If it had been in the past, Xiao Changyi would not have dared to kneel, nor would he have dared to call the Emperor of Xiyun "righteous father" or "imperial father," for fear of harming him just as he had feared harming Old Hunter Liu, his benefactor. But now, he was convinced by his wife that he was not a harbinger of doom; he would not bring death to others, and naturally, he would not bring it upon the Emperor of Xiyun.
The Emperor of Xiyun was completely taken by surprise when Xiao Changyi knelt down. At first, he was stunned, and then his old eyes quickly moistened, his lips quivering with emotion.
His Yi Er was calling himself a royal son; his Yi Er finally called him "imperial father." He had waited for so long, having thought that he would never hear it in his lifetime...
His Yi Er had accepted him as a father...
