The empress could not hide the smile on her face when she saw Nangong Nuannuan. Before Nuannuan could even say anything, the empress stepped forward with her family and hugged her.
Nangong Nuannuan smiled and hugged the Empress back.
“You’ve grown up and become even more beautiful, my girl.”
Nangong Nuannuan smiled and said, “I’ve always been this beautiful.”
The prince beside her also smiled and said, “That’s right, Mom! I also think Sunny’s always been this beautiful.”
The prince’s words made everyone laugh.
“Aunt, Uncle, Antonio, Amos.” Nangong Nuannuan slipped out from the Empress’s embrace and greeted everyone.
“Sunny, long time no see!” Her uncle, the Empress’s husband, Armand, greeted her with a smile.
“Sunny, this is your fiance, Chi Yang, right?” The first prince, Antonio, looked at Chi Yang with the gaze of one brother-in-law eyeing up another brother-in-law.
“Yes.” Nangong Nuannuan reached out and held her Big Brother Chi Yang’s arm. “This is my Big Brother Chi Yang, Big Brother Chi Yang, this is Her Majesty the Empress, this is her husband, this is First Prince Antonio, and this is Second Prince Amos.”
Facing Nuannuan’s elders, Chi Yang naturally felt much smaller than usual. He greeted the empress and her family very politely, “Hello, Aunt, Uncle, Big Brother, and Second Brother, hello.”
“Hello, Lil Yang!”
Chi Yang’s greeting pleased the empress and her family. The Empress initially wanted to call him Lieutenant General Chi, but seeing how warm he was, she called him Lil Yang instead. After all, this was Nuannuan’s husband, so she would have to call him something sweet.
Hearing the address ‘Lil Yang’, Chi Yang’s expression, which was usually very stony, changed a little. Nuannuan could not help but want to burst out into laughter at the sight, but she stopped herself and choked instead.
“What’s wrong, Sunny? Should I… Should I not call him Lil Yang?” Empress Sophie quickly calmed Nuannuan down.
Her whole family looked at Nuannuan blankly.
What could Nuannuan say? Could she say that her tough Big Brother Chi Yang being called Lil Yang was hilarious to her?
She could not say such a thing!
Nuannuan calmed herself down and said with a smile, “Aunt, it’s nothing, really nothing. Just call him Lil Yang. It’s very cute!”
Chi Yang, “…”
“Okay, okay, okay! Then I’ll continue to call him Lil Yang! Calling him Lieutenant General Chi is too stuffy!” Empress Sophie was extremely satisfied with Chi Yang’s new name.
If Chi Yang were to marry Sunny in the future, when he grew up and became the highest-ranking military officer, Camino and Luntan’s relationship would definitely improve.
This was a good thing that would benefit both sides. Therefore, Her Majesty had a strange sense of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more she looked at him, the more satisfied she felt.
After all, Eton’s wife had passed away many years ago. She had been taking care of her younger brother all these years and playing the role of Sunny’s mother, even though Sunny had always been strong and always helped her. Their relationship with Sunny had developed over the years and was no longer that of ordinary foster parents and their adopted children.
Thus, even though Sunny and Selena were not Eton’s daughters, she still pushed aside any objections and added their names to the royal family tree.
After greeting Chi Yang, Empress Sophie turned to the Wu siblings and asked, “Are these your friends?”
