My Fantastic Chef Wife

374. Return to Capital City

Translator: Kickassjo

Afterwards, he kept staring at the roof beam.

The shouting, roaring and flesh cutting sound on the battlefield seemed to ring in his ears.

It had been a long time since he lived a peaceful life.

He started to miss Little Ye.

Xiao Tieshu said that after he left, Little Ye gave birth to another daughter whom he had never met before. And he hadn’t seen his son for many years and he wondered how he looked now.

Xiao Baoshan lay in bed for a long time before finally falling asleep.

He slept till the next day.

……

In the Sixth King’s mansion, Li Chengru and Li Chengyi were together.

After they fought side by side for so many years, their relationship was stronger and stronger.

Li Chengyi was the elder brother and he was more shrewd and resourceful than Li Chengru. During the war, Li Chengru usually listened to Li Chengyi.

So, now that the war had ended, Li Chengru thought that the throne belonged to Li Chengyi. All he wanted to be was an idle young master who ate nice food, drank good wine and travelled around.

However, before he went to Capital City, Li Chengyi suddenly caught a cold.

Li Chengyi’s body wasn’t as strong as Li Chengru. If Li Chengru caught a cold, he might be fine after resting for a while, but Li Chengyi hadn’t recovered and it was getting worse and worse every day.

Therefore, Li Chengyi did not ride a horse when he returned to the Imiperial City but sit in the carriage instead.

Now that they were back at Sixth King’s mansion, Li Chengru sent a imperial physician to treat Li Chengyi and consoled him, “Sixth brother, take a few days to rest and regain health and we’ll talk about the business in Capital City once you recover.”

After Li Chengyi returned to the mansion, although he had the care of an imperial physician, his condition was not getting much better. He only nodded and started coughing violently.

……

Not long later, the family from Baoning City arrived.

Xiao Tieshu, Xiao Tongshu, Li Hongmei, Ye Xiaoxian and the others all arrived at the Capital City.

The Sixth Imperial Concubine and the rest returned to the Sixth King’s mansion.

The Xiao family then returned to the Xiao mansion.

The Xiao family was very excited for that it was the first time they saw such a large mansion. Although they have come with a large group of people, they felt that this mansion could fit even more people.

Therefore, they had been chatting excitedly since they entered the mansion.

The steward was also friendly to them and welcomed them in warmly and told them Xiao Baoshan was in the hall.

Thus, they passed through several small gardens and reached the hall.

When they saw Xiao Baoshan standing in the hall, the Xiao family was boiling with excitement and feeling more excited than the other.

Xiao Tieshu said, “Oh my God, it’s really Baoshan. We haven’t seen each other for a few years and Baoshan has grown even stronger.”

Xiao Tongshu said, “And his skin seemed darker which made him seem more vigorous.”

Wang Mudan and the others said, “Why does Baoshan look different from when he was in the tribe? Was it because the change of the environment?”

Li Hongmei couldn’t stop wiping her tears when she saw Xiao Baoshan.

Ye Xiaoxian were holding the hands of her two children while looked at Xiao Baoshan with a smile on her face.

Xiao Baoshan walked down the hall and greeted a few elders and then he walked towards Ye Xiaoxian and hugged Ye Xiaoxian in front of everyone.

“Little Ye, you’ve suffered these past years!”

Ye Xiaoxian’s eyes turned red and she wiped her tears and said to the two children, “Dongdong, Little Xia, hurry and say hi to Daddy.”

However, the two children were a little afraid. After all, they had never seen this father since they grew up.

He was so tall, so brave and fierce, and his skin was so dark!

They all just looked at Xiao Baoshan without understanding what was going on.

Xiao Baoshan bent down and then said to the two children gently, “Dongdong, Little Xia, I am your Daddy. Daddy has been fighting elsewhere throughout all these years and I couldn’t take care of you two but Daddy will surely be by your side in the future.”

The two children understood and could sense Xiao Baoshan’s sincerity.

Dongdong even asked, “Daddy, did you beat all the beasts?”

“Beasts?” Xiao Baoshan didn’t understand.

Li Hongmei said, “Well, he meant bad guys. Little Ye have been telling them they are beasts and you are what she’s called … Ul-man?”

Dongdong said, “Ultraman!”

Xiao Baoshan looked up at Little Ye and Little Ye nodded. “Yes, that’s you.”

Xiao Baoshan knew that Little Ye always had new ideas like this, so he didn’t find it strange. He reached out and held one child in each arm, then said, “Come, Daddy has already asked the servants to prepare delicious food and fun toys for you. Come inside with Daddy now.”

Once they heard that there were delicious food and fun toys, they were not afraid of Xiao Baoshan anymore and followed Xiao Baoshan into the hall obediantly.

With so many people, the hall was filled with people right away.

Servants came in to serve tea and water, which made Xiao Tieshu and Xiao Tongshu feel restless.

From their point of view, these servants had fairer skin and were more well-dressed than them. How could they let them serve?

“I’ll do it myself!”

“No need to pour tea, we’re not thirsty.”

“Oh, you are too kind.”

“…”

Being refused by the Xiao family made these servant a little uncomfortable since those were their job.

Xiao Baoshan had to tell everyone of the Xiao family, “Uncle, third uncle, and aunts, you don’t need to be worry. This is what they should do. In the future, if you need anything in the mansion, just tell them and if there’s anything unsatisfying, just tell me.”

Xiao Baoshan’s loud voice intimidated both sides at the same time. The servants didn’t dare to disobey, and the Xiao family felt more at ease being served by the servants.

Besides, they came a long way how could they not be thirsty and not  need to drink water?

Xiao Baoshan brought the little wooden horses and dolls he prepared a few days ago for the children. When Dongdong and Little Xia saw those, they immediately went off to play with those toys.

Next, Xiao Baoshan briefly introduced the situation in Capital City.

Although there were a lot of things to attend to in Capital City, they were Li Chengru’s responsibilities now and Xiao Baoshan was only responsible for winning the war. Now that he has won, he returned the commander’s seal back to Li Chengru.

As for what he wanted to do next, he would see what Li Chengru arranged.

Unlike last time he returned to Capital City when he was half a puppet and an unimportant person. Not only did he have no control over his actions but also had to beware of State Preceptor’s schemes at any time.

This time, he was a hero and was a free man with weight in his words so he would naturally bring his family to Capital City to enjoy the prosperous life.

After hearing about it, everyone couldn’t help but sigh, saying that it was not easy for Xiao Baoshan.

……

After the chat ended, the steward took them to the rooms which had been prepared for them in advance to get some rest or take a bath and change into clean clothes.

Xiao Tieshu, Xiao Tongshu and even Li Hongmei were not used to it.

In the past when they were in the tribe, they did everything on their own. Now they arrived in Capital City, if they need to dress or eat, they need only to tell the servants and even for baths, they have servants preparing the hot water for them.