Chapter 697: Marquis? Miss?
The cold gaze was chilling; as he glanced calmly, the birds on the two large trees in the courtyard fell in a flutter, and the servants knelt to the ground with a thud.
Even the current Holy Emperor occasionally visited the Princess Mansion, but they had never seen anyone with a more powerful presence than the man before them. It was terrifying!
Fortunately, the butler, upon hearing there were guests, hurried over. From afar, he saw Han Jing and Han Siqu at the door and thought he was seeing things. He quickly walked over in shock and couldn’t quite recover his composure: "Marquis? Miss? You, ...quick, hurry inside, this old servant will immediately send someone to report to the Princess."
It was simply unbelievable; the Marquis and Miss who hadn’t returned in years were back together.
The servants kneeling at the door were utterly stunned. What? Marquis? Miss?
What was going on?
But no one answered him. Han Jing and Han Siqu followed inside, timely enough, or else if Lianwu glanced one more time, the servant might have been scared to death.
They had delayed for a day on the road; it was now close to the Wu hour, just in time for Su Yaogeng to prepare to have lunch.
Today, her eyelids kept twitching, always feeling a bit restless and uneasy. Just as she was about to instruct Aunt Xi to casually serve something, she heard the hurried voice of a servant coming to report: "Aunt Xi, the Marquis, the Marquis and Miss are back!"
Aunt Xi had just come from the small kitchen to the door, wanting to ask Su Yaogeng what she wanted to eat when she suddenly heard the servant’s hurried words. She was stunned: "What did you say? Who’s back?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Xiao Xue calling out sweetly and crisply: "Nanny Xi, I’m here!"
She looked up, seeing Xiao Xue quickly slip out from Lianwu’s embrace, and rushed towards Aunt Xi with short legs.
Aunt Xi quickly bent down to hug her: "Oh my little darling, is it really you? Are Nanny Xi’s eyes playing tricks?"
Xiao Xue gave her a kiss on the cheek with a "pop": "Nanny Xi, it really is Xiao Xue, Xiao Xue came to see you all, Nanny Xi’s eyes aren’t mistaken!"
Aunt Xi laughed heartily, hugging her and kissing her several times, then remembered to report to Su Yaogeng, but Su Yaogeng had already arrived at the door.
"Xiao Xue?" She couldn’t quite believe her eyes either. It had been almost a year since they last met, and just days ago, she had discussed with Aunt Xi about preparing things to visit them. She didn’t expect Xiao Xue to have come back.
"Grandmother! Xiao Xue has missed you so much, have you missed Xiao Xue? Take a look, has Xiao Xue grown taller?" Xiao Xue hurriedly ran over and twirled in front of Su Yaogeng.
Su Yaogeng bent down to pick her up and kissed her several times: "Hmm, yes, yes, I’ve missed you, thinking about you every day. Our Xiao Xue has grown taller and is more beautiful, Grandmother almost missed our Xiao Xue to death!"
Xiao Xue wrapped her arms around Su Yaogeng’s neck, giggling: "Xiao Xue has also missed Grandmother every day! Grandmother, Xiao Xue is here to take you home, will you stay with Xiao Xue from now on?"
Su Yaogeng just wanted to make her happy, not taking her words personally, nodding along: "Alright, alright, I’ll stay with Xiao Xue from now on."
The two chatted away, completely ignoring everyone around them. Even Aunt Xi didn’t glance anywhere else, just focused on watching Xiao Xue.
Until Han Jing somewhat helplessly called out: "Mother—"