The Three Spirit Stones

Mrs. Cheng was helped back to her bedroom by her maid. She asked everyone to leave except Cuizhi.

Cuizhi is about the same age as her. She is her dowry maid. She has been serving her since she was a child and is her confidante. Everyone calls her Cuima.

She helped Madam Cheng onto the bed and said, "Miss, you are very tired today. Why don't you take a rest first and I will wake you up when the prince comes."

"How can I sleep if I just squint my eyes?"

She suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Cuizhi, don't you think Xu'er and Acai's clothes are weird?"

Cuizhi was silent for a few seconds and said, "The styles of the clothes worn by the prince and his men are indeed something we have never seen before, but Miss, there are some things I don't know if I should say."

"Is there anything we can't talk about?"

"I feel that the new wife brought back by the prince seems to be not easy to serve."

"Oh? Why do you think so?"

"This new lady is obviously from a wealthy family. Her skin is fair and tender, her teeth are white and neat, and her hands are as white as scallions without any calluses. It is obvious that she is a child of a wealthy family who grew up eating fine grains and did not have to do any work."

"And her hair, it looked like it was casually curled, but it was exceptionally clean. I took a careful look and found that there was not a single louse on it. It is rare to see hair so clean."

"The prince said that she was picky about food, and I think that was true. She said she looked very hungry, but in fact she didn't eat much at all. She only ate the most delicious parts, such as fish belly and chicken wings. She even drank two bowls of ginseng tripe soup."

Hearing this, Mrs. Cheng was thoughtful.

Cuizhi continued, "Miss, I wonder if you have noticed that our prince dotes on her very much."

"Pick up dishes and serve soup for her, peel shrimps, pick fish bones, these are things that we servants should do, but you do it for her yourself. The prince is her husband, her heaven, and it should be the wife who does these things for her husband, but now it's the other way around."

When Mrs. Cheng heard this, she also recalled and nodded.

"And the most important thing,"

"Now that the prince has returned, he has brought back a new wife. So, what should we do with our prince's wife?"

Cuizhi finally said,

Oh no! How could I forget Yuechan! I was so happy today that I lost my mind!

Mrs. Cheng slapped her head.

The Crown Prince's wife mentioned by Cuizhi is named Sun Yuechan. She is the Cheng family's legal wife who was brought in through three matchmakers and six engagements and carried in an eight-person sedan chair, but Cheng Yu himself has completely forgotten about her!

Sun Yuechan's father, General Sun Xing, and Cheng Yu's father, Cheng Xiao, were good friends of aristocratic families. Cheng Yu was engaged to Sun Yuechan when he was a teenager. He had come back to visit her before and they met once.

Before his accident, his family had already set a date for his wedding and wrote to him asking him to return home early to get married and then submit a petition to the government to inherit the title. However, he had died before the letter was even on the way.

This Miss Sun is also a woman of great virtue.

Both her parents said that they wanted to cancel the engagement, but she said that she was a member of the Cheng family in life and a ghost of the Cheng family in death, so she insisted on having someone bring a rooster to the wedding hall and remained a widow for three years for Cheng Yu!

Now that her husband has returned safely, she can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

But there was Ah Cai, and his son doted on her. He and Yuechan had only met once, before they were teenagers.

What should Mrs. Cheng do if her son refuses to acknowledge Yuechan as his wife for Acai?

Since Yuechan married into the Cheng family, she has been filial to her mother-in-law, taking care of all the household affairs, and supporting the Cheng family like the head of the family for three years.

It can be said that if it weren’t for this daughter-in-law, it would be another matter whether Mrs. Cheng could get over the pain of losing her son!

I was just happy before, but now that Cuizhi mentioned it, I remembered that this was indeed a troublesome matter.

The legal wife of the Cheng family is Sun Yuechan, so what is Ah Cai’s status?

Aunt? Is my son willing?

Ouch! Mrs. Cheng felt overwhelmed!

Cuizhi comforted her and said, "Miss, don't be anxious. Wait for the prince to come and then discuss it with him slowly. The prince has always been filial to you, and everything can be discussed. We should first find out who the new wife is from."

"Um,"

"Also, take a message to my wife at once, telling her everything, and asking her to come back as soon as she has finished her work."

"Yes, yes,"

"Also, we need to write a letter to inform our uncle. If he knew that our prince is fine, I don't know how happy he would be!"

"right,"

Cuizhi gave Mrs. Cheng suggestions and arrangements one by one!

……

……

Cheng Yu arrived at his mother's bedroom. When Mrs. Cheng heard that her son had arrived, she immediately asked someone to open the door and welcome him in.

Cheng Yu, who changed back into a set of casual clothes of Song Dynasty style, stood tall and straight with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. He wore a futou hat to cover his short hair. He looked like a handsome and elegant young man!

Mrs. Cheng felt a sense of pride when she saw her son. She pulled her son to her side and looked at him from left to right.

"Mother~"

"My son is just good-looking,"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Mom, I'll give you plenty of time to watch as much as you want in the future."

"After I come back, mother wants to see it now,"

After saying this, the mother and daughter laughed together.

After laughing, Mrs. Cheng asked, "Xu'er, what happened at the beginning? Tell me in detail."

"yes,"

He told his mother everything about how he ambushed Li Lizun at Yunwu Mountain in Qinzhou and how he killed him.

Cao Wei had also discussed these things with Mrs. Cheng before.

Then, he began to make up a story that he and Ah Cai had discussed before.

……

"I was unconscious when I fell off the cliff and thought I was going to die,"

"But I don't know how long it was. When I opened my eyes, I found myself lying on a white bed. There were several people in white clothes around me. Later I found out that they were doctors. They saved me."

"Then I learned from the doctor that an old man brought me here, and this was the person who really saved me."

"This man is Ah Cai's father, and the place where I was rescued is not the human world,"

Hearing this, Mrs. Cheng's heart skipped a beat and she asked, "Then...where is that?"

Cheng Yu took out Ah Cai's cell phone from his sleeve.

Originally, I said that it was useless for her to bring it back, but then I thought about it and realized that words are not enough and I need to produce evidence.

Then, Mrs. Cheng, an ancient person, was the first to appreciate the high technology thousands of years later...

The square box slowly lit up and emitted a series of pleasant music. Then patterns appeared one by one. My son poked the patterns with his fingers.

A thrilling scene appeared!

Acai, Acai is actually laughing in the box!

Ghost~~

Mrs. Cheng was so frightened that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Oops, I used too much force!

Cheng Yu quickly threw down his phone, picked up his mother and put her on the bed to help her push the blood out of her uterus. After a while, she woke up slowly and cried, "Son! She is a ghost! What should we do?"

Cheng Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Mom, how could Ah Cai be a ghost? When have you ever seen a ghost walking around in broad daylight?"

"If she's not a ghost, why is she staying in such a small box?"

"Mom, this is not her, this is her portrait. This box is called a mobile phone. It is used in the countryside to draw portraits of people. She is still sleeping in the yard. This is her toy. I brought it here specially to show you."

"ah?!"

After hearing her son's explanation, Mrs. Cheng seemed to understand.

"Mom, this toy records some of Acai and my life there. You can understand where I went by looking at it."

Then, Cheng Yu reopened his phone album and clicked on the photo.

This time, Mrs. Cheng was not so scared. She said in surprise, "How can this box be so powerful? It can draw people so realistically?"

He drew another one, which was his own.

Seeing her son was there too, Mrs. Cheng was delighted. She pointed at the photo and laughed, "Oh, Xu'er, it draws you like me too!" Then she looked at the photo and then at her son and exclaimed, "It really looks like you!"

I also saw some photos and videos of Acai in college, and them dining out and traveling!

Mrs. Cheng was shocked!

She couldn't imagine that there was such a magical place in the world!

The house was large and bright, as bright at night as during the day. The furnishings were unprecedented. Some of the houses were so high up that they could see the white clouds outside from where they sat and ate.

Also, there are hundreds of dishes to choose from for a meal (when eating at a buffet).

Oh my god! Where on earth is this place?

She looked at her son, her eyes full of question marks.

The foreplay was almost over, Cheng Yu asked, "Mom, do you believe in gods?"

"Of course I believe it! Mom worships Guanyin Bodhisattva every day. If you don't believe it, why would you worship it?"

Fortunately, people in this era are superstitious, he thought.

"This place is called Xiandu,"

Mrs. Cheng showed an expression that said, "As expected."

Cheng Yu continued to edit,

"This fairy city is inhabited by the descendants of gods. I don't know how many generations have passed. Anyway, they are almost the same as us now. They don't know any fairy magic. The average lifespan is a little longer than ours, about 80 or 90 years old. They will also grow old, get sick and die."

"But their lives are much better than ours. Just like what you just saw, it's their normal life."

"Also, their medical skills are very powerful. If I were here with my previous injuries, there would be no cure, but they have a cure. Their medical skills have reached the point where they can replace damaged hearts, livers, kidneys and other internal organs with healthy ones."

Mrs. Cheng was stunned when she heard this!

Oh my god! If this isn't magic, then what is it?

Now she completely believed her son's words.

Because Cao Wei brought back some confessions from surviving soldiers, saying that Cheng Yu and his men were shot to death by arrows and then fell off the cliff.

Being shot to death by arrows, even gods cannot save him here!

But now his son was standing in front of him alive, if it wasn’t that he was saved by magic, then what else could it be?

It must be that the good deeds done by our ancestors moved the heavens, so they sent gods to rescue my son when he was in the most dangerous time.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Cheng knelt down on her knees, put her palms together, and bowed three times to the air with tears in her eyes!

After the greeting, Cheng Yu helped his mother up.

Madam Cheng asked again, "Xu'er, where is the benefactor who saved you? Where is he now?"

Oh! I have to edit it again!

"He is dead!"

"Ah~!"

"Before he died, he held a simple wedding for Ah Cai and me and asked me to take good care of her. Not long after, the old man passed away."

"...Isn't he a god? How could he die so easily?"

She raised a question,

"Mom, I've told you before! They are not gods, they are just descendants of gods, just like Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty. In the last two hundred years, although there are still many descendants, they are no longer useful. It's just that their ancestors were gods and their family background is rich, so no matter how useless they are, they are better than us mortals."

Mrs. Cheng thought about it and said, yes!

The dragon gave birth to nine sons, each one was different! How could it be so easy to return to the glory of our ancestors as we reproduced from generation to generation?

It seems that the principles are the same whether it is human or God!

"Son! Since Ah Cai is the one entrusted by your benefactor before his death, you must treat her well and never let her down!"

"Please rest assured, mother. I will definitely treat Ah Cai well."

This is true.

After finding out the whole story, Mrs. Cheng said, "Son! I want to paint a portrait of Ah Cai's father to worship him. Do you have a portrait of him?"

"Ah? This?... Wait a minute, I'll look for it,"

Then he opened his phone and flipped through the photos one by one. Mrs. Cheng was watching beside him and was still shocked after looking at them again!

As I was flipping through the pages, hey, I got it!

There is a photo of Acai and a Chinese professor in their department. The professor is dressed in a suit and looks very impressive. Let’s pick him!

Cheng Yu pointed at the professor and said, "That's him."

Mrs. Cheng saw that Ah Cai's father had regular features and an extraordinary aura, and he was indeed a descendant of an immortal.

Good! I will copy the appearance of my benefactor!

Then she asked her son to grind ink for her. She opened the writing brush, inkstone, and paper on the table, picked up the fine brush, and drew the fake benefactor stroke by stroke.

Mrs. Cheng was a famous talented woman in the capital when she was young. She was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. His father spent a lot of effort to marry her!

During the painting process, Cheng Yu was afraid that his mother could not see clearly, so he used his fingers to enlarge the photo. She was shocked again.

After painting his face, he turned off his phone for fear that it would run out of battery. He told his mother that in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the clothes and hair accessories should be the same as those here.

Mrs. Cheng nodded, she had the same idea!

By this time, it was time to light the lamps. She had a basic understanding of her son's experience and Ah Cai's origins.

Cheng Yu took out a dozen gold bars and gave them to her. Seeing her son's filial piety, she was very happy and told her son to keep them in the accounting office first and withdraw them when needed.

Just as Cheng Yu was about to say goodbye to his mother and return to his own courtyard, Mrs. Cheng remembered that there was something important that she had not told her son.