The Daily Life of a Female Esper in Ancient Times - Chapter 218

In the post-apocalyptic world, many people became emotionally unstable due to killing too many zombies. Later, people discovered that practicing Tai Chi could calm their emotions, so more people started practicing it. Li Xia naturally took it up as well. In the apocalyptic world, her murderous intent wasn’t an issue. But in this era, she needed to be cautious.

Li Xia finished her routine and called Lu Liucheng over, “Do you want to learn Tai Chi?”T/his chapter is updat/𝓮d by n𝒐v(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

Lu Liucheng nodded to show his interest. He couldn’t tell if Tai Chi was good or bad, but he was excited about the chance to be close to his mother.

“Go change into practice clothes, I’ll teach you.”

Lu Liucheng quickly changed into practice clothes. Li Xia carefully taught him each move. Lu Liucheng had a natural talent for martial arts. After seeing Li Xia demonstrate twice, he could imitate the moves quite well.

It wasn’t until Lu Xuanyu came to fetch Lu Liucheng for school that Li Xia realized it was getting late. She personally helped Lu Liucheng change clothes and had both of them eat breakfast. Then she sent them to school.

“Mother, can you come pick me up after school?” Lu Liucheng asked reluctantly.

“Alright, I’ll come pick you up.” Hearing the answer he wanted, Lu Liucheng broke into a big smile.

“Cheng Cheng, let’s go in quickly,” Lu Xuanyu urged from the side. Lu Liucheng responded with a sound and waved to Li Xia, “Mother, see you this afternoon.”

“Mm, go to class now.” Li Xia waved, watching the two children run into school.

Taking a carriage back to the Mansion of Marquis of Pacifying the South, Li Xia lifted the curtain to see that the Capital City had become even more prosperous and lively after four years.

Back at the mansion, she first met with the servants. The masters were away, but these people hadn’t been slacking off and were working diligently. They deserved to be rewarded.

After the other servants left, only Wu Auntie remained.

“While suppressing bandits at the border, we encountered Wu Dazhuang in a bandit’s lair,” Li Xia’s words made Wu Auntie first shocked, then happy, then shocked again. Shocked that there was finally news of the person she had waited for years, happy that he was still alive, and shocked again that he had become a bandit.

“My lady, is he still alive?” Bandits were subject to execution.

“He’s alive. I had someone bring him back. If you want to see him, have Qiu Ling take you.”

“Thank you, my lady,” Wu Auntie thanked her and withdrew, her heart in turmoil, unsure whether to see him or not. Yesterday when they returned, Qiu Chan had told her about the atrocities of the bandits. The father of her child, whom she had been longing for, had become a bloodstained bandit. Wu Auntie’s heart was filled with complex emotions.

After ordering gifts to be prepared, Li Xia went to Duke Xu’s Mansion to see Old Madam Xu.

After four years, Old Madam Xu had aged considerably. Her hair was completely white, but her spirit was still strong.

“I knew I wasn’t wrong about you.” Li Xia’s performance exceeded Old Madam Xu’s expectations. Especially the fact that she had allowed the Female Soldiers to be passed down through generations and take root at the border made her very happy.

“Old Madam, this is what the female soldiers asked me to bring to you.” Old Madam Xu had been the biggest supporter in establishing the Female Soldiers. On the way back, the female soldiers had collectively made a gift for Old Madam Xu.

Old Madam Xu opened it to find an embroidered picture of the female soldiers training and fighting to protect their homeland.

“Good, very good,” Old Madam Xu’s voice was a bit choked up. Her lifelong wish had finally been fulfilled; she could die without regrets now.

Leaving Duke Xu’s Mansion, Li Xia calculated that it was almost time for Lu Liucheng to finish school. She ordered the carriage to go directly to the school to pick up Lu Liucheng. She first met with Lu Liucheng’s teachers to request three days of leave for him.

As Lu Liucheng and Lu Xuanyu walked out of the school, they saw the carriage from the Mansion of Marquis of Pacifying the South, and Li Xia sitting in it. Lu Liucheng bounced over, shouting loudly, “Mother!”

Li Xia took Lu Liucheng’s schoolbag with one hand and used a handkerchief to wipe his sweat with the other.

Lu Xuanyu walked over and greeted her, “Sister-in-law.” Lu Xuanyu had average talent in martial arts but was excellent in literature. He had already decided to pursue the civil service examination path.

She took both of them directly to Beining Marquis Manor to dine with the elders.

Early the next morning, Li Xia and Lu XuanNing took Lu Liucheng to Li Manor. The Li family was waiting for the three of them. After exchanging greetings, Li Xia entered the back courtyard, while Lu XuanNing took Lu Liucheng to the front courtyard to talk with the Li family men.

Mrs. Lu felt somewhat emotional upon seeing Li Xia. Li Xia’s current state was unexpected to her, yet not surprising. From the several incidents that had occurred in the family, Li Xia’s calm and decisive handling showed that she was someone capable of great things.

She accompanied Mrs. Lu, listening to her talk about what had happened in the Li family over the past few years. Li Hui had been promoted last year and transferred to the Ministry of Personnel as a Vice Minister. The Chang’an Princess had become pregnant and given birth to her first child in the second year of her marriage, and was pregnant with her second child at the beginning of this year.

Li Chou was still working as an official in the local government, doing well and receiving excellent evaluations year after year. He was likely to be promoted a level at the end-of-year assessment. Li Chou and his wife had later given birth to a son and a daughter.

Li Guang was doing well in the Imperial Guard and had been promoted to centurion. He and Madam Bao had given birth to three sons.

Li Xin had given birth to a son three years after having her daughter, and was now living a smooth life in the Cao family.

Leaving the Wild Goose Pavilion, Li Xia went to the Songtao Courtyard to see the Chang’an Princess.

The Chang’an Princess had suffered a lot during this pregnancy and was resting in bed on doctor’s orders. She was very happy to see Li Xia.

“Sister Xia, you’re finally back. I’ve missed you so much,” she said, immediately breaking the barrier of four years of separation.

“How many months along are you?” Li Xia sat on a stool by the bed, looking at Chang’an’s protruding belly.

“Six months,” Chang’an said, rubbing her belly.

“So big at six months, are you carrying twins?” Li Xia asked curiously. Chang’an’s belly looked like it could be eight months along.

“Sister Xia, you’re still so clever,” Chang’an Princess hadn’t expected Li Xia to guess immediately.

Li Xia put her hand on Chang’an’s belly, feeling the two little ones kicking inside. “These two boys are very lively.”

“Xi’er says the same, that his two little brothers are very lively,” Chang’an mentioned her eldest son, her face showing a mother’s love. Li Xi was the eldest son of Li Hui and Chang’an, and also the eldest grandson of the Li family.

Li Xia thought of when she first met Li Xi and his serious personality. “Xi’er’s appearance and personality are exactly the same as Big Brother’s when he was young.”

“Mother says the same thing.” Thinking of her son’s chubby face but serious manner of speaking and acting, Chang’an felt all her worries disappear.

Leaving the Songtao Courtyard, Li Xia went to the front courtyard to return to the Mansion of Marquis of Pacifying the South with Lu XuanNing. There, she saw the people she had been most concerned about. “Mother, Little Brother, why are you here? I was planning to visit the Wang Family to see you tomorrow.” Li Xia went forward to give Xu Xinyue a big hug.

Xu Xinyue liked her daughter’s affection, but her son-in-law and grandson were watching. She patted Li Xia’s back, saying, “How old are you now, still acting like a child?”

“No matter how old I get, aren’t I still your daughter? It’s been so long since I’ve seen you,” Li Xia didn’t let go.

Lu Liucheng and Wang Hong, the nephew and uncle, were somewhat surprised to see Li Xia, who was usually so composed outside, behaving this way in front of Xu Xinyue.

“We men will go to the study to talk,” Lu XuanNing said, leading Wang Hong and Lu Liucheng to the study, leaving the space for Xu Xinyue and Li Xia.

After hugging for a while, Li Xia let go and sat down with Xu Xinyue to talk. Xu Xinyue carefully examined her daughter, seeing that her spirit was as good as ever.