vstars Chapter 236: Rouze's Good Attitude
Chapter 236: Rouze's Good Attitude
Perhaps it was because I had been in solitary confinement for two years, and I happened to miss the time when Hongchang began to regain his memory.
"Fangluo," Rouze called out, "How do you think I should teach Hongchang in the future?"
"Ah, me?" Fang Luo was a little confused. She still remembered that on the first day Hongchang just returned to Longjing Pavilion, she was punished by Rouze because Hongchang refused to eat. She chased him and fed him two spoonfuls but he still couldn't eat.
When Rouze saw this, she was punished by being slapped twenty times in the yard for not taking good care of her child.
Now, Rouze suddenly spoke, and Fangluo didn't dare to respond. Not only did she not dare to respond, but it also reminded her of the time when she first entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion, when Rouze secretly vented her anger on herself because she was not favored by the Prince.
"I have never taken care of a child, so I really don't know what to do." Fang Luo said tentatively: "If the master is interested, why not ask the wet nurse to ask the little prince about his previous preferences."
Rouze thought about it and realized it was true. She looked at the time and realized that if she went to find the wet nurse at this time, the child would inevitably be woken up. So she asked Fangluo to ask the wet nurse to come and see her the next day.
On the second day, the wet nurse talked with Rouze alone in the inner room.
Fangluo and Fangruo were in their room, working and chatting at the same time.
Fangluo was embroidering clothes for Hongchang. Fangruo said, "Sister, do you think our master can really come up with a good solution with the wet nurse?"
Fang Luo put down the work in her hands, shook her head and said, "I don't know, but the little prince was always taken care of by Qi Gege in the past, so maybe he needs some time to adapt. Hey, if our master could have many children like Concubine Yi in the palace, that would be great."
"That's not difficult." Fang Ruo said nonchalantly, "Our master is still young, and there will be many opportunities for him and Prince Beile in the future."
"But if the master is focused on taking care of the little prince, will he still have the energy to think about the prince?" Fang Luo blurted out, and then quickly said: "Pooh, pooh, pooh, I shouldn't have blindly speculated about the master. The master naturally has his own ideas."
Through a thin paper window, the conversation between the two happened to fall into Mo Yan's ears.
She was originally copying scriptures in her room, and her ink was almost used up, so she wanted to ask Fangruo to get some for her next time she went to get something.
Although Mo Yan didn't know what happened in the palace yesterday, she felt that since Hongchang came back, he had indeed occupied most of Rouze's attention.
Not to mention that Rouze had no time to pay attention to Yinzhen, even when she lived with him in Longjing Pavilion, the time she had to meet and chat with Rouze became less.
"Sister, I'm here to give you a branch of wild plum blossoms from the mountains." After turning back, Mo Yan knocked on Rouze's door.
Walking into the main room, Mo Yan said, "The weather in the capital has warmed up, but there is still snow on Lingyun Peak. When I returned to the temple yesterday, I saw that the plum blossoms were in full bloom, so I picked one to bring to my sister."
Although the plum blossoms had only bloomed for a day, the flowers were still in full bloom, which was indeed a rare sight in the capital at this time of year.
Rouze smiled and said, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Master. Such beautiful plum blossoms are precious. I will invite Lord Beile to come and have a look later."
Mo Yan sat below Rouze and said, "Although my sister said she liked me, there was a worry in her face. What troubles did she encounter?"
Rouze was happy about Mo Yan's observation of her words and expressions. It was rare for someone to take the initiative to be considerate of her.
She said, "It's all because of Hongchang. Although the child has been brought back, he is mentally handicapped. I wanted to take him to meet people, but he always gets into trouble."
Rouze did not elaborate on what happened in the palace yesterday, but since she had been worried about it for so long, Mo Yan thought it must be serious.
She hesitated for a moment before she spoke: "Sister, I have an idea. Please listen to it. If you think it is inappropriate, you don't have to take it seriously."
Rouze motioned for her to continue.
"Sis is still young now. Instead of focusing on the little prince, you should focus on Lord Beile."
"What's more, the little prince has been growing up with Qi Gege for the past few years, and they have feelings for each other. Besides, Qi Gege is low-key and has few contacts with people, which may be more conducive to the little prince's recovery."
"If the little prince can really recover from his illness, I will take the child back. If not, I will have to think about having another child."
The more Rouze listened to Mo Yan's words, the gloomier her expression became.
Hongchang is her biological son. How could she abandon him just because he is sick?
"No." Rouze rebuked, "I am Hongchang's biological mother. There is absolutely no reason for me to abandon my child. Don't say that again in the future."
"Not only are you not allowed to say that in front of me, no one in the entire Longjing Pavilion is allowed to talk like that."
Rouze seemed very angry, her eyes turned red. Mo Yan couldn't help but feel pity for her. He wanted to say something to comfort her, but he didn't know how to start.
Finally, she sighed, closed the door and went out.
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In the evening, Yinzhen arrived at Longjing Pavilion as promised.
After Xinghui returned, Yinzhen would try his best to meet Rouze's requests.
"My Lord, I've thought about it. Hongchang grew up with Qi Gege. Now he hasn't recovered yet. It might not be good for him to leave his familiar environment suddenly. Why don't we ask Qi Gege to continue to take care of Hongchang?"
"Are you willing to do that?" Yinzhen took two sips of tea and didn't even put down the cup. He glanced at Rouze and said, "Some time ago, weren't you very eager to raise Hongchang yourself?"
Rouze lowered her head and said, "Of course I hope to raise my own child myself, but as a mother, I must put my child first in everything."
"If it is better for the child to grow up with someone else, I will naturally put the child first."
Rouze's righteous words inadvertently touched Yinzhen's sensitive heartstrings.
He looked at Rouze suspiciously, as if he wanted to confirm whether what Rouze said was true or false, or perhaps he wanted to see through Rouze what his mother really thought many years ago.
For a moment, Yinzhen was stunned.
"My Lord Beile." Rouze called softly, "What are you thinking about?"
"Well, nothing." Yinzhen responded: "Have you asked what Qi Gege meant?"
Yinzhen wanted to test Rouze, and sure enough, he heard her say:
"Zigg?"
Rouze thought that it was a blessing for Qi Yuebin that Hongchang could be raised by her. What else could she do except to thank her profusely?
But since Yinzhen said so, Rouze had to ask Qi Yuebin what he thought.
"Originally, it's better for the child to stay with his biological mother, but if you and Qi Gege are willing, it's not impossible to let her take care of Hongchang."
"But Qi Yuebin must be willing to do so, remember that."
Looking at Rouze's expression, Yinzhen knew that she had not discussed it with Qi Yuebin.
In other words, Rouze did not make sufficient plans for Hongchang.
He couldn't help feeling disappointed, but a forced melon is not sweet, and there is no point in forcing someone to be a mother.
Whoever wants to raise the child can do so. It won't be allowed to be raised by him anyway.
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The next day, in the main hall of Yongkang Pavilion.
Everyone was present.
Rouze then announced in public her plan to hand Hongchang over to Qi Yuebin for upbringing.
She originally wanted to show everyone that she was a very generous person, and that as long as they were on good terms with her, she would be willing to raise their own children together.
Therefore, he deliberately chose a time when everyone was present to say it, thinking that since he was so sincere, maybe other people would come to curry favor with him when he went out.
"I don't want to."
However, what Ling Rou did not expect was that Qi Yuebin was the first one to reject her.
Moreover, the rejection was not said to her, but to Yixiu.
Seeing that Yixiu didn't say anything, Qi Yuebin quickly added:
"Now that the concubine has left home, the child should naturally be given to the biological mother to raise."
"Even in the imperial palace, only concubines of lower status would give their children to the queen or imperial concubine to raise."
"And my status is lower than that of a concubine, so it is not my turn to raise Hongchang."
Qi Yuebin's rebuttal was well-reasoned. Yixiu nodded and turned to Rouze: "What Qi Gege said makes sense."
In fact, when Yixiu was getting dressed this morning, she already knew that Rouze wanted to give Hongchang back to Qi Yuebin to raise.
However, she didn't take it seriously. She was only too happy to watch this kind of dog-eat-dog drama.
The only thing she didn't expect was that Rouze would actually tell the truth in front of everyone.
I don’t know whether to say that she is too confident about her own children, or that she underestimates the goodness of others.
Rouze said, "I thought that Hongchang grew up with Princess Qi, so he is naturally closer to her, so I wanted to give the child a more familiar environment."
"Besides, I think that Fu Jin always says that we are all sisters in the backyard and are also stepmothers of the children. Qi Gege will never dislike Hong Chang."
Speaking of the latter, Rou took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
I am willing to send my child away to be raised, so why are these people still so ungrateful?
"It's really strange. This is the first time I've heard of a mother sending her child to someone else to raise."
Li Jingyan is now also a literary woman. He stroked his hair and said sarcastically with great disdain:
"If you're talking about taking care of Hongchang since he was a child, our Emperor Kangxi took care of Hongchang before Qi Gege. Why don't you go find Emperor Kangxi and continue to raise your child?"
As soon as Li Jingyan said this, everyone present except Rouze couldn't help laughing.
Ling Yu said, "Alas, a son is honored by his mother, and a mother is honored by her son. It seems that Concubine Shu understands the meaning of these two sentences very well."
If we were to ask who hated Rouze the most among the people present, I'm afraid Lingyu's hatred would be even deeper than Yixiu's.
She was harmed by Rouze once when she was pregnant, and later her son Hongxing also died at the hands of Rouze.
Could it be that if Rouze had a good family and a good brother, she would not have allowed Rouze to live until now?
For a time, Rouze became the object of public ridicule.
She glanced at everyone angrily, and finally said to Yixiu: "My original intention was for Hongchang's good, who knew it would lead to such speculation. That's fine, I still don't want Hongchang to leave Longjing Pavilion."
Yixiu smiled faintly: "In this case, the concubine has finally got what she wanted. It's the best of both worlds."
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After receiving the letter, Yinzhen hurried to Yongkang Pavilion to have lunch with Yixiu.
Sitting at the table, the male protagonist said: "You probably already know what happened in Red Square. What do you think of her behavior?"
Yixiu said perfunctorily: "The concubine may be anxious. I heard that Hongchang frightened Concubine Yi when he went to the palace a few days ago. Maybe the concubine is worried."
"What? How could she be involved with Concubine Yi?" Yinzhen frowned. He was not on good terms with the Ninth Prince, and Rouze actually went to see Concubine Yi?
Yi Xiu said, "After lunch that day, I went to my mother's Yonghe Palace. When my mother asked Aunt Zhuxi to look for Concubine Yi, she had already been called to Yikun Palace by Concubine Yi, so Aunt Zhuxi couldn't force her to come."
"You really don't know what you're talking about." Yinzhen snorted coldly: "What else happened in Yikun Palace?"
Yixiu sighed and said, "I felt the same way. Later, I heard the palace people talking about how Hongchang pulled out Concubine Yi's hair while playing."
There are actually people in the palace talking about it?
Yinzhen's face turned pale. It turned out that since he had made great contributions in the previous dynasty, there were naturally people in the backyard who were responsible for bringing shame to him.
He now thinks that it would not be a bad idea to leave Hongchang to Qi Yuebin's care and let Rouze just be a vase in the mansion.
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In Longjing Pavilion, Mo Yan was also puzzled when he heard the news.
She clearly remembered that Rouze said she was unwilling to send Hongchang to someone else to raise.
How come when I woke up, Hongchang still had to be sent away.
"Sister?" She came to Rouze, wanting to find out what had happened.
"They forced me to do it." Rouze said in a low voice, "Those people laughed at my child this morning for being stupid, and said I don't know how to take care of a child and wanted to return Hongchang to Qi Gege."
"How can this be justified!" Mo Yan said indignantly, "I have never heard of forcibly separating a mother and her child."
"Don't worry, I've already asked Lord Beile for help, and he said he understands how I feel."
Fangluo stayed with Rouze the whole time and watched Louze speak without hesitation. She was quite surprised by the way he spoke without hesitation.
This person is so fickle. I heard that some people like to pinch something when they are thinking. Is this the reason why Rouze always likes to pinch himself secretly?
Rouze continued, "That day, I happened to meet Concubine Yi when I entered the palace. The Concubine Yi was very kind and even said that she would introduce Master Hongchang to me."
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Rouze now focuses on maintaining a good attitude.
Since the path of giving Hongchang to Qi Yuebin was not feasible, he immediately changed back to the path of giving Hongchang to Concubine Yi.
Although Rouze married into the Prince's Mansion, she was only a concubine after all, and had no idea that there was already a turbulent situation in the court.
Rouze was only thinking about the affairs of the harem in her mind.
Now, Concubine Yi is undoubtedly the most favored concubine. If Concubine Yi is willing to say a few good words for them and their son, it will be more effective than Concubine De.
Now that the opportunity is right in front of her, there is no reason for her not to seize it.
As for what kind of impact this will have on others, that is not her concern.