Chapter 1023 I don’t like you anymore
After Guo Ruomei and Chu Lang left, Xiao Yeyang and Daozi, father and son, were depressed for a long time.
May 11th is Daozi's birthday. Daohua specially asked the kitchen to make him a birthday cake and some of his favorite dishes. He also invited Xiao Mokuan and others, as well as children from some officials he was on good terms with to celebrate his birthday.
Daozi was very happy because he had someone to play with and a birthday cake to eat.
While eating the cake, Daozi proudly said to his friends, "When you have birthdays, your mother won't cook for you personally, right? But my mother can. This birthday cake was made for me by her personally."
Xiao Mobao snorted, "You're lying! Your mother has to take care of your brothers and sisters, so how could she have the time to make you a cake? It looks like your cook made it."
Hearing this, Daozi was furious: "My mother made this for me."
Xiao Mobao: "Then how do you prove it?"
Daozi thought for a moment and said, "Come with me to see my mother. I will ask her in person."
Xiao Mobao nodded immediately: "Okay, okay."
So, Daozi took a group of children to the main courtyard.
At this moment, Daohua was talking to Han Xinran and several women from the official family. When she saw Daozi leading a group of children over, she immediately asked with a smile, "Why aren't you playing outside?"
Daozi said angrily, "Mom, tell them, did you make the birthday cake for me yourself?"
Daohua was stunned for a moment. Because she had to take care of two little ones, she did not make the birthday cake this year. Looking at her son's expectant eyes, Daohua felt inexplicably guilty.
Daozi always reads people's expressions. When he saw that his mother didn't answer immediately, he already had the answer in his heart. In an instant, his nose began to feel sore.
Han Xinran and several other female relatives present thought it was just children's play and changed the subject with a smile.
Daohua felt a little guilty, so she pulled Daozi to her side and whispered, "Mom has to take care of my younger brothers and sisters, so I can't make cakes. So, later on, I'll make you your favorite yam and jujube kernel cake myself, okay?"
Daozi said nothing and turned and ran away.
"Hahaha, I told you that your mother doesn't like you anymore now that she has your brother or sister, and you didn't believe it!"
Xiao Mobao and the others chased after him, then laughed at Daozi.
Daozi looked at Xiao Mobao with anger on his face, but he couldn't find any words to refute him, so he could only stare at him angrily.
His mother really doesn't like him anymore. She doesn't even make him a cake on his birthday.
After Daozi's birthday, Daohua wanted to make up for it and often asked the kitchen to make Daozi's favorite cakes and meals.
It's not that she doesn't want to do it herself, she really can't spare the time. The two little ones are still too young, and even if there are wet nurses and maids watching them, she still has to pay attention to them all the time.
Looking at his favorite pastries, Daozi felt a little better, but the smile on his face was not as bright as before. What he wanted was not pastries, but his parents to spend more time with him.
One day at noon in late May, the rice servant ran back to the palace sweating profusely.
"Princess, something bad has happened. The young prince has gone to the moat with several older students from the academy, saying he wants to go swimming."
Hearing this, Daohua's expression changed and she stood up immediately: "Why didn't you stop him?"
The servant smiled bitterly, "The servants couldn't stop him. Even if His Highness the Fourth Prince tried to dissuade him, it was useless. Now he has followed the young prince to the moat."
The rice flower was both angry and anxious. The moat was wide and deep. Not to mention that the rice flower was only a five-year-old child, even if an adult went into the river, something might happen.
"Come on, prepare the carriage."
Daohua ordered Guyu to prepare a carriage and gathered a team of guards, ready to go and bring the rice back personally.
Just as they were about to leave the house, Dongli came over with Gu Jian on his arm.
As soon as Gu Jian arrived, he hurriedly asked, "What happened to the rice?"
Daohua: "That brat went swimming in the moat with someone."
When Gu Jian heard this, he became anxious and hurried to get on the carriage.
Daohua quickly stopped Gu Jian and said, "Master, please stay home and help me look after the two little ones. I'll go get the rice."
Gu Jian knew that it would be useless for him to go, and that it would only slow him down, so he hurriedly urged, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go. Oh, and bring Dongli with you."
Daohua did not refuse. She got on the carriage and, led by the servant, headed straight for the moat.
When Rice Flower arrived at the moat in her carriage, she just saw Rice jumping into the river.
Watching the small body sink into the water, Daohua felt a chill instantly rising from the soles of her feet and rushing straight to her forehead.
"Someone, come and grab the rice for me!" The voice revealed infinite urgency and panic.
Dongli rushed forward like an arrow.
Only when Dongli carried the soaked rice ashore did Daohua get off the carriage with weak hands and feet.
When Daozi saw Daohua coming in person, he was delighted and then raised his eyebrows proudly at Xiao Mobao and others beside him.
Seeing that her son was fine, Daohua's heart settled down, and then she became furious. For the first time, she looked at her son harshly.
Looking at his mother's gloomy face, Daozi realized the seriousness of the problem. He was a little scared and called out weakly, "Mom."
Daohua took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in her heart, and then asked in a cold voice: "Do you still have eyes for me as your mother? Now you are so bold as to dare to go swimming in the river without permission!"
Seeing his mother speaking to him so harshly, Daozi felt a little hurt. It seemed that his mother really didn't like him anymore. In the past, when he did something wrong, his mother always spoke to him nicely.
Thinking about how her mother neglected her after her younger siblings were born, Daozi felt more and more aggrieved, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Seeing his son's eyes turn red, Daozi's anger subsided a little, but he still said coldly: "You are still crying, do you know that you did something wrong today?"
Rice knew in his heart that he had done something wrong, but when Rice Flower scolded him like that, he immediately became rebellious: "I just went down to the river to swim. Others can do it, so why can't I? I'm not wrong!"
These words ignited Daohua's anger: "You made a mistake and refused to admit it. You are truly a good son that I taught you!"
When Daozi heard this, he thought Daohua didn't want him anymore and burst into tears: "I knew you wouldn't want me anymore after you had a brother or sister. I won't like you anymore!"
As she said this, she pushed Dongli away with all her strength and ran away crying.
Daohua was stunned for a moment by what Daozi said, then she quickly asked Dongli to carry the person onto the carriage, and she followed.
In the carriage, Daozi kept sobbing, tears streaming down her face, and she looked so pitiful.
No matter how angry Daohua was, she couldn't get angry anymore when she saw her son like this: "You're wet, come here, let me wipe it for you."
Daozi turned his head to the other side and slapped Daohua on the back of his head, sobbing, "Don't you only have your brothers and sisters in your eyes? Why do you care about me? I don't want you to care!"
Daohua frowned, forcibly pulled the person over, and then forcibly changed the little guy into dry clothes.
Although the weather was already very hot at the end of May, the rice flowers were still worried that he would catch a cold after the rice was planted in the river and exposed to the wind.
After changing clothes, Daohua wanted to wipe Daozi's hair, but Daozi was in a bad mood and dodged it, wiping himself with the towel.
During the journey, Daohua tried to reason with Daozi, but unfortunately, the little guy ignored her and didn't say a word until they returned to the palace.
Gu Jian was always concerned about the safety of the rice. When he heard that Daohua had brought the rice back, he hurried over and saw the mother and son in a low pressure situation.
(End of this chapter)
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