Published: March 9, 2025
Ning Tianya and Feng Qiliang both looked at Tie Butian, clearly indicating that they wanted her to make the decision.
Tie Butian's pretty face instantly turned as red as a persimmon in the deep autumn.
"Well then, could you three elder brothers please inform..." Tie Butian stuttered, blushing, "In three days, Tie Butian... um... wishes to meet... wishes to meet..."
After stuttering for a long time, she still couldn't bring herself to say whom she wanted to meet, feeling utterly embarrassed.
The three guards exchanged glances; who could be foolish enough to stand at the gate? They thought, is this the result of some romantic entanglement brought to their doorstep by that gentleman outside? Truly a stroke of good fortune...
Since the other party had already announced their name, they nodded and said, "In that case, please wait a moment."
Immediately, one of them went inside to report.
Of course, they had no idea who Tie Butian really was. They also didn't understand what the three characters "Tie Butian" meant in the context of the Iron Cloud Empire, nor what it represented here...
But in the next moment, they would fully understand.
The Chu Family Mansion suddenly erupted into a frenzy.
Soon, Chu Feiling and Grandpa Chu, along with the First Lady Yang Ruolan, rushed out, and then they saw the eldest young master Chu Yang dashing out as if he were a streak of light, and in the next moment, he had embraced this indescribably beautiful woman tightly.
"You've come, you finally came..." Chu Yang hugged the beauty tightly.
"Let go... let go of me... what is this..." Tie Butian blushed and panicked, struggling mightily. The imposing demeanor she once had, that of a ruler of the world, had long since flown away, be it to the Ninth Heaven Cloud or somewhere else entirely, it was definitely far away.
Chu Yang laughed heartily before releasing the beauty.
Facing Chu Feiling and Yang Ruolan, the two people who were destined to meet yet feared each other's presence the most, Tie Butian was even more embarrassed, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.
How should I address them...
This was truly too difficult.
Chu Feiling and Yang Ruolan had been prepared for this moment. Seeing Tie Butian's awkwardness, both felt a strange mixture of emotions, their eyes sparkling with interest as they looked at her.
Chu Yang scratched his nose, chuckling, and feigned ignorance, saying, "Father, Mother, let me introduce to you someone you've never met before. This lady is Tie Yang's mother, um, cough cough. Her Imperial Majesty of the Iron Cloud Empire... cough cough... which makes her your daughter-in-law..."
He quietly added two more words in his heart: "...one of them."
Tie Butian's pretty face turned even redder. Realizing she could not escape, she steeled herself, took three steps forward, and gracefully knelt down, as softly as a mosquito, saying, "Daughter-in-law Tie Butian... pays her respects to Father and Mother."
Saying this, she prostrated her head.
This bow was necessary, regardless of how familiar they were in the past. But when it came to recognizing ancestry and returning to one's roots, that was something that could not be taken lightly. Even though Tie Butian had many concerns in her heart, she had already arrived at the Chu Family. At this moment, there was no room for her to refuse. Besides Father and Mother, there was simply no other title she could use here.
If she were to still call out 'Senior Sister,' then the entire Chu Family would become the biggest joke in the Nine Heavens within a day!
Thus, this meeting genuinely forced Tie Butian into a corner! But with her son present, Tie Butian had no choice but to come and submit...
"Oh dear, quickly get up, quickly get up..." Chu Feiling hurriedly said.
Yang Ruolan stepped forward to help Tie Butian up, wrapping her arms around her, smiling widely, and said in Tie Butian's ear, "Little girl, I let you be tough back then, hmph..."
Tie Butian's face turned even redder.
They were originally like sisters, very familiar with each other, but now, after the change in identities, meeting openly like this was the first time.