Chapter 444: A Mother
What did Rong Yue and Ru Ge say after returning to the palace that day?
Zhaohua didn't know and didn't want to ask.
She only saw that when they paid their respects in the future, the two of them often walked together, talking and laughing, and she knew that they must have let go of many things.
The new concubines in the palace also had a lot of opinions about Ruge, and they discussed privately:
"She is a foxy girl. She has only been in the palace for a few days and she has already slept with the emperor twice, but the emperor has never even seen us."
"If the emperor doesn't turn over our name card, what else can we do? We can only be jealous. Who can blame him for being so similar to the queen?"
"I'm not entirely sure. Haven't you seen how close she is to Concubine Shun every day? The two of them chat and laugh like sisters. It's nothing like us. The master in the palace is always unhappy when he sees us. Life is so boring."
Seven days later, an autumn rain completely took away the last bit of summer heat.
Almost overnight, even the short breeze blowing on the long street became cold and hard.
Get up in the morning,
Before Zhaohua sent Chengyu to the Shangshufang, she specially changed him into a small jacket that she had just made.
Although the jacket is only a small piece, every stitch and thread of it is filled with the mother's love and care. It took Zhaohua more than a month to make it.
Now that it is worn on Chengyu, it seems a little big, but it fits him well.
Zhao Hua smiled and said, "Boys of this age are growing taller, so it's better to have slightly wider cuffs. Otherwise, they will become too tight after just two days of wearing and will be uncomfortable."
Cheng Yu looked at himself in the mirror.
Look at the jacket, both the style and the fabric are excellent.
But what attracted his eye most was the embroidery on the surface.
Those clusters of brilliantly blooming purple flowers are called Bauhinia.
This flower cannot be grown in Kyoto, but in Hengzhou it can bloom all over the mountains and fields in midsummer.
Cheng Yu understood that this was his mother's way of comforting his homesickness.
But the palace was originally his home.
The person in front of him was actually his biological mother.
He is depressed and unhappy every day, and the people he hurts are the ones closest to him, right?
During the days since he returned to the palace, he knew how Zhao Hua treated him, even though he didn't often express his gratitude.
Although the estrangement caused by the separation of mother and child is difficult to eliminate,
But for Cheng Yu, Zhao Hua's position in his heart is no different from that of his adoptive mother who raised him since childhood.
The child was sensible, and the more so, the more guilty he felt when he looked at the little jacket sewn by his loving mother.
Zhao Hua keenly caught Cheng Yu's depressed mood, so he asked cautiously:
"What's wrong, son? Don't you like it?"
Cheng Yu shook his head at first, then quickly nodded and said firmly: "I like it very much!"
"Aniang~"
Ruoxin's sweet voice came from behind.
Zhao Hua looked back and saw the little girl running towards her like a restless white rabbit.
After regaining consciousness, he grasped the edge of her phoenix robe and shook it from time to time.
"Mother, mother~ Sister Jinyue is taking me to the Imperial Garden to appreciate chrysanthemums today. Can I go with my second brother?"
The way to Shangshufang must pass through Yonghe Palace.
Zhao Hua smiled and nodded in agreement, stroking Ruoxin's carefully combed bangs, "Of course. But you have to be careful on the way. It rained yesterday and the road is slippery. Don't fall."
"Got it~" Ruoxin stuck out her tongue mischievously, "Mother Concubine Chen always says that I don't act like a girl, and when I get crazy, I'm even more gangster than my brothers. She wants her daughter to learn to be more restrained and be a quiet girl."
Zhao Hua smiled and shook her head. "My mother said that girls don't have to be quiet and self-sufficient. As long as you live comfortably and don't hurt others, you can live any way you like."
"Really?" Ruoxin scratched her head doubtfully, "But I taught the nanny and my daughter that women should respect the Three Obediences and the Four Virtues and not act arbitrarily, otherwise they will not be liked by others."
Zhaohua slowly squatted down, took Ruoxin's hand, and said:
"If everyone grows up under the constraints of dogma and rules, won't everyone live the same life in the future? Ruoxin, think about it, the reason why the flowers in the imperial garden are beautiful is because they are all different. If all you see are the same color and style, no matter how beautiful they are, they will be boring."
Ruoxin puffed up her cheeks, her dark and lively eyes swirling in her eye sockets.
I don’t know if she understood what Zhao Hua said, I just saw her nodding ignorantly as a response.
Then he took Chengyu's hand and said anxiously, "Brother is leaving soon! Sister Jinyue will be waiting anxiously."
Then she turned around and waved to Zhaohua, "Mother, I'm leaving first~"
Cheng Yu was dragged by Ruoxin and staggered all the way to the door.
When he reached the door of the inner chamber, he suddenly turned around and met Zhaohua's gentle gaze on the two siblings.
Just an exchange of glances was enough to easily open the window in Chengyu's heart that had been tightly closed for a long time, with a warm and invisible force.
Suddenly, he smiled cheerfully, waved high at Zhaohua, and said as brightly as the sun:
"Mother! Your son is back from lunch and will eat with you!"
Aunt...
Zhaohua's calm heart was suddenly filled with warmth.
This was the first time Cheng Yu called her like this.
It was just a simple name, but it made Zhaohua feel the joy of being a mother again.
She was stunned for a long while before nodding vigorously to the child, smiling with tears in her eyes, and said with care:
"Okay, Auntie will wait for you."
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