Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 820 - 762: The Grand Finale (Part 2)

The decor in the side room was simple, with just a table, four chairs, and a mat on the floor.

On the table stood a foot-tall Jade Buddha, with a small golden incense burner in front of it.

Thin wisps of smoke curled up from the burner.

There was also a scripture on the table.

The Empress Dowager was praying to Buddha.

She held Buddha beads in her hand, eyes slightly lowered, flipping through the scriptures in front of her, chanting softly.

"Madam, they have left." The Chief Palace Maid approached and spoke softly.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes, looking at the kind-faced Bodhisattva before her, and smiled, "The Wei Family brought quite a few people, didn’t they?"

The Chief Palace Maid replied, "Indeed, quite a few. Her eldest son came with a family of five, and her two daughters with their spouses."

"I once looked down on her, calling her a child-bearing fanatic... who knew..." The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, feeling a bitter regret. Had she known her later years would be like this, she would have had more children in her early years. She looked at the Chief Palace Maid, "In the future, if they come again, say that I am unwell and unable to see people. Bringing a whole family to show off in front of me, do they think I don’t understand the Wei Family’s intentions? Hmph!"

The ones she once disregarded were now high and mighty, surrounded by grandchildren.

Feeling displeased, she thought, she couldn’t confront them, but she could avoid them.

The Chief Palace Maid glanced at her, "Yes."

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The Wei Family, along with their children and grandchildren, followed the eunuch to Yongxing Palace.

The once Prince Luling, now the new Emperor Li Boxuan, knowing that his family had arrived in the Capital and entered the Imperial Palace, personally stood below the steps of Yongxing Palace to welcome them.

His round figure in the Dragon Robe appeared even more commanding than when he was a prince.

The Wei Family couldn’t help but laugh at the new look of their old patriarch.

Today, Li Yuwen also went out, standing next to Pei Shenyan by Li Boxuan’s side.

On Li Boxuan’s other side stood Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu.

The couple, without a residence in the Capital, had been staying in Pei Shenyan’s home, which seemed inappropriate. Li Boxuan had chosen a large estate for them in the Capital, where they had already moved a month ago.

The Wei Family stepped forward and bowed first, "Your Majesty, this humble servant greets you."

"No need for such formalities between old spouses, rise." Li Boxuan cheerfully approached and helped up his long-suffering wife, "Was the journey tiring? Was it smooth?"

"The weather has been clear lately, and the journey was peaceful." The Wei Family replied with a smile.

Li Xingmao and Chai Eying, along with their children, came over.

Li Yu En, supported by Lou Chengye, also came to pay respects.

Li Boxuan noticed his plump daughter had grown even stouter, knowing she was heavily pregnant, and quickly said, "No need for formalities, rise, all of you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lou Chengye carefully supported Li Yu En, feeling excited, wondering if his father-in-law, the Emperor, would gift him a Prince Consort’s residence.

The three children were most excited, circling Li Boxuan, exclaiming, "Grandpa, carry us. Grandpa, your hat is nice. Grandpa, your beard has grown longer. What’s on Grandpa’s robe?"

Li Yu clung to Li Boxuan’s leg, trying to climb up like a tree.

Li Jing held onto the other leg, Guoguo studied Li Boxuan’s Dragon Robe.

Chai Eying walked over, pulling one child in each hand, "Yuyu, Jingjing, mind your manners. Guoguo, stop pulling on Grandpa’s robe."

These children still behaved as if they were in their village, without decorum, how could that be?

Chai Eying worried that Li Boxuan might blame her for not teaching the children better behavior, nervously pulling the children away from Li Boxuan.

Little Li Yu, innocent and unaware, reached out, crying, "I want Grandpa, I want, I want Grandpa to hold me!"

Li Jing also whined, "I want too, Grandpa hasn’t held Jingjing in a long time."

Chai Eying was embarrassed, not knowing what to do.

The Wei Family smiled and said, "Eying, it’s fine. The children haven’t seen their Grandpa in a while; they must miss him dearly."

"Indeed, it’s fine." Li Boxuan picked up the youngest, Li Yu, "Who asked your legs to be the shortest? Come, Grandpa will carry you up the steps." He then called to Li Jing, "Quick, hold your sister’s hand. Let’s go inside to talk. Grandpa will hold you both later."

Li Jing took Guoguo’s hand with one hand, and Li Boxuan’s hand with the other, and the four of them entered the hall first.

Upon reaching the throne, Li Boxuan placed the three children side by side on it, sitting beside them.

The eyes of the eunuch in the hall widened in shock.

Outside the hall, the Wei Family cheerfully summoned everyone, "Let’s go in too."

The family, in a lively atmosphere, walked into Yongxing Hall.

Just as they sat down, Li Xingsheng and Li Xing’an came in together.

The hall grew even more animated.

The three children rushed towards the two uncles.