Outside of Xuancheng City, in the military camp.
"Wow! So much delicious food!" Xuan Little Four's eyes lit up.
"Shut up, don't embarrass Xuan Little Three, you're acting like you've never eaten before."
"I haven't had such a sumptuous meal before," Xuan Little Four muttered aggrievedly.
Su Huan looked at the large table of people, very satisfied, and gazed affectionately at Xuan Little Three and Xuan Little Four, "Don't be polite, you two are Yue's senior martial brothers. Yue has relied on you two for all these years. Xuan Doctor and Yu'er are still close friends, it's all because of our destiny. This old man toasts you both."
"Thank you, General. Yue has been sensible since childhood, she doesn't need us to look after her. On the contrary, we need her to take care of us more often, how shameful."
"Hahaha, let's not stand on ceremony. Come, eat the dishes, Yue, eat."
"Yes, Grandfather, you too."
"Aiya, Elder Brother, look, we have a cousin now, so us younger ones will be even more uncared for and unloved," the most lively Su Qian sighed.
"You brats are thick-skinned, how can you compare with your cousin?" Su Li jabbed him with his chopsticks.
"Ai, Uncle. Although we may not be as precious as our cousin, we're still dashing young men, why do you keep hitting us? Give us some face at least."
"Eat your food, the dishes can't even shut your mouth."
"Exactly, just remember that our cousin is a treasure while we're the grass."
Su Yu and Su Yu each gave him a serving of dishes in sympathy.
Xuan Little Four watched them banter and joke, grinning stupidly, but it didn't affect his eating speed. So delicious, really delicious.
Su Yue watched everyone getting along harmoniously, and felt very happy. In her previous life, she was an orphan and had never experienced familial love. Now it seemed, not bad at all.
"Yue, your Grandfather is prepared to return to the capital. Will you come back with us to see your Grandmother and... your brother?"
Mentioning this grandson, Su Huan felt pained again. For so many years, he could only care from afar. His wife in the capital didn't even dare visit casually, that child was all alone, it must have been so difficult.
"Yue, your medical skills are excellent, go back to the capital and take a look at your brother. This child has been frail since he was young, and the imperial physicians have been unable to cure him."
Xuan Little Three: The imperial palace? Imperial physicians? This junior sister's background is no simple matter. It seems we need to inform the senior martial brother soon, we must help support our junior sister's position.
"Alright, rest assured, I will take care of it."
Su Huan saw that she agreed without asking anything, and felt another pang of emotion at how sensible the child was.
"Father, Yue will be going to the capital this time..."
"What is it? I'm taking Yue back to the capital, do you have any objections?" Su Huan dropped his chopsticks, as if ready to take action.
"No, Father, don't get angry. What I mean is, what identity should Yue have when she returns to the capital this time?"
"What identity? She's my granddaughter, what other identity could there be?" The old man was very displeased.
"Grandfather, what Father means is, if Yue returns as your granddaughter, the one in the palace might come to... kidnap her," Su Yu explained.
"He dares! If he dares, I'll break his legs. That useless thing, if not for him, Yun wouldn't have..."
Su Li: Apart from you, Old Master, I don't think anyone would dare say they'll break the Emperor's legs.
Su Yu: ...You're the eldest, whatever you say is right.
Su Yu: Hahahahaha, Grandfather is really powerful.
Su Qian: Ai, Grandfather is truly getting stronger with age.
Everyone had already imagined the scene of the Emperor being beaten up and jumping around by his own father (grandfather).
"Father, even if you really break his legs, if he finds out about Yue's existence, he'll crawl to take her away."
Su Huan glared angrily, but also knew that his eldest son spoke the truth.
"I don't want to make things difficult for Yue. She's clearly a child of the Su family, why can't she be acknowledged?"
"Grandfather, it's not that we can't let Cousin Yue reveal her true identity, it's just that we can't do so temporarily. This return to the capital is fraught with dangers, it's for Cousin's safety," Su Yu explained while signaling the others.
"That's right, Grandfather, once we've dealt with those demons and spirits in the capital, we can reveal Cousin's identity later."
"Grandfather, I think what my Elder Cousin and Cousin Brothers say makes a lot of sense. For now, I don't want too many unrelated people to know my identity either. This time, I'm going back to the capital with all of you mainly for Grandmother and my brother. Too many people knowing will only invite trouble."
"Grandfather knows, but I just want you to be able to return openly. Why is it so difficult? Your Grandmother's health hasn't been good these past years, I just want to make her happy."
"Grandmother and Brother don't need to be kept in the dark, we just won't reveal my identity publicly for now, it's not forever. Grandfather, don't be sad."
"Good, good, Grandfather will listen to you. Then... how about saying you're my acknowledged granddaughter?"
"Anything works, don't worry too much about it. As long as our own people know who I am, it'll be fine."
"Alright. This time when we return to the capital, you'll be known outwardly as my acknowledged granddaughter, Su Huan. And to our family, it'll still be the same, will that work?"
"Yes, we'll follow your plan."
"You lot, remember this, to outsiders Yue is my acknowledged granddaughter, Su Huan. Don't slip up."
"Understood, Father."
"Understood, Grandfather."
"Understood, Grandfather."
"Understood, Grandfather."
Seeing Su Huan's dampened spirits, Su Yue took out the gifts she had prepared for them from her spiritual space pouch to cheer him up. "Grandfather, this time I left in a hurry, so I didn't prepare anything for you. These few bottles of pills, one for you, one for Elder Cousin, one for Second Cousin, and one for Third Cousin. They'll be very beneficial for martial artists like yourselves. Second Cousin, hold off on taking them for now, wait until you've recuperated before using them."
"Yue's medicine must be good stuff, Cousin thanks you in advance." He took a bottle first.
Xuan Little Three saw everyone's reactions and knew they were just touched by his junior sister's intentions, but had no idea about the value of these pills. He felt aggrieved, it was like feeding pearls to cattle! This group had no clue how precious these pills were.
However, Su Yu caught his friend's expression and laughed wryly, "What's so special about these pills? Look at Xuan Doctor's expression, he looks like he wants to snatch them away."
Xuan Little Three glared at him. "They're something money can't buy on the market. In fact, they haven't appeared in nearly a hundred years - truly remarkable medicine."
"What medicine is so incredible?" Su Yu was intrigued too.
"The Soul Cleansing Pill!"
Everyone looked baffled, like they hadn't heard of it before. But Su Huan turned deathly pale, "You're saying... the Soul Cleansing Pill? Is this really the Soul Cleansing Pill?" He picked up the bottle, disbelieving, not even daring to open it.
"Grandfather, you've heard of this Soul Cleansing Pill, what is it? Cousin Yue is too partial, everyone has a gift except me," Su Qian complained.
"You don't practice martial arts, this pill would be useless for you. Who's being partial? You're the older brother but you didn't even prepare a gift for your sister," Su Huan chided.
"That's because all of you already have gifts..."
"Grandfather, don't bother with Third Brother, he's just jealous. Grandfather, tell us, what's so incredible about this pill?"
