Tong Wanyan rested her chin on her hand, quietly watching Yinreng, who was both aggrieved and excited.
Such scenes of intense emotional fluctuation have become increasingly rare in recent years as Yinreng has grown older.
"I have no say in naming a child, nor in finding a son-in-law. I am truly pitiful." Yinreng's whole demeanor dimmed.
"They've just chosen someone, but it's not finalized yet. Although it seems like a good match now, who knows if things will change in a couple of years? Your daughter is only ten years old this year, so even if the marriage is arranged by imperial decree, she'll have to wait until she's fifteen. The Empress Dowager dotes on her the most, so she'll definitely keep her for a few more years," Tong Wanyan said leisurely.
Yinreng looked at Tong Wanyan with a wronged expression, pinching her cheek: "Xiao Yan, you've become bad, you're deliberately making me sad."
Tong Wanyan raised an eyebrow, and he hurriedly added, "But I like her. I like Xiaoyan no matter what."
Yinreng's handsome face was full of smiles. His eyes held pure love, without the slightest hint of avoidance or gloom.
Tong Wanyan couldn't help but smile, resting her head on his shoulder: "I just feel that we spend too little time with the children, so it's good to make you anxious. It's alright with our son, he's always under our noses, but our daughter will get married. Even if she's our daughter, with such a noble status, it will be difficult to see her often after she gets married."
"You're overthinking it again. There's no better mother than you. Tana, Hongzhao, and Hongsheng are all so attached to you. I rushed over here without telling Hongsheng. Otherwise, knowing his temper, he would definitely be crying and making a scene to come here," Yinreng quickly comforted him.
"That's what they say." Tong Wanyan frowned.
Yinreng interrupted her, saying, "I was personally raised by my father, the Emperor. Although I grew up in the Qianqing Palace, I only spent about half an hour with him each day, which is considered a long time. The princes and princesses in the palace also had very little time to spend with their mothers. It is their good fortune that Hongzhao and the others are your children."
What Yinreng said was true, and Tong Wanyan was not unaware of it.
However, a mother's heart always feels that she doesn't care enough for her children.
Yinreng took her hand and held it in his own: "We have to get up early to return to the capital tomorrow. There will be many people and we'll be tired. Let's get some rest tonight."
As Yinreng said, Hongsheng in the palace finished his dinner at the Crown Princess's place and waited and waited, but his father did not come.
What a clever child he is! Calculating the time, tomorrow is the day the troupe that went beyond the Great Wall will return to the capital.
He must have been abandoned by his father.
"Princess Consort, did Father go to pick up Grandfather and Empress Dowager?" Hongsheng asked Shi Xiuzhu with a childish voice and teary eyes.
Actually, what he wanted to ask was whether his father had gone to see his mother.
Shi Xiuzhu understood his meaning perfectly well; she knew the child she had personally raised all along.
“Your father is always so filial,” Shi Xiuzhu said. “How about you rest in my room tonight? Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to pick up the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, your father, mother, brothers, and sisters.”
“I’m a dutiful son too, why didn’t Father take me with him? Father deliberately abandoned me, he’s so mean.” Hongsheng wrinkled his little nose and complained angrily.
That chubby little face, with its plump, smiling cheeks, wrinkled up like a big white steamed bun.
Shi Xiuzhu picked him up and said, "Then just ignore him."
Hongsheng buried his head in the crook of Shi Xiuzhu's neck and chuckled. He still remembered how the Crown Princess used to coax him into calling him "Father."
"Ignore Father, I have the Crown Princess," Hongsheng said coquettishly.
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