tuan Tuan clutched his neck, giggling nonstop: "Second Brother! Stop spinning! I'm getting dizzy!"

Xiao Ningxun snatched the sister from the second brother, held her tightly, feeling the warm soft little body in his arms, and remained silent for a while.

Tuan Tuan raised her little hand, gently touched his face: "Third Brother, is your illness better?"

Xiao Ningxun's throat rolled, voice hoarse: "Better, all better, you finally returned."

Xiao Yuanhang took a big step forward, took the daughter from his son's arms, tossed her high, then gently pulled her into his own arms.

His voice trembled slightly, holding his daughter firmly to his chest: "Good, good, it's good that you're back."

Tuan Tuan clutched his neck tightly, nudged her cheek against his rough beard: "Daddy, I missed you so much!"

Xiao Yuanhang said softly: "Daddy misses you too, Daddy has been hoping for your safety every day, finally you're back."

The two brothers looked at their father and sister, their eyes grew a bit hot.

Xiao Ningyuan stood quietly aside, then smiled and spoke: "Father, the son has returned."

Xiao Yuanhang looked up at him: "You've lost weight. You all returned safely, well done."

Xiao Ningyuan touched his own face, gave a wry smile: "Being thinner is good, riding faster."

"Let's go," Xiao Yuanhang, holding his daughter, strode out of the tent, "to see your mother, she has been chanting your name every day."

Cheng Ru'an was stitching clothes for her husband and son inside the tent; the curtain moved, and she looked up to see her husband entering, holding the daughter.

She was full of surprise, sprang up, and the basket of needles and thread in her arms "clacked" onto the ground.

"Mother!"

Tuan Tuan wriggled out of her father's arms, spread her little arms and rushed over.

Cheng Ru'an pulled her into her arms, tears instantly welled up: "Tuan Tuan! My little Tuan Tuan!"

Liu Mama, wiping tears beside her: "Old Heaven Lord blesses you, Little Princess you finally returned, Princess Consort worries daily, can't eat well nor sleep."

The three brothers then entered one after another, surrounding mother and sister.

Cheng Ru'an kissed her daughter again and again, never enough.

Liu Mama quietly left the tent, and after a moment, helped Xia Shi walk in.

Xia Shi, tears streaming: "Good, good, everyone is back, our family finally reunited."

Tuan Tuan poked her little head out of her mother's arms and leapt into Xia Shi's arms: "Zuzu!"

Xia Shi, trembling, reached out, touched her little face: "Good child, Zuzu missed you so much."

The family sat together, Cheng Ru'an holding her daughter's hand, reluctant to let go.

Tuan Tuan chattered about everything that happened on the way, everyone smiled softly and listened quietly.

"Wengweng is so amazing…"

Xiao Yuanhang asked: "Grandfather Cheng? Did you see Cheng Jinyan?"

"Yes!" Tuan Tuan nodded, "Wengweng is so pitiful, living in a cold palace's broken house, coughing all day, I rescued Wengweng!"

Xiao Yuanhang exchanged glances with his sons, his heart shaken: "You actually brought Grandfather Cheng back?"

"And also," Tuan Tuan boasted, shaking her little head, "I also rescued Third Elder Brother!"

Xiao Ningchen suddenly stood: "Seventh Prince?"

"Yes!" Tuan Tuan covered her mouth laughing, "Big brother also got punched by him!"

Xiao Ningyuan subconsciously touched his face, sheepishly said: "Not just Grandfather Cheng and Seventh Prince!"

Xiao Yuanhang grew more shocked: "Who else?"

Xiao Ningyuan replied: "Our family's Tuan Tuan, even the Twelfth Prince and Noble Consort De were brought back!"

"What?"

Xiao Yuanhang suddenly stood, even the usually most composed Xiao Ningxun did not stay seated, also rose, his face full of disbelief.

Tuan Tuan blinked big eyes in her mother's arms: "What's wrong? Can't it?"

Xiao Yuanhang looked at his eldest son, bewildered: "Did you really bring the Emperor and his mother back?"

Xiao Ningyuan nodded.

Xiao Yuanhang took a deep breath, laughed loudly: "Good, good! Well done!"

He snatched the daughter from his wife's arms: "You really dare to act! No wonder you're my Xiao Yuanhang's daughter!"

"Daddy," Tuan Tuan nestled comfortably in her father's arms, "those two big bad guys bullied Little Twelfth, scared him badly, I couldn't just stand by!"

Xiao Yuanhang handed the daughter to his wife, turned and walked out: "Go! You all come with me to see His Majesty!"

"Yes!"

"Wait!" Cheng Ru'an called him, softly, "Yuanhang, now don't go stirring trouble."

"They are like us, all blood relatives."

"It's been a long time since we saw each other, the things they have to say may not be fewer than ours."

She gently shook her head: "Let them gather first, then you go see His Majesty."

Xiao Yuanhang laughed at her words: "An'er is right, thanks for the reminder."

He returned to his daughter's side, bent down and kissed her little face: "Tuan Tuan, Daddy really is…"

He paused, then kissed again hard: "…don't know how to praise you."

Tuan Tuan clutched his neck: "Then no need to praise! Just hug me!"

Xiao Yuanhang laughed heartily, pulled his daughter into his arms again.

At the same time, outside Xiao Jieyun's great tent.

A few royal guards stood with halberds, and when they saw the party walking slowly toward them, they were just about to ask.

Eunuch Cheng gently raised his hand, stopping them.

He bowed slightly, just as he had done for decades outside Zichen Hall, opened his mouth to report, his voice aged yet clear:

"His Majesty, Noble Consort De, the Seventh Prince, and the Twelfth Prince are waiting outside; won't you come out and have a look?"

"Snap." A crisp sound of a tea cup hitting the floor echoed from within the tent.

Immediately, the tent curtain was ripped open.

Xiao Jieyun stood at the doorway, and at first glance saw Eunuch Cheng bowing outside.

His eyes reddened: "Cheng Jinyan?"

Eunuch Cheng knelt and performed the salute: "Your servant bows to His Majesty."

Xiao Jieyun personally helped him up: "Old thing, I thought I would never see you again. What is this?"

Eunuch Cheng's old tears streamed: "It was the Little Princess who rescued this servant."

He turned and pointed: "Look, the Seventh Prince and Noble Consort De and her son are also here!"

Xiao Jieyun looked behind him.

The three kneeling on the ground slowly raised their heads; Noble Consort De's tears had already slipped down her cheek: "His Majesty!"

Xiao Ze and Xiao Jin loudly said, "Your son pays respects to Father Emperor."

Xiao Jieyun's Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

He slowly walked to the three, bent down, and personally helped each of them to their feet.

"I…" his hoarse voice said, "I thought I might never see you again in this life."

Noble Consort De shook her head, choked and unable to speak.

Xiao Jieyun felt great joy, looked up and laughed loudly: "Good! Good! All come in!"

He reached out, lifted Xiao Jin, and asked, "Tell me how you suddenly appeared before me?"

Xiao Ze smiled faintly: "It was Tuan Tuan who rescued us."

Xiao Jieyun raised an eyebrow: "Tuan Tuan?"