Chapter 1042 - 1050-1051: 7th Layer of the Spirit Platform, Good Things Coming One After Another

"Father... Emperor!"

"Mother Consort."

Among the children, the youngest, only a little over two years old, was Chen Xi, who was led by the nanny, running over quickly.

The usually cool-faced Yue Ruyan, upon seeing her son, immediately showed motherly tenderness and picked Chen Xi up, kissing his little cheeks several times with excitement.

"Xi'Er." Chen Mo also kissed Chen Xi on the other cheek, then looked at Xia Zhining, who had already boarded the ship, and asked Xia Zhiqing, "What's she doing?"

"Uh..." Xia Zhiqing lightly pressed her red lips together, hesitating to speak.

Before Chen Mo could inquire further, Wu Mi, Han Anniang, Yi Shiyin, and their children surrounded him, chirping at Chen Mo's feet, keeping him too busy to care for all of them.

"Father Emperor, did you find the Immortal Island overseas this time?"

"Father Emperor, was it fun overseas?"

"Father Emperor, I want to go next time."

"Me too, me too."

Under her delicate brows, Wu Mi gazed at the tall, white-robed young man. She and Chen Jia had not stepped forward, waiting for the children's chirping to quiet down a bit before she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you must be tired from the journey."

Chen Mo ruffled his children's heads one by one, then walked over, took Wu Mi's slender hand, and smiled, "I'm not tired at all, but you, Mi'Er, you must have been busy these days."

Wu Mi wrapped her arms around Chen Mo's waist: "This concubine is not tired."

Chen Mo looked at her refined face, kissed her forehead, and nearby came the teasing of their daughter Chen Le'an, in a childish voice: "Mother, Father Emperor is kissing the Empress, how embarrassing."

Chu Ran blushed, quickly raising her hand to cover her daughter's mouth.

Wu Mi also blushed deeply, letting go of Chen Mo.

Chen Mo nonchalantly smiled.

"It's strange, there's no one hidden?"

At this moment, Xia Zhining's voice came from the ship. She came to the front of the ship, looking at Chen Mo and the others below, and asked Yue Ruyan: "Ruyan sister, did His Majesty not bring back any new people from overseas this time?"

Yue Ruyan shook her head.

Chen Mo's mouth twitched, understanding that Xia Zhining had gone on board to see if he had brought back another woman.

The expressions of the other women changed slightly.

Xiao Yunxi and Xu Ying were discreetly laughing.

Liang Ji joined in the teasing: "Ms. Zhining, did you check under the ship?"

The women couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chen Mo's face darkened, looking at Liang Ji: "You've learned to be mischievous too."

"Ruyan, have you broken through?" Nalan Yiren looked steadily at Yue Ruyan, as she couldn't see through Yue Ruyan's cultivation, even though she herself was in the Second Grade Divine Transformation Realm. This meant either Yue Ruyan had cultivated some Secret Technique to hide her aura or her Realm was higher.

Yue Ruyan nodded, just about to speak when Chen Mo said: "This is not the place to talk, we'll discuss it slowly when we return."

Nalan Yiren temporarily suppressed her curiosity, nodding slightly.

...

In the mansion's main hall.

On both sides, there were several large wooden barrels filled with ice, to cool down the hall in the hot weather.

The maids had all been dismissed.

In the center of the hall, the children surrounded a fruit basket filled with various exotic fruits that Chen Mo had brought back from overseas, rummaging through it and playing with Yang Qingqing's pet, Dabai.

At the top, Chen Mo and Wu Mi sat on the left and right, and on the left and right rows below, Chen Mo's concubines were seated on Master's Chairs.

Chen Jia stood by Wu Mi's side, looking like a little adult, though his gaze occasionally drifted towards his brothers, sisters, and siblings playing.

Being the Crown Prince made Wu Mi and the lady who taught him much stricter with him than with the other Princes and Princesses, suppressing some of his natural disposition.

Chen Mo noticed Chen Jia's change, smiled, and said: "Jia'Er, go play with them."

Chen Jia looked at Wu Mi.

Wu Mi waved her hand.

Only then did Chen Jia dare to play with ease.

Chen Mo saw this and said nothing; after all, someone had to play the stern role.

"Nu'Er, you're the elder brother; take your siblings to play outside and don't make a noise inside," Xia Zhiqing told Chen Nuo.

"We're going outside to play, Dabai, follow along."

...

After the children went outside, Chen Mo picked up a teacup, sipped some hot tea, and slowly began recounting his overseas sojourn.

Like Yue Ruyan before, the women were amazed.

"So why didn't you bring the Fairy back?" Xia Zhining's focus was always different from others.

Chen Mo: "..."

He wished he could, but he lacked the capability.

"Zhining, you will have your fun tonight." Chen Mo lightly glared at her.

Xu Ying, Madam Gan, and Madam Xiao thought: "Is this a punishment or a reward?"

Xia Zhining blushed prettily, feeling both shy and annoyed in her heart but just snorted, actually having some anticipation.

"Does this mean, thousands of years ago, we were still one family?" Xiao Yunxi exclaimed.

"Very likely." Huang Yi didn't mention how many benefactors there were. If there weren't many, thousands of years ago, their ancestors could indeed have been one family.

"It seems now we can become one family again, it's fate." Wu Mi smiled.

Thousands of years had passed, and even if they were one family, it's more than five generations.

"The Eagle Owl Race is quite sentimental, remembering for thousands of years," Han Anniang sighed.

"It's just the word of that Fairy, after so long, it's impossible to tell truth from falsehood, it's not like she didn't have the final say." Liang Ji was more skeptical: "Perhaps our ancestors compensated them back then; I don't believe that without any interest involved, just for a helping hand, they would remember for so long."