Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 835: Chapter 835: Ye Lei Explains the Reason!
 

“After a month in the sky prison, Little Chubby Chou Chou had slimmed down into a bean sprout, making his eyes appear particularly large and spirited, much like Di Yelei.”

The Prison Chief beside them acted quickly, promptly unlocking the door to the cell.

“Niuniu, Chou Chou, it’s Dad! Dad is here to take you back home, to our own home!”

The mother and her two children still did not move.

Suddenly, Chou Chou turned his head and bit Niuniu’s arm, causing her to let out a yelp of pain.

“Bad Chou Chou, why did you bite me?”

“Does it hurt?”

“What a joke! If I bit you, tell me if it would hurt? Hurts… ah!”

Niuniu suddenly leaped up from Liu Sisi’s embrace and scurried out the cell door, flinging herself into Di Yelei’s arms, crying with her little mouth pouting, “Dad!”

Chou Chou, not to be outdone, quickly waddled to the front: “Dad! Hug Chou Chou, hug!”

Di Yelei felt a twinge in his nose, bending down to pick up both little ones, one on each side.

“Alright, alright, Daddy will hold Niuniu and also hold Chou Chou, be good!”

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As he spoke, his coarse stubble quivered a few times.

Liu Sisi finally managed to wipe away the tears brimming in her eyes and, with a smile, slowly walked out the door, watching the father and daughters embrace.

“Sisi, I’m sorry for coming late and for the hardship you’ve endured…”

Di Yelei’s gaze was bright and unmoving as he looked at her.

But Liu Sisi couldn’t help but laugh!

“Let’s go! This isn’t the place for a chat, we’ll talk more once we’re outside.”

“Righto! Let’s go, let’s go home!”

Di Yelei’s deliberately cheerful voice echoed throughout the sky prison.

It was early autumn when they entered the prison, but now it was deep into the season.

The autumn wind was rustling, giving people goosebumps, yet Liu Sisi felt a warmth like spring in her heart.

Her mind was filled with countless questions she wanted to ask, but seeing Di Yelei walking ahead, holding the two children without letting go, she withdrew her questions and hastened to keep up with the steps ahead.

The two children chattered nonstop like little sparrows, telling Di Yelei about everything they had seen and experienced these days.

Their stint in the sky prison seemed to them like an adventure, and when narrated through their small mouths, even the most somber of days came to life in vivid colors.

Although Di Yelei was talking to the children, he was constantly mindful of Liu Sisi’s footsteps behind him, and the family slowly walked out of the sky prison.

A carriage had long been parked there; Di Yelei lifted the curtain and sat inside.

“Don’t ask anything, don’t say anything. Let’s first rest at the manor. I’ll tell you in detail about what has happened these days.”

“Okay! I trust you.”

Liu Sisi smiled, although she did not know what had transpired outside these past few days, she did see the dark circles under Di Yelei’s eyes.

Di Yelei held Liu Sisi’s hand tightly, their eyes locked, and a faint sweetness wafted between them.

The carriage stopped, and in front of the eyes was a vast high wall enclosing the compound, with a gilded plaque mounted above the main entrance, inscribed with “Marquis Yongping’s Mansion”.

“Marquis Yongping’s Mansion? This is our home now!”

Liu Sisi said softly, turning her head back to meet Di Yelei’s gaze. They smiled at each other and, holding hands firmly, stepped onto the stone steps and crossed the threshold into the manor.

Di Cheng and Xiao Feng approached with faces full of joy.

“Third Uncle, Third Aunt.”

“Di Cheng? Why haven’t you left?” Liu Sisi couldn’t help exclaiming in surprise.

Di Cheng glanced somewhat awkwardly at Xiao Feng beside him before lowering his head, “Third Aunt, Cheng’er…”

“Third Aunt, it’s all Xiao Feng’s fault. Feng’er saw that everyone had left and there was no one to take care of the mansion, so she stayed behind. But don’t worry, Third Aunt, Xiao Feng has already sent Qiu’er away…”

“Silly child, Third Aunt is relieved. Our Cheng’er has truly grown up,” Liu Sisi said sincerely.

Seeing that the conversation among them was getting more congenial, Di Yelei had to interrupt, “Don’t stand here any longer, your clothing is too thin, go back to your room to wash up and change clothes first.”

“Right, right, we all forgot. Third Aunt, it would be good for you to put on an extra coat. The weather has turned cool,” Di Cheng also hurriedly agreed.

Having not bathed for more than a month in the sky prison, Liu Sisi had long wanted to wash up. Upon hearing this, she naturally made no objections and returned to her room. After changing the water six times, she finally put on a new set of clothes and came out.

But no sooner had she stepped out of the bathroom than she saw Di Yelei waiting there.

Seeing Liu Sisi emerge, he quickly picked up a towel to help dry her long hair, “Niuniu and Chou Chou have also gone back to their rooms to wash up. Many ministers have come outside to offer their congratulations; I’ve asked Cheng’er and his wife to handle it.”

In a single sentence, he conveyed the situation at hand to Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi took a seat in front of the bronze mirror, “Ye Lei, what on earth is going on?”

“What else could it be? All this was His Majesty’s strategy, originally aimed at dealing with the increasingly uncontrollable Yang Family. Unexpectedly, it solved everything in one fell swoop,” Di Yelei meticulously dried Liu Sisi’s long hair.

Liu Sisi’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Did you know about this from the beginning?”

“How could I? With His Majesty’s… how would he tell me?” Di Yelei let out a wry smile and silently sat down beside Liu Sisi, “I didn’t know about it originally, either. But that day I entered the Palace with big brother, we were immediately restrained. Then I was thrown into the sky prison. Once inside, I calmed down and recalled carefully, especially what you had said initially… Do you remember what you said that day?”

“Which day? What did I say?” Liu Sisi tried hard to remember.

“That day we came out from the Palace, you said that you felt something was wrong with His Majesty’s hand. Right?”

Di Yelei explained, “So I began to wonder, why would there be something wrong with His Majesty’s hand? Why would the old man suddenly fall so gravely ill? The more I thought, the more it didn’t add up, so I took advantage of the guard change to kill the guard and escape the prison…”

It shouldn’t have been that easy to escape, right?

Liu Sisi squinted at him, noticing a hint of evasion in his gaze when he spoke of escaping from the sky prison.

It seems there must be more to the story of how he escaped from the sky prison!

Liu Sisi didn’t press for details, but instead followed his narrative, “After escaping, what did you find?”

Di Yelei was comforted by Liu Sisi’s understanding, gently holding her hand, “I immediately snuck into His Majesty’s sleeping palace and carefully examined the Emperor’s health; the more I looked, the stranger it seemed and the more alarmed I became!”

“Even though sickness can lead to a person becoming emaciated, which is understandable, the hands of this person had a thick layer of calluses. His Majesty had been governing for many years, toiling daily for state affairs. Even if he had calluses, they would at most be from holding a pen or wielding a sword, but they would never resemble the hands of someone doing rough labor as these did.”

“Once I was sure of the facts, I infiltrated various sleeping chambers searching for any sign or clue, and that’s when I discovered…”