Without hearing Yu Shan respond, Hongli guessed that she was worried about Rong Yu, so he comforted her from the side:
“Rong Yu is still young and doesn’t understand true love between men and women. When she gets married and becomes husband and wife with Lezhuer, I expect that they will develop feelings for each other.”
Now that things have come to this, Rong Yu has no other choice but to marry Lezhuer, and Yu Shan can only hope that they will fall in love over time.
After this incident, Rong Yu completely gave up and stopped causing trouble. Hongli then formally arranged her daughter's engagement to the Mongol heir, Lejur.
On the day of the engagement, Lejur showed neither rejection nor joy; his reaction was normal, as if it were a matter of course.
Rong Yu cooperated fully throughout, but she didn't smile much.
Su Yushan could clearly sense that from then on, her daughter was not as close to her as before, and would no longer snuggle in her arms and act coquettishly.
She would agree to whatever Yu Shan said, no longer playfully arguing. She seemed obedient, but she had grown distant from her mother.
Yu Shan was very unaccustomed to her daughter's change. She tried to communicate with her, but Rong Yu remained indifferent, her long, thick eyelashes obscuring her dark eyes.
"Your son is not angry with Mother. He has simply grown up and become the person you wanted him to be."
Yes! Her daughter had grown into the princess that adults had hoped for, and she decided to take on the responsibility of a political marriage. However, Su Yushan also lost her daughter's trust and reliance, and the relationship between them gradually began to fade. She wanted to salvage the relationship, but no matter what she tried, she and her daughter could not go back to the way they were before.
Life is always like this: you gain some things and you lose others; some things, once lost, can never be recovered.
Seeing that Yu Shan was in low spirits, Hongli advised her to think more positively, "Only when you raise a child do you realize the kindness of your parents. Once Rong Yu gets married and has children, she will understand our good intentions."
This process seemed very long, but Yu Shan had no other choice but to wait.
As the children grew up, they were all busy with their own things and spent less and less time with Yu Shan. Only Xiao Yong Rong stayed by his mother's side, making her laugh.
Two more years passed. In the ninth year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, the Fifth Prince Yongrong was already four years old, while the First Prince Yonghuang was already seventeen.
Hongli meant that this year's imperial concubine selection would also be a good opportunity to choose a wife for Yonghuang. Su Yushan, who was enjoying her flower tea at the time, suddenly realized upon hearing this that her eldest son had grown up and was ready to get married!
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