"The flowers in the princess's mansion are in full bloom! Peach blossoms elsewhere don't bloom in such a magnificent way!"
Drinking and appreciating flowers is the theme of this banquet.
After having a few drinks, everyone followed the princess for a walk in the peach forest.
The peach trees are in full bloom, and Song Siyuan stands under the tree, just like the blooming peach blossoms, completing their final splendor and prosperity.
She raised her head, her eyes filled with desolation. Her despairing look startled Shen Ruoyan—why did she feel that Yuan'er was determined to die?!
"This is the peach tree that my mother personally had picked from Jiangnan. It is naturally different from those found elsewhere." Song Siyuan gently placed his hand on the peach tree, feeling the roughness of the bark, but his heart was filled with long-lost warmth.
In order to keep the princess's mansion green all year round, the queen mother put a lot of effort into these flowers and trees.
Back then, all these peach trees were selected from Jiangnan and transported here by water with great effort. Because these peach trees were a different variety, with a long flowering period and abundant flowers, even with such a hurdle, the Queen Mother still had them delivered.
Even the emperor's brother laughed and joked, "The Queen Mother has been frugal all her life, but she broke the rules for you."
At that time, she was actually very uneasy.
He was afraid that these peach trees would ruin his mother's reputation abroad.
As she grew up, she understood more things and knew how much pressure her mother had to bear and how much grievance she had suffered in raising her.
So she suppressed her nature and tried her best to be a well-behaved princess as her brother had said, so as not to let her mother be criticized by others because of her.
I even started to back out, wondering if it would be better if I rejected these romantic opportunities...
But the Queen Mother just smiled and didn't care at all, "I only have Yuan'er as my daughter, who else should I support if not her?"
She is the queen mother and also a mother.
There is no mother who doesn't want the best for her children.
Song Siyuan looked at the blossoming peach tree before him, as if he could feel his mother's deep love for him. However, it was too late.
When she learned the news of her mother's death, she ignored the rules and didn't care about so many prohibitions. She took out the whip given by the emperor and beat her way into the palace. Only then did she see her mother before she was taken away by her brother.
However, her mother, who was usually kind and amiable to her, would never smile again.
The emperor's brother said that the queen mother passed away peacefully without saying anything.
She also told herself not to be sad. Although her mother didn't mention her, it didn't mean that she didn't miss her.
But time is limited and it's too late.
So after returning home, she cried bitterly, thinking that her mother had been holding a grudge against her until her death, and wished she could die to atone for her sins!
But her brother stopped her, saying that the Queen Mother hoped that she could live well, and if she left without caring about anything, it would definitely make the Queen Mother sad.
Because her life was saved by her mother.
No matter what, you have to survive!
"You can see such beautiful scenery now, all thanks to my mother, the Queen Mother..." Song Siyuan murmured, his expression full of nostalgia.
Everyone's expression froze, and those who were quick to react quickly agreed, "Princess, you are absolutely right. All of this is thanks to the Empress Dowager's kindness."
Shen Ruoyan followed behind everyone, thanking the air, her heart felt like a bottle of five flavors had been overturned, with all kinds of flavors.
Her intuition told her that Song Siyuan was not in a good condition!
Very wrong!
"I don't know where the person has gone, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze." Shen Ruoyan spoke softly, and the people around her looked over. She was neither hurried nor slow, and when she saw Song Siyuan's eyes also fell on her, she slowly said:
"Life is impermanent, but spring is eternal. Perhaps the Queen Mother planted this peach forest for the princess in the hope that she could let go of the past and embrace the everlasting spring breeze?"
Shen Ruoyan spoke without authorization, which made others unhappy, especially the Lady of the Earl's Mansion, who felt that she was deliberately trying to attract the princess's attention.
The handkerchief in her hand was almost tangled into a ball. Isn't Shen Ruoyan born in the Shen family and has read more books than others?
Who is this person? He only knows how to show off his literary talent here. How hateful!
The Earl's wife was unhappy, but not everyone was. Most people just watched silently, wanting to see the princess's attitude, so they just stood quietly by, pretending to appreciate the flowers, and never said a word.
"How did you find out?"
Song Siyuan's tone was neither sad nor happy, and it was hard to tell whether she was angry or not. Her eyes were scrutinizing as she looked straight at Shen Ruoyan.
She remembered that this seemed to be the wife of the Marquis of Changning?
Shen Ruoyan was looked at like this by her, but she did not show any panic on her face. She just replied respectfully: "Your Highness, as a mother, I am just speculating from a mother's perspective. If I have offended the Queen Mother, I hope the Princess will forgive me."
Mother?
Song Siyuan was a little stunned. So, did his mother treat him as her own child?
She knew that everyone here had different motives. Some of those who tried to curry favor with her were simply doing so for the benefit of their own families.
What they said was just for show and should not be taken seriously.
However, at this moment, she wanted to believe Shen Ruoyan's words very much.
She wanted to believe that her mother planted this peach forest because she loved her so much!
Song Siyuan looked at Shen Ruoyan quietly, but in just a few seconds, it made the people around him feel that the day was as long as a year.
But Shen Ruoyan remained calm and composed, not looking guilty at all, as if those were her true feelings, her completely genuine thoughts, without any timidity or retreat.
It was unknown how long it took, so long that everyone subconsciously wanted to hold their breath and dared not speak, before Song Siyuan finally spoke:
"You said it very well."
Her gaze rested on Shen Ruoyan for a long time, as if she was sizing her up. "Madam Changning Marquis, huh? The Shen family is truly a master at educating their daughters."
Even though Song Siyuan didn't pay much attention to what was happening outside, he knew that there was a mute prince in the Changning Marquis' Mansion.
This mute prince was not hidden away, but was sent to the Imperial Academy to study with other disciples from prominent families. This was enough to show the magnanimity of the Changning Marquisate.
But she is a princess after all, so she naturally knows more than others.
This kind of magnanimity is not something that the irresponsible Marquis can have, but it was the mistress of the Changning Marquis Mansion, Shen Ruoyan, who made great efforts to promote it!
Being able to do so much for her mute son, it is obvious that the wife of Marquis Changning is at least a good mother.
So what she said is credible.
As a mother...
Yes, as a mother herself, she was blinded at first and thought that the Queen Mother didn’t like her, so she tried her best to restrain herself and tried hard to be the good daughter in her mind.
But later she realized that she seemed to have been wrong from the beginning.
Perhaps because of what Shen Ruoyan said just now, or perhaps because she looked kind, Song Siyuan, who had originally had no intention of appreciating the flowers, became interested: "Madam Changning Hou, later, you will accompany me to appreciate the flowers."
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